What is SunLand Web Design?

SunLand Web Design is a professional web design and web hosting company started in June, 1998 by Michael Evanoff. A resident of Palm Desert since 1985 he has many years of experience in the computer accounting field and has owned his own accounting service since 1988.

Although not a large company, SunLand Web Design has been able to design sites for many businesses here in the Coachella Valley. As well as professional web design SunLand Web Design offers caring, personal service that guarantees your satisfaction. SunLand Web Design is building its future on the satisfaction of those customers who are well satisfied with the level of professionalism and care they have received.

What Does SunLand Web Design Offer?

Several elements go into a successful web site. Starting with domain name registration, a well planned and easily navigated site, high speed, dependable servers and search engine submission all come together to form a unique, informative and effective web site. SunLand Web Design takes pride in offering these services at very competitive prices. Web hosting costs less than $1 per day! Far cheaper than many forms of media available. Online stores, complete with credit card functions are available for those who desire e-commerce solutions to marketing a product on the Internet.

What are Sunland Web Design’s Goals?

Our goal is to service the businesses, organizations and individuals of the Coachella Valley with quality web design and web hosting. Because we are not part of a larger company we can give close, personal service to each of our clients. Our business philosophy is to listen to what our clients desires are for a web site and help them to achieve this goal through quality web design. We guarantee our client’s satisfaction!

General Internet Information

The Internet is becoming more and more important to everyday life. With the ability to offer 24 hour a day 7 day a week availability virtually anything you need to know is available on the Internet. Internet usage by American homes is doubling every 90 days, proving that this form of media is not just a passing thing - it is here to stay. Technology is offering us a method of communication unlike anything we have ever seen, and in a form that is usable by the average person. In fact, public schools are now using the Internet to aid instruction, learn research techniques, hone computer skills and teach children how to communicate.

Because of the growing importance of the Internet, businesses, organizations, schools and governments are all turning their attention to the Internet as a way to reach out to those who otherwise would have to call or write for information. A recent report stated that most small business owners (66%) are using the Internet as a tool to help them run their businesses, reaching millions of people everyday.

Advantages of being on the Internet vary, depending on the type of organization. Retail
business on the Internet in 1998 was up almost three times over the preceding year, and
analysts foresee an explosion of business being performed over the Internet in the next few years. No one knows how big this thing will get! With this in mind, even small businesses have a chance of growth using the Internet to market and sell their products. Information is just about in the same boat. Like a giant library on line, the Internet allows anyone who has information to share can do it without any great expense, share ideas with others, and reach those who may be in areas where this information is not even available. Remember, the Internet is “Worldwide”, people from any country in the world have access to the Internet’s information and products.

What services does SunLand Web Design offer?

1. Domain name registration. Every web site must have a domain name, an address pointing to where your web site is located. We take care of registering your domain name properly and handle any problems you may have. SunLand’s charge for this is $50.  We register the name for you and to you, not us.

2. The design of your web site is vital to its effectiveness. Depending on what you are trying to convey we can design a site you will be happy with. If you are going to market a product (e-commerce) we have an online store set up that acts as a “shopping cart”. Customers browse the store and “drop” items in their cart and then check out using a credit card as payment, all done automatically. You receive an email hard copy of the order with an order number, product information and customer address, credit card number, etc. The customer also receives a confirming email of their order, along with a customized message from your company. Normal web site design is charged at $60 per hour.

3. In order for a web site to be available to the world wide web it must reside on a “server” computer system costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to allow access by thousands of users all at one time. The service for allowing your site to be placed on their computer system is called “web hosting”. They literally “host”, or allow us to use their equipment. SunLand Web Design offers very competitive rates on web hosting starting at only $19.95 per month.  Once your site is designed and uploaded to the server the only continuing cost is the hosting at less than $1 per day - a bargain for operating a store that is open 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Compare these prices with television, radio and newspaper and you see the definite cost advantage.

4. Having people find your site on the Internet is crucial to success. At SunLand Web Design we don’t trust this to someone else - we do it ourselves. Using sophisticated software we actually interject your web site information into the search engine databases. Search engines are like huge telephone books that list web sites using many different criteria. We design your site to be as attractive to as many search engines as possible. We make absolutely sure you are submitted to the top 8 or 10 and then 200-300 other, specialized search engines. Although no one can guarantee how well you will come up on a search, we do everything possible to position you well.