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Need some help with Website Management?
Whether you are planning to start a new website, or already have an existing website, we can help you with the works required.
From Registering or Renewing your Domain Name to Web Hosting and DNS Management.
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WEBSITE SOLUTIONS
Product and Services
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Domain Name
At Quasarsoft, we can register domain names for your business or personal use. You can also transfer your domain names to us. For renewals, a reminder quote is sent at least 30 days before the expiry date of your domain names.
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DNS Hosting
Once you have registered your domain name, you will need DNS hosting services if you have a live website or email services attached to the domain name.
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Email Hosting
Still using Yahoo or Gmail for your business emails? Time to change to Email Hosting for a more professional email address which reflects your business.
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Web Hosting
Web Hosting services allow websites to be accessible via the World Wide Web. A web hosting company will provide the necessary space on their server to host clients websites. Web pages and files can be uploaded to the web hosting provider.
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VPS Hosting
As your business expands, your website and email hosting needs may also increase. VPS Hosting is the solution for hosting high volume websites. VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a virtual machine sold as a service usually through a monthly or yearly subscription method.
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SSL Certificate
We sell SSL Certificates at very competitive prices. Secure your website and mail servers with SSL Certificates. SSL is an encryption technology which protects communication between your website and your visitor’s browser.
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Common Questions
We are often asked about the following:
How long is the registration or renewal of domain names?
For ‘.com.au’, ‘.net.au’ and ‘.org.au’, it is registered or renewed every 2 years.
For other extensions (such as ‘.com’, ‘.net’, or ‘.org’), registration is for 1 year, renewable yearly.
Why is it recommended to register multiple extensions or variations of your domain name (eg: mysite.com.au, mysite.com, mysite.net.au)?
To further protect your brand name or identity. This will also prevent the need to pay say thousands of dollars to purchase the domain name later. Domain names are an asset to a business.
If you are starting a new business venture, it is certainly important to register your domain name first. You do not need to have a website up and running to register your domain name.
Why do you need to renew your domain name? Why isn't it a lifetime registration?
The renewal process will ensure businesses and individuals have a commercial and valid reason to maintain their domain names. If it is no longer needed, the domain name can be made available to another entity who needs the domain name.
What happens if you do not renew your domain name by the expiry date?
The registrar (i.e our domain name provider) will suspend your domain name until payment is received within a reasonable amount of time. During the suspension period, services using your suspended domain name (for e.g. your website and emails) will not work. Therefore, it is important to renew your domain name by the expiry date unless you do not want to keep the domain name anymore.
Also, if you have no use for the domain name, you do not need to renew it. However, for brand protection purposes, some businesses or individuals may still like to maintain domain names which are closely related to their company or brand name(s).
What is DNS Hosting?
DNS can be likened to a global phone directory. It translates human-friendly domain names (eg: quasarsoft.com.au) to IP addresses. The Domain Name System distributes the responsibility of assigning domain names and mapping those names to IP addresses by designating authoritative name servers for each domain.
DNS Hosting or DNS Management (or DNS Zone Management) is one area which is often confused with Domain Name Registration or Web Hosting.
DNS Hosting fees cover the hosting and ongoing management of the DNS records of your internet domain names. If your DNS records are not hosted, your domain name will not be functional. No server or workstation will be able to find your domain name, and thus will not be able to go to your website or send emails to you.
What is Email Hosting?
With Email Hosting, your emails are hosted on the cloud on the provider’s mail server(s). This avoids the need to maintain your own mail server. Easily increase or decrease the number of mailboxes, and even file storage when required. As with most hosting options, you pay a small amount every month to use this service.
More on VPS Hosting
Hosted on the Cloud, VPS Hosting allows you access to a fast and more powerful server, without having to maintain the hardware. With VPS Hosting, you have super user access to your own VPS, allowing you to manage your usage and capacity. Or as your IT Service Provider, we can manage your hosting for you. The monthly subscription option allows you to upsize or downsize your requirements as the need arise without incurring huge upgrade costs.
Generally used for hosting website and emails, VPS Hosting can also be used as your cloud storage, remote backup facility or even as a testing environment for your business.
More on SSL Certificate
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. Basically, SSL is an encryption technology which protects communications between your website and visitors to your website. With SSL Certificate, data is encrypted ensuring it can only be read by the authorised server. If your website accepts credit card details or login details, then you will need SSL certificates. SSL Certificate will provide an encrypted link ensuring communication between your website and visitor’s browser remain secure and protected.
Once you have purchased the SSL Certificate, it will need to be installed on your server.
How much does it cost for the services above?
For more information regarding pricing for the above services, check out our Pricing Guide page under the Services menu.
