For small to medium enterprises, image is important. When you take your business online, you may be competing against hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of competitors. Some of your competitors may even have a similar company name as you. Since you may already have an offline customer base, it is important that these existing customers be able to distinguish you from the rest and that one-time customers not mistake a rival competitor for your company, when returning to make another purchase. Your image is what helps your customers recognize you from the crowd.

Just as you created a business name and logo to establish yourself as an offline business, establishing your identity as an online business will be equally as important. Establishing your online identity begins by getting your business online with its own website and e-mail domain. This means that visitors will enter your website by going to www.yourcompanyname.com.au and send e-mail to variations of This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Having this identity is crucial for any serious business, if you want to get and keep customers.

After you have registered your website and e-mail domain, it is time to select the web hosting option that is right for your business. Avanti Hosting offers two different packages designed to fulfill the needs of small to medium enterprises: AvantiStart and AvantiGo.

With our GreenStart web hosting package you will receive 25 customizable e-mail addresses to match your website domain name, 500 MB of disk space to store all of your products, pictures, and files, and 1 GB of data transfer to accommodate your web traffic. This web hosting package is recommended for small enterprises that employ anywhere from 5 to 25 people and have an average inventory or who anticipate an average traffic flow.

With our GreenGo web hosting package you will receive 100 customizable e-mail addresses to match your website domain name, 1000 MB of disk space to store all of your products, pictures, and files, 2 MySQL databases to help manage your database driven website, and 3 GB of data transfer to accommodate your web traffic. This web hosting package is recommended for medium enterprises that employ anywhere from 25 to 100 people and have sizeable inventory or who anticipate a heavier traffic flow.

No matter which Avanti Hosting package you ultimately choose, remember to take into account the number of products you offer, how long your product descriptions are, how many pictures will accompany each product, if you have any large or downloadable files (i.e. employment application), and how much web traffic you anticipate each month. Also remember that, as your company and customer base grow and flourish, there are larger Avanti Hosting packages available.