Website Development

Operating in a service market and hospitality industry such as St. Maarten/Saint Martin, many business owners harm themselves by having a poor online presence that does not reflect their outstanding service and reputation. Tourists and visitors to the island have ample opportunity before even landing on the island to check on hotels, activities and restaurants to make a choice on how they will spend their hard earned currency and your website will determine where.

Statistically proven, many businesses have a website because they feel they need an online presence but for lack of functionality, ease of use, or visual appeal, their website becomes a detriment to the island and their business thus affecting their bottom line.

At Blade, we specialize in website development taking into account the needs of our clients as well as their customers to produce an online presence that has explored the scientific outer limits of design, layout, content, functionality, marketing, psychology, culture, and overall user friendliness.

Your website is your digital calling card that can be judged by 648 million online Internet users. With Blade’s wide array of services and expertise, we are convinced that these users will not be disappointed in the result and nor will your bottom line.

Blade offers six different cutting Edge website development packages starting at $249. Below, we invite you to review our service listing.

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Dynamic Content Development

Dynamic Content is stored in a database and is presented to the web surfer based on his/her search preference. The content of the page is actually determined by the surfer and not the webmaster.

Search flexibility is required when the website has a multitude of products or services to be display. Instead of wielding through pages and pages of information, the web surfer is given the choice to select search criteria reflecting what he/she is looking for. Dynamic Content avoids frustration and the likelihood that surfers will simply click away to seek alternative solutions to their quest. Patience is a virtue...but not for web surfers that are looking for information.

Blade offers a free consultation to establish Dynamic Driven Content needs. Your solution is just a phone call or an email away.

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e-Commerce Solutions

Several webdesign companies on St. Maarten/Saint Martin tell you that they can offer e-Commerce solutions, yet none tell you how they will get you going on selling your products and services online.

Not so with Blade. We offer clear cut packages for you to choose from.

e-Commerce package 1:

• Zebra-Cash.
  
  Is an imminent new service from Total Media Professionals in collabration with several very reliable payment processors mostly located in the European Union allowing most regular and "high risk" businesses to benefit from less stringent rules brought under the "Patriot Act" in the US. This service is slated to be offered as of July 1, 2007. For more information contact Blade.

e-Commerce package 2:

• Your own merchant account-- This solution is typically suited for store traffic sales exceeding $10,000 per month. The up front charges for setting up a merchant account range from $600 to $2,000 depending on the settlement bank. These fees exclude the physical website storefront purchase capabilities (Shopping Cart). For your own merchant account, contact Blade.

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Tax-Free Web Hosting

Blade offers web hosting solutions starting at $9.95 per month with guaranteed uptime of 99.9% and your own e-mail account (you@yourdomain.com).

Choose from the following hosting packages:

1. Basic Shared Hosting - $9.95*. This package includes 1 e-mail account. The package is for small static sites (5-10 pages) with low to medium website traffic.
2. Advanced Shared Hosting - $15.95*. This package includes 3 e-mail accounts (you@yourdomain.com) accessible from any computer anywhere in the world. This package is for medium size static sites (15-30 pages) with medium website traffic.
3. Premium Shared Hosting - $19.95*. This package includes 5 e-mail accounts (you@yourdomain.com) accessible from any computer anywhere in the world, 1 MySQL database. This package is for larger static or dynamic websites with medium to medium-high volume website traffic.
4. Gold Shared Hosting - $33.95*. This package includes 10 e-mail accounts (you@yourdomain.com) accessible from any computer anywhere in the world, 3 MySQL databases. This package is for larger static or dynamic websites with medium to medium-high volume website traffic.
5. Basic Dedicated Hosting - HV1 - $109.95*. This package includes: 60GB/month traffic, 1000MB disk space, 10 MySQL databases, 200 e-mail accounts. This package is better suited for server resource-intensive sites.
6. Advanced Dedicated Hosting -HV2- $159.95*. This package includes: 90GB/month traffic, 1500MB disk space, 10 MySQL databases, 225 e-mail accounts. This package is better suited for server resource-intensive sites. Great for growing sites.
7. Premium Dedicated Hosting -HV3- $209.95*. This package includes: 120GB/month traffic, 2000MB disk space, 10 MySQL databases, 250 e-mail accounts. This package is better suited for server resource-intensive sites. Great for very popular sites.
8. Basic e-Commerce Hosting - EC1 - $69.95**. This package includes: Shopsite manager software, SSL (Secure Server), 25.5 GB/month traffic, 850MB disk space, 10 MySQL databases, 100 e-mail accounts. Great for beginning e-Commerce sites.
9. Advanced e-Commerce Hosting - EC2 - $119.95***. This package includes: Shopsite Pro software, SSL (Secure Server), 30.72 GB/month traffic, 1000MB disk space, 10 MySQL databases, 100 email accounts. Great for medium e-Commerce sites.
10. Premium e-Commerce Hosting - EC3 - Please contact us for details.

* Please note that domain registration ($19 for 1 year) and/or set-up/transfer of existing website to our hosting plan ($16) is not included.
** Please note there is a $75 set-up fee.
*** Please note there is a $100 set-up fee.

Hosting Terms & Conditions

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Domain Name Registration

Blade will be glad to take care of your domain name registration for you. This service is free of charge. Internic fees consisting of registration and activation apply as follows*:

• Registration cost: $19 per annum
• Set-up charges: $16 (one time fee)

* Please note that several of our Edge packages already include the registration and set-up fees.

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Mass or Bulk Mailing solutions

Blade offers opt-out mass mailing solutions. Proof of opt-in or subscribed-to mailing lists will be required.

Set-up fees: from $225 - $445* depending on the quantity of e-mails to be sent. Blade will provide a mailing report upon completion of the mass mailing.

* Please note that content design of the e-mail is excluded from the set-up fee. Minimum fee for content of the e-mail is $195.

Blade hates spam mail as much as you do and therefore reserves the right to refuse spam mailing lists.

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Affiliate Marketing Programs

Blade offers a wide range of affiliate marketing programs ranging from Tell-a-Friend to preferred listings on the most popular search engines such as Google.com, MSN.com, AltaVista.com and Yahoo.com. Please contact us to discuss your most viable options.

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Client e-Zine (newsletter development & publishing)

Newsletter or e-Zines are a great way of drawing attention to your latest business developments. They are considered unobtrusive and are not seen as spam. They provide a great tool to generate website traffic and introduce marketing tools such as Tell-a-Friend.

Blade offers e-Zine development starting at $195. Graphical content is charged at $75 per hour. Contact us to discuss your options.

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Database Development and Form content

Databases can provide various functions within a website ranging from membership and sign-in function to collecting information from your site visitors. This information provides resources that can be used to market your site and thus your business better. Databases are also used in dynamic sites to store the information of many products and services that you offer.

Application must be evaluated and is priced accordingly. Minimum monthly fee per database is $40.

Form development: $100 minimum

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Flash Design

A Flash Intro can be extremely effective if it is a high level overview of the business.

Flash movies can also provide an excellent way of explaining to the viewer how a product works.

Flash design starts at $200 (5-30 seconds) and depending on the content, complexity and length can run up to $5,000.

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Banner Design

Minimum fee $60.

Logo Design

Logo design and Illustration services range from $200 to $350.

Media Content

Fees range from $75 to $225 per full page.

Copy writing (for websites)

$75 per page

Translations

We offer the following languages:

• English to Spanish
• Spanish to English
• English to Dutch
• Dutch to English
• English to French
• French to English
• English to German
• German to English

Other languages upon request.

Literary text: $55 (minimum charge) per 500 words

Technical translations: $0.17 per word (minimum fee $75)

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Photography

Minimum fee per assignment $50 (only for web content). Specialized photography available upon request.

Maintenance of website

First hour each month is Free. Thereafter $65/hour.

Fixed monthly maintenance packages are available starting at $150.

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Print/Brochure development

Free consultation and quotation upon request. Contact Blade

Specialized Web Development

• Search engines
• Auction Sites
• Online Reservation Systems
• Banner exchange program development

Free 2 hour introduction consultation.

Contact us if you haven't found what you are looking for!

All prices are in US dollars.

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