Marketlink Web Solutions FAQ’s
The answer to this question is neither short nor easy. With a little research and thought you can find hundreds of reasons, but there are a few general statements that may help you realize your needs. First a website can reach millions of people that might not otherwise be available. Second, customers can view products, services, or whatever you want to share from the comfort of their own home. No matter what type of business you are in, their are ways to grow and make money on the web for you
When you receive a visitor to your site, they will instantly perceive the quality of your services or products. The first impression a customer or potential customer gets depends on the appearance of your website. A visitor will be interested and explore your site if it is appealing and easy to navigate. You are marketing yourself and your business to the world over the Internet and it is important to show your best.
No, many people overlook the various products, services, or business processes they can include on a website. Any communication or interactions that happen within your business can be made easier and more efficient by the web. Your business will save money and time while appealing to a much greater audience, the world.
While most businesses view the Internet as an opportunity to expand their sales through traditional e-commerce, few people are aware of the opportunities of increasing efficiency and reducing expenses. Placing business processes, especially those done daily, on the internet is possible for all types of businesses.
The four easy steps we provide below will guide you in the direction of a professionally designed, developed and marketed Web site.
- Step One: Domain Name (URL) Registration — This is the address people will use to access your Web site (www.yourcompany.com). Once you have determined that the URL you wish to use is available, the cost to register a name is anywhere from $15.00 to $50.00 per year. A domain name needs to be renewed every year.
- Step Two: Design of the Web Site — This is where the look, feel, and content of the Web site are determined and created.
- Step Three: Hosting Your Web Site on a Web Server — This is basically where you rent space on a computer that is always connected to the Internet. Price will vary, depending on the amount of disk space you will have and the connection to the Internet.
- Step Four: Marketing Your Web Site — You should be thinking about the marketing of your Web site as it is being designed. The content of the site needs to reflex the search terms if you want your site to appear on search engines.
A domain name is a two part web address unique to your specific website. For example, our domain name is marketlinkwebsolutions.com. While the first part is who you are, the second part, “com”, is a TLD, or Top Level Domain. In this case, the “com” stands for commercial.
While the total length of a domain name may be up to 63 characters, the only characters allowed are letters, digits, and the dash.
The cost is $15 per year for most top level domains. We’ll need your name, address, phone number, fax, and e-mail address to register your site for you.
Once your domain name has been registered, it takes about few minutes to 48 hours before it is active. All Internet providers must update their records to reflect new site locations.
Yes. There is a $15 fee for transferring your domain name. This includes the renewal of your domain name for 1 year.
Yes. You can purchase multiple domains and have them all pointing to the same hosting account.
In a shared hosting environment multiple web sites are served through a single server. Shared hosting is the most common method of hosting sites for small-to-medium size users with light to moderate Web traffic.
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can be transmitted at a given moment to a server. The higher your bandwidth, the larger amount of traffic your site can handle at one time.
No. Offering unlimited bandwidth or disk space is simply not possible as all hardware has limitations. Though we offer unmetered meaning, you can use all resources you need as long you adhere with our terms and condition. There is still such limitation.
The length of time it takes to create a fully functional website is based on several factors. Custom design work can take anywhere from 1 – 4 weeks, depending on the complexity of the design and the number of revisions you require. The development phase requires an additional 1 – 6 weeks, depending on the number of pages, and the functionality required. Of course, these are general guidelines, and we will make every effort to meet the timeframe you have in mind. Basic websites can be done in 1 day to 2 weeks.
No, many people overlook the various products, services, or business processes they can include on a website. Any communication or interactions that happen within your business can be made easier and more efficient by the web. Your business will save money and time while appealing to a much greater audience, the world.
While most businesses view the Internet as an opportunity to expand their sales through traditional e-commerce, few people are aware of the opportunities of increasing efficiency and reducing expenses. Placing business processes, especially those done daily, on the internet is possible for all types of businesses.
It is difficult to quote an average price, due to the enormous range in requirements for a site. According to BusinessWeek Online, a designer might charge $2,000 or more for a basic Web site, not including Web hosting fees. If you check out BuyerZone.com, you’ll see that a 4 – 6 page template-based site will cost around $400, while a full custom design will come in closer to $800 – $1500. Other authoritative sources generally quote in the $1,000 – $2,000 range. Marketlink though can start from $150 to $6,000 per website.
There are many, many factors that influence the ultimate cost of any given website, and we encourage you to read our article regarding Website pricing for more information and guidance in searching for your Website provider.
A fully customized, unique website design starts at $499, and page development is $50 – $75 each. Pricing for other services and functionality are outlined separately on our pricing page to help you determine and control the amount of your investment. We also provide our clients with a detailed estimate before any work begins.
We specialize in XHTML, CSS and Jquery, but are very experienced with JavaScript, DHTML, XML, PHP, and others. Although it’s unlikely, if there’s something we can’t do, we can reach out to our network of partners for additional services (at no additional cost to you).
Absolutely! In fact, we encourage it. We build your website on our development server, and provide you with a username and password so that you can log in and monitor the progress of your site. During this phase, we encourage your feedback if something isn’t quite the way you envisioned it or if you’ve changed your mind. Once your site is ready and you have provided your approval, we release it live on your server and submit your URL to the major search engines.
We give as much latitude as we possibly can. After you’ve identified the general format and color schemes of your preferred design, we’ll complete up to 2 rounds of major revisions at no charge. All minor revisions are provided at no charge.
Yes. Our web design and development service includes configuration of your email accounts, detailed monthly traffic reports and basic search engine optimization services. Basic SEO includes submission of your site to the major search engines, and the setup of your primary metatag information (Page Title, Description and Keywords). Additionally, your site is built from the ground up with search engine friendly technologies and methods.
This is a question we often receive from startup companies and entrepreneurs. We can use existing design templates and customize so it will look original.
This is a question we often receive from startup companies and entrepreneurs. We can use existing design templates and customize so it will look original.
In general, we don’t recommend the use of templates, but they may be appropriate in certain situations. For example, if you absolutely must have a site launched within the space of a few days, or if you are on an especially limited budget, a template might be an acceptable short-term solution. However, these instances should be the exception rather than the rule for these reasons:
- Most templates do not conform to important usability and search engine guidelines. If you’re not meeting the needs of your users, or if the search engines can’t easily index your site, then you’ll simply be wasting your valuable time and money with this approach.
- Most templates do not lend themselves to quick or easy modification. If you require design modifications, it’s important to understand that they can substantially increase your total cost.
- Templates purchased from the major online vendors may be used hundreds or even thousands of times, even by your own competitors. A cookie cutter design doesn’t attract much lasting attention. Good design is a reflection of your business, your strategy and your audience.
As with all of our custom designs, our templates will conform to important usability principals and be built from the ground up using solid, search engine friendly techniques. We use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), which facilitate changes to a site’s visual appearance and overall layout. Not only does it reduce design time modifications, but it also also provides greater control in constructing a design just the way you want it.
Marketlink Web Solutions FAQ’s
For small projects, 50% of the estimated fee must be provided prior to beginning work, with the remaining payment due upon completion of the project. For larger projects, an initial payment representing one-third of the estimated total fee is required. The second payment is required upon the halfway point, with the final third due upon completion of the project.
Content Management
Yes! For one time changes, we will provide you with an estimate before beginning the work and charge at our standard hourly rate. If you anticipate regular needs for maintenance, one of our Ongoing Maintenance Plans may be more cost-effective for you.
Spritz Web Solutions offers three options for maintaining and refreshing your site content. We don’t care which option you choose, but we strongly encourage you to update your site regularly.
- The Pay as You Go Plan: Call us when you need to add to or make a change to your content. We’ll complete your request within 48 hours, and bill you at our standard hourly rate. Urgent requests can generally be completed within a few hours for an additional charge.
- Ongoing Maintenance Plan: Sign up for one of our ongoing maintenance plans, and you’ll receive a discount on our standard rates.
- Content Management System (CMS): Purchase a Content Management System from Spritz and make all the changes you want. Perfect if your site requires frequent updates.
Search Engine Optimization is a set of rules and practices that enhance the “findability” of your site by search engines, thus improving your ranking in the search engine results pages. There are many components to search optimization, including proper selection and use of keywords and other metatag information, building your site correctly, and using links to maximize your ranking.
If you want to use your website to grow your business, then it is advisable to ensure your site is properly optimized. More than 80% of all Internet users use search to find what they need online. Why hide from potential customers?
There are many components to SEO, and you can choose to implement everything at once, or implement the techniques progressively. Of course, the sooner the changes are made, the sooner you will see the results.
There are many levels of search engine optimization, and much will depend on how your site was originally built. Changing the site’s architecture is usually the most involved alteration. However, there are many other items within your site that can be modified more easily and quickly.
The timeframe varies from a few days to many weeks, depending on when your site is re-indexed.
Search engine spiders (also called “crawlers” or “bots”) are programs that browse the Internet for web pages. They index and rank each page they find, based on subject matter and a number of other factors. The spiders work on unique algorithms programmed by software engineers for the various engines.
PageRank is a term used by Google that reflects their system for ranking pages on the basis of their importance and relevance to certain keywords. If PageRank likes your page and finds it useful according to its parameters you will receive a high ranking on the search result page.
Many website use “black hat” techniques in an attempt to trick the search engines for better results. These techniques include page cloaking, link farms, duplicate content, keyword spamming and many others. These methods may work temporarily, but search engines are getting more sophisticated. Eventually, your site will be penalized or banned altogether.
Yes, keywords in a domain name are taken into consideration by the search engines. We don’t know exactly how much of a factor this is in determining search rank, but we know that keywords in a domain name are not weighed nearly as heavily as the keywords in your title tags and page content.
No, it doesn’t.
Hyphens may help search engines more easily parse long domain names for keywords, but it’s better to just shorten your potential domain name before opting for hyphens. The difference that hyphens make in the search engines is minimal at best. Most engines will still parse the keywords in the domain name regardless of the presence of hyphens.
Email Marketing
The estimated Return On Investment is roughly $42 for every $1 spent, according to a recent study by the Direct Marketing Association. This places it well above the ROI for social media and mobile advertising.
The short answer is a rate between 5% and 15%. However, Bounce Rates are influenced by the frequency of your email campaigns, your industry, and the size of your list.
In general, bounce back rates for a list that is mailed regularly (at least once per month) range from 2% – 5%. Bounce backs for a list that is mailed less frequently can range from 5% – 13%. Not surprisingly, first-time mailing lists usually average higher rates, as high as 20% – 30%.
Open rates vary substantially from industry to industry. On average, open rates are in the range of 20% – 40%. Smaller list sizes tend to average higher, possibly because smaller companies are more likely to have personal relationships with their list subscribers.
Yes, the size of each campaign email is limited to 300kb.
No, the system has been specifically built not to support attachments. This is to ensure that campaigns do not inadvertently send viruses that propagate through attachments. It also means that you’re not clogging up recipient inboxes with large attachments. If you have a file that you’d like to give to your subscribers,you can host the file on your own server and place a link to the file within your email.
Yes, make sure the file is in .csv (Comma Separated Values) format. This is a standard format for storing data and is supported by most applications, including Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, and ACT!.
First, of course, you’ll need a site design and the usual functional elements of a website, such as a contact form. For standard eCommerce functionality, you will need several additional components: an SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificate, a merchant account, a payment gateway, a back-end database for processing orders and storing customer information, and a shopping cart solution. Spritz can help you with all of these items.
Yes. If you only have a handful of products, you can use PayPal for payment processing. However, you should understand that your customers will be directed to PayPal’s site while placing their order. Also, as your sales grow, it will become more economical to switch to a standard merchant plan.
No, unless you get a wildcard certficate, the SSL certificate is only valid for the exact domain or sub-domain that you registered it for. If you require an SSL for a sub-domain, keep in mind that the sub-domain has to be on a dedicated IP address.
Never fear, that’s why we are here. You can learn about our time proven process in how it works section. (prepare this page)
Marketlink Web was founded in 2008 by President + Founder, Dr. Chris Dayagdag. You can learn more on our about page.
The cost of a website can vary depending on various factors, just like the cost of a house may vary. Though our website projects generally start in the $150 range for basic business sites and range upward depending on your unique needs.
The project starts with a 50% deposit. Once we have completed and fulfilled our scope, the final 50% is collected and your website is then scheduled for launch.
We work with a broad range of company types [small start-ups, large corporations, nonprofits, B2B, B2C and more] across many business industries [technology, food, apparel, health + beauty, camps, travel, finance, arts, fair trade, and more.]
Over the years, we’ve helped businesses improve customer service, market their products, and attract customers. Functionality requests range from basic to advanced. Our team takes the time to get to know your industry, organization, and competitors to ensure your site supports all of your goals.
This is a great question to ask and you should ask it of any web design and development firm you are considering. Many firms will farm out work to freelancers or interns. Some firms give little or no access to client’s who want to speak directly with their designers or developers. Our clients work directly with our Operation Manager and Project Manager. Who that will be depends on your project needs and what stage of the process you are in during the project.
We build all of our websites on the open-source Content Management System (CMS) platform called WordPress or similar
No. We only support websites that we have fully built. We have this policy so that we can 100% stand behind everything that we craft. There are issues of liability of multiple programmers touching the same code over time.
Yes. We include copy writing and editing in all of our proposals. We also build your sitemap and help structure the foundation of your website in the planning stages.
Yes. We will help you source stock photos from sites such as www.crestock.com and www.istock.com. We also have photographers and videographers available to produce custom photography and videos for your website.
Sales FAQ
- We’ve been to web industry since 2006
- We’ve created more than 1,000+ websites
- We have our own business model from branding to ROI
- We are a Google partner and certified individual agency
- We are a multi-awarded web design and digital marketing company
- We can create website as low as $100+ all in
- We can create a complete website in just few hours provided we have all the data we need
- We invest time in education, our CEO is a Doctor of Business Administration and Masters in Information System. Our Operation Manager is a Doctor of Information Technology and Master of Information Technology
- We have our physical office that you can visit anytime
- We are cited to more than 100+ international web design, seo and digital marketing company and agencies who are inspired about our work and quote.
- We don’t just create websites, we create websites that sells!
Yes, they are available right now in https://marketlinkwebsolutions.com/portfolios/
yes, please visit https://marketlinkwebsolutions.com/portfolios/
yes, please visit https://marketlinkwebsolutions.com/portfolios/
yes, please visit https://marketlinkwebsolutions.com/portfolios/
- avis.com.ph
- silveracefoodcart.com.ph
- gshockforless.com
- beverlyhills.ph
- dsquared.com.ph
Yes, we have multiple case studies below
a. Silveracefoodcart.com.ph – they are our clients since 2013 and just a small company. At the
present, they are now earning about $75,000 / gross minimum monthly income with only
$2,500 digital marketing and ads assistance by Marketlink.
b. beverlyhills.ph – they are our clients since 2015 and in medical cosmetic surgery business.
With our assistance in digital marketing, they are earning more than $50,000 / month with only
$2,000 digital marketing assistance from google and our team a month.
c. Gshockforless.com – this is a one young man company who started in selling gshock watches.
With only $2,000 a month investment, his small team is now gaining a sale of $20,000 a month.
Yes, we can provide you a link or send it to your email, please send us your email address
Yes, we can provide you a link or send it to your email, please send us your email address
- Pay per click – this will let your prospect customer click and visit your website
- Pay per view – this is applicable for video ads
- Pay per call – will pay google every time you get a referral from them
- Pay per impression – will pay facebook for every comments or inquries we receive
- Pay per like – will pay facebook for every targeted likes we generate
- Pay per lead – will pay facebook for every targeted leads it send us like phone/email/name
- Pay per visit – will pay google/fb for every visitors it redirected us
- This business model is originally conceptualized by our CEO Dr. Chris Dayagdag and part of his
Doctorate dissertation in business administration. He took years and experienced to come up
with this model on how to have a perfect money making online business. It all starts from
Branding, web development, seo, digital marketing then management to reach ROI. - ROI is guaranteed if the business planning are properly followed. We will provide budget and
target goals so we can reach ROI. We will make sure that every amount you invested with our
team will provide you x2 or even more results long term.
The investment depends on your capability and aggressiveness in this online business. Our
expert online business consultant will provide you data and forecast estimate about the project
timeline and possible leads we can send you. The more digital marketing budget we put in, then
the more inquires and sales we will get. We will help you strategies this so you can get the
market and sales you are hoping to accomplish.
The result varies but based on our experienced, it will only take 2 weeks to 3 months so we can get the return we invested.
The word itself, it is a complete Turnkey solution to manage all your needs to operate your online business. Our team will handle everything from branding to ROI online. This includes task and work related to graphic design, web design, web development, search engine optimization, digital marketing, social media management and marketing, video and sound editing, article
writing, website maintenance, technical support, email support and even live chat for your inquires. We will provide you monthly report for achievement and accomplishment our team provides you. It’s like having your own virtual office at a very affordable price, same result and same quality in a physical office environment.
We have our live chat and skype account so we can send us a message anytime during our regular business hours or even off hours and we will reply as soon as we receive your message. We will make sure to reply in not more than an hour during regular business hours from 8am to 6pm PH time. You can also contact us through phone for any emergency or urgent concerns that
is available 24/7.
- we will be needing a signed contract
- we will be needing your company logo, contents to all pages like home, about us, services, products, about us and other pages you need.
- we will be needing graphics of your products and services if applicable. If not, we will help you to create one using stock photos or original photos
- we will be needing your social media accounts if applicable
- we will be needing your server and domain access if applicable
- we will be sending you an invoice that you need to review. If you are happy with that, it includes a link that you can pay.
- we will send you a contract for the duration of the services you availed including a welcome email that includes everything to get started including live chat and accounts so we can get in touch with our operation manager 24/7.
- you will have a customer dashboard to maintain the services you availed with us and if you wish to add more products. You can also review invoice and billing management.
- we will be using live chat through our website and skype for regular business operation like if you need alteration or task to our team.
- we will be using emails and project management application to monitor goals and tasking
- we will be using viber or whatsup including fb messenger if you need to call us anytime including our local phone numbers
if you need a trial, we have 8 hours trial services at a discounted rate so you can review our team. The trial fee is only $100 all in for any web master works.
- 1. $300 – 12 hours
- 2. $600 – 40 hours
- 3. $1100 – 80 hours
- 4. $2000 – 160 hours
every time you need task, you have to send a message or call our project manager for a task.
You can also create task in our project management application so our project manager will
review and provide you feedback that includes a realistic estimate hour to complete per task.
You have to review if you are happy with the said estimate hour then once all good, the project
manager will assign the task to its respective team of graphic artist, web developers, article
writers, seo specialist and digital marketers. Hours are deducted in your account on a regular
basis.
if you have remaining hours in your account, we will put a credit on that in your next month.
Example, you avail 40 hours a month for only $600 and you only utilized 35 hours, we will then
credit 5 more hours for your next month for a total of 45 hours.
if you exceeded the number of hours, you will need to top up and will just load that in your
next month invoice but we require your approval first before proceeding with the exceed hours
all complains will be reviewed and if found an issue on our part then we will credit you back
the hours being rendered so you can use that for the revisions or other work related task. We
will make sure that we fully understand the task before we proceed to avoid situations like this
and we also need detailed instructions of what you wish to accomplish by our team.
yes we do have fix rate so we don’t need to worry about the hours monitoring that requires
approval and review by our project manager. The advantage of this is you can request task to
the assigned dedicated staff for you anytime provided that it’s during the regular hours, 8 hours, other client’s task.
– for full time managed web services, our rate is $1,800 a month
– for part time managed web services, our rate is $1,000 a month
5 days a week. It’s like having your own virtual IT staff working with you only without working on
our contract is on a per monthly basis. If you are happy with our services (which we will make
sure to provide), we will just send you monthly invoices however if you are not happy or you
don’t need any managed web services anymore, feel free to contact us anytime with a 30-day
notice so we can plan ahead for the success of your business online.
- we provide refund for a one time project and properly pro-rated depending on the completed
task. 100% refund if we haven’t started any work involved while 75% refund, if started the task
within 2 days and you decided not to continue anymore. 50% refund if we are half way through
the project. There will no refund if we completed the project however you are not satisfied
because we don’t start any project without your approval and we provide reviews stages by
stages that requires your approval. There are also items that are non-refundable like the domain
registration and web hosting per year. - for monthly subscriptions, we provide 100% refund if you haven’t used any of your hours. If
you accumulated few hours, then we will pro-rated deduct the amount with the total hours
being rendered and return unconsumed hours.
we always listen and understand any type of company. If you have issues making a payment,
just let us know and we are more than happy to assist you.
we will do our best to provide you the task you need on a timely manner. Our team is open
during our regular hours but sometimes we can extend beyond hours. You just need to contact
our project manager which is available 24/7 for any urgent or emergency task and we can
summon our in-house team to work with your around the clock.
- we accept paypal, credit and debit card payment
- we also accept bank or wire transfer
- we also accept money transfer through western union
- for all project, support and work related, you will contact our project manager
- for all billing concerns, you will need to contact our billing team
- for all sales and marketing, you will need to contact our sales team
if you require this type of settings, yes you can
yes, this is possible provided that you will avail the subscription of this 3rd party apps like
timedoctor. Its normally ranging around $5 to $10 per month.
I want to visit your office once I visted the Philippines, is that possible? Where is your location?
sure, we love to meet you in person as well. You can visit our office at Unit 301, 302, 304, 305
3F RL Bldg Mindanao Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
yes we can help you even in volume just let us know what you need. Though if you need more
than 5 or more full time staff, we will let our CEO contact you to discuss further about your
needs so we can prepare the right staff for you.
as of the moment, we have 20 active staff and 12 waiting that can work with you anytime.
we will do our best to provide you a staff that is willing to work within this hours though there
might be a minimal increase in the monthly rate due to night differential fee. Just let us know
ahead of time if this is what you preferred.
as a google partner, we provide google advertising services for our clients. It requires intensive
time, money and qualification to become a google partner. We need to and our clients invest a
minimum of $10,000 a on a 3 months basis, we need our staff to be a Google Adwords,
Analytics, Display, Sales and Video certified and we need our clients are earning and happy with
the result to maintain being a google partner.
you can visit this link https://www.google.com/partners/ and search our name “Marketlink” in
the search box to find us.
Billing Related
Company check and/or credit cards are accepted. Paypal is also accepted and cash payment. All projects require a down payment of 50% to start.
Our per hour rate depends on the services you wish to avail and starts as low as $5 per hour
Yes, we send invoice before you make any payment.
