A payment gateway is a means to do payment transactions. It offers the method to process payments between customers and entrepreneurs. It is very important to the customers – and to the business itself. It consists of software application created for ecommerce; however, it can also be utilized to process payments in businesses. Payment gateways also include features like encryption of data; relationship among the customers, business and banks; and agreement of payment. A payment gateway can use the Internet to its fullest in terms of sending and obtaining data. It is initially made to assist purchase transactions. It allows for more precise payment and instant authorization thereof.

Below are the steps provided for all individuals who want to learn on how to set up Payment Gateways in a control panel like Helm:

1. Log in to the Helm Control Panel.

2. Select the My Shop icon in the control panel interface.

3. After that, click the Shop Configuration Icon.

4. Then, click Offsite Payment Getaways.

5. In this page, there are currently no payment getaways constructed for Helm set up. Then, you should add a payment getaway.

6. Click the Add button.

7. From the selected drop down menu, choose the getaway you want to install. If the getaway that you want is not on the list, then install a getaway template for it first. For example you wish to choose Paypal. Then select Paypal from the list.

8. In the next page, you can see the getaway settings needed in order to accept payment through the payment getaway that you have chosen.

9. Provide a name for this getaway in the blank box provided.

10. Then, provide instructions for the clients in the blank box provided.

11. Enter the email address of the payment getaway that you have selected.

12. Then, click the Save button.

13. You have successfully configured your payment getaway. You can now accept payments through the payment getaway that you have chosen.

14. To configure another payment getaway and if you wish to accept payments through credit card, click the Add button again.

15. Select the account needed to accept payments through credit card in the drop down list.

16. Enter the name for this getaway in the blank box provided.

17. Provide the instructions for the customers in the box.

18. Enter the Merchant ID in the blank box provided.

19. Then, click the Save button.

20. You have successfully configured two payment getaways in your account. You can now accept payments from clients using these two payment getaways.

21. Click the Back button.

22. Then, click the Home button located at the upper left corner of the control panel page to return to the Home page.

23. This is the end of the demo. You now know how to install payment getaways. To add another payment getaway, just follow the same steps.

24. Don’t forget to log out the page when finished for security purposes. Don’t hesitate to let us know if you have any questions.

October 6, 2011 at 9:57 pm | No comment

A lot of people aren’t familiar with the Globat web hosting service and no one can really blame them. The hosting site is pretty young – started in 2001 by Ben R. Neumann. With just around a decade of web presence however, Globat is fast making its mark in the industry. Globat is actually using the same data center facility used by Google, Yahoo and other big names in the internet right now. Neumann who is the CEO and president of Globat is also one of the people behind Internet Communications, another web hosting service provider. Right now, the Globat business boasts of more than 100,000 customers with a view on expanding further.

Value for Money

Where to start? First of all, Globat might just be the service provider that offers the largest money for value ratio. The rate is at 7.95 per month with about 25,000 MB of disk space and 300GB bandwidth. Compared to Yahoo which offers around $11.95 for roughly the same amount of bandwidth, Globat is the cheapest solution possible.

For those who are not yet familiar with how this works, users usually use around 50 MB of disk space for their sites. This means that 2,500 MB is more than enough even for already established websites.

Like most web hosting providers, they also offer a money back guarantee encompassing 30 days. An annual plan rates around $95.40 with a free Domain Name registration. Other features of Globat include unlimited email, free SiteBuilder, free blogging applications and a 24/7 support system. The domain registration allows clients to choose from .COM, .NET, .BIZ., .ORG and others

Be wary though because the service may be low-cost but some necessary features are not available – at least not for the lowest package. A shopping car and the digital certificate is not included in the package which is practically a staple in other web hosting companies. For those who are unaware, the digital certificate is VERY important as it’s the main item that keeps track of confidential data and keeps it private.

Performance and Reliability

As mentioned, the Globat service doesn’t come with the staple protection for user data. However, the server itself is pretty good with a very smooth operation and very few problems. Server speed is also quite impressive and provides a solid competition against the bigger names in the web hosting industry today. Of course, speed may be a bit sluggish during peak hours but this is to be expected. Globat redeems itself however as the site bounces right back to average if not excellent speed.

The web hosting company actually allows users to host several websites from just one account. Doing this, they can make use of all the 2,500 disk space being provided by Globat.

Support

As mentioned, Globat offers a 24/7 support in the form of email, toll free support and chat. Most web hosting providers today only provide the first two and not the latter which makes Globat more desirable for most clients as chat makes it possible to get replies in mere minutes. The phone and email options are not bad either as the response time is pretty impressive. Another additional perk of the Globat support system is their flash video tutorial. This includes set up for software, DNS and FTP setup, mail setup and even a tutorial for using the control panel.

Ease of Use

For those who are already familiar with PHP and MySQL, the Globat service should be a piece of cake to handle as they are utilizing both. They are also using the Globat Command Console or GCC which was launched in 2004. It may be a bit confusing at first but the controls and functions are pretty easy to understand. The GCC comes with 6 basic functions which include web-based email, file manager, managing email accounts, viewing web statistics, MySQL database and protected directories. Those who have heard of and used Plesk should find GCC familiar although they are still developing the latter.

Additional Information

Globat offers unlimited MySQL database which makes it ideal for most users. Their payment system setup is through PayPal which is the most common method being used nowadays.

Summary

All in all, the Globat web hosting service provider is a great option for those who are just starting off their e-commerce. For one thing, it attaches a very small price for the same service being provided by well-known web hosting companies. At the same time, Globat is well developed enough to provide a wide range of services to their clients, allowing them to come up with a quality web site for their businesses. With a combination of usability, affordability and reliability, Globat deserves to be tried out by anyone who wants to start in e-commerce without shelling out too much cash and still be versatile with their site.

Below are some more reviews from various web hosting provider review sites on Globat:

Globat Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingTalk	Globat Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingJury
Globat Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingGeeks	Globat Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingTop

October 5, 2011 at 11:26 pm | No comment

Dot5 Hosting is based in Santa Monica and was started around 2002. Although it’s pretty young compared to other web hosting sites, Dot5 Hosting is fast gaining popularity in a specific market and rapidly conquering others. Right now, Dot5 Hosting is the power behind thousands of domains.

Dot5 Hosting is actually a power partner of iPowerWeb and is responsible for more than 20,000 domains in the iPowerWeb data center alone. Their fiber optic network is one of the best with providers ranging from Congent, Sonet and Time Warner.

Value for Money

This may come shocking but Dot5 Hosting actually offers their service for as little as $7.95 per month. Those who have tried out other hosting sites usually pay an average of more or less $10 per month which makes Dot5 Hosting a really cheap alternative. However, is the price worth it in performance?

As mentioned, they already have more than 20,000 clients and the number is steadily climbing. When signing up for the service, users will find themselves having access to as much as 6 domains with just one account. Included in the package are free SiteBuilder, free eCommerce shopping carts scripts, free setup, and a lifetime domain for free and 5,000 Pop or Imap email addresses. They also feature SSL security, FTP, live website statistics, Microsoft FrontPage extensions, and various scripts that may be needed.

Forwarding email accounts and email auto responders are also provided with no limit. Suffice to say, Dot5 Hosting provides its clients with complete autonomy over their domain, allowing them to be as creative as possible. They may even put in a wide barrage of multimedia feature from streaming to videos.

Performance and Reliability

Considering how many features Dot5 Hosting provides, just how reliable is the site? Pretty good actually as their server is fast enough to accommodate most clients even during peak hours. Their downtime is amazingly few with scheduled maintenance just to ensure that they would be able to support clients at a superior level.

Their top of the line service provides users with a 7.2 Gig network capacity with 24-hour monitoring to maintain high-level security.

Support

Dot5 Hosting actually comes with an average of 30 minutes response time which is pretty impressive. They may be contacted through an email support ticket or through a live web chat which is much more convenient. Of course, other than that Dot5 Hosting also comes with troubleshooting documents and FAQ’s which makes it possible to solve problems without actually contacting their main site. What’s great here is that their troubleshooting documents are comprehensive enough and could answer the usual problems posted by users.

Ease of Use

Unfortunately, Dot5 isn’t using the more familiar cPanel. However, they are currently working through vDeck, another control panel which is pretty popular today and also provides excellent user interface and features. The vDeck control panel is capable of controlling various operations and provides the user with their own tutorial. These include a fully functioning help centre and real-time updates of bandwidth and disk space usage. Hence, those who are used to cPanel and switching to vDeck would find the transition is not really that hard and would be able to get the best out of the control panel without any problems. They also come with various plug ins so users can further enhance the usability of their control panel.

vDeck covers functions like password protections, uploads and designs – with a whopping total of 150 templates available for use. The templates vary in design, making it ideal for whatever type of web site a person has from a non-profit organizations to business.

Important to Know

Compared to other web hosting companies which still charge a fee after cancellation, Dot5 Hosting provides 100% of the money back. Their guarantee stretches for 30 days which means that those who cancel prior to one month would be able to get their money free and clear with no deductions. Recent reports reveal that Dot5 Hosting now has a 90 day money back guarantee instead of the usual 30 so this would be better for most.

Summary

All in all, the Dot5 Hosting web hosting service provider is an excellent choice for those who want to start off in e-commerce. Of course, this doesn’t just refer to their price which is actually very cheap compared to other sites. The fact is that for the price they are accepting, Dot5 Hosting is providing a slew of services that could rival the bigger names in the web hosting industry.

The level of versatility on the Dot5 Hosting paired with its cheap price makes it the ideal solution for starting businesses and even established ones. The vDeck control panel may serve as a challenge at first but pretty soon, users will find that Dot5 Hosting is every bit as good as other hosting companies today. But, there are some mixed reviews that are saying Dot5 isn’t as great as it sounds. Our advice is to read other reviews and see what recent customers have to say about the company at the moment.

Here are some other web hosting provider reviews for Dot5:

Dot5 Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingTalk	Dot5 Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingJury
Dot5 Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingGeeks	Dot5 Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingTop

October 5, 2011 at 11:12 pm | No comment

An account login role is a set of permissions and responsibilities that a user can allocate to each user logins of the account. For example, a user has an account called Web Company, and he has a number of logins to this account such as “Mary”, “Molee”, “Mark” and others. The thing is, these user profiles or logins may be working on a particular department in the company so the user may wish to enable each login user to have specific permission. For example, the admin have the option to allow “Mary” to have access to a particular part of Helm account and disallow other logins from accessing that particular part. By allocating permissions to a Login role, a user can then allocate the said role to a login; thus, the actions they can carry out in the Helm control panel can have limitations. You will learn here how to perform several functions like adding, deleting, and managing the Account Login roles you will be set up in Helm.

Below are the steps on how to learn setting up login roles in Helm control panel:

1. Login to the Helm control panel.

2. You can now start to learn how to install account login roles in Helm.

3. Select the Account Settings icon in the control panel interface.

4. Then, select the Account Login Roles link.

5. The account login role can be assigned to the individual logins of this account.

6. To add one login role, click the Add button.

7. Provide the role name of this role in the blank box provided.

8. After that, provide a description for the role you want to add in the blank box provided.

9. You can see the list of available permissions under the description box.

10. Select the permissions you wish this login role to have.

11. After clicking the permission that you chose, click the right arrow button.

12. Choose as much permission as you want and need.

13. Examples of these permissions are Create Login, Delete Login, Update Login, Create Account, and Delete Account and so on.

14. All permissions that you have chosen can be seen under Selected Permissions located on the right side of Available Permissions list.

15. After selecting all permissions that you want, click the Save button.

16. The new account login role has been successfully created.

17. You can now assign this role to particular logins that you want to have these privileges.

18. Click the Home button located at the upper left corner of the page to return to the Home page.

19. This is the end of the demo. You now know how to set up login roles in Helm control panel. Just follow the same steps if you wish to set up account login roles again.

20. Don’t forget to log out to the control panel when finished for security purposes especially when you used public computer.

21. Thank you for watching this tutorial. Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions.

October 5, 2011 at 9:34 pm | No comment

Codero is a provider of web hosting options including dedicated and cloud hosting founded in 2009 as a subsidiary of Aplus. Since 2010, it has already provided 4883 domains. It has provided service to small-sized and mid-sized businesses based on their choice of processor and the size of their hard drive. Its services are focused on providing hosting plans and meeting every customer and client’s needs by supporting websites in their growth and adaption to the always shifting and altering virtual technologies, also to do the same while maintaining and improving the environment.

Value for Money

Unlike many providers, Codero only offers one plan. They choose the best and newest in the market and that is what they make available for their customers. Value for money, then, depends on the one plan that they currently have. Reviews would show though that the customers are so far satisfied with the service and are fine with the money they are spending for the same.

It does offer different options for dedicated hosting services. But as per plans, it only provides one, that which after careful examination and selection, they deem to be the best. When a new and better web server becomes available, this is what Codero makes available for its customers. The current server then becomes obsolete, though it still offers pending completion of transition. Prices could radically change, as a consequence. This could easily be interpreted as bad in the sense of unexpectedness and price instability.

As an emphasis though, value for money is not tantamount to cheapness and affordability. It is the service being commensurate with the price one is paying. Thus, value put by Codero for money is not affected by the possible radical change in price.

Performance & Reliability

Codero is highly recommended not only by its customers but also by some critics in the industry. It is said to have, in terms of environments that use dedicated cloud hosting, the most flexible and scalable among most. Performance-wise, it uses the best server there is to the point that if there is something new and better, they totally switch to that and leave the old. In terms of reliability, it has been tested and guaranteed. Codero offers 99.9% uptime guarantee. That is less than 1% downtime. That is the kind of confidence they have on their servers and connections, and customers agree with its confidence. On top of that, Codero guarantees 100% functionality of its hardware.

Support

Despite Codero’s assurance of 99.9% reliability of its services, it still takes into notice the .01% possibility of downtime. For that they put up supports that customers can speak with round the clock. Anytime of the day and any day of the year, the support team of Codero is available.

There are a number of ways Codero’s customers can ask assistance in case of trouble or difficulty. They can chat with the expert live support staff, they can call, and they can simply submit an e-ticket and wait for a response within 24 hours.

Ease of use

Codero makes use of Intel processors and Dell servers, two of the leading providers in the industry right now. Intel and Dell are widely used by almost everybody because of its reliability and being user-friendly. And as Codero vows to provide only the best, these are the processors and servers they use.

Important to know

Codero is one of the best anyone can have. This is the majority opinion, both of simple users and experts. It does not choose its market. Anyone that needs its service and features, Codero caters to.

As probably many are not aware of, providing web hosting can be anti-environment. Codero does not turn a blind eye on this fact. That’s why while it prioritizes giving the best service; it also takes into consideration the ecosystem. It provides only green hosting by imposing upon itself policies aimed at saving energy.

The fact is, Codero thinks beyond profit and market advantage. If a person is into emailing, shopping online, storing data, creating backup, transfer service, etc., then Codero is the better option. All that’s mentioned above, it offers for a good price. Now they offer server options for better management and suitability to a customer’s business core. These options are basic, select and premium.

Summary

The bottomline, Codero is one of those few that go beyond earning big and getting the big chunk of the market. It considers not just the present but the future. It also compares this to the past.

Whenever something better comes along, they get that. They inconveniently change so that its customers only gets the best and the newest. And while Codero is doing this, it is also protecting the environment.

Here are some more web hosting provider reviews on Codero:

Codero Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingTalk	Codero Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingSearch
Codero Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingGeeks	Codero Web Hosting Provider Review at WebHostingTop

October 4, 2011 at 10:50 pm | No comment