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Standard Hosting Prices

From the following list of Prices for the Standard Hosting Plan select those items that meet your needs.  Each Standard Hosting Contract will at least require the Basic Hosting Package.  You will only need the Basic Hosting Package unless you intend to sell products using a shopping cart or receive private data directly from your site.

Server Disk Space:    Up to 40MB and  3000 MB of Data Transfer/Mo.

* These items are required for a basic hosting package. 

Note: If you already have a Domain Name that you wish to transfer to your new hosting account, we will charge a $25.00 setup fee.  If you do not already have one to transfer, we will charge you $9.95 to register your new Domain Name for one year plus a $25.00 setup fee.  You can choose the size hosting account that best fits your situation.  You will always have the option to increase the size of your account to any size you wish.  The Standard Hosting Account begins with 5 Megs of server space and may be increased to as much as 40 Megs under the Standard Hosting Configuration.

We recommend setting up the basic hosting package.  This allows minimal cost during the setting up of your domain name and designing your website.  This will also place your business on the web more quickly, since we will provide you with a temporary home page that will tell your viewers that your site is currently under development.  Your viewers will be able to send you email directly from your temporary home page and you can begin using your email address with your present and future customers.  Your email will be automatically forwarded to the your address of choice.  In most cases you can use your present email program to retrieve your messages from your account automatically.

The PayPal Shopping Cart can be added to any of the above Standard Hosting Plans as soon as you obtain your PayPal Account.  This is the least expensive and most secure method of selling products and services on the internet.

The Miva Shopping Cart can be added to your site to allow your customers to shop and purchase your products or services online directly from your website. 

All Hosting Contracts and Services are paid in advance monthly.

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Standard Hosting

Description of Hosting Services

Setup Fee:   $25.00

• The setup fee is a one time charge to setup the account on the server..

Basic Fee:  $5.95 - $24.95/Month

• The Basic Fee for Standard Hosting is paid monthly, quarterly or annually.
• The Basic Fee for a Merchant Account is paid monthly from your Merchant Account, therefore you must maintain an adequate balance in the account to cover monthly charges for this service.

Domain Registration:  $10.00/Year.

• We will assist you in searching for your own domain name for your website.
• We can also register your domain name for $10.00 for 1 year.
• You will need to host your domain name as part of the registration process.
• We will host your domain name as part of your hosting contract with BMCI.
• We will post your site as under construction until the final design is ready for publishing to your new site.

Transferring Domain Name:  $25.00

• If you already have a domain name registered, it can be transferred to our server for a one time charge of $25.00.

Added Disk Space:        $10.00/Month - $1.00/MB/Month - 10MB Minimum. 

• 10 MB of additional disk space for website
• 300MB of additional data transfer/month

Add POP3 E-mail Accounts:    $5.00/POP3/Month

• One POP3 E-mail Account is included

Unlimited E-mail Aliasing:  FREE

• Free unlimited E-mail Aliasing

Majordomo List Server:  Included    

• This feature allows you to accept subscribers through your website for newsletters, etc.  This allows you to create your own private mailing list of customers to keep in touch with and to send out sales brochures and advertisements from your email program.

Database Server:  Included

• We offer support for MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL database applications.
• This is a scalable, high performance data base management system.
• Your product catalog is stored in this database along with prices for each product

Miva Shopping Cart:    Lease Software $30.00/Month

• This feature allows the creation of your storefront that displays your products with pictures and description and allows your customer to select the item and place it in the shopping cart for later purchase. 
• The customer can place as many products as he/she wishes into the shopping cart while viewing your site.
• Once your customer is done shopping an invoice is prepared and displayed for approval.
• The customer can add or delete items and approve the final order.
• The order is then processed for sales tax and shipping charges.
• The total is then calculated and processed for payment using a major credit card.
• Once the payment has been approved, the order is sent for preparation & shipment and the confirmation is emailed to the customer.
• All of this is accomplished electronically with the exception of the preparation and shipping of the product. 

Merchant Account:   Typically $59.95/Mo. Plus Fees.

• Online credit card transactions require a merchant account processing system in order to receive payment by credit card.  Once your merchant account is established, we will install the server extensions and SSL needed to process credit card and check processing transactions.
• Requires Security SSL.

Processor:  Generally Included with Merchant Account Package.

• In order to receive credit card and e-check payments over the internet you will need a credit card processor.  Most of the time this service will be supplied by the company or bank that provides your merchant account.  You need to be aware that merchant accounts require an online processor such as: Cybercash or AuthorizeNet as the connection between your website and the merchant account provider.  The cost of the processor is generally included in the merchant account package fees.

Security SSL:   $50.00 Setup Fee

• Provides a secure directory in your website for transmitting private information (such as credit card numbers).
• Provides support for CGI-Scripts requiring Secure Socket Layer encryption of credit card data.
• Required for a merchant account processing system.

Payment Options:

• Payment for all services and options are in advance monthly.

The cost for an online storefront is minimal when considering the cost of a retail store and sales clerks.  One major consideration is the limited cost of advertising worldwide on the internet and the potential coverage against the local store with local advertising.  Exposure and cost to advertise are the significant differences.

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