Monsoon Computing is a website design and hosting service based in Palmerston NT Australia, established in 1999. The links above will take you to some of our sites, and the cheapest web hosting in Australia.
If you have built your own website and would like to upload and maintain it yourself, hosting can be as cheap as $3.97 (Australian dollars) per month. Click here for the cheapest hosting in Australia.
Simple sites can in some cases be made at no cost. If you'd like a simple brochure-style site such as Rocket Express's or this one, we will put it together for you for free (Australian residents only). You need only pay the monthly hosting fee(premium hosting) to keep the site available. The hosting fee includes regular submission of your site to search engines (done manually by us, the only method that always works). Every facet of implementation of your site is taken care of by us if you choose the Premium hosting plan.
If you choose to also register a domain name for your website you will receive a minimum of 5 email addresses included in your Premium hosting plan. If you don't want us to register a domain name for you, that's OK. We will give you a folder within one of our own domains (i.e. www.moncom.net/yourname/) at no extra cost.
All sites are original, and built from scratch to suit your business or personal requirements. Some web designers use third party templates and code to build websites for their clients, which means your site is possibly the same as thousands of others on the Internet and the code may be messy and contain errors. We never use third-party products to create the code for your website, every line of code is produced by us, which means the site will be quick to view on the Internet and Search Engines will rank it higher than many competitors. For example, do a search in Google for 'releasing superannuation'. You'll notice the top webpage is one of our moncom.net forum topics, ranked at number one out of nearly a million webpages(at time of writing this). That's just one of dozens of webpages we have listed in the search engines that have received a top ten ranking in Google immediately after being listed. We don't rely much on reciprocal links, just good code. Some of our webpages attract over 2000 visitors per day without using any paid advertising. We can't promise you the same, as the Search Engines and directories change constantly, but we can give you a good chance of getting a highly ranked listing. Just the fact that you are reading this shows that our techniques for being found on the Net do work. This is a 'Flash' site, the most difficult to get indexed in Search Engines, yet here you are.
Our Search Engine submission and optimisation service is a valuable service, and is included in the cost of our Premium hosting plan. A Premium Submission and Optimisation Service is also available for existing websites for $350 per year. We check your code and suggest changes that will increase your ranking and get your site listed in Search Engines and directories. Then we keep watch for opportunities to increase your websites ranking and keep building your online presence for one year. If you would like us to set up some paid advertising for you with third-parties you can just pay extra(as much as you think is adequate) and we will spend every cent of the extra payment you nominate on payed advertising at third-party directories that will effectively advertise your website. It is as important to us as it is to you to get peoples attention to your site. Our reputation rests upon it.
E-commerce websites can also be put together for you. Check out our store at http://moncom.net/mcstore/. Place an order to test it if you like, just be sure to put a note in the space available when ordering telling us it isn't a real purchase. Your own logo and other visuals can be placed on the site. Payment methods accepted by our stores are Cheque/money order, Credit Card (via Paymate), Direct deposit (bank transfer). You may use which ever (or all) of the methods in your store that suit your requirements. Up-to-date delivery costs can be automatically calculated by your on-line store, if you use Australia Post for your deliveries. We set up a data link from your site to the Australia Post delivery cost calculator. Your customer will therefore know exactly how much to pay upon ordering, without being required to contact you to ask for delivery costs, unlike many other online stores.
If you simply need a discussion forum, knowledge base, online project log or Q&A forum for you or your business, you can have one built at http://moncom.net/. If you have an existing site you can place a link on it to the forum we create for you. Many businesses will find the feedback they get in forums useful, as will the customers. Forums are free to non-commercial users, and we only request an occassional donation from business/commercial users who find the service of value. A link to our payment screen is on the moncom.net homepage. If you use our Premium plan a forum will be built for your site at no extra cost or obligation.
If you already have a website and would like to have us host it and fully maintain it for you we can do that too, without moving/setup fees. You just need to give us a copy of the site and we'll do the rest(existing sites can usually be acquired by us without requiring you to do anything). The monthly hosting fee will include regular submission to search engines and directories, which you may not be getting with your current web host. Please email us if you would like to use this type of premium hosting/maintenance service. If you move your domain name to our web hosting service you will receive a minimum of 5 email addresses included at no extra cost.
Businesses or individuals that have never had a website before and are uncertain of what is expected of them when the project begins need not worry. It's much easier than you'd expect to have a functioning site within the week. In most cases, just email or post us the content for your website, including existing brochures and letterheads. We'll do the rest. You will be given a temporary address for your site so you can watch it being built, and if you feel the need you can request alterations or additions by email. Once the site is built and set up you need only pay the monthly Premium hosting fee and we will maintain and promote the site for you. So as you can see, you need only spend 10 minutes gathering the contents for the site and send it to us, and we'll handle everything else to give you the online presence you want. Regular small alterations to your site will be carried out for free if you simply request them via email(if your phone number or other business details change, for example). If you approve of the new site just continue to pay the monthly hosting fee and it will be available to everyone online. If you don't approve of the site, or your circumstances change, simply stop paying the monthly fee and it will be removed without obligation.
We can do more than just design a simple visual webpage. We can build your site to use databases to collect or display information, video conferencing built in, interactive websites, almost anything you have seen on the Internet, and more. We use the best of technologies, such as (if you are interested) XML, ASP, Flash, and DHTML to make a truly interactive website that gains loyal visitors/customers.
Remember, a website that doesn't attract visitors is as worthless to you as it is to us. Too many businesses and individuals pay for a useless website. We won't let this happen to you.
Please feel free to email us with any questions. Just tell us what you need and we'll send you a quote. We aim to be the fairest possible with our pricing, and we will ensure that you never pay any added expenses that you don't expect, or want.