In order to use a website as a business tool you must be able to use email efficiently, the importance of this cannot be over-stressed. Learn to send and receive email and learn to send and receive emails with attachments such as pictures or word documents. Once you've been shown how to do it once or twice it is really very easy - the key to sucess is having your computer set-up correctly and this is a job for an experienced professional or somebody thet REALLY knows what they're doing. Our advise is to get some help at this stage and save loads of aggro!

Domain Names and Hosting
It is essential that as a business you retain complete control of your website, especially as it grows into a valuable asset and enables transactions by credit card. Owning your own properly registered Domain Name keeps you in control. It also allows you to advertise your web and email addresses in a professional manner with the confidence that the addresses will not have to change. tasteofengland.co.uk is our Domain Name and you can see how we use it throughout our website. We can register domain names on behalf of clients from £30 and also take care of all the technical "plumbing in" that is required to route emails and web traffic correctly. When you register a Domain name, it is attached to a computer on the internet which is your "Host Server" this provides the space where your website will actually be stored and where your information can be accessed form any internet connection worldwide. tasteofengland.co.uk also provide this hosting service for their clients but can also arrange for websites to be hosted elsewhere if required We have now created the foundations on which to build your website. There are very many other complex technical reasons for registering a domain and having it professionally hosted - too many to mention here.