Website Hosting

If you are looking for a one-stop-shop for all your online needs, eg Moodle, website and student management then we can help. We recommend a dedicated server for Moodle, and in some cases that can be shared with your website (depending on the level of complexity of your website). At CourseSales.com we understand that smooth running of your registration and online course delivery is important. Having your Website server or student management system down means lost revenue. Websites can be resource intensive, for this reason we encourage dedicated servers located close to a fast and secure ‘backbone’ internet connection. This means that you will be on the same network as our own high quality servers (with Amazon) and our very fast network, this hosting complies with most security and privacy requirements.

By hosting your website with CourseSales.com not only do you only benefit from our quick, reliable customer support but also when using our plugins and API automatic website updates are quick. Course availability is reflected on your website immediately and students are able to register with connections that are lightening fast. We will also manage nightly backups. Updates to your dedicated website server can be synchronized with CourseSales.com so that they stay working. We do NOT host dedicated websites servers for customers who are not using CourseSales.com - so you get attention from us without distractions from others. We provide free email support and extensive documentation.

Shared-hosting website server

Will handle low loads, but may respond slowly from time to time if there are many users on at the same time; $2,000 per year (4 CPU, 15gb memory with 80gb storage, located in Sydney)

Basic dedicated website server

Will handle moderate to high loads, but may respond slowly from time to time if there are many users on at the same time; $3,625 per year (4 CPU, 15gb memory with 80gb storage, located in Sydney)

Advanced dedicated Moodle server

Will handle high to very high loads and multiple students accessing more complex data; $6,960 per year (8 CPU, 15gb memory with 100gb storage, located in Sydney)

Configuration of shared-hosting website server

Configuration of backups, software, security patches, integration with CourseSales.com, mail, domain management, required modules and functions to deliver service required for customers, 40 hours of setup work @$120/hour, $1,800 initial configuration.

Configuration of dedicate website server

Ad hoc Maintenance and support

Security checks, version upgrades, configuration changes etc. @$120/hour

Data transfer

Included up to 100 Gb/month, $20 per 100 Gb/month after that.

Wordpress or Drupal CourseSales.com plugins

License On-going license costs are $50/month.

Terms

Configuration billing: 50% payment in advance, 50% payment upon completion.
License & server billing: in advance at time of annual license payment or arrears when paid monthly.
Ad hoc support & data transfer billing: in arrears, support billed in one hour increments
Other advanced features like Secure Connections (https://) or email management are in addition to above
All prices are in Australian Dollars and exclude GST
Prices do not include website design or migration of existing data or functioning of webserver configuration beyond functioning with CourseSales.com

When considering web hosting with CourseSales.com consider the following:

CourseSales.com is not the cheapest in the market, we pride reliability and responsiveness over cut-price service, if you are looking for cheap n' nasty look at some of the dedicated online non-dedicated server providers
Do you want us to host your domain also - we recommend using amazon servers to manage domains
Where will your email be hosted? - we recommend zoho or gmail for storing your imap mail servers, or providing web-based email access
Do you need website design? We work with very capable website designers around the world and are happy to manage that relationship
Do you need Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) advice? We have professionals in this industry, usually offering monthly, quarterly or annual SEO packages,

To determine the most appropriate server (in size, capacity and features) please provide the following information:

How many unique visitors do you get per month?
Are you running other software like a store cart, course delivery or other options beyond corporate web pages?
What Operating System do you use? eg. Windows, linux etc
What content management system do you use eg Wordpress, Drupal etc
Do customers log into your website to get information, do quizzes or maintain a mailing list?
Can you supply us with statistical report for the past month?
How many email addresses do you have?
Do visitors download files?