FAQ - all about puresilva & e-commerce / CMS websites.

What is puresilva?

puresilva is the name of our templated website solution (see features list here). It has full e-commerce and content management facilities. This template gives you a website where you can sell items online, or just simply have an information website that's easy to update. You can easily (at the click of a button) add sections such as e-commerce facilities, a forum, a blog, a photo gallery, or simply pages to your website, as well as design your site in minutes with our design facility.

This is an ideal solution for businesses who want a professional e-commerce / content-managed website for a reasonable price, up-and-running quickly. We sell this package at a price of £395 (inc. VAT) for a lifelong license (with free updates for life), with 10 website links pointing to your website for speedy search engine indexing and optimization for your website. The first 12 months of hosting is included in the price.

To find out more about the people behind puresilva, read our "who we are" page!

Why use a website template?

More and more online businesses are realising that templated websites offer a greater number of features for their money than bespoke solutions which are costly, and certainly not guaranteed to be reliable, secure, search-engine friendly, accessible or even usable. Much-used templates (such as our own) offer stability and security through a tried-and-tested codebase, with free updates.

Don't templated websites all look the same? I want more control over the design of my site

I can get an e-commerce website for FREE from ZenCart, OSCommerce (etc). Shouldn't I just save my money and pick one of these?

You can pick up FREE e-commerce templates such as ZenCart or OSCommerce. These solutions offer feature-rich, robust websites from which you can sell from, for free. You can simply download the files necessary, and away you go. The problem we find with these solutions isn't the solutions themselves, it's the fact you'll invariably need to hire a web design company to actually configure and host your website for you. This adds a considerable cost to the running of your site while adding an unknown quantity to the success of your site (how easy is it to get hold of the developer? How much do they actually know about your chosen solution? etc).

What's more, The usual hosting solution for such free e-commerce sites is a shared server, for simple convenience (these are normally configured to make it as easy as possible for web design companies to install such known templates) - which will undoubtably impact on your website's overall performance and yearly aggregate uptime, and raise a question over the regular backing up of your data AND uploaded images/files. Some other things to consider:-

• Your web design company who configures such free e-commerce solutions on your behalf will not have actually developed your website from scratch - they only know how to install it and alter the look of it, and perhaps some of the code. puresilva has been entirely hand-written by ourselves from scratch and is in constant development by ourselves. When you contact us, you're talking direct to the developer of your website. The majority of web design companies who claim to be e-commerce web developers are merely reselling templated solutions that they haven't themselves developed. When you ask for help, they invariably go to developer forums on the net to ask the same questions you asked them.
  
  
• Any ostensible savings in money by choosing a free e-commerce template are made irrelevant by the fact that the entire purpose of your website is to make you a profit. A serious online business will be looking to make at least a 5 figure (GBP) profit margin throughout any given year. The profit margin is entirely dictated by the quality of the product, the price, the level of service, the marketing and advertising, and the presentation. This means a good solid website as the vehicle for a good solid business plan.
  
  

How can puresilva help MY online business plan?

• be based on a proven successful model now running live on many existing e-commerce wesbites that are making substantial profits from sales over the last 3 years
  
  
• be 'on-page' optimised for search engines, with tools to make sure they are always optimised for search engines as well as provide tools for 'off-page' optimization to make it easy for you to build links between other websites
  
  
• have been through usability tests to ensure ease-of-use for your customers. People can purchase items in as little as 3 mouse clicks
  
  
• be based on a model that has evolved over 4 years with alterations made to them based on visitor feedback and constant bench tests
  
  
• be fully content-managed by yourself and always looks professional no matter what design you apply to it
  
  
• be constantly evolving

Tell me about e-commerce websites & puresilva's e-commerce facilities.

E-commerce websites typically have 'core' features and puresilva is no different. You can add categories, products, put special offers on, check orders, and have orders tracked by your customers, customise your shipping and handling arrangements, optimize your products so they can easily be found by search engines, besides a lot more other e-commerce features. In order to take your customer's payments, your e-commerce website will automatically be connected to PayPal, Nochex and Protx (or a combination thereof). You can plug into one or all of these instantly.

I don't have any products to sell, I'm not interested in e-commerce websites - is it worth it for me to try out puresilva?

Yes - our template is not just for those looking to sell online. Our template also has a news/blog/articles facility, a forum, and strong content management overall - allowing you to add unlimited pages and place files/images ANYWHERE on each page. The template can be used to create non-e-commerce websites.

So how much does it cost?

The template retails at £395 for a lifelong software license plus a year's hosting included in this cost - and you can be trading online within 24 hours of purchase. We will pay for the registration of the domain name on your behalf, if a new domain name is required. Hosting costs run at £119 per year. All updates are 100% free.

E-commerce/CMS websites constantly have new content added to them. Will my site be backed up so I won't lose any of my content in the event of a crash?

Yes, we understand the need for e-commerce/CMS websites to be backed-up regularly. We back up all of our sites daily.

What about updates? Am I entitled to any?

Yes - whenever new features are added to the puresilva software (which is often), they will be automatically installed on your website.

How do I order my website?

Click here . If you want to talk with us first, our phone number is +44(0)207 193 2755.

What about hosting? Is it reliable? I've had problems with web hosts before!

We have had so many troubles with shared servers in the past as customers ourselves, that in order to be a serious web development company we had to purchase our own dedicated servers, ensuring a reliable service, very fast loading websites with daily backups of all data and files.

Our hosting costs are a bit more than you will be quoted from major hosting companies (actually, not much more) but we definitely give a more reliable service with daily back-ups - all insured by our 30-day money back guarantee. We monitor our server's performance constantly and do not allow more than 60% capacity to be used typically during the Peak Hour (the busiest hour of the day), to prevent server crashes caused by traffic spikes. The site you are reading from now is hosted on a dedicated server. Click through this site and see how fast it responds.

Can I get my money back if I'm not satisfied?

Absolutely. We want to have happy and satisfied customers. We will refund your deposit if you request your money back within the first 30 days of trying out your website. All we ask is that you have properly evaluated the website (see terms and conditions).

What if I already have a website and I'm happy with it but want faster hosting performance for my site - can you host it for me?

Yes - the hosting cost is £119 per year, with a full year paid in advance. This comes with a 30-day money back guarantee.

I've heard enough - where is it I order again?

Order your puresilva e-commerce website here.