General FAQs (billing, sales, etc.)


 How does Monolithic bill for design and hosting services?

Hosting:

Hosting fees are be billed automatically monthly or quarterly via either credit card or checking account. If neither option is suitable, and you need to pay by check, we will invoice you for either a 6 month or 1 year block of hosting.

Our recurring billing periods always begin on the first of the month. Sign-ups during a calendar month are charged a pro-rated amount along with any other setup fees during the first month and then fall into the next monthly or quarterly billing cycle from then on.

Design:

Design services are payable by check. Occasionally, arrangements can be made with ongoing customers for other methods of payment..

For small jobs, changes and site additions, the customer is generally invoiced after the work has been completed to their satisfaction.


How much does it cost to add pages to my site?

Our standard hourly rate for HTML design and edits is $45 per hour. We have a half hour minimum charge for all site alterations. There is no specific per-page rate, all changes and additions are quoted based on the time required to complete them.

Of course as a design or hosting customer, you also have the options of either doing your own site changes or hiring an outside designer to make modifications to your site. Contact support if you need the FTP codes to your site.


How can I maintain my own site?

Any changes can be made to your site if you or someone in your company has the skills to make HTML edits and can FTP files to and from the site. (Contact support if you need the FTP codes to your site.)

We also support Microsoft Frontpage on our Unix and NT servers. This low-cost page editing program allows you to build and manage your site without any knowledge of HTML code. We have many non-technical customers who have been successful in managing their sites using this program. Contact support if you would like Frontpage extensions setup on your hosting account to allow you to use this program.