MGT 186

Management of Information Systems and Technology

Quiz 2:
Achieving Operational Excellence Evaluating E-Commerce Hosting Services

A. Factors to consider for each Web hosting company

FACTORS GOMANILAHOST.NET SHOPIFY WEB.COM.PH

Range of hosting  Shared hosting -  E-commerce web  Shared hosting – Linux
services offered to Linux hosting  VPS hosting - Linux
small businesses  Virtual Private Server  Dedicated hosting –
(VPS) hosting – Linux Linux/Windows
 WordPress hosting  Co-location
 Reseller hosting
Features  10 GB disk space  Unlimited bandwidth  10 GB disk space
(Capabilities or  Unlimited premium  Unlimited email  Unlimited premium
support) bandwidth forwarding bandwidth
 Free domain brought  Instant upgrades  Unlimited domain
yearly  Online Store  Unlimited email
 Free SSL Certificate  Unlimited products accounts
 20 Email accounts  5 Staff accounts  99.99% Uptime
 10 websites  24/7 support Guarantee
 20 MySQL databases  Sales channels  Other features are
 20 FTP Accounts  Manual order indicated below
 20 Subdomain creation
 24/7/365 support  Discount codes
 99.99% Uptime  Free SSL certificate
Guarantee  Abandoned cart
 Other features are recovery
indicated below  Gift cards
 Professional reports
Cost ₱250/month ₱313/month ₱333.33/month
(Business plan) (Shopify plan) (Business plan)
Tools provided for Applications: Payment gateway Web Programming
creating an e-  JavaScript integration: Features:
commerce site  Wordpress  2Checkout  Cloud Linux
 Joomla  Paysera  CPanel
 Drupal  Atome  Softaculous
 Magento  BitPay  Perl/Python/PHP
 OpenCart  Coinbase Commerce  MySQL
 ZenCart  CoinPayments.net
 osCommerce  PayTabs Web Statistics Features:
 PHPMyAdmin  PayMongo  Awstats
 CageFS Hacker  Dragonpay  Raw Access Logs
Protection  EBANX Payments  Bandwidth Meter

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  Spam Free  GCash via PayMongo  Etc.
MailChannels Cloud  GrabPay
Email  iPay88 Philippines
 SitePad Drag & Drop  iPayLinks
Website Builder  MOLPay
 PowerBoost™ with  PayMaya
900% Faster NVMe  PayDollar
3D SSD  Paymentwall
 Powerful LiteSpeed  PayPal Express
Webserver Checkout
 LiteSpeed Cache for  PUT IT ON LAY-BUY
WordPress  Skrill
 Powerful Attracta
SEO Tools Analytics Tool:
 Softaculous (285+  Google Analytics
FREE Scripts)
 PHPnuke Shopify applications:
 Etc.  Shopify email
 Stocky
 Shopify Chat
 Point of Sale
 Messenger,
Facebook, Amazon,
and Google channel
 Etc.
Take secure credit Yes Yes Yes
card payments
Calculate shipping Yes No Yes
costs

B. Strengths and weaknesses of each Web hosting company (based on reviews)

WEB HOSTING STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

COMPANIES
GoManilaHost.Net  Responsive and reliable x Limited email accounts
customer service x Limited MySQL databases
 Affordable price x Limited number of products
 Offers great free tools
 Easy to use control panel
 Experienced and fast support
 Ample storage allowances
 Well-known site builder
Shopify  Easy to sell unlimited number x Expensive Advanced Shopify
of products monthly plan ($299/month)
 Unlimited file storage

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  Excellent online store building x Calculate shipping costs limited
 Offers a free 14-day trial to only to Advanced Shopify plan
build online marketplace x Doesn’t include uptime guarantee
 Offers free and premium
Shopify to customize online
store
 Fully hosted services
 Well-known site builder
Web.com.ph  Improved customer service x Average performance support
 Frills-free web hosting x Expensive renewal rates
 Excellent site builder and x Unjustifiable regular rates
support for WordPress x Limited number of products
 Design a custom site from
scratch
 Support for most coding
languages
 Offers full website lifecycle
hosting services
 Well-known site builder
 Unlimited MySQL databases
 Ample storage allowances
 Unlimited data transfer
 High-capacity email storage

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 C. Report

Business Background

Seashells by the Seashore is a small business that sells fashion accessories and accessory
organizers made out of windowpane oysters (capiz shells) in Carles, Iloilo. The products include earrings,
necklaces, bracelets, and accessory or jewelry boxes. Seashells by the Seashore promises classic and
elegance to anyone who would wear the business’ capiz shells accessories.

Example Products:

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 Web Hosting Provider

I chose GoManilaHost.Net to host my website and products. At first, I was conflicted between
Shopify and GoManilaHost.Net. Shopify seems so easy to manipulate and useful for start-up online
businesses. I was attracted to the Shopify tools and features that are compatible with me as a beginner,
but, at the same time, I felt discouraged with the Shopify web-hosting cost. If I plan to purchase the
Shopify plan (₱313/month) and upgrade to the Advanced Shopify (₱1,188/month) later on, it would be
costly as my current plan would be four times the price of my previous plan. Hence, I picked
GoManilaHost.Net because of its affordable cost. If I plan to upgrade my web hosting plan, I would only
pay an additional 250 pesos per month. Besides, many users of GoManilaHost.Net would rate the web
hosting provider with perfect five stars on the quality, customer service, and support. I can’t even find
any negative comments because all users would articulate how efficient, reliable, and, mostly,
affordable GoManilaHost.Net is. In addition, compared to Shopify, GoManilaHost.Net is more robust in
terms of technological offerings. Hence, the latter is well suited for web experts. However, new users
shouldn’t feel intimidated because GoManilaHost.Net customer service will guide you all the way,
twenty-four seven.

D. Additional Features

GOMANILAHOST.NET WEB.COM.PH
 Instant Setup / Activation Email Features:
 Latest CPanel  POP3/SMTP
 CloudLinux Powered  Webmail
 CageFS Hacker Protection  Email Forwarding
 Spam Free MailChannels Cloud Email  Autoresponder
 SitePad Drag & Drop Website Builder  Catch All Email
 PowerBoost™ with 900% Faster NVMe 3D SSD  Mailing List
 Powerful LiteSpeed Webserver  Email Filter
 LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress  Spam Assassin
 Powerful Attracta SEO Tools
 Softaculous (285+ FREE Scripts) Web Programming Features:
 Daily & Weekly Backups  Cloud Linux
 No-Hassles, 30 Days Money Back  CPanel
 SMTP, POP3 and IMAP  Softaculous
 Web Mail (RoundCube/Horde/Squirrel)  Perl/Python/PHP
 E-Mail Autoresponders and Forwards  MySQL
 Email Aliases and Filters
 Mailing lists Web Statistics Features:
 MX Record Modifications  Awstats
 SEO Friendly Subdomains  Raw Access Logs
 Privacy Protection for Domains  Bandwidth Meter
 Web Based File Manager
 Web Based Website/HTML Editor Multimedia:
 AWstats Detailed Website Statistics  Real Audio/Video

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 Raw Access Logs  Shockwave/Flash
 Bandwidth Meter  Windows Media
 Hot Link Protection
 Apache Handlers Advanced Options Features:
 Password Protected Directories  Custom Error Pages
 Custom Error Pages  Cron Jobs
 Cron Jobs  Password Protected Directories
 Jail Shell/SSH access  URL redirects
 URL Redirect/Forwarding  MIME Types
 MIME Types  Apache Handlers
 Leech Protect  Hot Link Protection
 .htaccess Support  Daily Backup
 Flash Support
 Macromedia Shockwave
 Windows Media Compatible
 Real Audio & Video Compatible
 Audio & Video Streaming
 FFmpeg, PHP-FFmpeg
 Mplayer & LAME Encoder
 Add Own MIME Types
 MIDI File Support
 CGI, SSL, Perl, Python
 PHP5 with Zend Optimizer
 PHP5 with eAccelerator
 ionCube Loader
 MS Expression Web & FrontPage
 Adobe Dreamweaver
 CURL, GD & ImageMagick
 Server Side Includes (SSI)
 Choose multiple PHP version
 Instant Blogs
 Instant Portals
 Instant PHPnuke
 Instant Forums
 Instant Guestbook
 Instant Counter
 Instant FormMail

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Sembower, T. (2021, June 1). Shopify Review. Retrieved June 7, 2021, from HostingAdvice.com:
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