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Welcome to the August 2007 issue of pair Networks' Insider Newsletter. Our newsletter is available to everyone. Subscribers need not be customers of pair Networks.
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AUGUST 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Specials |
WAIVED Set-up Fees for Webmaster Hosting Plans
Triple Prepayment Discounts for New Accounts
WAIVED Set-up Fees on New Accounts for Refugees
Add Multiple Dedicated IP Domain Names and Save |
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Announcements |
pair Networks Is Now Carbon Neutral
Movable Type Now Only $2.95 a Month |
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pairNIC |
Celebrate pairNIC's 5th Anniversary -- 5 for $50 Special!
Transfer to pairNIC -- $10 per Domain Name Year Special |
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pairLite |
What's a Hobby Site Anyway?
Double Term Special -- Limited Time |
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Customer Spotlight |
www.dippindots.com
www.ziggymarley.com
www.animationblock.com |
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QuickServe |
QuickServe Database Servers Available |
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E-Commerce |
EV SSL Certificate Demo Available |
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Referral Program |
Signing Up Made Easy Using the ACC |
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Current Stats |
Now Hosting 190,000+ Web Sites |
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Company Information |
Postal Address - Fax Number - Contact Info |
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Insider Rules for Reprinting |
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WAIVED Set-up Fees for Webmaster Hosting Plans
Sign up or upgrade to the Webmaster hosting plan and pay no set-up fees during August 2007.
This special does not apply to over-usage fees, domain name registration fees, or any services added after an account has been created.
pair Networks Sign Up System -- http://www.pair.com/signup
Triple Prepayment Discounts for New Accounts
During the month of August 2007, all NEW accounts will receive triple prepayment discounts, as shown:
3 months prepaid - 6% discount (normally 2%)
6 months prepaid - 12% discount (normally 4%)
12 months prepaid - 24% discount (normally 8%)
This special pricing is available to new accounts only and applies only to hosting services purchased while signing up for a new account. It does not apply to upgrades of existing accounts. It does not apply to over-usage fees or domain name registration fees. Services added or changed after an account is created are eligible only for normal discounts. Certain restrictions apply.
Special Offers Web Page -- http://www.pair.com/services/specials.html
pair Networks Sign-Up System -- http://www.pair.com/signup
WAIVED Set-up Fees on All New Accounts for Refugees
Tired of bad service or dishonesty from your current Web host?
Looking for a better deal or superior uptime?
Switch to pair Networks now and get WAIVED SET-UP FEES on any of our Web hosting plans -- just put the word REFUGEE, as in "Web hosting refugee," in the Coupon Code field when signing up. Set-up fees are waived for the account and the first domain name (only).
Feel free to tell anyone about our Refugee Special.
Special Offers Web Page -- http://www.pair.com/services/specials.html
pair Networks Sign-Up System -- http://www.pair.com/signup/
Add Multiple Dedicated IP Domain Names and Save
We are offering discounts on Dedicated IP hosting set-up fees when certain quantities are added through the Account Control Center during a calendar month.
Add 5 or more during the same month -- get 50% off Set-up Fees
Add 10 or more during the same month -- get 75% off Set-up Fees
Add 20 or more during the same month -- get 100% off Set-up Fees
Domain name discounts are tabulated during the subsequent month's billing cycle. Monthly fees remain the same. This special does not apply to Shared IP and Parked domain names. Contact sales@pair.com for more information.
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pair Networks Is Now Carbon Neutral
As of August 1, 2007, all of pair Networks' operations, including data
centers, support operations, and administrative facilities, are carbon
neutral. pair Networks has chosen to balance its carbon emissions through
TerraPass, a leading vendor of carbon offsets (www.terrapass.com).
What does it mean to be carbon neutral? With TerraPass' assistance, pair
Networks first calculated its carbon footprint, the sum total of
greenhouse gas emissions created from on-site energy use. We then
balanced those emissions by sponsoring a corresponding reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions through clean energy and efficiency projects such
as wind farms.
During September 2007, we'll be unveiling our comprehensive Corporate
Environmental Policy. We will include specific details about our carbon
neutral status as well as our other commitments and practices that are
based on good environmental stewardship and business practices.
pair Networks, Inc. has been operating in a socially responsible manner
since the company was founded in 1995. We want all of our customers to
know that the company that they trust with their Web site and domain
names is working hard to have very little negative impact on the natural
environment. Please read next month's Insider Newsletter or listen to
next month's Insider podcast for the complete details about our Corporate
Environmental Policy.
Movable Type Now only $2.95 a Month
Now there's an even greater incentive to start that blog you've been thinking about. For only an extra $2.95 per month, we'll install the latest Personal version of Movable Type on your account, and you'll be ready to start blogging away.
And if you've been using Movable Type already, consider the reduced $2.95 extra per month price as a gift from us to you.
If you have any questions about Movable Type, just send our friendly Sales Team an e-mail at sales@pair.com or call them at one of the numbers below.
+1 877 PAIR NET (877 724-7638 Toll Free -- US and Canada)
+1 412 381-7247 (Global)
option 1 -- Sales / New Accounts
8 AM - 8 PM M-F (ET)
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Celebrate pairNIC's 5th Anniversary -- 5 for $50 Special!
Celebrate pairNIC's 5th anniversary with us by registering, transferring, or renewing a domain name for 5 years for only $50. That's a $15 savings over the regular price.
Just visit https://wwww.pairnic.com to take advantage of this limited time offer. The special discount is good for COM, NET, ORG, BIZ, INFO, and US domain names only. Restrictions apply -- contact support@pairnic.com for more information.
Transfer to pairNIC -- $10 per Domain Name Year Special
Have a domain name at another registrar? Transfer it over to pairNIC.com, and pay only $10 for each domain name year.
As with the 5 for $50 special, this special is good for COM, NET, ORG, BIZ, INFO, and US domain names only. Restrictions apply -- contact support@pairnic.com for more information.
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What's a Hobby Site Anyway?
In previous articles, we've mentioned that pairLite is great for people with hobby Web sites, but you might have wondered, what does that really mean and why is pairLite such a good solution for those types of sites? This article will discuss what we mean by hobby sites and how to determine if pairLite hobby hosting or pair Networks premium Web hosting is right for you.
We define a hobby Web site as a site that doesn't require a tremendous amount of resources or support. Hobby sites may or may not require development technologies such as MySQL databases, PHP, or Perl. It's a site for a project, a hobby, a club, or another type of pursuit.
A hobby site is not used for business or e-commerce operations and does not receive a tremendous number of visitors. Hobby sites do not need to store many large files or photos. pair Networks premium Web hosting represents the best hosting solution for these type of sites.
Here are some examples of where pairLite would be the best solution for your hosting needs:
- You're a programmer testing out the latest versions of Perl or PHP
- You need a site for your club or church organization
- You have a local music group or band and want to get online
- You have a personal site that you share with friends and family
This list of uses for pairLite hobby hosting could go on and on. But if you've ever thought about creating a Web site and getting a domain name for one of your hobbies, pursuits, or family endeavors, then visit http://www.pairLite.com and see just how easy it is to get online.
Double Term Special -- Limited Time
The clock's ticking down on our great pairLite Grand Opening special. For a limited time, we're offering a double contract term special. Choose a 3, 6, or 12 month term, we'll double it for the same price.
For example, for only $99.99 plus a one-time $30 set up fee, you can enjoy pairLite Web hosting for two whole years!
If this sounds good to you, then go to http://www.pairlite.com/signup today!
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pair Networks hosts Web sites for businesses, bloggers, artists, musicians, and organizations from around the world. Many of these customers possess well-designed, high profile sites that we'd like to share with our Insider Newsletter subscribers. Take a look at some of the sites that we've chosen for this month's Customer Spotlight section.
Dippin' Dots (www.dippindots.com)
Founded in 1988, Dippin' Dots, Inc. makes the popular Dippin' Dots ice cream treat.
Ziggy Marley (www.ziggymarley.com)
Ziggy Marley is a Grammy award winning reggae artist and son of the renowned reggae artist Bob Marley.
Animation Block (www.animationblock.com)
The Animation Block Party, an annual animation film festival, was held on July 27-30 in Brooklyn, New York, which screened nearly one hundred animated shorts.
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QuickServe Database Servers Available
If you have a database-driven Web site or use database-intensive Web applications, and you want to improve the performance of your site, a QuickServe database-only dedicated server might be your solution. These lower-cost database-only servers are identical to our standard QuickServe dedicated servers except that the database-only servers do not include a bandwidth/transfer allowance.
The prices for these database-only servers are:
Database-Only QS-1 $199
Database-Only QS-2 $349
Database-Only QS-3 $549
The specifications for our QuickServe dedicated server options can be found at:
http://www.pair.com/services/dedicated/
Please note that database-only QuickServes can only be used for Web sites hosted at pair Networks. Sites can be hosted on either a shared hosting account or a standard QuickServe dedicated server.
If you have any questions about the QuickServe database-only dedicated servers, or any other QuickServe dedicated server option, please do not hesitate to contact our QuickServe Department at qs@pair.com.
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EV SSL Certificate Demo Available
If you wanted to see our pairSSL EV (Extended Validation) certificates in action, you can by visiting our EV SSL certificate demo site.
Just enter https://ev.pairssl.com/ into your browser and see the green "Good to Go" indicator for yourself. Be sure to use a compatible browser such as Internet Explorer 7. These indicators inform the visitor that he can trust the site he is visiting to be secure and allow for secure online purchases.
For more information about pairSSL EV certificates, or other SSL certificates, just visit http://www.pairssl.com/.
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Signing Up Made Easy Using the ACC
It's even easier to sign up for the Web Hosting Referral Program. If you are a current customer, you can sign up for the Referral Program right from our Account Control Center (ACC). Just agree to the online Referral Program contract, and in a couple business days time, you'll be able to start using the banners and links available in the ACC. And most importantly, you'll be able to start earning money for just promoting pair Networks.
Look for this new feature under the Account Administration section in the ACC.
Customers that are already participating can find helpful tips for improving their results on this Web page:
http://kb.pair.com/e1
You can also ontact our Business Development Department at busdev@pair.com, and they will be happy to help.
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Now Hosting 190,000+ Web Sites
- We host over 190,000 unique Web sites.
- We have over 15,000 Value-Added and Authorized Resellers.
- We have over 1,500 Web servers in our custom-built datacenter.
- We have customers from over 150 countries.
- promote.pair.com has served over 4,000,000,000 banners since February 2002.
- We host over 20,000 electronic mailing lists.
- Our servers deliver over 400,000,000 hits per day.
- We have over 63 Terabytes of storage on our servers.
- On a typical day, we deliver over 3 Terabytes of data to our visitors.
- We are deploying Intel servers at 3000 MHz and above.
- All shared Web servers feature our ShadowDrive® Technology.
- We have been online for more than 139 months continuously.
- Our customer base includes a remarkable number of high-profile, high-volume sites, some of whom have been featured as our Site of the Week --
http://www.pair.com/csotw/
The "long list" of advantages is available here:
http://www.pair.com/about/advantages.html
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We wish you continued success!
The Insider Newsletter Team
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