*Free Domain Name (example: www.yourname.com)
*Free hosting for 1 year
*20 email addresses (ex: yourname@yourname.com)
*spam filter
*1,000MB space
*Free search engine registration

1. Bank Payment
You can make a deposit at Standard Chartered Bank, to Mountbatten on the following UGX account number: 0102045065600. Check for the nearest branch.
Note: You will be charged 18% VAT on every payment you make in the bank.

Explicitly state on the Cash Deposit Form:
Your Domain Name Or EasySites Training (if it is what you are paying for)

Make sure the cashier notes these details, for swift handling of your order! Tell him or her twice, if necessary!

Please call our office line for more information: 0312 283937 or e-mail to finance@mountbatten.net to confirm you have made your payment.

2. MTN Payment
Or pay with MTN mobile money , our number: 0775 260486. You can ask any authorised MTN mobile Money Agent in your neighbourhood, who will then assist you in making the transaction. Please send an e-mail to info@easysites.ug and finance@mountbatten.net to confirm your payment.

3. ZAP Payment
Pay with Zain Mobile Money (ZAP) Number: 0758 123159
You can ask any authorised Zain mobile Money Agent in your neighbourhood, who will then assist you in making the transaction. Please send an e-mail to info@easysites.ug and finance@mountbatten.net to confirm you have made your payment.

4. Office Payment Option
You can actually pay cash at Mountbatten/EasySites office in Ntinda where you will be given a receipt.
From Ntinda town, Get a boda boda to Minister's village - end of friendship Road, 4th house with black gate on your left.
Please call office number for enquiries: 0312 283937

Yes!

Using the Internet as a marketing tool is a wise business decision no matter the size of your company. Here is something to consider if you are wondering whether it is a good idea to get a website or not.

Consider what kind of information a potential customer gets when he enters your office (showroom, restaurant or store). Perhaps your customer can...

• Read the sign stating the hours of operation (or holiday hours)
• Pick up a business card with your full business name, mailing address, fax and phone numbers
• Read a brochure about your company's history, products/services, mission statement
• Look at photos of the owners/employees at promotional and staff events
• Read notices on a bulletin board
• Get information about affiliates, partners or suppliers
• See how staff interacts with customers
• Learn methods of payment
• Pick up a catalogue, schedule an appointment, ask questions, meet staff
• Feel the spirit and energy of your company

A website provides the experience of visiting your business in person. You need a website for the potential customer who...

• Doesn't or can't drop by
• Wants to know if you are open on Sundays
• Doesn't know your location(s), phone number(s)
• Needs to know about parking/accessibility with public transport
• Wants to gain product/service information before making a decision
• Wants to comparison shop before making a commitment
• Has time to browse now: at midnight on the Sunday of a long weekend or after the kids have gone to bed
• Wants the assurance your firm is professional, up-to-date, credible and is interested in catering to his/her needs at his/her convenience

The above article, with a few revisions by Mountbatten Ltd, was written by Lynda French.

An EasySites website is the end-product of the design and development process that has been undertaken by EasySites Licensee at the end-customers request. The result is a high quality website that is tailor-made to meet the requirements of the end-customer. The website is designed and configured with the specially developed EasySites Builder; a web building platform.

You can look at completed EasySites websites here:
http://www.easysites.ug/websites

It is in the interest of Mountbatten ltd as well as in the interest of the Licensees to produce good quality websites for its customers. Therefore we have put the following quality structures in place:

The EasySites Builder will allow relatively unexperienced people to make high quality websites. Furthermore, the trainer who will train all the licensees is a professional website developer. She will be able to increase the knowledge and capacity of each student and follow/observe their performance, perseverance, thrust worthy, reliability and appearance (communication skills etc) during the training. EasySites will provide a certificate to students after they have completed the first training. We will also provide a platform, manuals, downloads and a mentor (this is the web design trainer) to ensure full professional support to licensees.
EasySites provides short communication links with the person who develops the website and, through this person, with the web hosting customers. Another advantage that will increase the quality of the end product is the fact that licensees can speak the local languages. This makes communication a lot easier, decreases the chances for miscommunication and ensures that customers' needs are understood more easily.

However, personal creativity and skill of the licensee does also have an effect on the quality of the end product.

Mountbatten will therefore maintain an (internal) scoring mechanism for each website and licensee. This scoring will serve the following purpose:

• Ensure the end-customers are served with a good quality website, which do not have major errors and which accomplish the goal that the customer has set.
• To ensure happy customers that will recommend the EasySites trademark and its services to others by 'word of mouth'.
• Create an incentive to design and develop good / better websites.
• To create a healthy competition amongst licensees, which will motivate them to perform better.

After a licensee has created an EasySites website, the site will have to go through a final check by Mountbatten to judge if it meets the minimum criteria of a “good website”. The licensee will have to review and alter the website if the criteria are not met. Only after receiving an OK from Mountbatten, the site will be given its final URL (be available on the web for viewing for everyone).

1. There are no grammatical and spelling mistakes and the site uses correct typesetting throughout.
2. The website uses a consistent and matching colour scheme and design.
3. All links are working (no http 404 errors).
4. User friendliness of the website; it is clear what people need to do when they open the homepage (how they need to navigate their way through the pages)
5. Marketability (the site is likely to achieve its goal: e.g. people will register, buy products, contact the company, ask for quotations etc.)

Mountbatten will also maintain an internal scoring mechanism to keep track of the performance of the EasySites licensees and the websites they have made. The scoring will be done according to the following criteria:

• Complexity of the website: use of special features in the website (e.g. special graphics, a search module, FAQ, image galary).
• The design does not longer look like a the original template /theme (it is hard to recognize what template /theme was used).
• Customer satisfaction. The end-customer will be asked to fill in an evaluation form and send this to Mountbatten.
• Ranking of all new websites by colleague licensees during the monthly meeting according to overall look and feel.
• How often the website needed to be reviewed by Mountbatten before it was given an OK (see the five criteria above) and ready to be assigned it final URL.

This scoring will not be made public. However, scoring will be made known to other licensees and may be discussed during the monthly meetings.

Licensees will be benefit from a higher (internal) score through:

1. Receiving a higher ranking in the lists of recent/featured websites on the EasySites 'Recent Sites' page. Having their name and website featured on the EasySites Homepage / landing page (the first page that people will look at when they visit the website).
2. Increased chance of being assigned leads (potential customers) that are received at the Mountbatten inquiries /customer care desk.
3. Being awarded the “ EasySites Licensee of the Year Award” which gives entitlement to a free voucher that can be exchanged to pay for additional training.

Questions and complaints about the scoring that a website /licensee has received may be addressed to the EasySites Operational manager, who will after consultation with the licensee and EasySites trainer (and end-customer if necessary) decide if a score has been reasonable or not.