Web Design & Portal Services
Our Turnkey Approach
To deliver a truly effective and sustainable online presence, our turnkey approach is structured across four foundational pillars of digital architecture. Recognizing that every business has unique requirements, our model provides complete flexibility by allowing you to customize your project scope with separate opt-in or opt-out services tailored to your specific operational needs and budget.
Phase 1: Secure Web Hosting (A Strong Foundation)
A high-performing website requires a stable, secure, and scalable environment. Before the design process even begins, we establish a robust and reliable hosting environment tailored to your specific traffic requirements, data storage needs, and strict security compliance standards. Acting as the ultimate foundation for your digital presence, this phase includes meticulous SSL & security configuration and a highly scalable infrastructure. To protect your assets, we implement daily backups & disaster recovery protocols, ensuring performance optimization is hardwired into your site from day one.
Phase 2: Website Design & Development (Vision to Life)
This is where your digital asset transitions from a concept into reality. We construct responsive, beautifully engineered digital platforms that perfectly align with your corporate identity. By prioritizing thoughtful UI/UX design and responsive development, we ensure an intuitive user experience across all devices. We focus on professional CMS implementation and seamless third-party systems integrations to guarantee your site functions exactly as your business demands. Built upon an SEO-ready architecture, this phase is entirely dedicated to bringing your digital vision to life and driving measurable business goals.
Phase 3: Website Launch & Handover (Seamless Go-Live)
Upon completion of the development phase, we execute comprehensive QA testing to ensure absolute perfection before the public sees your site. Once approved, we manage the complete website deployment and technical go-live process, carefully handling all DNS & domain configuration and server settings. Crucially, we believe in empowering our clients; we conduct a formal hand-over that includes personalized user training and detailed supporting documentation. Finally, we perform rigorous post-launch verification to guarantee a seamless go-live experience and ensure you are confident in managing your new portal.
Phase 4: Website Maintenance & Support (Protecting Investment)
A successful website is never truly a one-off project; it is an evolving digital asset that requires continuous care and optimization. To protect your digital investment, we provide comprehensive technical support and ongoing website enhancements. This includes regular platform/plugin updates, proactive security monitoring & patches, and robust disaster recovery contingencies. We also manage content updates and continuous performance optimization to ensure your digital portal remains secure, relevant, and operating at peak performance long after its initial launch.
Building secure, scalable, and highly effective digital assets for your business.
Your website is more than just a digital brochure; it is the central hub of your online operations. At Arena Professional Services, we design, host, and maintain robust web portals tailored to organizations of all sizes. From startups needing an affordable launchpad to corporates requiring high-volume traffic management, our turnkey web solutions ensure your brand is represented flawlessly online.
Scalable Web Hosting Solutions
A great website requires a reliable foundation. We offer highly secure and scalable hosting environments tailored to your specific traffic requirements.
Start-Up & SMME Shared Hosting: Highly cost-effective shared hosting options ideal for growing businesses building their online presence. These packages feature built-in scaling capabilities, allowing your hosting to grow seamlessly as your traffic increases.
Corporate & High-Volume Hosting: Dedicated resources designed for high-traffic, complex organizational portals.
Free Domain Registration: We register your
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Professional Website Design & Development
We build responsive, modern websites that are optimized for both user experience and search engine visibility. Our design packages are highly scalable to meet your exact business needs.
All our base website design options include the following standard components:
Premium Frameworks: Base site structure and theme setup utilizing a high-quality, Premium GPL Theme at no additional charge.
Robust Security Setup: Standard security configuration to protect your site and your users from vulnerabilities.
Traffic Control & Analytics: Standard anti-spam implementation and site statistics tracking to monitor visitor behavior.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO): Base SEO setup and configuration to ensure your site is discoverable by Google and other search engines.
Social Media Integration: Seamless integration with platforms like Facebook to drive engagement.
(Note: Advanced design packages include additional premium themes, plugins, and custom app deployments).
Content Management & Ongoing Maintenance
A successful website requires continuous care. We offer flexible options to ensure your content remains fresh and your software remains secure.
Option A: Super-User Training (In-House Management) For organizations that prefer to manage their own content, we provide dedicated training sessions for your designated “Super Users.” For a once-off fee, we will teach your team how to fully manage, update, and maintain your new web portal independently.
Option B: Managed Maintenance SLAs (Outsourced Support) Prefer to leave the technical work to us? We offer reliable, off-site Website Maintenance and Content Management Support Services, billed per calendar month via a simple Service Level Agreement (SLA).
Standard Support Package: Up to 6 hours of dedicated remote support and content updates per month.
Intermediate Support Package: Up to 10 hours of dedicated remote support and content updates per month.
Advanced Support Package: Up to 14 hours of dedicated remote support and content updates per month.
Shared Platforms
Shared Total CPU Time 10 000s per day, 5 GB SSD Storage, Unlimited Bandwidth, 5 MySQL Databases, 100 mailboxes with unlimited aliasses, 2 FTP Accounts and Unlimited Addon Domains.
Includes Daily Site Monitoring & Weekly Site Maintenance & Apps Updates
cPanel & Admin Panel Account included
Shared Total CPU Time, 10 GB SSD Storage, Unlimited Bandwidth, 10 MySQL Databases, Unlimited mailboxes with unlimited aliasses, 10 FTP Accounts and Unlimited Addon Domains.
Includes Daily Site Monitoring & Weekly Site Maintenance & Apps Updates
cPanel & Admin Panel Account included
Shared Total CPU Time, 15 GB SSD Storage, Unlimited Bandwidth, 20 MySQL Databases, Unlimited mailboxes with unlimited aliasses, 10 FTP Accounts and Unlimited Addon Domains.
Includes Daily Site Monitoring & Weekly Site Maintenance & Apps Updates
cPanel & Admin Panel Account included
Shared Total CPU Time, 20 GB SSD Storage, Unlimited Bandwidth, 30 MySQL Databases, Unlimited mailboxes with unlimited aliasses, 20 FTP Accounts and Unlimited Addon Domains.
Includes Daily Site Monitoring & Weekly Site Maintenance & Apps Updates
cPanel & Admin Panel Account included
Choose this option if you want to manage the resources yourself.
Virtual Servers
2 CPU Cores, 2GB Memory, 50 GB SSD Disk, 1TB Traffic
4 CPU Cores, 4GB Memory, 125 GB SSD Disk, 2TB Traffic
4 CPU Cores, 8GB Memory, 250 GB SSD Disk, 3TB Traffic
8 CPU Cores, 12GB Memory, 500 GB SSD Disk, 5TB Traffic
10 CPU Cores, 16GB Memory, 750 GB SSD Disk, 7TB Traffic
Managed Cloud Hosting
2 CPU Cores, 4GB Memory, 40 GB SSD Disk, 5TB Traffic, Dedicated IP
3 CPU Cores, 6GB Memory, 60 GB SSD Disk, 5TB Traffic, Dedicated IP
4 CPU Cores, 8GB Memory, 80 GB SSD Disk, 5TB Traffic, Dedicated IP
Dedicated Servers
Intel Xeon E3 3.20GHZ CPU, 4 CPU Cores, 8 CPU Treads, 8MB CPU Cache, 16GB DDR3 RAM, 480GB SSD, 10TB Bandwidth
Intel Xeon E3 3.50GHZ CPU, 4 CPU Cores, 8 CPU Treads, 8MB CPU Cache, 32GB DDR3 RAM, 960GB SSD, 10TB Bandwidth
2x Intel Xeon E5 2.00GHZ CPU, 2x 6 CPU Cores, 2x 12 CPU Treads, 15MB CPU Cache, 64GB DDR3 RAM, 2x 960GB SSD RAID 1, 10TB Bandwidth
MANAGED SERVICES
Security
Protect your website and grow your businesss. Industry-leading SSL certificate management, vulnerability assessment and malware scanning.
SSL is a global security technology that enables encrypted communication between a web browser and a web server. Business and individuals use it to decrease the risk of sensitive information (e.g. credit card numbers, usernames, passwords, emails etc.) from being stolen or tampered with by hackers and identity thieves.
SSL Packages
- Domain DV Certificates R350.00 per annum for 1x Domain / Sub-Domain, Static Seal, Valid for 12 months, 256-bit encryption.
- Wildcard Certificates from R2 500.00 for your Domain & unlimited sub-domains, Dynamic / Static Seal, Valid for 12 months, 256-bit encryption.
Protect your website and grow your business. Industry-leading SSL certificate management, vulnerability assessment and malware scanning.
SSL is a global security technology that enables encrypted communication between a web browser and a web server. Business and individuals use it to decrease the risk of sensitive information (e.g. credit card numbers, usernames, passwords, emails etc.) from being stolen or tampered with by hackers and identity thieves.
Packages
- True Business ID (Starting at R2 800.00 – R5 500.00 per annum)
- True Business ID Wildcard (Starting from R9 500.00 per annum)
The Right Antivirus according to your needs ensures online safety through using Antivirus and Smart Security software.
We will implement unique detection technology.
With multiple features and advanced settings, it enables security settings to suit everyone’s preferences and faster scanning.
Protection for Single Device, Anti-spam & Spyware, Anti-phishing, Cloud Scanning, Media Protection, Antispam, firewall protection, etc
Protect your personal information and identity on the internet with our Domain Whois Privacy service.
- cPanel Licences
- CloudLinux Licence
- Static IP Addresses and Extra IP’s
- Windows License
- Extra RAM
- Adhoc Traffic Overage
- Extra Storage
- Weekly Snapshots
Virtual Servers
We can handle the Design & Setup, integration with other services and manage your content for
Design & Setup | Once-off / Per Annum Fee | R650.00 – R2 000.00
Integration | Once-off / Per Annum Fee | R350.00 – R900.00
Content Management | Monthly Fee / per instance / Per Annum Fee | R350.00 – R650.00
Online Campaigns | per Campaign / Project | 10% of Campaign Budget
Basic Design for most static sites
R1 300.00, Once-off
Up to 5 pages, Home – About Us – Services – Contact Us
Client provides content
Per hour rates apply for additional design/content work
Advanced Sites, including eCommerce Designs
Starting from R2 500.00, Once-off.
Up to 7 pages, Home – About Us – Services – Contact Us and as required by Client.
Client provides content.
Additional Charges for implementation of eCommerce, On-line Bookings, Pro Contact Lists/Forms, SEO plus Annual APP/Plugins Fees.
Per hour rates apply for additional design/content work.
Base package @ R3 000.00 once-off,
Setup & configuration of storefront and required functionality with free (limited functionality) APPs or Plugins. Configuration of ordering, buying & payments and loading of products. Base price includes up to 50 individually listed items/products.
Ranged options: R3000.00 – R12 500.00, depending on functionality options and implementation of Premium APP’s. Additional products are charged @ R650.00 per hour for +-50 items per hour.
We specialise in the implementation of all plugins. These have free (limited function) versions as well as paid-for Pro and Premium Versions.
Online Capability APP’s & Plugins
Setting up of Pro or Premium APPs or Plugins require additional setup and configuration. These will be quoted separately according to business requirements. Below are examples of frequently used capabilities
- eCommerce Store and Orders
- Payment Gateways
- Product Management
- Post Management
- User Profile dashboard/frontend
- Advanced Forms, Newsletter and Subscription Services
- Media Management
- Online Bookings
- Knowledge Management
- Events Management
- Pro or Premium Themes
Various Pro or Premium Themes or Plugins are available charged annually in USD currency. ArenaPS have access to more cost-effective General Public License options as well.
Packages Available
- Basic Support Includes
- Up to 4 hrs support time per calendar month
- Not more than 2 hrs in any week (Mon-Sun)
- All agreed on work exceeding the SLA requirements will be charged at R650 p/h or any part of an hour.
- Intermediate Support Includes
- Up to 8 hrs support time per calendar month
- Not more than 4 hrs in any week (Mon-Sun)
- All agreed on work exceeding the SLA requirements will be charged at R550 p/h or any part of an hour.
- Additional Options are available on request
Monthly Website Maintenance and Content Management Support is charged per Calendar Month and covers the following
- Website maintenance relating to Site backups, Site uptime monitoring, Security Report Monitoring
- Website system upgrades of Theme, APPs or Plugins, and site features reconfigurations
- Website Content Updates and Uploads
- Website Client features monitoring. Client online features administration and/or management are excluded from this service line-item and is agreed separately.
- Website configuration and continuous performance tweaking as a result of content changes and APP / Plugin & Theme upgrades.
Please also note
- Charged in advanced (due 1st of the month)
- None accumulative
- Off-Site Support
Above indicated rates are the standard rates for indicated services. The standard hourly rate is R650.00 ph.
The Arena Group will, however, set final rates for services with each client depending on the circumstances and the bundled packages or services