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As our customers already know that we are one of the most popular hosting companies when it comes to WordPress Hosting so it is quite fitting to sponsor the official WordCamp which will be happening in Jabalpur University on the 15th & 16th of October. Each session during WordCamp will be hosted by most notable WordPress developers/professionals around. If you are a wordpress buff or just happen to be in or around Jabalpur and would like to attend the event, we have 3 free tickets for you. Please email us for more info on this.

For more info on this event please check the official website http://2011.jabalpur.wordcamp.org/

Owing to the global shortage of IPv4 Addresses and a general increase in the price of IP Addresses we have changed our Dedicated IP prices to Rs.2500/year affective immediately.

We will be giving away an BlackBerry Curve 8520 to a lucky client who buys hosting from us this month. All you need to do is buy a hosting plan and you will automatically be entered in the lucky draw.

Check out the key features of the BB Curve 8520 below:

- BlackBerry 6.0 OS
- 2.4-inch LCD Screen
- 2 MP Primary Camera
- 512 MHz Processor
- Touch Sensitive Optical Trackpad
- Wi-Fi Enabled
- Expandable Storage Capacity Of 32 GB

As with any context, there are terms and conditions… please be sure to read them.

1. The contest is for all clients who buy hosting between 1.10.2011 – 31.10.2011
2. Buying only domain name will not qualify you for this contest.
3. This contest is only valid for clients who buy any shared hosting plan or reseller hosting plan on yearly payment terms.
4. The draw will be on 10.11.2011 at our office in New Delhi and client need to have active status on their hosting to qualify.
5. The winner will be notified by email / phone call.
6. We will not pay for enabling BB services on your phone.

We have been experimenting with opencart and found it to be an excellent piece of open source free shopping cart. Need less to say it is available with us with just 1 click installation on Basic / Silver / Unlimited hosting plans. Before we go in depth to say why we choose this cart over many other, we would like to point out that if you are planning to start your online business and are considering opencart for as your software then you should select our silver hosting plan. The reason why silver hosting plan is better is because it will let you have your main website on the primary domain and then you can simply add-on a domain to host the cart.. all in one plan!

The reason we are all praise about opencart is because it is very simple to use and works right out of the box, it took us 1-2 hours to get to know how things work. We had tried oscommerce some years back but opencart is definitely way ahead of it. One of the best things about opencart is that it works with 2checkout. With all the paypal problems happening in India, 2checkout still offers a decent option for Indian merchants to be able to do business not just in USD but also in INR. The other highlights about the cart is the ability to add affiliates and have custom discount coupons as well as gift vouchers. The template of opencart is very good as well and you can simply change the theme with very professional high quality opencart themes.

Ecommerce in India is on the rise so if you were planning to sell online, this is the best time for that!

Seems like RBI has made it so complex for PayPal to do business in India that it has gone crazy. All Indian merchants are facing the brunt of not being able to do business within India with PayPal and since the PAN card verification drive is going on, it has become impossible to do business with PayPal from anywhere. We have heard this from many merchants and have experienced this ourselves that PayPal keeps rejecting valid PAN card details and then put the account on a temporary hold where you are unable to receive any money.

If this was not enough, PayPal is auto withdrawing payment to bank accounts everyday. Which means that even if you get a payment of $2, this amount is sent to your bank next day resulting in loosing money with conversion and small payment transfer charges.

In this age where more and more companies are going online with ecommerce, it seems like RBI is encouraging monopoly by stopping multinational companies like PayPal to do a game changing business in India.