Gigalayer WebHosting Review


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GigaLayer is a Nigerian company with head office in Lagos which offers web hosting services and it has kept and grown in its niche for almost 9years since its inception. The company was initially registered and formerly called Aimtech NG but re-branded when it realized the name Aimtech NG adds little to its brand and work to GigaLayer a more techie name which has seen it grown since then.

What you will learn in this article:

- The main services offered by GigaLayer
- What is a domain is and the possible domain extensions you can register with?
- How Domain names are registered on GigaLayer.
- The cost of Web Hosting on GigaLayer.


1. The Main Services offered by GigaLayer Web Hosting Company

GigaLayer offers various services to its customers but there are two major services that they are known for. These two services are broken into other sub categories.

GigaLayer offers Domain names and Web hosting services in Nigeria.

- They offer domain name registration: which is the ability to register your domain on their platform.

- They offer domain forwarding: which is the ability to forward your domain to redirect users to another web address

- They offer DNS management: which prevents domain clusters. Automating this with Gigalayer prevents human error while editing your website from the backend

- They offer Privacy protection: which makes it difficult for strangers to pull out your information (email, phone number and address from the internet and use it to harm you.

- They offer One-Click EEP Code: which is used to during transfer of your domain to your new registrar


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They offer all kinds of professional web hosting services from Cpanel hosting for small business owners to virtual servers and cloud dns solutions.


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2. What is a domain name and the possible extensions you can register with?

A domain name is your address online. It is how people locate you and your business online. It is also tied to your brand and you must be careful when choosing it.


Here are 4 things to avoid when choosing a domain name

- Avoid difficult and hard to spell names

- Pick a dot.com or a dot.ng. This is tricky, but it's still best you go for a dot com, if the name is available as against a dot.com.ng. Dot.ng on the other hand is gaining grounds fast and is a great extension.

- A domain name that sounds like another business should be avoided. This will lead to frustration as customers will think you are someone else. E.g. - WinkedIn or Boogle are names that sound too close to LinkedIn and Google. Avoid them.

- Hyphens and numbers. Your domain should be a word or set of words. Remember it's your name. No one calls you Peter-John so you are you interested in buying the domain peter-john.com

GigaLayer offers a lot of options here for you to register domain names with the cheapest being .com.ng which goes for N2,750.
They offer both global and local extensions on their site. They offer some popular extensions like .com, .net, .org, .info, .biz, .com.ng, .gov.ng etc.
You can view more of their extensions here and register www.gigalayer.com

3. How Domain Names are registered on GigaLayer.

The process is fairly simple, once you get to this page

- You will be asked to enter your name and check for availability.
- The default extension on the site is .ng but you can change this to your preferred extension.
- If it's not taken, you select it and click on Add to Cart
- After this stage, it asks you to buy a hosting plan. You would need this for your domain name. It houses the address.
- If you select Add Hosting, it will take you to the hosting section so you can choose your preferred plan.
- If you already have hosting elsewhere, you can skip this and go straight to the checkout page.


4. The Cost of Web Hosting on GigaLayer

The cost of web hosting on GigaLayer varies per feature. I would try to explain the different features and what they mean below, as quick as possible.
GigaLayer has four major web hosting options that you can pick from for the Cpanel hosting for small businesses.

They include:

- Small Cpanel hosting which goes for N6,250/Yr.
- Medium Cpanel hosting which goes for N10,000/Yr.
- Large Cpanel hosting which goes for N15,000/Yr.
- Colossal which goes for N20,000/Yr.

They all differ in a lot of things but three key things are very critical when deciding to go with any hosting company as a small business - disk space, bandwidth and database.

- Disk space has to do with where your files will be stored and how much space will be allocated for that storage at your hosting site.

- Bandwidth has to do with the amount of traffic that your hosting company can allow to come in and amount of data that can be downloaded from your site. Each web hosting plan has different maximum bandwidth that can be allowed.

- Database is where the applications to be used on your site will be run. Most applications need a database to run on. Applications like Wordpress, Joomla and others. The number of database granted here will determine the number of applications that can be installed and used on your site.

There you have it. This is an objective review of how you can get your business online using GigaLayer, a Professional Web hosting site in Nigeria.

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Read more reviews on Web Hosting Companies in Nigeria here: http://lagoswebhosting..com.ng/2016/06/webhosting-in-nigeria-gigalayer.html

Gigalayer (Aimtech Hosting Company) is one of the worst hosting service ever. I know 4 people with similar experience like me. Dont be decieved ,the guy behind that website is a real scammer don't believe any thing on that crapy website. By the time you realize the shitty service they would have collected your money and there's nothing you can do about it.

That hosting company use to be called Lagoshost. Then it was managed by some guys who understand both technical and business sides of the service. Until a couple of years ago it was sold to one guy who uses that website to defraud people. First he downgraded increased hosting costs and downgraded all accounts without any notice, claiming to have moved accounts to state of the art server.