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Unsure what abbreviations may stand for on invoices, billing, quotes, tickets, etc.? In order to understand our shorthand, keep in mind the following:

  • P indicates a Package (Bundle of Products) or an Individual Product
  • H indicates a Hosting Plan Product
  • U Indicates Recurring Products as a Service
  • X indicates a Service of X Type
  • E indicates an Enhancement or add-on ancillary service

Each abbreviation is combined with 3 other characters to form a SKU of sorts. These are as follows:

Packages and Products (P)

Packages are essentially a bundle of services sold at a fixed price. As an example, an atom package may consist of a bundle of specifc hours of design, development, and content production related services required to build a 20 hour website project.  Products are generally billed once.

  • PATM Atom Package
  • PSTR Star Package
  • PPLT Planet Package
  • PSPN Supernova Package
  • PLGO Logo
  • PBUS Business Card
  • PMLR Mailer
  • PBRO Brochure
  • PRCK Rackcard
  • PPOS Poster
  • PFLY Flyer
  • PPSC Postcard
  • PLET Word Letterhead
  • PEML Email Marketing Template

Product Type H (H)

Hosting products are essentially a monthly rental fee for the storage and resources your website takes up. Certain hosting products, such as the Star package may include other products or services with them.

  • H3PH 3rd Party Hosting (Not hosted with us)
  • HDEF Default Hosting (Our Lowest-Tier Hosting Plan for static websites)
  • HBAS Basic Hosting (Our Basic Hosting Plan for website and emails)
  • HESS Essential Hosting Plan, for Star Package (PSTR) users (Our standard hosting package for entry to mid-level dynamic websites)
  • HSTD Standard Hosting, for Planet package (PPLT) users (Our signature package recommended for all professional websites)
  • HENH Enhanced Hosting, for Supernova package (PSPN) users (Our most robust hosting package for continual high-traffic and complex commercial sites)

Product Type U (U)

Recurring products indicate products sold as a service, also known as recurring services. These are not hosting products but are similar in nature.

  • U3PD 3rd Party Domain Name (Domain name not registered or maintained by us)
  • UCOM, UNET, UORG, UINF, etc. A domain name product which is billed once to initially purchase it and then is required to be renewed anually. The 3-letter abbreviation indicates the extension of the domain name which are different products because certain domain name extensions cost more or less
  • UEML Email Marketing System

Service Type X (X)

All general services that we perform consist of a combination of the following skills. Each carries its own SKU for billing and one-off charges but it is more common to see services bundle together as a Package or Product. Each service is billed at a seperate rate in order to deliver better value to our clients. One hour of design work is not necessarily the same as one hour of development work which is why we bill at different rates.

  • XSTD Standard Rate includes admin/setup work, phone calls, and all misc. uncategorized hourly work.
  • XMMS Multimedia Services Rate includes any other interactive multimedia work and design, or a combinatino of different services billed at one fixed rate
  • XDES Design Rate includes work in graphic programs developing mockups, designing brochures, sketching, and creating digital assets.
  • XDEV Development rate includes work in code, custom development, troubleshooting, specific skills sets or any technical work.
  • XCON Content Rate includes writing, editing, adjusting, copying, or in any other way working with content
  • XVID Video Rate includes shooting, developing, and creating or editing video.
  • XGDV Game Development Rate includes creating interactive media and games
  • XITS IT Services Rate includes computer networking, IT services, software and hardware troubleshooting and repairs, updates, system maintenance and monitoring.
  • XCSU Consulting Rate includes face-to-face or phone meetings, quoting, sales, marketing, or extended project discussion and advising.
  • XMKT Marketing services include, event coordination, and advertising.

Enhancements (E)

Enhancements are a la cart add-on products that are billed seperately. They may include extra features for your website or extra storage or disk space.

  • EGAN Google Analytics
  • EGAD Google Adwords
  • ESMF Social Media Facebook Page
  • ESMT Social Media Twitter Page
  • ESML Social Media LinkedIn Page
  • ESMP Social Media Pinterest Page
  • EGPL Google Places Listing Page
  • EWBA Web Banners / Banner Ads
  • EWBG Website Grade Report Card
  • EDOC Website Doctor Website Checkup
  • ECOM E-Commerce Shopping Cart Plugin
  • EPAY Payment Plugin
  • EEML Additional Email Accounts
  • EDSC Additional Disk Space
  • EBND Additional Bandwidth

 

Please refer to our latest Products and Services entry to see the latest product codes, details, and pricing of each item.


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