Special Features of TAedge® SiteBuilder Websites
Hot Deals
The Hot Deals feature puts TAedge.com's up-to-the-minute database of
promotions on your website, letting you deliver them directly to your
clients. Our customizable filters allow you to choose the companies whose
promotions appear on your site, and contact and commissions info are filtered
out, so your clients aren't exposed to anything you don't want them to
see. Turn your website into a round-the-clock sales force!
Trip Essentials
The Trip Essentials feature augments your site with a convenient one-stop
shopping center for travel-related products and services. Your agency
can earn commissions on the purchases made on your website. With the Trip
Essentials enhancement, you can provide your clients with a valuable time-saving
resource, add to your site's drawing power, and earn extra money all at
once.
Trip Essentials currently includes:
- Magellan's Travel Products
- Instant Passport
- Limousine/Ground Transportation
- Worldwide Phone Rental
and coming soon:
- Leisure Savings Card
- Currency Exchange
Travel Updates
The Travel Updates feature connects your site to our special hand-picked
assortment of the best travel-related informational links and services
available on the Web. Keep your clients on your site by giving them immediate
access to all the information they need to ensure a successful and enjoyable
journey.
The Travel Updates links currently include:
- Passport and Visa Info
- Area code location from Whitepages.com
- Time zone info from the Time Zone Converter
- Weather info from The Weather Channel
- Currency conversion from Skyteller
- Health info from the CDC
- Travel warnings from the U.S. State Department
- The EDS ATM Locator
- Maps from MapBlast
- Customs info from U.S. Customs
- Internet Cafe location from Cybercafes.com
- Lani Teshima's Travelite packing FAQ
- The VacationPackager searchable database of tour packages
Features and Benefits of TAedge® SiteBuilder
- Specifically developed for the travel industry.
- Nine easy steps to a customized look.
- No technical computer skills, additional equipment, or software necessary.
- Site content and appearance can be automatically and continuously
updated in minutes.
- Website offers 24 hour-a-day viewing and purchasing access for clients.
- Offers new commission opportunities.
- Collects the names of registered visitors and automatically adds them
to your database.
- Market and sell last minute specials to clients.
- Standard site has up to 15 pages, allowing you to customize pages
for each interest group in your database.
- Choose from 4,500 travel-related graphics, 50 templates, and a selection
of fonts and colors.
- Upload your agency's logo, photos, and graphics. Each page allows
up to 3 graphics, 3 headers, and 3 text fields. E-mail address and phone
number appear on each page automatically.
- E-commerce bar appearing on each page allows clients one stop travel
shopping while giving you the opportunity to make commissions without
any client contact. Its a great value added service to your customers.
- Clients have a chance to view and purchase your products 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week.
- Do-it-yourself means you don’t have to pay or wait for an expensive
designer to create or update your site.
- Select your website address; we domain the name and register it with
search engines.
- Custom domain names will be registered with search engines that allow
new clients to find your website.
- TAedge SiteBuilder tracks your registered visitors, allowing you to
e-mail or fax specials to interested clients.
- Sell “ad space” on your site to vendors for additional revenue.
- Promotions and tours can be searched by name, destination, type of
product, price, length of event on your site.
- On request, clients can review vendor video clips and e-literature
on your site.
- Provides links to other TAedge® sites which automatically updates
promotions.
- Your site’s ever-changing promotions, seasonal offers and fresh
appearance will keep clients intrigued and coming back for more.
- Our all-inclusive package is literal ‘one-stop website shopping’,
eliminating the usual hassles and added costs of posting and maintaining
a site.
TAedge® SiteBuilder Q&A
Do I need technical computer skills (HTML) to build the website?
No computer savvy necessary, but you can be as creative as you want.
What if I have a question during setup?
E-mail customer service at: support@taedge.com or call (866) 649-3343.
How much does the SiteBuilder cost?
$309.00 per year plus a one time setup fee of $69. ASTA member agencies
receive a discount of $50 off the yearly fee.
What does price include?
A 15 page site, hosting, full use of graphics, unlimited customer service,
visitor registration and links for one year.
Can I link this site with my present site?
Yes, link or combine.
If so, do I need a new domain name?
Not unless you want an additional name.
How do I obtain a new domain name?
When you pick your website address, we will check domain name availability
and register the best available name for you.
Can I use my agency's logo and graphics?
Yes.
How do clients find me?
Twofold: we register you with search engines and you promote your website
address.
Explain how I can make extra commission.
By offering special promotions, additional products and services and
24-hour access. See info for TAedge MakeProfits
and the TAedge PromoDirectory.
How do I list promotions on my site and ensure clients book with me?
Your website will be linked to TAedge.com sites that provide and update
promotions that your clients may not otherwise find. Vendor booking mechanisms
are excluded.
Where can I see other travel agencies' sites?
View some SiteBuilder examples or email our
support staff at support@taedge.com
for a reference list.
Will I know who visits my site?
All registered visitors are tracked and recorded.
What guarantee do you offer?
A 30-day money-back guarantee.
Can I receive e-mail services along with my site?
Yes. Each SiteBuilder client is eligible for 5 individual domain-linked
email accounts; more are available for $29 each. Contact us for more information.
TAedge® SiteBuilder TimeSaver
Q&A
What is a TimeSaver?
With the SiteBuilder TimeSaver, TAedge delivers a fast, full-featured,
and foolproof web site that your agency and your customers can use in
minutes (start the clock now). TAedge developed this web site solution
for agencies that haven't yet created their own web site content but need
all the benefits of an attractive, automatically-updated web site, now.
After you publish a TimeSaver, you have total control over your web site
with the SiteBuilder Control Panel. The tools available to you are identical
to those available to those who choose to "Build a Custom Site" from the
beginning. You can add pages to your site, change styles and graphics,
customize your site's resources and promote your site to get the most
out of it. SiteBuilder TimeSaver simply gets your site online faster.
What's the difference between SiteBuilder TimeSaver and a SiteBuilder
Custom Site?
The only difference is in getting started. A TimeSaver is an "easy install".
You're up-and-running after 2 simple steps: pick a name and a page style.
The automatically-updated areas of your new site -- Hot Deals, Trip Essentials
and Travel Updates -- are pre-configured to take full advantage of valuable
information and revenue opportunities for your agency. After getting started,
the tools for site maintenance and enhancement are identical whether or
not you start with a TimeSaver.
How does the TimeSaver option work?
Once you've purchased a year of SiteBuilder service, you may choose to
"Publish a TimeSaver" (and customize it later) or "Build a Custom Site".
Select "Publish a TimeSaver" and you will be asked to choose a site name
and one of our TimeSaver page styles. That's it! A welcome page is generated
using your company contact information. The welcome page will guide your
clients through your web site's many resources and direct clients to you
for reservations or inquiries.
Can I use my own domain name?
Yes. You may use your own domain name for any SiteBuilder site you create.
If you already have a domain name, let us know and the site can be made
available at your web address. You will also have an opportunity to register
a domain name if you need one. Your SiteBuilder TimeSaver is published
immediately to www.tagents.com/YourSiteName (same as a SiteBuilder Custom
Site) and can be made available at your domain name in days.
Please contact us for more information.
Toll Free - (866) 649-3343
Outside the US - (802) 649-3343
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