Just a quick word on web hosting and climate change. It takes a lot of energy to host a website. Data centers consume a lot of energy to stay up 24/7. During the production of energy, in this case electricity, greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere. Those greenhouse gases are responsible for global climate change.

So basically, keeping your site up and running with Dream host means the earth’s temperature will rise? Well, kind of, but not really. The good folks over at Dreamhost decided their company and all of its activities would be climate, or carbon, neutral. This means that they erase all the negative effects their operations have on our climate. They are doing so in the first place by acting energy efficient at the office. A good way to start, but it can obviously  not make up for everyting. So Dreamhost also purchases Renewable Energy Credits and invests in Emission Reduction Credits (carbon offsets). In that way their impact, and the impact of your site hosted with them, is effectively erased. So with Dreamhost you get a great deal and you do something for the environment!

More on Dreamhost’s Carbon Neutral Mission.

Dreamhost’s reliable hosting deal comes a bundle of free and easy to install top web software. One of those free one-click software installations is shopping cart software Zen Cart.

Zen Cart is an improved version of the well known OsCommerce shopping cart software. Zen Cart distinguishes itself from OsCommerce by a better template and themes system and by more built-in features. Zen Cart is suitable for every kind of web shop you want to start. The newsletter manager, the modules for vouchers and gift certificates and the possibility to offer multiple shipping and payment options will make your business thrive. This professional online store management system can even be used for selling downloads (games, pdf’s, mp3’s and other files).

If you want to learn more about Zen Cart and its features, check out the Zen Cart website. But remember, you can skip the part about installation. Because with Dreamhost, the installation of Zen Cart only requires one click.

Thinking of starting a web shop? You will need a reliable web host. Sign up with Dreamhost, use one of our promo codes and you’re all set for as little as $5.78 a month!