Name of your website?Christian Pohl
Your name?
Christian Pohl
Your Location (city, etc)
83351, Gunung Sari, Puri Meninting, Jl. Juventus, Lombok NTB, Indonesia
Please give us a short summary of your website?
Our website is made to promote Lombok Cottages. It has two parts for the two different locations we offer our services at.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
I heard that over 60% of all travelbusiness goes via internet so it was only normal to launch a website.
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
My first website was launched in 2003 and it was a site for a computer-leasing company in Germany.
How did you decide on a name for your website?
Well we do have two nice cottages and so the name "Lombok Cottages" was near.
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
We offer hotel service on a really high niveau at places that are not in the center of usual tourist spots, but near enough to reach them. The athmosphere in our cottages is very familiar, not the typical hotel business but a more personal service.
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Of course we look for people that want to visit Indonesia in a different way, people that really want to feel nature and culture of our beautiful country.
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
We are at the very beginning so I can impossibly give a statement at this time.
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
Not so much...we dont want to contract to the usual hotel wholesalers (which would indeed take a little fortune). Our independency is the key for our concept.
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Any day of the week...
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
First: to get a good internet connection in Indonesia is not so easy. Second: try to find good staff in this country...GRRRR!
What has been your biggest challenge?
I guess to make contact to tour operators on international level. Only some respond e-mails and most of them want to direct us to the wholesale companies.
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
So far that was linkexchange and cooperation with local tour operators.
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
Nope, not at all.
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
The site is online for 2 month now and how long it will stay online depends on how long Lombok Cottages exists.
What is your website address?
Christian Pohl
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