{"id":11959,"date":"2017-05-16T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T14:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/names.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11959"},"modified":"2017-09-28T16:26:05","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T15:26:05","slug":"an-entrepreneurs-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/an-entrepreneurs-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"An entrepreneur\u2019s journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;d like to introduce one of our customers; inspirational entrepreneur, Gareth Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p>His online venture began at the end of 2015 when he took his passion for fashion and his desire to build a family business to the next level and launched his online store, Gentlemen\u2019s Practice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gentlemenspractice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gentlemen\u2019s Practice<\/a> offers a unique range of men\u2019s accessories aimed at making <em>\u201cevery day a dapper day\u201d<\/em>. Gareth said, <em>\u201cLaunching my online business gave me the opportunity to combine something I love &#8211; fashion, with my desire to run a business from home and spend more time with my family. It\u2019s been a really simple process with names.co.uk\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From the very beginning, we&#8217;ve documented Gareth&#8217;s business journey to help inspire other customers to take the leap and get their ideas online. Gentlemen&#8217;s Practice has grown quickly and with more visitors and more transactions coming via his website, Gareth recently upgraded from CloudSite to a larger site hosted on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/web-hosting\">cPanel web hosting<\/a> platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch to see Gareth\u2019s progress so far:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gsciiEv6xAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meet Gareth Phoenix<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h6t_BUkFJ8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Six months in business\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eszb0GgvIZQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One year later <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to get online yourself, why not start by trying our easy-to-use DIY website builders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/create-a-website\/cloudsite\">CloudSite and CloudShop<\/a> or if you\u2019d prefer, we can build your website for you with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/create-a-website\/cloudsite\/build-me-a-website\">Build Me A Website<\/a> service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be inspired by Gareth &#8211; take the leap and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/domain-names\">get online!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;d like to introduce one of our customers; inspirational entrepreneur, Gareth Phoenix. 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