{"id":13273,"date":"2017-12-14T11:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T10:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/names.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13273"},"modified":"2017-12-14T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T10:40:20","slug":"gareth-gears-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/gareth-gears-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth gears up for Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you remember our customer Gareth Phoenix? He launched his online business, <a href=\"https:\/\/gentlemenspractice.com\/\">Gentlemen\u2019s Practice<\/a> towards the end of 2015 and we\u2019ve followed his journey and watched as he\u2019s made it a great success.<\/p>\n<p>He started with a .com domain name and built his own website and online shop using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/create-a-website\/cloudsite\">CloudShop<\/a>. Since then, Gentlemen\u2019s Practice has expanded and he\u2019s moved to a larger ecommerce website hosted on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/web-hosting\">cPanel web hosting platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7k1aF0wXZQk\">Watch his latest video<\/a> to see how things are going in the lead up to Christmas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AQ2Y0179-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Gentlemen's Practice men's accessories\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AQ2Y0179-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AQ2Y0179-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AQ2Y0179-945x630.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AQ2Y0179-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AQ2Y0179.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In case you missed any of his journey so far, you can catch up here\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gsciiEv6xAw\">Meet Gareth Phoenix<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h6t_BUkFJ8s\">Six months in business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eszb0GgvIZQ\">One year later<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gareth\u2019s success is inspirational and we hope it encourages other customers to grab the opportunity and take their ideas online.<\/p>\n<p>If you feel ready to start, why not try our easy-to-use website builder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/create-a-website\/cloudsite\">CloudSite<\/a> and choose your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.names.co.uk\/domain-names\">perfect domain name<\/a>. 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