Your Views On Web Hosting
I am setting up a new hosting company and am doing some market research, what I want to know is what do you, webmaster want from a hosting package, how much space, bandwidth and add-on domains. this is the sort stuff I want to know. also how much would you pay for a hosting package. Also should I do tailor made hosting packages?
Some idea I had was to offer unlimited everything for $49.99 per month is this right should I put the price up?
Tell me what you think.
openmind posted this at 12:39 — 19th June 2005.
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I assume you don't mean unlimited bandwidth as there is no such thing, same goes for diskspace...
Be prepared for a long hard battle as you are entering into one of the most competitive markets on the web just behind viagra sales and porn!
Make sure you present yourself with as many unique selling points as possibile because thats the only way you will stand out in a very crowded marketplace...
Good luck!
danielle posted this at 12:44 — 19th June 2005.
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I know their not unlimited disk space but I can offer about 200gb whos gonna us that?
openmind posted this at 12:49 — 19th June 2005.
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Probably no-one but that indiactes you're planning on over selling where you offer more resources than you actually own on the assumption that no-one will use it all.
It can work as a marketing ploy but from a business perspective its a slippery and non-cost-effective route to follow...
mairving posted this at 12:53 — 19th June 2005.
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There are only 2 ways to make a profit in hosting. One is to have a lot of customers paying small amounts and spend all of your time and hours supporting your customers. The other is to design a site for them and charge them a larger monthly fee for hosting and maintenance of the site. Your plan of offering unlimited everything may get you some business but in the end will fail.
Mark Irving
I have a mind like a steel trap; it is rusty and illegal in 47 states
openmind posted this at 12:59 — 19th June 2005.
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Good point well made Mark. I actually started out with the latter, higher priced plans. Now my customer base has built up, I can reduce the costs and increase the resources.
It does take a load of time though. I've been doing it 18+ months now and the profits are only now starting to some in in reasonable amounts...
danielle posted this at 13:23 — 19th June 2005.
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actually i do have the resources to host 2oogb
openmind posted this at 16:28 — 19th June 2005.
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I didn't say you didn't but lets assume you have a 200GB hard disk and your plan offers 200GB of space. Either you are giong to have one plan per server (which I doubt) or you are over selling...
danielle posted this at 21:17 — 22nd June 2005.
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ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!
openmind posted this at 21:19 — 22nd June 2005.
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Sorry I was just trying to help....
danielle posted this at 21:28 — 22nd June 2005.
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its ok, i like it when people tell me what they think it helps me, send it all
Mrlinux posted this at 20:35 — 1st July 2005.
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There are many articles out there about resellers or people that want to make a company: webhostingreview.biz (check it with firefox)
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