Recently I find myself selling hosting packages to businesses and other hosting clients who would prefer to have managed hosting when I ask if they'd like managed services vs regular shared packages. Has anyone else had any luck with boomers or other clients? Is this an untapped niche market?

managed shared hosting , Well perhaps you could come up with some package some extra help;)

Yes, it is an untapped niche market and as far as I know, client do not go for managed shared service.

I know of companies that do this. One being below:

http://firehousehost.com/managed_rates.html

We sell managed shared services to quite a few clients. They do not want to do anything. We do it all for them. Add email accounts change passwords etc. We do it all. I would say it is a niche market if you can find the business. It has worked for us with quite a few clients.

Most business wanting a managed shared service will get it through the people that are doing their local IT support and bundle it all together, who typically just buy a reseller account somewhere.

I wouldn't say it's an untapped market, I just think it's usually done more local - therefore not really advertised to much online.