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webtech
05-11-2001, 05:39 PM
New Promotion

Need Hosting and a Domain? Get it in 1 Stop!

You get 500mb space, free domain name, mysql, php, perl, unlimited email, ssi, cgi for a 1 time setup fee of $180 and then just $20 a year maintance. Please email josh@webtechsoftware.com to ask questions or to order.

c0bra
05-11-2001, 06:05 PM
WOOOOOOOOW! A free domain name for $180 setup? Sounds like a winning promotion.

(SH)Saeed
05-11-2001, 06:42 PM
webtech,

I don't want to be rude or put you down or anything, but that does not sound like a very good deal to me. Specially when there are companies with good roumers that offer more than that for $10/month. Usually when people are looking for cheap host, it is because they do not have $180 to pay, specially for setup.

Just my $0.02

marksy
05-11-2001, 06:45 PM
I like good deals like this, especially the incentive the host has to provide decent service after you pay $180. If they put 5000 sites on one server that all paid $180 up front, then I leave they lose $20 bucks...boy, they'd be hurting then.

ksstudio
05-11-2001, 07:16 PM
most of the people prefer cheap monthly plan, i got more monthly plans signup compare to yearly plan although i got 25% discount on my yearly plan also.


:)

(SH)Saeed
05-11-2001, 08:40 PM
Exactly ksstudio, that is a very good point. I would never sign up with a webhost and pay for a year ahead, not even 2 months. First I would like to try them out to see how good and reliable they are, then if after a few months they seem really good I "might" consider paying 2-3 months ahead to get a discount.

Honu
05-12-2001, 04:13 AM
Aloha,
sorry if this sounds bad but just having fun ;)

why would I want to host anyting if I did not have a domain
so to me it s like saying
come to mcDonalds get a free shake when ya purchase the cup to drink it out of ????

maybe a reword would help on all serious side
but again as others have said
$180 setup this is for ???????

fatman
05-12-2001, 06:38 AM
Originally posted by marksy
I like good deals like this, especially the incentive the host has to provide decent service after you pay $180. If they put 5000 sites on one server that all paid $180 up front, then I leave they lose $20 bucks...boy, they'd be hurting then.

I agree with marksy. I made the mistake of signing up with Nomonthlyfees some time back. It had a $200 setup fee and an annual $35 fee. Big mistake. Their support was really very poor. After two weeks of issues not being resolved, I sent in another support ticket - and they wrote back a fiery reply accusing me of spamming them with my support request (which had not been resolved), and threatening to close my account.

When you pay a huge amount up-front with a host, if you get an unscrupulous host, you might regret it later.

determinist
05-12-2001, 03:27 PM
I think i've come across almost a dozen hosting companies with the similar plan.. twice on ebay selling the entire company.. sounds like breakeven deal if hosted for 2 or more years, but what if the host can't manage for 2 years, kinda risky.

I think this is where it all start;
www.nomonthlyfees.com

From what i've heard the response is quite good, but just no for me.. anyway just my 2 cent.

Get-Hosted.com
05-12-2001, 07:00 PM
nomonthlyfees.com must be doing great, 80% of people who see their site signup! ;)

fatman
05-12-2001, 08:20 PM
Originally posted by determinist
I think i've come across almost a dozen hosting companies with the similar plan.. twice on ebay selling the entire company.. sounds like breakeven deal if hosted for 2 or more years, but what if the host can't manage for 2 years, kinda risky.

I think this is where it all start;
www.nomonthlyfees.com

From what i've heard the response is quite good, but just no for me.. anyway just my 2 cent.

That's smart. Unfortunately I had to learn it the hard way.:bawling:

Say, Get-Hosted, how did you know 80% sign up with them? Was it published somewhere? (That's quite a big number for a $200 pay-out.)

coolguy23
05-12-2001, 09:53 PM
that's like $200 for the first year, and how do i know that you will still be up after a month?;)

Get-Hosted.com
05-13-2001, 03:40 AM
http://www.nomonthlyfees.com/nmf80percentgif.gif

That picture is on the main page of their website. That's how I "knew" that 80% of their visitors signed up.

marksy
05-13-2001, 03:04 PM
I bet 80% of visitors do signup for hosting - it doesn't say they sign up with them though!

DHWWnet
05-13-2001, 03:13 PM
Originally posted by coolguy23
that's like $200 for the first year, and how do i know that you will still be up after a month?;)


from what i've heard, nomonthlyfees.com is putting the $200 setup fee in the stock/money market.


cheers,
elijah john :)

Honu
05-14-2001, 01:02 AM
Originally posted by marksy
I bet 80% of visitors do signup for hosting - it doesn't say they sign up with them though!



hehehehehhehehehehheheehhee

thats funny but true ;)

RamboLeer
09-09-2002, 12:10 AM
These guys don't know how to host!:mad:

Really, how stupid must an administrator be to allow all his/her customers' stats to be public???

I'm very glad I'm leaving them. God, I'm still shocked by the fact that my stats have been public for a period of over 2 months. I can't believe this!!!:angry:

MTG
09-09-2002, 12:44 AM
wow! this is a veeeeeeeeery old thread! :stickout

Samuel
09-09-2002, 12:48 AM
I love this, they punish you for asking for support.... hahaha
http://216.71.44.113/hd/loginc.php
"If you open more than one ticket per issue, all of your Tickets will be deleted. "

MTG
09-09-2002, 01:13 AM
You should consider this 'feature' for SAH :D

Samuel
09-09-2002, 01:14 AM
hrmm, that's a good idea, Ill bring it up in the next meeting, it;s just difficult to get everyone together, last time we have 5000 employees meet over a bogus memo about drug use, see we condone it, someone put up an anti drug policy and the company about fell into shambles.