Do you run a hosting Business? Please Vote Yes if you are Below 18 years of Age. Vote No if you are 18+. The Point of this poll is to identify how many Admins of Hosting sites are under-age.

I am 19 :)

Nope, not a kiddie host but rather a host with kiddies! :D

I passed 18 many moons ago. :(

Originally posted by Tallon
Nope, not a kiddie host but rather a host with kiddies! :D

LOL. Even my kiddies are almost not kiddies anymore. :D

Hmm.... 150 views, 4 replies, no one posting as yes?

Strange...

6 Yeses.

Well giving the flak the under 18's get I'm pretty sure there won't be too many that admit it :)

Exactly

I'm 20, and I don't own a hosting company, heh.

I'm 11 years old, turning 12 next weekend! Almost time for puberty!!!!!:gthumb:

Originally posted by dbbrock1
I'm 11 years old, turning 12 next weekend! Almost time for puberty!!!!!:gthumb:

LOL

Well ive wondered what it would be like to run a webhosting company, but being 16 doesnt leave me with many options, and a lack of experience even handling a reseller account.

Scared me off quite quickly once i was given an oppertunity.

52 votes for "No"
10 votes for "Yes"

are there really hosting admins which are 12 years old? Arent they still in grade 6?

Reseller "DBZ" hosts.. lol--yes there are

Customer: "Hi, my service has been down for the past 7 weeks, please explain the situation"

'Webmaster': t3h s3rv!c3 h@$ b33n d0wn 4 t3h l@$+ 7 w33k$ b3c@uz i accid3ntli d3l3t3d t3h account.

I voted yes. :nuts:

Originally posted by illuzhen777
Reseller "DBZ" hosts.. lol--yes there are

Customer: "Hi, my service has been down for the past 7 weeks, please explain the situation"

'Webmaster': t3h s3rv!c3 h@$ b33n d0wn 4 t3h l@$+ 7 w33k$ b3c@uz i accid3ntli d3l3t3d t3h account.

lol thats too funny.

Originally posted by illuzhen777
Reseller "DBZ" hosts.. lol--yes there are

Customer: "Hi, my service has been down for the past 7 weeks, please explain the situation"

'Webmaster': t3h s3rv!c3 h@$ b33n d0wn 4 t3h l@$+ 7 w33k$ b3c@uz i accid3ntli d3l3t3d t3h account.

lololololol

That's a kid for sure.

arent they still learning their multiplication table and how to divide big numbers?

Would someone please assure me that this is still a respectable business to be in? It seems to be over run with children who can’t even spell or construct a grammatically sound sentence.

Originally posted by JasonID
Would someone please assure me that this is still a respectable business to be in? It seems to be over run with children who can’t even spell or construct a grammatically sound sentence.

You don't honestly believe they'll be in business for long do you?

I voted for yes. Why do people just assume that a 12 year old (like me), is just immature, can't spell and doesn't know what they're doing? I know why, because of the minority which enter hosting and make others sound bad. Stereotyping.

Before I enter, which I plan on doing soon (I have already purchased a reseller account), I spent more than a year of research for everything. What I need, serious pricing (no unlimited bandwidth or $1/month servers) and what customers want. Good support, reliable servers, understandable responces and much more. I enjoy working on websites, and feel this is a great thing (webhosting). I created my first website at age 8 (1999), and have since mastered HTML, PHP and MySQL, and graphics.

I don't like the term 'kiddie host', it makes under 18s sound just, so young, immuture....I don't spend my life 24-7 on computers. I do have a life, and feel being with friends builds not only happiness for me, but I'm less stressed when dealing with customers. I have 3 clients for hosting currently :), and make them all aware of my age. I don't want them to be mislead.

For business, I had to do a lot of research for age requirements and such. I learnt that whilst under 18, as long as I earn no more than $130 a week, it doesn't need to be registered. When it grows (my business), I hope that it will need to be registered.

I'm proud to be 12, and feel that hosting is fun, but not the career I want in say, 10 years. I'd like to deal with webdesign or images then.

Under 18s which are reliable:
www.yupapa.com - Responsible and friendly
www.trexine.net - This is me, and I hope that I am reliable.

There are more, but unfortunately I can't remember the urls. Maybe I can post later.

Whatever . . . .

However unfair it may seem (most things seem pretty unfair when you're 12 :D - sorry low blow) you ARE immature - that's a simple fact.

No-ones saying you're stupid or incapable, from your post you don't sound either, however 12 year olds should NOT be in business - especially a business where other people rely on your for their livelihood.

If you're doing it as a learning experience or offering to family and friends that know the score then I applaud you and wish you well - however if your going to part some unwitting businessan from his money then that's just plain wrong.

Best of luck with it all !

I don't spend my life 24-7 on computers.

I hope you have someone else in your business that will plan to be online this much then! I am up most nites till about 5 or 6 am, then someone else takes over and does the hours during the morning while I get some sleep. I wake up early afternoon then take over again. It takes a lot of communication between us to make sure there is always someone around!

Being 12 you are going to have at least 5/6 hours during the day where you are at school, and also I cant see you staying up till 5am each nite. You are going to need probably 1 or 2 other people that are going to be covering support. Or at least make sure you tell customers that there could be a long wait between responses.

16 years here ;-) although I no longer run a host I used to in my father's name, mde a profit, started getting overloaded in school, sold it.