I don't know where to put it....plz move it chicken if you wish.
AND THIS IS NOT ADVERTISING as I've not posted any of my contact info either with my profile or on this post. I hope you understand..I'm just asking for feedback. :)

I'm just starting a web hosting company. I've been testing with a cobalt raq4i to just get a taste of the business from past 3 months.

I plans to utilize servers from rackspace and clusters from dialtone and a few others from other providers.

I just want to have a feedback of the plans and system of selling I have....

Please tell me if itz too complicated to follow..

I've categorized 4 kind of servers with all kinds of further plans in them.

Plan A is very expensive but ...very very relaible...eg. 20$ pm for 40 mb space and 1 gb bandwidth

Plan B is less expensive ..but relaible....eg. 15$ pm for 150 mb of space and 2 gb of bandwidth

and same ways...
one of the plans from CLass C servers... 10$ pm for 200 mb of space and 2 gb of bandwidth

and plans from CLass D servers ...7.5$ pm for 500 mb of space and 5 gb of bandwidth.

Will customer confuse over this kind of anology ...I've made more than 100 plans out of the above configurations...with same kinda system.

ALso offering Virtual Servers etc,..

One thing more....I plan to accpet payments only on yearly basis...not monthly !!

Will it work ?

I'm a very honest businessman and I plan to provide the very best of support, service and satisfaction to my clients.

Thanks for all the help in advance.

Originally posted by daretosucced
I don't know where to put it....plz move it chicken if you wish.
AND THIS IS NOT ADVERTISING as I've not posted any of my contact info either with my profile or on this post. I hope you understand..I'm just asking for feedback. :)

From http://www.webhostingtalk.com/misc.php?s=&action=forum-rules

We enforce a very strict policy regarding solicitation of our membership by Forum participants except in those Forum sections where advertising is expressly permitted.
Participants may not solicit the membership for feedback or suggestions on their product or services.

I don't see it as advertising ... it looks like he is asking for opinions ... OR is he implicitly adverstising by asking for opinions? :)

Honestly, I think the post itself is OK ... the charges, though, are rather expensive ...

Besides, how reliable is reliable? 40mb, 1GB of transfer for $20/mo? Woa ... It better be 8-way XEON, 8GB memory, 100% uptime, and low bandwiht/transfer overage charge.

chers.
:beer:

Plz provide me feedback.! :)

Besides..dektong...would you go with Server D with such a host..if server A is damn expensive...or would you ignore this host ?

Plz provide feedback...!

And actually I plan to provide an entire backup server with server A with similar configuration and ... strict limits on the number of accounts over a server and yeah..overage charges are jsut what I have to pay to my provider, No profit in that!. And with 99.9% uptime guarantee, 30 day moneyback and so on with it. Will it work or should I reconsider my business model?

Thanks

I don't even know the spec of server A, B, C, D, etc ... the network (where it is), etc ... But even if I know, I won't go with any of them (well the last two seem OK for some people).

cheers,
:beer:

Usually, if I can tell who this is or their URL, then I move it, if not, I leave it.

I plan to host servers with rackspace...the best I know !
Plz explain why wouldn't u go ???
Thanks a ton !!!
Thanks chicken...Now I guess I'm getting to know the policies over here...!

I need lot of support from you guyz rightnow !

First, if I have a site that really need to be absolutely hosted on a stable/reliable server/connectivitiy, then most likely that site will cosnume much more than just 1GB of transfer per month and consumer more than 40mb of HD space.

Second, I have the feeling that your server C and D would be on a less powerful/reliable server/network (hence you lowered the price) and I do not know whether I want this kind of server/network ...

Again, you haven't told us about the server specs (A to D). Rackspace is good, but it's not the most reliable/best network out there ...

cheers,
:beer:

I plan to go with the best network out here.
I plan to get 100 - 1000 signups in a month.
Is it gonna work ?

Don't expect 100 - 1000 signups in the first few months. And if you are offering different levels of reliability etc., it may be worth having different websites.

A corporate website, aimed at small - medium sized business, who need almost 100% uptime, and are willing to pay heavier monthly fees to make sure their site is there, when they need it.

A budget website, offering plans aimed at individuals etc., who can get away with 99% uptime, slightly slower servers / network etc.

Regards
Matt

DOes that mean I should change my packaging....and offer jsut a few plans instead of more than 100 combinations at present ?

Please guide me.

I guess it was the best medium to attract all kinda clients....most importantly business 1 ..corparates....:)

Is that all you people can help me with ?

ANd yes, voxel.net doesn't have any prices for dedicated servers....where can I find the prices for their dedicated servers, anyone ?

SOmebody told me they are more reliable than rackspace...Is that so ????

100 plans???

The first thing I have to say is, WAY to many.... If somebody needs something, chances are they will fall under one of about 5-20 different combinations... If they do not, then they will probably contact you to say "hey, I like this plan but..." When they do this, you can say, sure I can make those mods for you...

I think having 100 different plans will make you go under. In my opinion, nobody wwill want to take the time to explor them all, that would be like looking over 10 average hosting companies.

I mean, how many different packages do you normally see on somebody else's pages? I myself keep my package numbers around 10-20, but I offer both free and paid services, so some of the packages are the same, just one is free and the other costs money.

Its not just that you have 100 packages either, there are other factors... different server... different networks... there are so many factors... You would be better off just putting the low cost packags on the C network.. the medium packages on the B network and the high end packeages on the A network...

Those are my thoughts.

Hope this helps you.
Mike.

Hey guyz....WHT is huge...and with passionate members.
That does make a difference....( not to mention chicken and kunal like moderators....who does make all the difference in fact; human does it better...no doubt in that )

I expected a lot more respone...as what an ideal plan should be...and whatz wrong with my kinda scheme of plans...!

Anywayz...I'm going to sleep right now...itz very late over here.

Thanks in advance....( I have a dream to see...atleast 10 more responses when I wake up..heh heh )

Thanks all of the support...I feel like WHT is my second home...am I an addict or what ???

just edited to include....Mike, Matt and ektong are very helpfull...Special thanks to all of you.

Originally posted by daretosucced
Is that all you people can help me with ?

ANd yes, voxel.net doesn't have any prices for dedicated servers....where can I find the prices for their dedicated servers, anyone ?

SOmebody told me they are more reliable than rackspace...Is that so ????

WHT is hosted with Voxel - I haven't seen it down since, although perhaps MattF can provide us with the exact uptime figure?


Regards
Matt

Originally posted by daretosucced
DOes that mean I should change my packaging....and offer jsut a few plans instead of more than 100 combinations at present ?

Please guide me.

I guess it was the best medium to attract all kinda clients....most importantly business 1 ..corparates....:)

you can not attract all kind of people through one company. i am sure on this. because people will get confused like i was, while reading through your plans. a noice surfer will never understand why one is offering 1 gb bandwidth and 40 mb space in $40 pm and 5-7gb bandwidth and 500 mb space in $7... may be they just don't do business with you. target spacific audience.

hey, it is like you can not have childs in strictly adult films :D

Yeah, just stick with a few plans, 3-10. And I'd stick with only one network. It's going to be way easier for you in the long run. When you have 100 different plans at 4 different places you aren't going to have any idea as to who has what or what's going on. Also, I would not expect 1000 offers in a month!

System management and promotion are not cause of problems for me. The only reason I'm worried is...will I confuse user too much ?

The only reason I'm worried is...will I confuse user too much ?

IMHO - YES

I think that the only people that will signup for your services will be hard core techies, or people that have a lot of time on their hands. Your average joe website owner does not want to look through 100 different options... Chances are they may not even know what they want, and if you can't convince them of what package they want, then you may not get the sale.

Any other thoughts anyone?

Any more questions daretosucced?

Hope this helps.

If I dedicate a complete big page to explain the differences btw each class of servers...and suggesting them based on their requirements.
Free consultation for all of their project needs.

And yeah I provide support and consulatatio only through web.

K.I.S.S. If you want to appeal to the average user (read: more signups), then you want to keep it simple. More choice isn't always a good thing, and in terms of web hosting pacakges I'd hover around 5 personally, then break up anything bigger into another page (if you really have to). They shouldn't need a support site just to understand your site and your offers.

Originally posted by daretosucced
If I dedicate a complete big page to explain the differences btw each class of servers...and suggesting them based on their requirements.
Free consultation for all of their project needs.

And yeah I provide support and consulatatio only through web.

Unless if the potential customers are madly in love with you, chances are they won't read more than 4 paragraph on a web site.. let alone 100 different plans with 100 - 200 paragraphs.... hmmm they don't want to take 3 years to understand which hosting plans they need to take... :D

just kidding.... but true.. :)