If I was to start a web hosting business what things should I look out for?

Here are the things that you should look at ....
1) Your infrastructure...
2) Your support system.
3) Your brand builing and your brand imag.
4) Your target market..
5) The competition... most important...

A good marketing plan and a method to give quality hosting services can take you a long way..... :)

Have a great day :)

regards
amar

Anyone know of a startup consultant, more specifically for an internet business and advertising? That would be where I'd go when I'm looking to develope a business plan, and a marketing strategy.

Originally posted by bobcares
Here are the things that you should look at ....
1) Your infrastructure...
2) Your support system.
3) Your brand builing and your brand imag.
4) Your target market..
5) The competition... most important...

A good marketing plan and a method to give quality hosting services can take you a long way..... :)

Have a great day :)

regards
amar

1) TIME.
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Not if you outsource your support. The majority of time spent running the company is support. If you can pay someone to do that for you then you've just free'd up a lot of time.

Brian

1) Your infrastructure...
2) Your support system. (let bobcares.com handle that)
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:cool:

Right on!

Sometimes providing your own support is alot better both business wise and marketing gimmicks. Most people perfer to speak to people via a telephone or email from a person who works at your company. Why? If a company is serious about the business, it should pay for their own support hours and outsource the support for off office hours. This gives the customer 2 ideas.

1) The company cares about them and hires people to interact with them and not someone who ditched out a chunk of cash and hoping for automated money by outsourcing.

2) After office hours, the outsource idea gives the customer a general believe that the company itself can not provide 24/7 support and transfers them to a temporary outsourcing center. This is a major plus compared to waiting for hold times and then noticed that "Our office hours are blah to blah, please call back tommorow."