While reading some horror stories regarding chargebacks and the lack of tangible assets being sold I had an idea, a vision if you will.

I see a lot of hosts will register a domain for free for their customers if they sign up for a full year.

Let us reverse this and provide domain registration for, say $99.00 per year with free web hosting. Now let us add to this a simple piece of paper acting as a 'Certificate of Authenticity' regarding the customers domain.

1. Sign em up.
2. Register domain name.
3. Give em the hosting plan.
4. Mail the perty certificate, maintain all tracking records.

In the event of a chargeback, you now have all of the purchase proof required.

Now the tricky part. How do you get your customers to read past the $99.00 domain registration to see the free hosting? Then, if offering more than one plan, how do you make them understand that it just costs more to park their new (or transfered) domain on a higher 'free' hosting plan without looking like a total fraud?

A lot of kinks to work out and probably not a workable idea. The biggest fear I have in regards to this business (at least so far) is the idea of a chargeback.

Um, again, thanks for listening. :nuts:

Scott