Since I am selling hosting products and domain names, I was wonder how can you become a 10 to host. I did some search on the internet and verywhere i saw 10 top host, any way if any one has a tip he can share it here...
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Yeah spending a few million dollars on marketing shoul dhelp alot

Spend millions in advertising and equipment.

I am all ready doing this... some other tip.........that I all ready know...

What about host directories, to list your website there, pay a fee for listing and have some good prices for your products as well.

Create the top ten list and then advertise it above all the other top 10 lists ;)

And that's been done plenty of times. ALL Acquisitions is correct, do it for yourself.

Post your website in the web hosting directories,
create a link page in your site and do a lots of SEO activities.
If you work hard after some years you may reach your goal.

yes that too, i found that a bit to long but any way is it a beginning for everything..

Part of it will probably involve a high referral fee, some of the larger companies might be tossing $60-$80 per sign up at the large web hosting directories.

Ask top 10 sites to review your website, let them use your hosting, test your support, what ever nessesary even if you have to pay. You must have a 24/7 toll number. Have every feature AND more that a top 10 has. Build a large customer base, the more you have the more people will sign up. Never stop advertising, but be smart of where you are advertising.

Yes here you are right about where to advertise, I am thinking at that for a long time, and I did a lots of searches on the internet and how to advertise your products, ofcourse I found some which they were good but I found more in which they werent on my taste as I am saying.

Your not going to find the best place to advertise right off the bat. If you are already offering same things that a top 10 site is hosting then try google ads, there are many companies that give you a free trial of google ads. Talking about advertising companies, if you are looking at one don't be cheap, what you pay for is what you get, especialy for advertising. Also once you see a promising one don't jump on it too quick look around some more ask a bunch of questions, mainly statistics of what they have already done for other websites. Then make your decision.

That was wierd someone please delete this

what was wierd? and what do you want to be deleted, i know what you mean, belive me that i am doing researches on the internet about advertising for a mount and so.. and im still doing it....i found something which i am intersted but not now. at the end of this mounth...

Yes, Millions Of Dollars In Advertising, Equipment, But Most Important of All , Good Service and Customer Care, Honesty Etc.

SEO Is Most Important As Well. I Assume That The Top ten Hosts Have The Best Deals and The Most Number of Ne Sign-Ups Per Month.

Most of the top 10 companies have private deals with affiliate links.

Contact them and provide them a better deal then they are getting now.

top 10 in your country or in the world? :dgrin:

top 10 in your country or in the world? :dgrin:


lol, very clever Bashar...
but, of course, it isn't easing being number 1 in a country anyway.

:)
Cheers
Ray

not at all, well it depends on which country you're at and.

if the market is so big say the US you can't complete with multi million dollar firms such as godaddy etc..

but smaller countries thats easy

*Kuwait (http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/Country/KW) ;)

Most of those top 10 sites do use CJ affiliate links, just signup at CJ and offer more than the others :)
Of course, to signup to CJ you need at least $5k

I'm a bit curious why most people here advise the use of multi-million dollar on advertising and affiliate system. Wouldn't it be better to spend those money on your people?

I mean, think of it like this. You will rarely find long-term customer that comes to you based on advertising only. The most effective thing is word-of-mouth which you will rarely get from excessive advertising.

Why not spend it on your people, hire people with better empathy towards other and people who qualify for the job and not outsource it elsewhere.

This way is alot longer since you will have to build trust and reputation, but in the long run, this has the least risk and most return.

PS: what do you mean with 10 top host? Is it market share? Or mind share? Or what?

ozzie123 is right on target. It doesn't matter how big your company gets if you don't keep your staff trained, happy and productive. Choosing the right staff can easily make or break you.

I was talking in the market share. Any way,

which market share? your country, the world, the USA ?

to be in top 10 in the US you need around 500K domains (1/2 million)

http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/Country/US

in europe , since i live in europe... usa is a bit far for me and to be on the usa market it will take me a lot of time..

in europe , since i live in europe... usa is a bit far for me and to be on the usa market it will take me a lot of time..
europe is huge, which country?

same like usa, spain

http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/tophosts/Country/ES
There you go.

Only my 2 cents. As you live in Spain, the European Union offer a lot of money every year to give financial support to the people who want to create new companies. Check for it, then use this money to borrow a marketing professional.

ok i will check it out........