hi all

well once my site is up and running im thinking of buying around 5 cPanel clients using medium spec accounts like 1000mb space And 15Gb bandwidth or around that area

could someone help me work out how much they will cost me roughly please


reece

Generally between 6-12 months rental is the going rate

Rus

On average, the market rate is sitting at around 10 months revenue of the client, e.g. if the client is paying $10/mo then the client would be likely to sell for around $100 - this is what most hosts (on here at least) are selling for if you read the hosts for sale auctions & other sales at the moment. Although, if you are buying more than the clients e.g. servers, websites etc, you can expect to pay a little more for this, but it is advantageous as changing web hosts by choice of the business to business sellers rather than the client selecting the new host can unsettle them - when you do buy them, try to make them feel as welcome as you possibly can - go out of your way, more than you do for your current customer. Buying clients is an investment, treat it that way, nurture them.

Yes it has been my experience looking at past sales on WHT that the 8-12 month range is an average price for clients.

Now this can change from the lower end to the higher end of the scale depending on the type of client they are. (Billing cycle IE monthly vs. annual client)

From what I have see annual clients will sell for less than monthly clients because the risk is higher that they will not renew and you will never gain any revenue from them if this happens. Monthly clients on the other hand are much less risk due the fact that money is coming in more often so you will get some revenue from them.

Also how long the given clients have been with the current host may change the price they are worth to. The longer in duration the clients on average have been with the company the higher you may have to pay. The less time they have been with the company the lower you want to pay as risk is increased on the buyer.

Also if you are really looking at average length of the client’s term with the current host make sure they remove the longest term client and the shortest term client so it does not tip the average in either direction to much.

Hope these tips help.

Since we're not selling nothing on this thread, I moved it to the most appropiated forum.

You can get it as low as 7 times the monthly rate. But I'd suggest paying more for more "stable" customers.

The short answer is that the "price" is whatever you are willing to pay.

Plug your numbers and see what kind of money you have available.. .and then determine how long you feel is appropriate to recoup your investment/purchase.

For example, if you have $1000 and want to "make it back" within 10 months.. then you could consider buying 10 clients at $10 each if you paid for 10 month of revenue to the seller.

A good evaluation will also taken into account other information, like the type of user they are (novice, mid-level, expert) because your support costs may increase substantially if you want to maintain a level of support that meets their expectations. Its also a good idea to measure loyalty. If these individuals have stayed for many months, chances are they are willing to stay with you if the quality of service remains stable.