what's a good price range to set on low-end resold accounts not on a dedicated server?

packages like:
25 megs / 2000 transfer
or
50 megs / 5000 transfer

i wouldn't want to overprice anything or drive off customers.

Survey?

ack, that was inadvertent :(
sorry about that.

Originally posted by dvaeorn
packages like:
25 megs / 2000 transfer
or
50 megs / 5000 transfer


Many hosts here will offer the first package around $7.95 and the second one around $9.95. A bit lower price won't hurt you since the only things that is gonna cost you is bandwith, and on average, people only use about 500MB/mo transfer...

cheers,
:beer:

500mb? I wish! I'd rather be on the safe side and say 1gb.

Originally posted by Dylan
500mb? I wish! I'd rather be on the safe side and say 1gb.

Well, the number I got is actually from this forum. Some host even claimed 400-500 MB average in data transfer/mo. But I do agree with you, to be safe, let's say 1GB... so, it costs you about $2-$3 per client (only transferwise). But doesn't it all depend on how one calculates bandwith too? For sure if you are charged by 95th percentile rule, shouldn't you expect your clients are using more bandwith than if you are charged by 50th percentile rule?

cheers,
:beer:

95th percentile rule? 50th percentile rule? i guess i'm very new to this. what does that mean?

Either way its bad news stay away from percentile billing its almost always cheaper going the other way.

Originally posted by dvaeorn
95th percentile rule? 50th percentile rule? i guess i'm very new to this. what does that mean?


It's the method to measure the bandwith usage for each server.
95%ile rule, average or actual bytes transfered.
Do search the archive, you will find a lot of information about this.

Dektong, what about 50%ile rule? I never heard it before.

50% rule is exactly what it says ... you pay based on the median traffic rate. This must be very unusual since for many sites it will heavily underestimate the bandwidth used. (Web traffic is bursty; bursty traffic implies median < mean).

I disagree with cbaker's statement that it is "almost always cheaper" to be charged on total bytes transfered however. Since the rates will inevitably be lower when charged under the 95% rule, the question comes down to how constant your traffic is. If you're running a website which gets the same levels of traffic every day spread evenly between 8AM and midnight, you can probably do quite well with 95% accounting; if, however, all your traffic arrives between 10PM and 11PM, you'd do much better if you're charged for total bandwidth use.

But 90% of sites out there dont have constant traffic, its just the flow of the Inet, because of general workday schedules...