Just wondering how many customers you guys have and how long it took you to reach that number. If your not comfortable telling numbers cause of privacy policy, thats cool. Im just askin the people that are okay with it.

We have just about 5,000 clients under our belt. We did some massive direct-marketing campaigns to get these clients and it took us about 1 to 1.5 years to get. Hard work if you ask me.

what kind of direct marketing did you do?

Originally posted by hostingplex
We have just about 5,000 clients under our belt. We did some massive direct-marketing campaigns to get these clients and it took us about 1 to 1.5 years to get. Hard work if you ask me.

Thats impressive WELL DONE!

Originally posted by hostingplex
We have just about 5,000 clients under our belt. We did some massive direct-marketing campaigns to get these clients and it took us about 1 to 1.5 years to get. Hard work if you ask me.

Originally posted by hostingplex
Took us 1 Year and half to come up with funds, make business plan, choose what we want, and we are still in the final touches for the big goal that we had. Launching November 1st, 2002.

Not trying to be confrontational but I'm confused! :D

Originally posted by hostingplex
We have just about 5,000 clients under our belt. We did some massive direct-marketing campaigns to get these clients and it took us about 1 to 1.5 years to get. Hard work if you ask me.

I'll be blunt.. I don't believe you.

With sales managers like: http://www.hostingplex.com/i/main.gif
5000 clients is not a problem :D

Heh,

We've been doing this for 2 years, but now, we're going bigger and better. We've been offering simple services before, but now we are offering dedicated, colocation, etc, etc.

5,000 is true :)

Originally posted by hostingplex
5,000 is true :)

I'm not one to bash but it pisses me off when hosts spew B.S. so I hope you don't mind explaining the following:

1. This thread (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53455) mentions you have 100 clients and the post is dated June 5, 2002. Shouldn't you be boasting 4900 clients in 4 months?

2. I'm familiar with webhosting.com's former logo and you are using it. You can't afford a new logo with 5,000 clients?

3. I have never heard of you until now and with that kind of growth within 4 months you should be well branded throughout hosting directories, search engines, message boards, etc.

Canada eh!

So isn't 5000 CA customers = about 500 US customers? :laugh:

I'm merely joking, just trying to lighten things up in here, people get all huffy and puffy over such little things. If you have 5000 customers I congratulate you and hope I can one day become that successful! Cheers :beer:

would you like to trade your 5000 customers for my porsche?

<vbg>,
paul

Originally posted by localhost

1. This thread (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53455) mentions you have 100 clients and the post is dated June 5, 2002. Shouldn't you be boasting 4900 clients in 4 months?

Ouch! :eek:

- John C.

Again, a lot of investigators on this board. I am not going to argue about it, to the people that congratulated me, thanks guys. Appreciate it, a lot of jealous web hosts out there? Who knows.

I know for myself that I am speaking the truth, so it's cool.

Originally posted by hostingplex
Again, a lot of investigators on this board. I am not going to argue about it, to the people that congratulated me, thanks guys. Appreciate it, a lot of jealous web hosts out there? Who knows.

I know for myself that I am speaking the truth, so it's cool.
Good words in response. I have gained your trust that you are telling the truth, not that I ever thought otherwise. ;)

Around 320 in four months, we bought several older hosting companies though.

Originally posted by hostingplex
Again, a lot of investigators on this board. I am not going to argue about it, to the people that congratulated me, thanks guys. Appreciate it, a lot of jealous web hosts out there? Who knows.


Not jealous, just sick of all the lies and half-truths *some* hosts like to make about themselves. I'm no investigator, but your own words contradict themselves, which means you have incriminated yourself ;)

Best of luck to you and your 100, errrr, I mean 5000 clients! :stickout:

- John C.

Not really, Because we did a lot of work these past months to get to where we are now.

Originally posted by hostingplex
Again, a lot of investigators on this board. I am not going to argue about it, to the people that congratulated me, thanks guys. Appreciate it, a lot of jealous web hosts out there? Who knows.

I know for myself that I am speaking the truth, so it's cool.
*waits for UmBillyCord to drop by* :D

On the 6/6/02, you said you have 100 clients. Congratulations on the growth from 100 to 5,000 clients in such a short space of time. :D

You need to defend yourself as your integrity is on the line right now.

You'll see in the next few months that I wasn't lying :P

Originally posted by hostingplex
Not really, Because we did a lot of work these past months to get to where we are now.
(1). Will you state for the record, that you gained 4,900 clients since the 6/6/02?

If you cannot state this for the record, then you need to retract your claim of 5,000 clients. That's 4,900 clients gained in just over 4mths. That's about 40 new clients per day for the last 124 days.

Nice work indeed. ;)

Originally posted by hostingplex
You'll see in the next few months that I wasn't lying :P
Why can't we see now? :eek:

You would be well advised to take this issue very seriously and stop dancing around the subject.

I'm not judging you, but you state 1-1.5 years of hard work to get to 5,000 clients, but you had only 100 clients in June of 2002 ("only hosted sites of friends and their friends" up until June 2002). You said in your original post that you were planning on now making this a business (as of June 2002) and wanted to introduce yourself.

June 2002 - So far it has got us over 100 clients from doing minimal work. Most of the promotion was word of mouth and our clients letting their pals know that we were giving them good service.

You state minimal work in the original post, but now state hard work in this post.

And then, you got 4,900 clients in only 4 months! Many contradictions, many unexplained questions. You posted the 5,000 number publically, so now you open up your company to questions about it.

If you can explain all of this, then everyone will pat you on the back and give you the "atta boy" that you deserve and want :)

- John C.

I cannot show you right now because we are working on it :) Should be finished by November 1st, 2002.

100 clients were gathered with minimal effort, then we worked real hard to get the rest of the clients. We have done a lot of workings with real estate brokers, small businesses and many friends sites. World-of-mouth carries, and so thats where we are right now.

We also buy a lot of traffic from webmaster related sites, so that helps tremendously.

I hope that "clears" the questions.

Well, I guess we'll have to trust you :)

Congrats on the fastest word of mouth campaign that WHT has ever seen! 4,900 clients in 120(ish) days...gotta be a record (Or you have lots of friends).

Your prices are higher than most, and that usually equates to slower growth, but you have managed to beat out even the $1/month hosts in signup rate! :confused:

Good luck on your next 5,000 clients, should be an exciting sequel.

BTW, your Domain Registration page quotes 1 year domain registrations for Register.com and NSI at $54/year, might want to update that with today's actual costs.

- John C.

Originally posted by hostingplex
I cannot show you right now because we are working on it :) Should be finished by November 1st, 2002.

100 clients were gathered with minimal effort, then we worked real hard to get the rest of the clients. We have done a lot of workings with real estate brokers, small businesses and many friends sites. World-of-mouth carries, and so thats where we are right now.

We also buy a lot of traffic from webmaster related sites, so that helps tremendously.

I hope that "clears" the questions.
No it doesn't.

My question again -

"(1). Will you state for the record, that you gained 4,900 clients since the 6/6/02?"

Originally posted by hostingplex
Heh,
We've been doing this for 2 years, but now, we're going bigger and better. We've been offering simple services before, but now we are offering dedicated, colocation, etc, etc.
5,000 is true :)
How are you doing co-location if you are using Alabanza for your hosting needs? Didn't see any co-location services on your website? Or is this part of the Nov. 1, 2002 grand opening (of your new services and our eyes)?

- John C.

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive".

- Sir Walter Scott

"Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive".

"What a tangled web we weave, Go 'round with circumstance"

- Eagles "Saturday Night"

Originally posted by labzone
Here's a nice little tool (http://www.bitserve.com/cgi-bin/query.pl) to find how many domains are associated with nameservers. HostingPlex... clear things up now and let us know which nameservers you are using. :D

This tool DOES NOT WORKING CORRECTLY!!!

what if someone said they have lost -4000 customers, do they have to defend their company then? would they be challenged to show proof? :stickout:

btw u should really get a web designer to change that page if u have 5000 customers.. i mean.. $45,000 a month... fork out $1000 and you'll have a lovely design which will get you more clients!

He's been caught stretching the truth. Best to just admit it, say sorry and move on.

Originally posted by labzone
Here's a nice little tool (http://www.bitserve.com/cgi-bin/query.pl) to find how many domains are associated with nameservers. HostingPlex... clear things up now and let us know which nameservers you are using. :D

Yes but that list is very old.. I think from sometime in Febuary. I am actually looking for a updated version somewhere or if someone knows where to get it I would be more than happy to host it for a while I know its kinda big.

Man, I love this industry.

Maybe he had a typo by 2 '0's?

I host over 400,000 web sites I am lying;-)
I make over 4 million $$$$$$'s a month Now I am really lying

I did all this in less than 2 months with my super duper patented marketing plan on sale now for only a one time investment of $299.99

I only have to work 1 hour day!
Insert your own BS here

Ask me how you too can get rich overnight with no effort or investment needed.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF HOSTING :D

Originally posted by whatever
Maybe he had a typo by 2 '0's?

No, that isn't the case.

Originally posted by Monte
I host over 400,000 web sites I am lying;-)
I make over 4 million $$$$$$'s a month Now I am really lying

I did all this in less than 2 months with my super duper patented marketing plan on sale now for only a one time investment of $299.99

I only have to work 1 hour day!
Insert your own BS here

Ask me how you too can get rich overnight with no effort or investment needed.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF HOSTING :D

Where do I sign up??

Originally posted by OKIHost


Yes but that list is very old.. I think from sometime in Febuary. I am actually looking for a updated version somewhere or if someone knows where to get it I would be more than happy to host it for a while I know its kinda big.

I would be interested in such tool but up to date. If someone knows it post it here ;)

Just in case anyone wants to know how those tools work:

Basically, what it does is it accesses the Verisign zone files and downloads it from FTP (verisign as a program that you can sign up for), i think its like > 30MB but i may be way wrong about that. then all you need is a simple perl script to parse it. anyone can do it, as long as you have the time/will to download huge files and spend time while your computer parse millions of lines.

If i have enough free time today (and that would mean time has to magically stop), ill look through my papers and find my username/pw to the zone files and ill try to whip up a script for you guys, no promises


Update: I cant find my verisign username/pw :(

Why are you guys such doubting toms (or whatever the name is)? Can't you see that the new wave of instant ordering works wonders? There's no order form, no credit card numbers to type in, nothing! All you have to do is send an email!

http://www.hostingplex.com/?p=/order/wh_order_form.html

My THAT IS ingenious!

* all hosts start following this trend, taking off signup forms replacing them with a mailto link instead *

Ok just kidding. No hard feelings?

Hi,

Check this very interesting thread about hostingplex:

http://webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=65795

This is a quote from the thread and the message was posted by hostingplex on August 9, 2002:

Hey guys, Thanks for all the responses.. no, we actually do have 5,000 clients. They are very very small clients. Most of them being real estate agents and small companies in the GTA area.

I guess he got his 4900 clients just for 2 months LOL

This guy is funny :stickout:

Peter

lol...yeah! Theres a lot of real estaes in GTA isn't there?

Originally posted by Monte
I host over 400,000 web sites I am lying;-)
I make over 4 million $$$$$$'s a month Now I am really lying

I did all this in less than 2 months with my super duper patented marketing plan on sale now for only a one time investment of $299.99

I only have to work 1 hour day!
Insert your own BS here

Ask me how you too can get rich overnight with no effort or investment needed.

WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF HOSTING :D
Put me down for 1 of those "marketing plan packs" :D

This is a classic case of BS from what I see. Lieing gets you nowhere with the webhostingtalk.com crowd, too many people with time on their hands to check and wreck you...

This marks one for the community!

Cheers

heh, and UmBillyCord hasn't dropped by yet. Mustn't have been much of a challenge. ;)

I have 0 clients and I'm proud to admit it :beer:

Originally posted by Aussie Bob

Put me down for 1 of those "marketing plan packs" :D

If aussie bob's going for 1, put me in for 2! :D

Results: ns1.rackshack.net has 24945 records
wow

Originally posted by labzone
Here's a nice little tool (http://www.bitserve.com/cgi-bin/query.pl) to find how many domains are associated with nameservers. HostingPlex... clear things up now and let us know which nameservers you are using. :D
The website states:

See how many .com, .net, and .org domain names a name server is authoritative for. (Results are from 03/19/2002.)

So that won't help very much ;-)

Cu, Moritz

[quote]Domain Name: HOSTINGPLEX.COM
........
Record expires on 17-Mar-2003.
Record created on 17-Mar-2002.:eek:
[\quote]

:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Aplusmedia
[quote]Domain Name: HOSTINGPLEX.COM
........
Record expires on 17-Mar-2003.
Record created on 17-Mar-2002.:eek:
[\quote]

:rolleyes:

This does not always have to be the case. Netsolutins messed up on our domain and made it September 2002!!!!! I mean seriously what were they thinking and got proof that we've been around more then that :)

Moral of the story - It doesn't pay to lie at WHT. :blush:

Originally posted by hostingplex
Again, a lot of investigators on this board. I am not going to argue about it, to the people that congratulated me, thanks guys. Appreciate it, a lot of jealous web hosts out there? Who knows.

I know for myself that I am speaking the truth, so it's cool.


Originally posted by smidwap

Good words in response. I have gained your trust that you are telling the truth, not that I ever thought otherwise. ;)
Swidmap,

I have some prime real estate I want to sell you. :eek:

Originally posted by Aussie Bob

*waits for UmBillyCord to drop by* :D

On the 6/6/02, you said you have 100 clients. Congratulations on the growth from 100 to 5,000 clients in such a short space of time. :D

You need to defend yourself as your integrity is on the line right now.

OK, I couldn't help myself. Did anyone see Fletch Lives? Do you remember when he was Billy Jean-King of Bug Busters? He then dropped that termite (well he called it something else) in the policeman's ear. He said he had to get that out of his ear because they multiple by masterbation........ this reminded me of it. :D

Originally posted by UmBillyCord


OK, I couldn't help myself. Did anyone see Fletch Lives? Do you remember when he was Billy Jean-King of Bug Busters? He then dropped that termite (well he called it something else) in the policeman's ear. He said he had to get that out of his ear because they multiple by masterbation........ this reminded me of it. :D

So you're saying he's infested with reticularmesmariocuomos? :D

lol...the guy seemed to have posted his plans on our forums as well...hmm he got 3000 clients from our forums which have only 100 members (kidding :D)...come on...this person is lying and has been caught, i hope he realizes it and says sorry...& moves on... ;)

Originally posted by ForumsAddict
lol...the guy seemed to have posted his plans on our forums as well...hmm he got 3000 clients from our forums which have only 100 members (kidding :D)...come on...this person is lying and has been caught, i hope he realizes it and says sorry...& moves on... ;)
Ok :D nothing to see here. Move it on folks. Nothing to see here....

:D

Originally posted by labzone
Here's a nice little tool (http://www.bitserve.com/cgi-bin/query.pl) to find how many domains are associated with nameservers. HostingPlex... clear things up now and let us know which nameservers you are using. :D

Just an FYI - that tool is WAY off. I ran a few test results, including our own name servers, and the numbers were all over the place. I'd be suprised if they were at all acurate for any hosts.

In our case, the number was about 6 times smaller than it should have been...

Thanks - Brian

Originally posted by bteeter


Just an FYI - that tool is WAY off. I ran a few test results, including our own name servers, and the numbers were all over the place. I'd be suprised if they were at all acurate for any hosts.

In our case, the number was about 6 times smaller than it should have been...

Thanks - Brian
I know. It barely has even 1 of our servers.

Originally posted by lightnin


So you're saying he's infested with reticularmesmariocuomos? :D

ha HA! That was it. I didn't have time to hit Google. :D :D

To hostingplex -

Didn't get my question answered :) -
Originally posted by Aussie Bob
(1). Will you state for the record, that you gained 4,900 clients since the 6/6/02?

If you cannot state this for the record, then you need to retract your claim of 5,000 clients. That's 4,900 clients gained in just over 4mths. That's about 40 new clients per day for the last 124 days.

Nice work indeed. ;)
Hate to be like a dog on a bone with this issue, but I don't like it when my questions are ignored. :eek3:

He has already stated that Bob...?

Gary

Originally posted by labzone
Here's a nice little tool (http://www.bitserve.com/cgi-bin/query.pl) to find how many domains are associated with nameservers. HostingPlex... clear things up now and let us know which nameservers you are using. :D

An excellent tool! Many thanks for telling us about it... I didn't even know it was possible.

Edit : Oh, and excellent tool which is out of date. Bummer!

Dear HostingPlex,

Please let me have your address, as I intend to send you $100 so you can grow it into $5000 in 124 days and send back to me.

To answer the original question, I only have 5 clients, but I use my server mainly to host my own sites and most of those "clients" are friends or family, or clients of friend or family.

One of my clients pays me $450 per month though (and the site belongs to me!), 2 pay me $10, one pay $45 and the other pays $30. Then there's a smattering of people who rent email addresses from me for $4.95 per month.

I rented a Raq3 cuz I had too many domains of my own, and then ended up putting sites on as a favor. Even the little ones just about cover my <$100 per month RaQ fee so my sites all get hosted for free. :)

What started as a way to control costs turned into a way of covering costs, and then into a nice little source of extra money for very little work.

Originally posted by horoscopes2000


An excellent tool! Many thanks for telling us about it... I didn't even know it was possible.

Edit : Oh, and excellent tool which is out of date. Bummer!

I haven't used the script for several months. I believe it was developed by BitServe after WHT withdrew it's short lived script called HostSpy.

HostSpy had one feature that caused much controversy. Not only did the script give the number of domains associated with nameservers, it also listed the actual URLs associated with the nameservers.

Originally posted by Aussie Bob

Ok :D nothing to see here. Move it on folks. Nothing to see here....

The thread was dead until Aussie Bob stirred up controversy again. ;)

Originally posted by labzone
HostSpy had one feature that caused much controversy. Not only did the script give the number of domains associated with nameservers, it also listed the actual URLs associated with the nameservers.

Oof! I like the sound of that one!

Originally posted by Editor
He has already stated that Bob...?
Nope. :eek3:

It's not a big deal, really. Just say he was stretching the truth a tad and be done with it. :)

Drop the bone then Bob! :) I read into it that this was his claim already.

Cheers

Gary

I gotta hang around here more. I missed all the fun! :bawling:

Originally posted by Editor
Drop the bone then Bob! :) I read into it that this was his claim already.
I didn't see an admission or get an answer to my question. *bone still firmly in mouth* :D

Read the thread again, compare the dates/figures, and there you have it.

You and your darn bones! ;)

Gary

Originally posted by Editor
Read the thread again, compare the dates/figures, and there you have it.

You and your darn bones! ;)

Gary
I like bones. ;)

Just don't like folks lying here at WHT. :eek3:

I think Bob is justified, Gary. The guy is obviously lying. Also look at his reply to that Poll in this very forum which asked how much hosting companies made. His suprise at the result of 45% for the 5-20k bracket seems weird as he is pulling in 45 large anyway. ;)

So do I. But I read the thread from front to back and including an earlier post the numbers were 100 in June, and 5000 now. So the claim has been made. 4 days later Bob got bored and chased up him for a sworn testimony. There's no real need. :)

Cheers

Gary

Originally posted by Aussie Bob
. . . . . . . . Just don't like folks lying here at WHT. :eek3: :eek: What???? Untruths spoken here????


I don't believe it. Say it isn't so. Don't take all my dreams away. :bawling:

Yes, I too am greatly disturbed. :D

Melbourne will do that to you Laurence. ;)

Gary

dennis,

i think we should start a 'wht shattered my dreams and illusions of a well-meaning world where everyone is honest' club =]

cheers,
paul

I don't think I have ever lied, in my whole life. Ever.

Originally posted by Editor
So do I. But I read the thread from front to back and including an earlier post the numbers were 100 in June, and 5000 now. So the claim has been made. 4 days later Bob got bored and chased up him for a sworn testimony. There's no real need. :)
You know me Gary. I'm such a shy and timid chap who like to steer clear of controversy. :buck: ;)

HostingPlex - aren't you going to answer my questions?? PM me if you like. :)

Mods, please close this thread!!! :D

Bob, we need to talk. We're sponsoring a Springer Downunder Tour, and I need a script writer... ;)

Gary

LOL, this is one of those all-time classic threads.

"It's not a big deal, really. Just say he was stretching the truth a tad and be done with it. "


Lol, a tad? I think I'm going to scale back my taxable income a "tad" next april.

I love reading about success stories. Especially ones that I could see on a 3am infomercial. One of those infomercials that come on right in-between the sex chat lines.

(Any other 1900hotbabes clients?)


:D

Zach

Originally posted by Zach
I love reading about success stories. Especially ones that I could see on a 3am infomercial. One of those infomercials that come on right in-between the sex chat lines.

I had 3 900 numbers, but lost them in the Worldcom crash. :(

I had a psychic line, a christian dateline, and a perverts sexy phwoarr oo-er bonk me now line.

Now there's a collection!

They were just starting to do well, too......

Originally posted by Editor
Bob, we need to talk. We're sponsoring a Springer Downunder Tour, and I need a script writer... ;)
I'm there!!! Fax the contract over ASAP!! :D:agree:

Aussie Bob, I'm new to these forums and have to admit I liked your statement about the bone in the month. But all dogs burry their bone after chewing them down.

I think you have shown your ability to chew that's for sure.

cheers

LeeB

but they do dig'em out sometimes :)

Originally posted by leeb
Aussie Bob, I'm new to these forums and have to admit I liked your statement about the bone in the month. But all dogs burry their bone after chewing them down.

I think you have shown your ability to chew that's for sure.
Ok ok :buck: I can take a hint ;)

*buries the bone* :D

I got 7 customers (5 resellers, and 2 shared). Growing everyday.

I started my business 2 weeks ago. I have gotten 7 customers...I hope I will have a fast growth!!

congrads to the guy that has 5000 customers!!!

congrads to the guy that has 5000 customers!!!

Am I the only one who actually reads through each thread? :D

no, we are in it together im afraid =]

Originally posted by abcdefghij
I got 7 customers (5 resellers, and 2 shared). Growing everyday.

I started my business 2 weeks ago. I have gotten 7 customers...I hope I will have a fast growth!!

congrads to the guy that has 5000 customers!!!

That is odd, that one guy named Dustin... bought a domain name and complete website from another guy named Dustin, Isn't it?
Are you both from the same town in NC, too?

Originally posted by abcdefghij
freezone,

Did you get my email?

DustinAgasp... you forgot to delete one of your post where you signed your name, Dustin!

BTW, this is Dustin folks... from Janus Hosting. You can see his amazing deals at www.************.com

shucks, that link is "*" out isn't it?

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84410&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

Have a nice evening, Dustin!

FYI ...Dustin = abcdefghij

I would like to inform this board that since my post of October 22nd 2002 stating I have 5 customers, I have been working very hard on marketing and now have three hundred million billion customers. Thank you for your applause.

Went through all seven pages out of morbid curiousity-- i certainly wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of all you wht folks. on the other hand, you all'd make a great vigilante milita for finding bin laden or something.

the thread linked to about dustin is inaccessible... has it been locked, or is that just my account?

i do feel sorry for hostingplex... ::shakes head::. i'm guessing he won't be making up any stories for a while!

I never made up any stories to begin with?

Originally posted by hostingplex
I never made up any stories to begin with?
Hello,

Just wondering, how many people do you have working to handle 5000 clients and what's their average salary? Trying to get an idea of regional pay for the hosting business after reading an article in the paper today. Edmonton techs range all across the board, from phone support at $18/hr to hardware technician around $45 (Canadian $'s, not real money).

Sincerely,

-Matt

We have several guys working with us, for profit-share. We haven't decided on salaries as of yet.

Originally posted by hostingplex
I never made up any stories to begin with?

I see you continue to insult the intelligence of people here. 4900 customers in 4 months, eh?

Lets also talk about stealing webhosting.com's logo (although I see you changed the design recently)?

You are some piece of work. :stickout:

hostingplex: The whole community here knows what you're saying is total crap.

Originally posted by arabiafish
i do feel sorry for hostingplex... ::shakes head::. i'm guessing he won't be making up any stories for a while!
I don't feel sorry for him at all. He's dug a hole for himself and instead of being mature enough to admit a mistake, he keeps digging deeper and deeper. He won't last long around here.

Life is a fairytale.....and then you get calls at 3am reminding you it's not.

Hostingplex, congrats on having 5000+ clients whether imaginary or not! You are my idol now!

WHT - The CIA of web forums. :stickout:

Originally posted by arabiafish
the thread linked to about dustin is inaccessible... has it been locked, or is that just my account?
It must of been removed once the mods read it, the guys lame attempt at getting back in and duping wht lasted only a short time :D about as long as hostingplex and his 5000 customers.

Originally posted by shoney
about as long as hostingplex and his 5000 customers.

Don't you mean 7000 customers? He must have got another couple of thousand at least in the time this thread has been running.

I was going to question hostingplex's 5000 customers before this thread started but decided not to on the basis that he might and I would look an idiot! Thanks guys :D

It should be noted hostingplex recently reduced the cost of their hosting plans considerably.

Does it make sense to significantly lower the cost of your plans even though 4900+ customers are willing to pay the former more expensive rates?

Still waiting for a response hostingplex...

:confused:

Previous prices were listed in CAD funds. They have been converted into USD.

Originally posted by fireform90
This is a classic case of BS from what I see. Lieing gets you nowhere with the webhostingtalk.com crowd, too many people with time on their hands to check and wreck you...

This marks one for the community!

Cheers

:laugh: :)

I was going to question hostingplex's 5000 customers before this thread started but decided not to on the basis that he might and I would look an idiot! Thanks guys :D
This is a classic case of BS from what I see. Lieing gets you nowhere with the webhostingtalk.com crowd, too many people with time on their hands to check and wreck you...

This marks one for the community!
With a simple search, it was obvious he was stretching the truth a tad [yeah :D by about 4900 clients]. Like shooting fish in a barrel really. :blush:

hostingplex: You can come clean and admit that you stretched the truth somewhat and all will be forgiven. :)

I thought he said something about 5000 clients on 1st nov?

this thread soon turned into a 'confront hostingplex' thread rather quick ;)

This guy really is classic.

How come the Lindstone couple in your corporate profile are not listed as alumni of York U.?
...
Nah, never mind...too easy....
j/k :D

- John C.

Didn't he say he'd reveal to us the 5000 clients on November 1st?

Anyway hosting plex, we'll all forgive you if you admit to exagarating a bit. It can't be worse than what you're in right now

I host 5000 pages, maybe he is counting every page as a 'site'???

It happens...

Some interesting searches on mr hostingplex:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Kaumil+Patel&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&scoring=d

Also, he was running a CPC search engine that had some problems paying people:

http://www.geekvillage.com/forums/search.php?s=&action=showresults&searchid=82887&sortby=lastpost&sortorder=descending

This guy is always in trouble wherever he goes

Originally posted by hostingplex
We have several guys working with us, for profit-share. We haven't decided on salaries as of yet.

Man, I don't know how many times I have went to work and didn't know what my salary was going to be!

This is just amazing. Hostingplex will probably take over Rackshack soon!

delete me

So these guys work for free? These threads of BS is sooo funny to read. Thanks guys. I always get a kick out of reading "companies" lie, and then cover themselves up.

I just went to his site (a year later after this thread was created) and got a pop up chat with none other than Kaumil Patel himself! I was tempted to say something about how I came to his site through his BS thread, but I just hit ALT-F4 and moved along :)

I got quite "a few" clients use our service for personal websites, they are our small clients..... so real estate agents and small companies definately not our "very very small clients"

I hope he apologizes and tells the truth...
I read the whole thread and found nothing "true" about what he said.

nothin like waking up a really lame 1 yr old thread!

congrats!

tomorrow makes it 1 year from where he had to proof he has 5000 clients is it

Here is a funny chat log:

steve : hello
** You are now speaking with Shannon, Sales. **
steve : i am wondering how many websites do u host
steve : i want someone who doesn't have too many
Shannon : We currently host over 5000 web sites.
Shannon : If overloading the servers is a concern, then you shouldn't be worried :)
steve : can u show me a website that u host so i can see how fast it is
Shannon : well, our main page is an example, http://www.hostingplex.com
steve : yea but that is always the fastest one :)
Shannon : another I can show is http://www.dj-ruckus.com, http://www.vcontheweb.net
Shannon : http://www.supasoundent.com
Shannon : http://www.urbandetour.com
steve : ok, let me look
Shannon : http://www.hypermediaonline.com
Shannon : hope that is sufficient.
steve : how many sites do u put on a server? i was told ipowerweb was god but they have lots of sites on 1 server which makes it slow
Shannon : We're actually changing our plans very soon, to 1000mb + 50gb bandwidth,
Shannon : So we'll be going head to head with IPowerWeb.
steve : ok
Shannon : We use very powerful IBM xSeries web servers, full with raid and powerful ram. We normally do not put more than 500 sites on a single server.
Shannon : Our servers are Quad 2.8Ghz Xeon, 8GB of ram.
steve : nice
Shannon : 3 Raid configurated hard drives,
steve : how do i ping a server
steve : to find out the speed
Shannon : in MS-Dos, ping www.hostingplex.com -t
Shannon : Or you can find tools on the Internet.
Shannon : http://www.*********.com:82/?go=hostingplex.com&Submit2=Locate
Shannon : That URL should interest you.
steve : ipowerweb gave me another thing, it was a #
Shannon : It probably was an IP address.
Shannon : something like 1.2.3.4 ?
steve : yeah, but longer ones
Shannon : or 111.222.333.444 ?
steve : like 12.13.14.15
steve : yea
steve : they said it was a server
Shannon : I can give you our IP address to ping.
steve : ok
steve : i dont want the main one though
Shannon : You can ping one of our heavy servers; 66.48.80.138
Shannon : Is there anything else I can help you with today?
Shannon : Please ask, I will be happy to answer them for you.
steve : i dont think so, im not sure if i go with u or ipowerweb
steve : u guys have 5 servers right?
Shannon : Yes. 5 Big powerful servers. We are growing immensely.
Shannon : Like I say, our plans will be going from 350mb to 1000mb and 10gb transfer to 50gb transfer :)
Shannon : for $7.45 a month.
steve : nice, ipowerweb is a little more expensive
Shannon : Yes. We are also located on a very powerful backbone, use Cisco networking gear, have microsoft certified personnel and more :)
Shannon : We were also running 24/7 throughout the North American blackout.
Shannon : I can also say that we are unveiling a rewards program, that will allow you to get additional free months + prizes if you refer more of your friends!
steve : cool
steve : well ty for your time
Shannon : It was a pleasure!
Shannon : I might add,
steve : yea
Shannon : if you sign up today, you'll be upgraded to the new package for free :)
steve : ok, how long until that offer expires
Shannon : Well, if you don't sign up today, you'll sign up tomorrow with the new deal.
Shannon : I just wanted to let you know that you won't get cheated out of the new plan! :)
steve : oh ok
steve : thanks

If you decided to take the time to read this, you will see they have 5,000 clients (still) and 5 server that they 'try' to run no more than 500 clients per server.

Meaning they have a little over 2,500 clients in total, if their servers are packed.

They list 5 servers on their server status page... Also, how do you reverse IP their servers to find out how many sites are actually being hosted on their servers?

They gave me 66.48.80.138 as one of their servers... but I can't seem to get www.whois.sc/66.48.80.138 to show anything... Ideas?

Im just bored as hell at school for another 30 minutes or so...

If this is right... you will get a kick outta it: http://www.whois.sc/search/?q=66.48.80.138&application=search_engine&bh=A&pool=C&rows=40&bc=25

They are starting to become deperate:

http://www.hostingplex.com/products/overview.html:
Limited Time: 6 Months FREE + FREE Domain

No data seems to be available. IP doesn't have any domains.

Its quite possible they paid the $20 fee to remove the IP

Originally posted by localhost
I'm not one to bash but it pisses me off when hosts spew B.S. so I hope you don't mind explaining the following:

1. This thread (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53455) mentions you have 100 clients and the post is dated June 5, 2002. Shouldn't you be boasting 4900 clients in 4 months?

2. I'm familiar with webhosting.com's former logo and you are using it. You can't afford a new logo with 5,000 clients?

3. I have never heard of you until now and with that kind of growth within 4 months you should be well branded throughout hosting directories, search engines, message boards, etc.

Busted :)

I just read all the 9 pages and i have got me a headache :(

Really? I thought it was very funny.

Shannon : How may I help you today.
jake : Hi, if you have 5000 clients, and 5 servers, and do not have more than 500 clients per server, how does this work out?
jake : Or do you have more than 5 servers?
Shannon : We have more than 5 servers. We have about 10-15 web serves.
Shannon : servers, sorry.
jake : Really?
jake : You only list 5 on your site
Shannon : Yes. I don't think our admins have added more sites to the network monitor list.
jake : What is the address for the server then?
Shannon : Which server Sir.
jake : The 10-15 you have
Shannon : I do not know the names of the servers. Sorry.
jake : The IP address of them?
Shannon : I can only give you the IP address of the one server, 66.48.80.138.
Shannon : Is there anything else I can help you with?
jake : Do you only have 1 server?
Shannon : No, we do not only have 1 server.
jake : Why cant you show the address of your servers?
jake :
Shannon : I am not allowed to dispurse that information. I am only sales. Sorry sir.
jake : Will a support person tell me?
jake : Or will I get the run around?
Shannon : I am not sure. You can contact customerservice@hostingplex.com
Shannon : What is the purpose of knowing these IP's?
jake : Well, someone from hostingplex has lied to me numerous times. And I feel like all I get are lies.
Shannon : Lied about what?
jake : He stated that you have gone from 100 clients, to 5000 clients in 2 months.
Shannon : Sir, we have been on the market since October 2000.
jake : And yet, after 2 months you still have the same # of clients?
Shannon : Sir, is there anything else I can help you with? We have all the servers that I mentioned, I can ask you to come down to our offices and see for yourself. I do not understand what you are trying to do.
jake : Trying to have you show me the servers, all you need to do is show the IP of them.
Shannon : I have told you that I do not have access to the server IP list. I am only sales. Our tech team is very strict on this kind of stuff.
jake : Read this thread, http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81882&perpage=15&pagenumber=1
jake : And, you said you have been on the marekt since 10/02.. but how come hostingplex says on 6/6/02 that he has 100 clients?
jake : I strongly urge you to read the post.
Shannon : Sir, I know that our business is very sound and professional. We do business with very large corporations in the Toronto area, and Hostingplex is just a recent addition.
jake : What do you have to say about the post?
jake : You gained 4,900 clients in 4 months?
jake :
Shannon : Sir, if you have a problem. Please contact Kaumil Patel kpatel@hostingplex.com. He will be able to better assist you.
jake : OK, so have you gained 4,900 clients in 4 months
Shannon : Like I have said, we have been in business since October 2000. It has been since then we have been collecting customers.
Shannon : Any other details will have to be directed to Kaumil Patel. kpatel@hostingplex.com
jake : So then you didn't gain 4,900 clients in 4 months?
Shannon : Thank you for contacting Hostingplex.com
Shannon : Goodbye Sir.

This thread is brought up from the dead every few months so give it a rest already. :erm:

oh my ****ng god. I'm tired of reading this ****ing damn thread. :(

I have about 20 customers, have been in business 1 year+.
we are not working very hard. I'm still a student and my partner is a student also.

Can some body give my tips on banner advertisement on the Internet?


Regards

Originally posted by chjcheng
Can some body give my tips on banner advertisement on the Internet?


That will make it go away, starting a new topic of discussion??? :emlaugh:

Originally posted by chjcheng
oh my ****ng god. I'm tired of reading this ****ing damn thread. :(

I have about 20 customers, have been in business 1 year+.
we are not working very hard. I'm still a student and my partner is a student also.

Can some body give my tips on banner advertisement on the Internet?


Regards

:eek: ok