Dear friends,

I am planing to open a web hosting company in India.

Please tell me how many sales can I predict to be made in first month.

Plans:

UNLIMITED HOSTING for only Rs 5000 / year or $ 100 / year

Space __________________________Unlimited
Traffic __________________________Unlimited
Sub-domains __________________________Unlimited
Addon-domains __________________________Unlimited
Parked domains __________________________Unlimited
FTP accounts __________________________Unlimited
Email accounts __________________________Unlimited
Autoresponders __________________________Unlimited
MySql databases __________________________Unlimited
MySql space __________________________Unlimited
Control panel __________________________C-panel
FrontPage ext. __________________________Yes
Fantastico auto.ins. __________________________Yes
Operating system __________________________Linux
Perl __________________________5.8.8
Php __________________________5.2.6
Password protect __________________________Yes
Custom error pages __________________________Yes
Uptime guarantee __________________________100%



Premium hosting for only Rs 2500 / year or $ 50 / year

Space __________________________Unlimited
Traffic __________________________Unlimited
Sub-domains __________________________1000
Addon-domains __________________________5
Parked domains __________________________5
FTP accounts __________________________20
Email accounts __________________________100
Autoresponders __________________________20
MySql databases __________________________20
MySql space __________________________50 GB
Control panel __________________________C-panel
FrontPage ext. __________________________Yes
Fantastico auto.ins. __________________________Yes
Operating system __________________________Linux
Perl __________________________5.8.8
Php __________________________5.2.6
Password protect __________________________Yes
Custom error pages __________________________Yes
Uptime guarantee __________________________100%


Also tell me are the prices ok.

Thank you

I hope you reply....

Probably 0. Most people are on to the unlimited thing an most companys don't get their first sale for around 3 months. This isn'tt a get rich quck scheme, hosting is a real business that takes time and dedication to beccome successful.

Edit: Just realized he's been suspended.

Only temporarily, so I assume he'll be back :)

As Randy said, its not a get rich quick scheme. Your best bet is to find a niche and build up, there are far too many other unlimited hosts who have far better scale and economics than you'll have.

You really should read some of the other threads on WHT about a proper business plan, it's the only way you stand a chance of suceeding :)

... Good luck :D

I prediect you will make zero sales... unless:

- You have a specific target market that you want to sell to.

- You create your service/package that is specifically appropriate for your target market.

- You actually go out and start personally selling to your target market.

Otherwise.. you will simply be company #999,991 that has generic web hosting plans. So why should any company choose you instead of company #999,990, which might be one penny cheaper?

The best way to get sales is to go out to your target market and ASK THEM to purchase your service. If they say no, then ask they why not. Then use that feedback to re-shape your service so that you are offering exactly what they want.

:)

I agree with mrzippy. It's gonna be hard starting a web hosting company like HostLonestar-Randy said because it takes time and dedication, and i would do what mrzippy said by asking your target market if they'll buy your services.

Good luck!

i have been doing it for 6 years as a part time job and i 80 odd customers, its a very hard game to get in to!

AND you don't get to post your services in the advertising section on WHT because unlimited/unmetered plans aren't allowed here. Just a thought. :P

0 sales. People suspect heavily on new start ups. And even most on unlimited type of scams.

So by your offer does that mean Google can host with you for 100$ a year? You mean unlimited as unlimited right?

Wow. With all the unlimited resources that you're offering I predict that you would achieve an unlimited number of clients. How many, exactly? Well, unlimited, of course! ;)

Of course john, it's limited to CPU/RAM resources :D You just have to read the webhosting terms of service to know that, gosh :D I think it's burried somewhere in the middle in a sectino everyone skips over because there is a lot of legal talk designed to make people skip it over, if they even click the TOS link lol.

sales are quite often just luck on someone seeing your site. gotta assume you will get customers slowly