With your sites.. do you host them on your own server as it you were a customer (without charging of course) ... or do you do it all a different way?

It depends... are you useing a reseller program?

Hello, I host my site as if I was a customer. I just set the primary and secondary name servers up with my domain.

Regards,

-Dan

yep. our sites share the same space as the other sites we host, makes it easier for organization, and so if we ever have a new tech come onboard, he isnt totally puzzled why some are in this directory and not where the rest are kinda of thing.

You should have your site on a dedicated server of its own. Don't mix it with your shared hosting accounts.

AffordableHost, I agree but some people can't afford that ;)

regardless of whether or not you have your server on the same machine as your customers or on a different machine that you own/manage, you should host it yourself instead of having a different host do it for you. some of the more demanding customers may not look at you favorably if you hosted your own site with a "competitor".

Originally posted by ImLagging
regardless of whether or not you have your server on the same machine as your customers or on a different machine that you own/manage, you should host it yourself instead of having a different host do it for you. some of the more demanding customers may not look at you favorably if you hosted your own site with a "competitor".

thats a good point, i also firly believe.... that if you yourself wouldnt use your service then your customers will pickup on this.

i thought a good idea would be to have your site hosted elsewhere, the reason is if the server dies or the data center explodes how will you tell the custos? you would just dissappear and all emails to your company are dead, how can a custo do a TT now? now what? but yes it may look better that you host your own site, until somthing happens then your custo's will like that you got space elsewhere!

It's better to have your site hosted on the same with your shared accounts. If someone tries to check your WHOIS, or pings your IP and they get a fast response, but when they get their account up, the speeds are slow, that can be very misleading.

I think it'd be kind of lame if you made yourself out to be a big-time hosting company then had your company site hosted with Burlee or someone.

I think it's definitely a must to host your own site on your own servers.

Ideally it should be located in a data centre other than that of where your clients are hosted. This way, if their sites are down, then your site will still be online, so they are still able to receive technical support.

I host my site and wouldn't take a host seriously if they didn't.

Someone mentioned the possible of a major catastrophe at your data center. If that happens, I have a list (hardcopy) of all of my customers' contact information so I can notify them. I also have additional offsite DNS servers authoritative for my domain so I can bring my site up quickly on another server at home or with borrowed space in another data center.

Sorry, but I can't resist....

I can see the hosting ads now...

"Not only am I the president of my hosting company, but I'm also a client as well!" :D

Hal

Originally posted by hbouma
Sorry, but I can't resist....

I can see the hosting ads now...

"Not only am I the president of my hosting company, but I'm also a client as well!" :D

Hal


I like that! :D

Originally posted by hbouma
Sorry, but I can't resist....

I can see the hosting ads now...

"Not only am I the president of my hosting company, but I'm also a client as well!" :D


Dang! I want a T-shirt with that written across the back!!

My preference is to host my site on my own server, something seperate from my customers/clients. Oganization is good when it comes to having them all on one site, but its my preference to have a seperate server. Dont ask me why! :stickout:

Of course host your own site. However I think it is a good idea to setup a support system offsite so in case of emergency your customers can still access important information and you can keep them updated.