Interestingly, it's very easy for web design and development outfits to get into hosting. All they have to do is get a reseller account and sell all kinds of value added services to their clients. Importantly, they get to "keep" the client to themselves, meaning if the clients want updates/changes/enhancements, they come back to the design studio with more business.

How many HostingServiceProviders currently offer website design and development to their customers? Do you think running a website design and development studio, with other value-added services, along with your hosting business provide substantially more revenue? I guess personnel limitations, unpredictable demand etc, would be the main barriers to entry.

As a potential HostingServiceProvider, would it make sense to try to partner with a web design/dev. studio (or setup your own) to provide design/dev. services and internet programming?

*thread also posted in the reseller forum, I'm moving it here after I saw the HostingServiceProvider market becoming too competitive thread*

Any comments? Anyone? :)

We offer all kinds of web development and Ecommerce services, as well as hosting. Personally I started off doing web development at an ISP, then my own company. We're focusing on hosting more and more, a lot more than I expected. Whether it's design/development or hosting, if you can do it, offer it.

We offer a full deal package actually


We target the small businesses starting up in our area, plus we have a military base right here and lots of spouses like to run their own online businesses...

We build computers, network them, do web design, web hosting, and domain registration... We'll offer specials.. like, if you get a design and host it with us, its 10% off the design...

Or, for businesses, we'll build 2 computers for normal price, then every computer you get after that is 20% off....

and if you a computer, a design, and hosting - you get 10% off the design, 6 months free hosting and 10% off the computer...


the "packages" really seem to work