Is anyone aware of a clone of phpManager, or something like it to start off with that doesn't cost money? Is there anything that you could recommend for a form for billing?

Thanks.

Search Hotscripts.com and you will be able to find a few options :)

I doubt so. And phpmanager is pretty cheap.

If you can't afford phpManager, you may want to re-think the idea of starting a business.

While I agree with the previous post, there are 2 that come to mind you might want to check out.

ispmanagerinabox(.com), which can be as low as 9.(something) a month,
nixt(.org), which is free and I think that they and phpmanager in a box share some source code, or did a while ago.

is phpmanager v2 out already ?

No... I think it's planned to come out around 2nd Q of 2003.

I disliked PHPmanager and it's support staff.

Please, tell us why you don't like phpmanager and also the support staff

Right. Because I have been nothing short of impressed with phpManager and it's support staff.
It's a very nice product that is affordably priced. Backed by attentive support.

PHPManager is as cheap as you can get without going Free. Like SWR said, If you can't afford it or aren't willing to invest, then you might not want to be in this business.

However, you might want to check out the "Running a Hosting Biz" forum and pick up the order form that alpha gave everyone.


Thanks

PHPManager v1 in my opinion is rather useless.
I will be targettign the v2