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02-20-2012, 04:17 AM #1WHT Addict
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MIneCraft Hosting - Is it a good market?
We are about to open a minecraft hosting company.
We have done almost everything already now, Im interested if there is still money to be made. Is this a living market still?
We are running great Xenon servers, and will literally have lower prices then any other host we have checked.
We know what were doing, and have been running servers and been with minecraft since it started.
So is this a market worth getting into?
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02-20-2012, 08:16 AM #2Junior Guru
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Xenon servers?
Anyways, kind of a crowded market I'd say unless you're somewhere it isn't or can offer something special. Avoid racing everbody to the bottom - no point running a business with no profits.
That said I guess if you already have the kit it can't hurt to test the water.
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02-20-2012, 08:36 AM #3WHT Addict
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02-20-2012, 08:37 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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My experience unfortunately is a lot of difficult customers and very low margins. I would advise against it.
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02-20-2012, 08:37 AM #5WHT Addict
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02-20-2012, 08:38 AM #6Junior Guru
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02-20-2012, 08:40 AM #7Always there
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02-20-2012, 08:49 AM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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Besides the facts that other members have made, like oversaturated niche, I'll give you one tip from my personal experience in game publishing. The hype will be be over sooner or later. It doesn't matter how popular Minecraft is today, it will come to a point that it will no longer be interesting to consumers, so the only question you should ask yourself "How much can your earn from this right here, right now".
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02-20-2012, 08:53 AM #9Web Hosting Master
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Provided you have good spec, minecraft hosting will kill your hardware very fast.
There many player in Minecraft hosting, you may need time to expose yourself in many game forum to build up popularity.
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02-20-2012, 09:07 AM #10Southern Yankee
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02-20-2012, 09:33 AM #11WHT Addict
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Its not just that.
We can provide what the best hosters can right now, just a better prices.
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02-20-2012, 10:11 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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It's a very low margin market. It has enormous amount of interest though.
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02-20-2012, 10:23 AM #13Junior Guru
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As others have said a very complicated market today,
luck in your search
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