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05-03-2012, 05:47 PM #1You broke the internet!!
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The CRASH COURSE for starting a web hosting company with $168
**This guide is for people interested in starting a cPanel/Linux-based web hosting business.
----> The Website ($0-$300+/month)
Web Designer Recommendations:
www.templatemonster.com - #1 for templates, they aren't unique (meaning they get resold) but a great place to get your first professional website.
www.freewebhostingtemplates.com - Man times have really changed! You can get wonderful great looking templates completely free!
WebHostingTalk - http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=56
----> The Billing Management ($10-$30+/month)
Billing Software Recommendations:
www.whmcs.com - The #1 rated billing management software.
www.clientexec.com - A very close match with WHMCS, in my opinion the design is much nicer and admin control panel is more user-friendly.
----> The Hardware ($100-$500+/month)
Datacenter Recommendations:
www.softlayer.com - Very well known, but pricey. Great support. Located in the USA.
www.ubiquityservers.com - More affordable and lots of locations to choose from. Great support. Located in the USA.
www.ovh.co.uk - Known for very cheap servers locations world-wide and growing. Okay support. Located in the Europe & Canada.
www.hetzner.de - Also known for very cheap servers. Okay support. Located in Germany.
WebHostingTalk - http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=36
----> The Server Admins ($29-$100+/month)
Server Management Recommendations:
www.platinumservermanagement.com - I have personal experience with these guys, they will do so much for you you'll be amazed! At $29/month and $19/month for additional servers, you can't beat that pricing. They also have been in business for 10+ years!
www.seeksadmin.com - Another great company that gets praised all the time for their affordable prices!
WebHostingTalk - http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=139
----> The 24/7 Support ($29-$100+/month)
Support Crew Recommendations:
www.bobcares.com - #1 rated for outsourced support. I give them an all around A+++
www.outsourcehostingsupport.com - This is the cheapest company and great for starters, $29/month to provide your clients 24/7 support? Yeah, you won't find that anywhere. I give them an A+++ for pricing.
WebHostingTalk - http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=138
----> The Advertising ($0-$????+/month)
Advertising Recommendations:
Google - They are always offering free coupon vouchers ranging from $25-$100+, free advertising!
Yahoo/Bing - It may take some searching, but you can sometimes find free vouchers as well.
FaceBook/MySpace - The same goes, do some digging to find free vouchers. They do not always offer them.
www.hostvoice.com - People looking for hosting submit to this company and you can buy these referals. This requires a budget of at least $100+ and time. You need to fight for referals (I believe they get sent out to 5 people per person) in emails, giving them the best offers and customer service. You need to be very proactive if you wish to maximize the use of this service.
WebHostingTalk - http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=45
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05-03-2012, 08:26 PM #2Disabled
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Thanks for the information information.
Something you should note is that while $100 Google Adwords credits are easy enough to come by, they usually require a credit card before you can use that $100 credit, and they might still charge you.
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05-03-2012, 08:29 PM #3You broke the internet!!
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05-03-2012, 09:05 PM #4Disabled
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05-03-2012, 09:16 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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05-03-2012, 10:01 PM #6You broke the internet!!
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05-08-2012, 11:21 AM #7Newbie
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Great topic. The support staff part was very insightful. I never knew there were such cheap solutions. I thought I would have had to go with a VA with server skills. But thank you I know a better and more cost effective way.
Thank you LuckyAnonymous.
I just have a couple follow up questions if you don't mind:
Are there any other data centers/providers you recommend? It is difficult to separate the reliable 100% uptime reliable ones and others.
I feel as though I am spoiled by doing a pingdom 1-minute test and only have a handful of minutes downtime each month. 4 outages and 8min last month. Or should I expect this from most quality data centers and I just need to figure out which ones they are?
You mention never to go with a managed company. What about for those top of the line "managed" providers like LiquidWeb, HostDime, Rackspace, etc? Would you consider going with them if you had a deal that wasn't far off from a similar spec'd non-managed server from like a great WHT deal? Or are the costs uncompetitive when you stick with them and need to handle future growth (extra RAM, HDD, HA solutions, etc)?
Thanks in advance.
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05-08-2012, 05:16 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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05-08-2012, 05:21 PM #9You broke the internet!!
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05-08-2012, 05:26 PM #10Junior Guru
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I setup an adwords account just to use one of these vouchers, it was a while ago I don't think it was even $100. The account is still sat there with no money in. About 6 months ago Google stuck $100 in, which I used and still haven't paid for any Google advertising at-least not on this particular project
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05-08-2012, 05:32 PM #11You broke the internet!!
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At the moment I have no other data center recommendations. If you feel the ones I chose aren't suitable to your needs, I would go look in the offers section for a data center you might like. Then use the search function to get feedback/reviews about them. LiquidWeb hosts WebHostingTalk, so you might want to check them out as well.
I would not worry about 8 minutes of downtime at all from a datacenter. I would only start to question them if it exceeded an hour in one month, perhaps 30 minutes.
Regardless of the credibility of a data center's managed plans/servers, you are still often paying a premium price where you could be paying much less and get better management from another company. This also goes back to "never put all your eggs in one basket".★ www.GeekDub.com ★
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05-09-2012, 10:42 AM #12Newbie
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Ahh I got this nice tutorial on skype..Always great to be the first kid on the block. Wish I had followed it. But after mistake followed it to the letter and everything working just fine now. Super post
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05-10-2012, 04:16 PM #13You broke the internet!!
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05-16-2012, 09:06 AM #14Newbie
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Dear LuckyAnonymous,
Many thanks for your guideline. i have a question... why we need " Support Crew " again?
Are not their job covered by " Server Management Company "
Thanks.
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05-16-2012, 04:01 PM #15You broke the internet!!
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05-19-2012, 01:10 AM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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Your steps are for those who have advance knowledge about Starting a web hosting company , i would not recommend for someone who hs basic knowledge about hosting my advice is
Get A Manage VPS to start with minimum investment. You do not want to go broke in your 2nd month in business with a dedicated servers. why on earth you want to get a unmanaged servers and have all the problems
Get Partners / Friends who are willing to invest.
5 Investors including you $100 each
Total : $500 a month of investment money
And if you can get 4 other people to invest in your ideas you might as well get a Manage dedicated servers instead of a manage VPS
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05-19-2012, 01:16 AM #17Aspiring Evangelist
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Thank for very informative guide!
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05-25-2012, 09:31 AM #18Newbie
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Support crew provides support to your clients for cPanel, issues, etc.
AND, one more thing, who check the fraud activities ?
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05-25-2012, 09:51 AM #19Web Hosting Master
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How about business licenses/taxes/legal fees? I would certainly say those things are required, particularly for hosts in the US.
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05-25-2012, 05:19 PM #20You broke the internet!!
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Its very clear you didn't read everything in full.
You only need to do your taxes, any tax prep service can get this figured out for you. In most cases your startup won't cost you a dime in taxes since you won't be making a profit for some time.★ www.GeekDub.com ★
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06-14-2012, 01:27 PM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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06-17-2012, 03:15 PM #22Web Hosting Guru
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Im sure there are $25/month reseller accounts out there you could start out hosting with and them grow as you need. And at some point expand into higher end services like dedicated servers (and even get a reseller account with discounts from some dedicated server providers out there) so you could get started for $25/month and grow from there.
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Customers in over 130 countries. Privately owned and operated data centers.
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07-17-2012, 02:22 PM #23Disabled
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Great resource, however people, don't get the idea that the above is all that's needed. One major aspect that needs to be done is planning, never overlook thorough long-term planning!
Prior Planning and Preparation Prevents Poor Performance!
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07-17-2012, 02:31 PM #24Attack The Day
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NewYorkCityServers.com - Specializing In Dedicated Servers and Financial Hosting
True Enterprise Service, Tier 3 Manhattan Datacenter, 100+ Gbps Network, 100% Uptime Guarantee, 24x7 Support - Email, Tickets, Phone and Live Chat
Bandwidth Graphs, Remote Power Control, Automated OS Re-installs, Secured IPMI+KVM Included With Every Server
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