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05-06-2004, 08:40 PM #1Web Hosting Evangelist
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Trading Hosting For Services
I'm curious to find out if you do trades (or barter) for services and if so, what types of services are most attractive? When I had a hosting company, we were lucky to find both a lawyer and accountant that was willing to trade. That came in very handy.
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05-06-2004, 08:48 PM #2Temporarily Suspended
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Companies would come here and say they do that, however I think that would be considered advertising.
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05-06-2004, 08:51 PM #3Web Hosting Evangelist
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For the hosts to say what kinds of services they wanted in exchange for hosting would be advertising?
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05-06-2004, 08:54 PM #4Temporarily Suspended
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Becuase other people read this other than you, and other people will see the "ad," and contact them also. You aren't supposed to post anything that 'even hints at advertising.' I wouldn't post here whether or not we do exchanging - I wouldn't risk it.
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05-06-2004, 08:56 PM #5Web Hosting Evangelist
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ok...my apologies for the thread
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05-06-2004, 09:00 PM #6Temporarily Suspended
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If some hosts decide to post, then they will be dealt with accordingly. I was just stating, I wouldn't post any 'exchange deals' on here - You can get in trouble for too much stuff around here.
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05-06-2004, 11:58 PM #7Aspiring Evangelist
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I will say this, I would imagine that alot of hosts do it.
Whether G2H does it or not, and what the deals may be, I will not say.
But like I said, I would bet money that almost every host does it.
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05-07-2004, 02:07 AM #8WHT Addict
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Re: Trading Hosting For Services
Originally posted by iblive
When I had a hosting company, we were lucky to find both a lawyer and accountant that was willing to trade.
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05-07-2004, 02:45 AM #9WHT Addict
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I would say that bartering for services is a good idea. Sometimes the value of the services traded is alot more than each party would be willing to pay out in $$.
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05-07-2004, 07:53 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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yeah but what if the services being exchanged are the following:
like say I had hosting to offer - could I then say 'help me make a website' and you get free hosting? (I know this is all meant for another forum, if thats what you guys are talking about)
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05-07-2004, 11:40 AM #11WHT Addict
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Yeah but if you're bartering services like web hosting for web design, I would like to think the host isn't going to really limit the designers site to like 100 meg space or 1 gig traffic. It should give peace of mind to the designer not to have to worry about resources.
In most cases though, I would think that the host gets the better end of the deal.
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05-07-2004, 11:57 AM #12Junior Guru Wannabe
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One thing you should consider is that legally when you barter you are supposed to report and pay taxes on the market value of the service that you are recieving. Alot of people don't do this since its very difficult to track but it is something you should be aware of.
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05-07-2004, 12:03 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by iblive
ok...my apologies for the thread
your post doesnt look anything like advertising at all.if you haven't considered chapter 7 bankruptcy, maybe you should.
eliminate your debt, keep the property you want, most people qualify.
contrary to popular belief - no attorney is necessary!
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05-07-2004, 02:04 PM #14WHT Addict
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I don't think this is advertising but if it is I guess I'll be 'dealt with' lol
Anyway - I have traded hosting and design for some services from local companies. I actually wish more would be willing to do it
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05-07-2004, 05:15 PM #15Newbie
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I have never really had too many "trade" deals work out.
Seems like whenever "trades" come up, signed agreements
and standard procedures fly out the window.
In my experience, it's better to pay for the work and
have people be accountable vs. hoping you come out
ahead based on the items you are giving up ..
There is just not much scalability in trading, that is
why I am against it I suppose.
Best Regards,
elPresidente