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07-28-2004, 09:36 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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how many time for the first client
how many time is passed for the first client buying an hosting plan ?
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07-28-2004, 10:46 PM #2Aspiring Evangelist
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Depends on what you're willing to do to get that client. If you just sit around and wait for clients that could take a while.
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07-29-2004, 01:10 AM #3Web Hosting Evangelist
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Took us 85 years.
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07-29-2004, 01:23 AM #4Superhero
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Originally posted by excelblue
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07-29-2004, 01:52 AM #5Web Hosting Evangelist
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I would imagine that it worked differently for each company. Can be anywhere from a few days to a few months to never.
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07-29-2004, 03:38 AM #6Formerly orange-y
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About 30 minutes
Oh, and it was 2 hours for the 2nd, in case you think we were "lucky"Former owner of A Small Orange
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07-29-2004, 03:40 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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From when the site went live it was not long at all... maybe same day. He is still with us now
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07-29-2004, 04:27 AM #8Web Hosting Evangelist
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About 5 weeks the longest record in our history.
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07-29-2004, 05:40 AM #9Disabled
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Just out of curiosity how did you obtain these clients? marketing methods? Seeing that it was within a few hours, did you personally contact this client or was it a refferal or online marketing.
Thanks, Ian
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07-29-2004, 06:17 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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Hello,
I started off back in Aug 2001. When the site first opened I offered cheaper and a few free accounts to start building up a client base. Once the site was more popular I then went through the price plans and redesigned the site with the help of a client and things then started rolling a lot smoother. I just built up from there step by step and we continue to move forward now.-- Matthew
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07-29-2004, 06:34 AM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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do you think that at the beginning is important to make a lot of offers and promotion ?
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07-29-2004, 06:35 AM #12Web Hosting Master
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Instantly, as we first started hosting for our web design clients. As for when I released a free hosting service, we were getting about a signup every 5-10 min for a couple of days.
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07-29-2004, 01:18 PM #13Disabled
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crucialparad- where did your clients come from? online?
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07-29-2004, 05:24 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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Web design clients were local, and were obaintained by word of mouth and online advertisting. The free clients we received via online means, we have some large web master communities in which we could advertise to.
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07-29-2004, 05:58 PM #15Newbie
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actually -3 days for me...
I found my first client through a friend....
It was actually 1 day before I got access to my server & three days before commencement of business...
I consider my self VERY lucky..
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07-30-2004, 11:15 AM #16Junior Guru
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We had clients before we even had a website designed and running. LOL
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07-30-2004, 11:19 AM #17Superhero
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The same day. Started off hosting several friends' sites.
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07-30-2004, 11:22 AM #18Web Hosting Evangelist
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Since I was already into web design and having online blogs, my first customers were my readers. I didn't expect anyone to sign up that soon.
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07-30-2004, 11:35 AM #19Junior Guru
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I had clients before I started 2 years ago. They were enough to break even so i figured wth. Now it's 2 years later and I still don't have a site up, but I've increased costs about 800% and taken on no new clients.... I should get around to that. All the original ones are still with me though. Only about 9 but they pay more than wht standard. They're all local and I wouldn't ever go anywhere else to start. When you actually talk to or meet someone you can impress them and make them trust you and then they'll pay a reasonable price for hosting 'cause they 'know' you.
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