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11-26-2005, 05:09 PM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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How do you make a profit from Web Hosting?
This is one of those things I just don't understand. Costing thousands of dollars just for the server, then buying cPanel and the rest, how can it be done?
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11-26-2005, 05:15 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Well it depends, you dont want to rush your money into something too big when you are not sure about making enough profit out of it so what you want to do is start little so you can grow. First thing to do is get a Reseller Hosting Account, sell webhosting once you get a good number of hosting accounts or people demanding for resellers or what not you move to a Dedicated Server, sell webspace once you get bigger and bigger you purchase more and more then when you think you have the knowlege you make a server and get colocation..
Best not the throw your money into one thing and hope to win..
Was with this one host who was rich, but he only had 100 customers and only needed 2 servers but he built his own servers and put them in 5 datacenters in different cages and what not, months later he closed down.. why? He put all of his money into one thing when he wasent sure if he was going to grow he just assumed he could do it and ended up closeing..
Good luck to you..as to meLast edited by Frimon86; 11-26-2005 at 05:18 PM.
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11-26-2005, 05:17 PM #3Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by RdSoxFan618
If a product costs you $X in the end, add $Y to that and sell it to the customer█ Mike from Zoodia.com
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11-26-2005, 05:25 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by justadollarhostin
Originally Posted by justadollarhostin
justakidding
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11-26-2005, 05:29 PM #5Junior Guru Wannabe
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So I should begin with Reseller Hosting. So if I bought hosting for $4.99, they should pay me like 10.99 or something? What do you recommend for prices?
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11-26-2005, 05:40 PM #6Retired Moderator
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First things first. You need to find a realiable "Reseller Hosting" provider. As a reseller, your Hosting company can only be as good as your providers.
Here are some things to keep in mind:
1. If your providers server is down, your customers blame you.
2. If your provider doesn't answer support tickets in a reasonable amount of time, and you need them to fix something for your customer, your customer blames you.
3. If your provider oversells, and the server gets overloaded, your customers blame you.
So my advice would be to NOT go with the cheapest provider. Do some research, find a good company, test out there support team/response time. Doing things right in the beginning may take a little more time and money, but will save you much frustration later on down the line.Need a new Web Host?
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11-26-2005, 05:43 PM #7Junior Guru Wannabe
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but I was thinking 1&1 which is one of the better servers around.
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11-26-2005, 05:49 PM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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But when they use the sitebuilder, won't they want to compare you to the actual seller?
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11-26-2005, 05:57 PM #9Retired Moderator
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Originally Posted by RdSoxFan618
I have used 1&1 for Domain Registration and there Customer Service/Support is absolutely horrendous. I am not sure how they are on Web Hosting, but I seriously reccommend you use the search feature of this forum.Need a new Web Host?
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11-26-2005, 06:05 PM #10Registered User
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I've heard some not-so-good things about 1&1's webhosting. I'd reccommend JewlzK. They're who I got a reseller account from when I started out.
Great support, awesome uptimes, and the admin is a decent guy
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11-26-2005, 06:16 PM #11Junior Guru Wannabe
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R u fricken kidding me? That's 20 dollars. And I'm a beginner!
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11-26-2005, 06:17 PM #12Retired Moderator
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I hope that was a joke, starting a business with less than $20 a month to speed is not a good idea.
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11-26-2005, 06:20 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by RdSoxFan618
It takes money to make money - in any business. Don't just assume that web hosting is a get rick quick scheme. It takes just as much planning and time as it does to build any other type of business.
If you are concerned about spending $20 a month, don't even bother.SuperWebHost.com, a Digitally Justified Company
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11-26-2005, 06:23 PM #14Junior Guru Wannabe
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nah I have more than 20 but I wanted to start out small
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11-26-2005, 06:24 PM #15Junior Guru Wannabe
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So when you get those plans, can you resell them to MORE than one person???
And got any tips to help get customers?0
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11-26-2005, 06:25 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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It's wise to start small, but if you get a provider that is unreliable, it's money/time wasted because you won't get off the ground.
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11-26-2005, 06:26 PM #17Junior Guru Wannabe
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Would starting this business with another person help? 2 Heads are smarter than 1
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11-26-2005, 06:27 PM #18Retired Moderator
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Well the first thing you need is a business plan.
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11-26-2005, 06:30 PM #19Newbie
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Originally Posted by RdSoxFan618
All kidding aside, to start up a simple reseller 'business' with under $50/month to spend is pushing it. If you want to start it totally from scratch (without being a reseller, or working under someone), I'd allocate $5000. And even that wouldn't give you a whole lot to work with.0
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11-26-2005, 06:30 PM #20Junior Guru Wannabe
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So I'm starting to get this. Such on http://www.digitallyjustified.com/reseller.php
You can host 15 Domains with 5 GB Each for 30 dollars a month???
How would you get customers though? I'm intrested in starting out this way.
I just wanted to know if each customer gets 5000 MB or 5 GB and 1 Domain. Okay So now my main question is how can I get customers? btw HostRefugee-Vince, congrats on almost reaching 500 posts0
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11-26-2005, 06:32 PM #21Junior Guru Wannabe
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Lol Genius, I am way past knowing that and have already answered it
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11-26-2005, 06:32 PM #22WHT Addict
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Who said you had to have a server? Just get a reseller. it is cheaper. i found a 40 gig space reseller for 20 dollars a month. And you can never know if you will make a profit or not. but chanes are you will. First of al lyou will make money selling web hosting, you can add ads in your website and more. IF you have a server it is not hard to make a lot of money. sell resellers and VPS with it
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11-26-2005, 06:33 PM #23Newbie
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Originally Posted by RdSoxFan6180
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11-26-2005, 06:34 PM #24Junior Guru Wannabe
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Holy Snap! Yeah not enough to go around Thanks Genius
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11-26-2005, 06:35 PM #25Newbie
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Originally Posted by RdSoxFan6180