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03-16-2007, 01:09 AM #1Disabled
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Setting up hosting plans
Hello,
Can you give me an example of what you think is not Overselling and what are good prices for diskspace and bandwidth?For those who like Small and Big websites.Is it possible for a company to be Affordable & Reliable & NOT oversell?
Give me examples of how you would set your plans up.
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03-16-2007, 02:33 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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At this point the market has been tainted, now it's almost impossible to do it without overselling. Not saying you can't, because you can. I just don't know of any 200+ employee hosts that don't oversell, do you?
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03-16-2007, 05:35 AM #3Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by Ecko
Ill use a mid-level server from layeredtech for example:
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Base System Configuration:
* AMD Single CPU Dual Core Opteron 275
* 2 x 250GB Hard Drive
* 1024MB ECC RAM
* Bandwidth: 2000GB
* IP Addresses: 8 (5 usable)
* Private VLAN
* Basic Resource Monitoring
* FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Linux, Windows*
* 100% Self Managed and Dedicated
Monthly Fee Options:
$209 | $99 Setup
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say you split the server into 20 accounts, each with the following:
25GB Webspace
100GB Bandwidth
Charge $10.50 a month for this plan and your breaking even
Charge $15.00 a month and thats a profit of $91 per month
Charge $20 a month and thats a profit of $191 per month
(see where im going?)
Now of course you also need to take into account the support and software your going to offer but with the above you certainly wouldnt be overselling the server and is ample enough for the majority of websites.
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03-16-2007, 07:04 AM #4Invented the Internet
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Originally Posted by Jortex
That is not enough profit to survive on long-term. On the $20 per month plan, you're at $44 per week revenue with 20 clients. You have to pay taxes (figure 20%), software, support staff, etc. out of that $44 per week...not to mention pay yourself. As you add more servers, your costs will increase accordingly.
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03-16-2007, 07:14 AM #5Evenly Divided
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Originally Posted by AH-Tina
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03-16-2007, 07:18 AM #6Invented the Internet
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Originally Posted by Mekhu
I was speaking in terms of viable long-term growth and financial stability, with the ability to hire competent staff when needed and still earn a decent profit. $191 "profit" (not really profit) per server is doable when you're a one-man show and can wear all the hats...eventually something has to give.
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03-16-2007, 07:20 AM #7Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by AH-Tina
But as long as all users are able to use all theyve been allocated and all theyve paid for, the server itself isnt being oversold.
Services? thats a different matter.
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03-16-2007, 07:44 AM #8Web Hosting Master
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Originally Posted by AH-Tina
Originally Posted by Jortex
You need to make sure you don't oversell on the CPU, RAM & I/O. Just because you can put a certain amount of accounts onto a server, it doesn't necessarily mean you should..
Back to the matter at hand.. I have seen hosts offer low specs but high prices with what appears to be good success
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03-16-2007, 07:52 AM #9Junior Guru
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Originally Posted by stealthdevil
Take for example WHT, you think a single Celeron 2.0Ghz server could handle it?
No, of course it couldnt, but the same server could easily handle a static html based site.
Of course you can predict these things by researching etc.. but sites do have unexpected growth, sometimes overnight.