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Old 12-04-2008, 10:16 AM
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Joomla - Good specialty or not?

I am curious if there are any hosts out there that specialize in Joomla Hosting. I've searched and found a few but they do more than just Joomla so you can't really call them specialists.
Do you think such a specialty would work out?
I'm in the process of restructuring my business model and I'm doing research.
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Old 12-04-2008, 05:29 PM
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One of my favorite research tools in Google Trends. They show you the popularity of search terms and phrases. Check out:http://www.google.com/trends?q=joomlahttp://www.google.com/trends?q=joomla+hosting
From the looks of it, there is certainly a growing number of people who are interested in Joomla and a growing number of people looking for Joomla hosting.
Hitching your business to the success of a particular brand of CMS comes with both Pros and Cons:
The Pro is that you could become one of the "GO TO" hosts for Joomla.
The Con is that Joomla may one day cease to exist. There was a time when Joomla was once known as Mambo. There was a conflict in the development team and some developers took the Mambo technology and turned it into Joomla. Mambo hasn't shown any life since then and is slowing dying. Look at this chart:http://www.google.com/trends?q=jooml...ate=all

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Old 12-04-2008, 05:58 PM
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Joomla hosting could be a nice niche. To expand on Brian's thoughts, perhaps include Wordpress and Drupal, as well?
Maybe aim to become the "CMS host".
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Old 12-05-2008, 11:31 PM
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@McNultyHosting - Here are something things to chew on...
1. CMS systems tend to be on the bulky side when it comes system resources. A website owner who is building a community on the Drupal framework will quickly get too big for his shared hosting-britches. If you do not have a VPS, semi-dedicated, or dedicated product line for them to grow into, you would be setting yourself up to lose customers when they get too big.
2. From a consumer's perspective, I probably wouldn't give my business to a host that ONLY suggests they are a Joomla or CMS host. I would only consider them if they have a value proposition that is unique to the industry. For instance, I would only be impressed if:
A. Your web and database servers were specially optimized for my CMS system.
B. You offered no-charge support for CMS setup and configuration.
C. You had readily available technical support that could troubleshoot a problem with my CMS system if something broke (perhaps during an upgrade or module installation).
D. You offered CMS professional services that I could purchase at a competitive price.
From a consumer perspective, these types of value-added services are the only things that would convince me that you're truly a niche player.





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Old 12-06-2008, 01:21 PM
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Thank you all for your input and thoughts. I think I'll give it a try for now but not make it my total hosting offering.





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Old 12-08-2008, 06:04 AM
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I think you should start out by offering both Joomla, and non-CMS hosting packages, grow your Joomla tech support base and from then you can monitor and track the Joomla client activity and decide wether or not to offer premium joomla services (aside from non-CMS hosting)

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Old 12-08-2008, 09:32 AM
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Thanks again. I am working on all the details now.





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