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02-15-2010, 09:15 PM #1Newbie
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Email Hosting. good idea or no?
Have any of you tried selling email hosting as a product line. We have just introduced this as an experimental product.
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02-15-2010, 11:18 PM #2Junior Guru Wannabe
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Actually we are developing an application to do just that. I think it's a good idea. Hope you do well with it.
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02-15-2010, 11:26 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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I think personally it would be a great idea.
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02-17-2010, 01:10 PM #4Junior Guru
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Yes, a lot of people use it for backup MX.
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02-19-2010, 09:12 PM #5Root@Bobcares
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Yes. It is a great idea.
Add features like push email and groupware functionality. The market is not crowded and we have seen some success with our clients who are offering it.A student once asked his teacher, "Master, what is enlightenment?"
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02-23-2010, 03:29 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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Email hosting is an ideal solution for businesses that want to share messages, calendars, and contacts but without the cost and hassles of setting up their own email server.
Well, all the best for your email hosting service
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02-23-2010, 10:17 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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For a lot of people, email hosting is more important than web hosting. It is still the killer application for the Internet. There is definitely a market for email hosting services if you target the market right.
The main problem for email hosting service is GMail. GMail is free and it works well enough for most people. GMail does not leave much of the email hosting market for anybody else. You can't try to offer the same thing as GMail as expect to do well. You'll need to offer email hosting solutions that do things that GMail does not do, which may mean things that are special case (like groupware functions).
Then on the other end of the spectrum, you have web hosting companies including email hosting services with each website. That takes away some of the email hosting market as well. You will need to make sure you offer email related features that typical web hosting does not cover. Again, that may be groupware related features.█ No Support Linux Hosting ● Bargain cPanel Hosting ● Experts Only
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02-23-2010, 01:24 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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We have had clients request it in the past, but we normally just provide them with a normal shared hosting package. It works out just easier for us and also the clients.
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02-25-2010, 12:42 AM #9WHT Addict
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In my experience with email hosting, the thing that tends to offer the most buzz is Hosted Exchange.
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02-25-2010, 01:55 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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I personally think it's a great idea and you should run with it and see what happens.
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02-25-2010, 05:14 AM #11WHT Addict
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If you are going to provide Exchange hosted email, go ahead
If you are going to provide normal hosted email, you will need more planning
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02-25-2010, 05:11 PM #12Web Hosting Guru
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Isn't this what hotmail, gmail, aol, and others are for!? Or am I misunderstanding your concept here..
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02-25-2010, 05:55 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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This is something I've been moving away from.
I just setup the DNS to point to Google Apps for every domain and my clients and extremely happy and so am I.
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02-26-2010, 01:45 PM #14WHT Addict
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I think it's a good idea. You should be able to maintain the security of the clients' email account. I believe you should be able to provide any unique application to compete with the market.
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