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How much competition in web hosting before you quit?
- Thread starter shabda
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I am not a host.
Looking from a customers point of view. things that are important to me:
Of course these are just general catorgorys. and each one has a list of things follow behind each cat.
I myself would never dream of going into the webhosting bussiness.
I have much respect for all these folks here that have gone into webhosting and have made thier bussiness grow and become proftible.
tumble
Looking from a customers point of view. things that are important to me:
- Provider that has knowledge of his bussiness
- Support
- Server speed and transfer
- A large knowledge base
- Forums with dedicated staff.
Of course these are just general catorgorys. and each one has a list of things follow behind each cat.
I myself would never dream of going into the webhosting bussiness.
I have much respect for all these folks here that have gone into webhosting and have made thier bussiness grow and become proftible.
tumble
shabda said:
Simple answer is that you don't compete, leave these oversellers to go out of business and deal with more mature customers who don't want things at the lowest cost regardless, you'll get better more loyal customers, less support calls, more sleep, less grey hair and a chance to provide excellent service to someone who's really appreciative of your work
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lol, guess whos running an 80gb hd with pentium processor with 1 gb ram
Work out a which areas of the market aren't being served as well as they could be and work out a marketing strategy to target those areas.shabda said:
We were contented using pretty cool free webhosts out there.
Until we got impatient about them being down because of upgrades and so forth.
Now we are webhost reseller ourselves and are continuously looking for those who can offer
us big spaces with no downs at reasonable prices.
We are still monitoring free webhosts though, because they are just so nice.
Until we got impatient about them being down because of upgrades and so forth.
Now we are webhost reseller ourselves and are continuously looking for those who can offer
us big spaces with no downs at reasonable prices.
We are still monitoring free webhosts though, because they are just so nice.
Having recently started in the hosting business, I am looking at some of the offers posted on here for large amounts of diskspace and bandwidth....I was beginning to wonder how I could compete with them!
The packages I offer are not that big, but they are well priced and ample for MOST sites!! - the reason being that I want to offer a better, more reliable service to my customers. I don't want to get so many customers that I cannot cope with the support tickets, or the server becomes overloaded!!!
When the time comes I can then upgrade - employ more staff. I'm in no hurry to sign up as many people as I can in order to make profit.
The packages I offer are not that big, but they are well priced and ample for MOST sites!! - the reason being that I want to offer a better, more reliable service to my customers. I don't want to get so many customers that I cannot cope with the support tickets, or the server becomes overloaded!!!
When the time comes I can then upgrade - employ more staff. I'm in no hurry to sign up as many people as I can in order to make profit.
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Serverextreme
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ok just because a host offers low prices does not mean the service is GOOD,
you need to do the research on the host you have choosen to see how's
there service. Sure they offer 2000 MB of space and 20-GB of data for about 20-bucks but will they be there for you when it counts the most...Think about these things when your ready to join...Right now I have a server provider thats goe's all out for me each and everyday...So what I pay more it's worth it wouldent you say?
Before this provider I got now my old host would not do anything for me
and I mean anything...So I packed up my clients and said see ya, And I would do it again if I had to
you need to do the research on the host you have choosen to see how's
there service. Sure they offer 2000 MB of space and 20-GB of data for about 20-bucks but will they be there for you when it counts the most...Think about these things when your ready to join...Right now I have a server provider thats goe's all out for me each and everyday...So what I pay more it's worth it wouldent you say?
Before this provider I got now my old host would not do anything for me
and I mean anything...So I packed up my clients and said see ya, And I would do it again if I had to
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The best and easiest niche market to target is businesses in your local community. You need to budget at least $100 per month to advertise locally. Newspaper ads may work ok but you can get alot more bang for your buck if you think outside the box. Join your local chamber of commerce, new members usually get a chance to pitch their bussiness at a chamber meeting after they join. See if the chamber of commerce sells ads in their news letter, or directmail local businesses. Be creative, work hard, provide a reliable service with great support and you will be successful.shabda said:
