pikatore
Anyone need good cheap hosting, all maintained and administrated by myself?
Think the quality of hostgator, + my constant support and control, 24/7! If you aren't getting a boner, I don't know what will.
Just putting it out there. And by the way, if you get any friends to host through me, i'll give you a %20 commission! :)
arithma
Tell us details!
How much do you take per year, for a domain, the options so on.
I hope no one will condemn your shameless plug because it's interesting.
Ayman
Anyone need good cheap hosting, all maintained and administrated by myself?
Think the quality of hostgator, + my constant support and control, 24/7! If you aren't getting a boner, I don't know what will.
Just putting it out there. And by the way, if you get any friends to host through me, i'll give you a %20 commission! :)
Actually I have a hostgator hosting for my site(not reseller) but their services are amazing and they have very good support, in case I need hosting or anyone I know we will surely refer to you, good luck and keep up the good work :)
pikatore
Thanks dude.
Basically, the difference between taking me or Hostgator is that the hosting I provide has bandwidth/storage caps (for general websites they are more than enough though), and with getting hosting from me, I will be taking care all of all administrative tasks for free.
I also resell domains and get them for bulk so you can pay through me wholesale.
So email accounts, FTP accounts, domain name transfers/addons/subdomains etc, database related things, all the technical/boring tasks, I will do them free, as long as you're with me. This for the average businessperson is a huge stress reliever.
I'll post a link to a page on my site later today detailing pricing and caps.
rolf
I know hostgator, its cool. do they give you a sort of virtual server that you can manage yourself of do you just re-brand their hosting accounts?
BTW, that free Database/script support is a good idea. I know sometimes people have a website running but are terrified at the prospect of having to fix or update something themselves.
battikh
"free" database/scripting support is just a marketing term i guess :P
as the hosting charges he will charge are actually higher than the fraction he is giving you.
enno for example, you can get unlimited storage/unlimited bandwidth/unlimited databases, ... for 3-4$/month
what he will give and charge will be more expensive
or if the reseller account is 500GB for lets say 200$
if he sells 10 accounts of 50GB each, it will definitely be more than 20$ each (or he wont be making money)
therefore this service is technically not free, you're paying more than what you would pay if you buy directly from the hosting company and the extra you pay are the service charges, which means not free.
pikatore
rolf: Yes, they basically give me a huge virtual server specially modified for resellers, so I can easily section off parts of it to clients.
battikh: You're correct, people won't be just buying hosting from me, they will be buying hosting with a dedicated admin who they personally have access to, for a whole range of tasks which will be performed free of charge (whereas as you said, would be charged seperately by others).
It will be still cheaper to go with me, despite the fact that I give bandwitdh/storage caps (that's how my plans are sorted).
An example: You get a hatchling plan from Hostgator for a year, that's $83.40.
You get my 'Small' package, you will rent out 50mb of web space (so it's obviously designed for standard websites only... though if you push the limit a bit, I'll probably increase a bit for free) as well as 500mb of monthly bandwidth. For a year, you'll pay me $71.40.
TheIlluminative
Pikatore where are you living ? 50MB/500MB for $71/Year Kidding eh ?
Go with Fivebean.com (cheapest shared/VPS) Hosting - If you think the Prices are very high (Register) but don't pay and I'll give you 20% OFF for any Plan (except the mini Plan).
Hostgator/BlueHost/MonterHost = Unlimited space and Bandwidth = Fail :D
pikatore
Well i'm already doing well with my reseller account. just spreading the word to lebgeeks really. besides, i'm personally on call for it 24/7... people are paying for a host account AND a guy who will do pretty much everything behind the scenes for free to get their sites up and running. it's been a good selling point.
if any sites ever manage went over their bandwidth limit, I'd usually just let them go without a penalty, since I'm not really near my account's limit.
huge storage/bandwidth limits going into the gigabytes is completely useless for the vast majority of clients, i'm just providing what's necessary for small businesses/individuals.
