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How long have you been running the hosting company? What level of input does it require from you?
by imdsm 13y ago
How long have you been running the hosting company? What level of input does it require from you?
- gesman 13y agoI basically started it to get away from Hostgator which along with other providers started to oversell anything under the sun and presented gradually degraded speed and quality of service. So I got dedicated server to myself and fully configured it for hosting needs including automated iptables-based firewall protection and malware protection. Then i sent emails to my past web. dev clients out of which a few signed up. Right off the bat I started to offer malware protection for which site5 charges $30+/mo (10 sites max) and thevault.com charges $40/mo (1 site). I offer everything for $25/mo, unlimited sites, no BS, firewall, complete malware detection/protection, daily account-wide, off-site (off-continent actually) backups for which I renting specialized service in another country. Originally I was hoping to just cover my costs but it started to become profitable already - so I plan to boost this side of effort. People do see value in this where they feel protected and having fast service without doing anything.