Hi all,
What are your thoughts on reselling as a side line business?
I have been thinking what sort of deal would webmasters be interested in so I thought I would ask.
Thanks in advance.
Clayton Shears
http://m6.net
Email- claytons@glopro.com
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pLoKeNgOp posted this at 06:26 — 5th October 2001.
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hmm... if you're talking about reselling domains, it all depends on the price. The name of the domain would really make the price go up.
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Jaiem posted this at 13:26 — 5th October 2001.
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The domain market is very tough. So is the hosting market. Mucho competition.
If you have good plans and decent prices you might be able to get a decent cashflow. But to get a good customer base takes time and effort. It's not something for someone with "when I have time to work on it" approach.
Jaiem
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mairving posted this at 14:08 — 5th October 2001.
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You can't make money hosting sites unless you host a lot of them. To me the ideal situation is to mostly just host the sites that you design. Charge them a monthly maintenance fee to keep their site updated. So instead of getting $6/mo for hosting, you get $25-50/mo for not that much more work. I have a guy that I charge $150/mo. I am supposed to give him 8 hrs a month but it is usually less than that, his choice not mine.
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claytons posted this at 10:40 — 6th October 2001.
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Thanks for the replies, our hosting offers resellers a great reseller package and what I was thinking is just what Mark had to say.
If web masters and or web designers offered hosting as part of their package they could build quite a substancial income and have access to more clients prospective clients through referrals.
What are your thoughts on this idea?
Thanks Again.
Clayton Shears
http://m6.net
Email- claytons@glopro.com
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Jaiem posted this at 22:49 — 7th October 2001.
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A web designer should either also offer the hosting capability. Resale or sales agent are two cost effective ways.
If they don't offer the service they should have a relationship with a host that they can direct thier customers to.
Either way, it's hard to be a web design and not have any connection to hosting.
Jaiem
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