Adam Oberdorfer — Tue, 24 Oct 2000 03:19:57 +0000

You can use a DNS service (there are a few that have been discussed in the server and domain thread) or ask your web host to add a domain pointer.

mexboy — Tue, 24 Oct 2000 03:11:27 +0000

Further, X-treme how could I point domain names to any subdirectory at my big host account?

X-treme — Tue, 24 Oct 2000 02:25:47 +0000

Mexboy,

In regards to your question:

You can split up one big account into many smaller accounts by putting the smaller accounts into sub-directories of the large account and having their domains point to that sub-directory.

Hope this explains it better.

X-treme

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mybiz — Mon, 23 Oct 2000 03:18:24 +0000

[spam deleted] reason to poster: host rocket was not posting but a fan of their services.
Thanks, JP Stones

[Edited by Patrick A Baer on 10-23-2000 at 08:21 AM]

mexboy — Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:51:59 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by anti

Quote:
Most of my clients rarely uses more than 5 MB

If you have lots of "small" clients, why don't you go for a reseller option ?

I have a reseller account and I pay just $30 per month for a 60MB account. And that includes everything (mail,ftp,mysql,cgi,full apache features, server-interface, etc.)

Buying lots of small accounts instead of one big one will waste money.

anti

Hi Anti, how do you do the trick to mimize single small host accounts with their own domain names using only one big account?

chicken — Sat, 21 Oct 2000 16:34:16 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by mexboy
To all who say: you get what you pay for.

Why to pay more than you get? (i.e. only 5mb of diskspace and 1GB of monthly transfer)

I don't know why I must pay $10.00 monthly as you pay for 30mb diskspace host accout?

So you're looking to cut 25MB off a package (assuming a full package is 30MB and costs $10/mo), and reduce the package cost by $9 ??? This just doesn't work. As others have said, diskspace is cheap.

Aside from this, virtual hosting is based on offering a certain amount of diskspace & transfer and counting on the fact that people won't use all of it. This is what keeps hosting prices low. I know you think $10/mo is high, but try to price it all out if you were to lease/colo a server. How many $1/mo accounts would you have to sell to cover your costs?

I'd expect the worst service imaginable for your price range. If it is any better than the worst imagineable, then you've done quite well.

HostRocket

mjames — Fri, 20 Oct 2000 23:01:01 +0000

HostRocket.com - Affordable, Reliable, and Rich with features

Jaiem — Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:43:50 +0000

Mex - If it were only disk space and transfer gigs. But it's not. How do you think a host can provide good server hardware, up to date systems software, reliable switching connectors, competant tech support etc. on a mere $5 a month?? A host would have to have thousands of subscribers just to cover expenses much less make a profit.

anti — Fri, 20 Oct 2000 11:53:02 +0000

Quote:
Most of my clients rarely uses more than 5 MB

If you have lots of "small" clients, why don't you go for a reseller option ?

I have a reseller account and I pay just $30 per month for a 60MB account. And that includes everything (mail,ftp,mysql,cgi,full apache features, server-interface, etc.)

Buying lots of small accounts instead of one big one will waste money.

anti

Adam Oberdorfer — Fri, 20 Oct 2000 02:05:53 +0000

Storage space is a lot cheaper then bandwidth.