Post2Hosts Community Falling?

[HWF]

I have noticed they these past few weeks the P2H communities are slowly going inactive and members not coming online.

I am the founder of TheWebWorld and I yes members aren't active as much but we are trying to keep it active and it seems to be working.

What about your other guys?
Have you noticed the inactivity on some of P2H?

[Schmarvin]

I'm basically dead :D
So yea, I've noticed.

[dbbrock1]

I have seen more and more requests saying they no longer wish to post for the free hosting. It looks to me as people really want free hosting nowadays with no strings attached - no posting reqs, not ads, etc.

[Razerst]

Maybe they go with paid hosting since it's cheaper and cheaper each day.

My forums are also dead too.

[JonnyH]

Mine are also, users are now requiring it with no strings attached due to the stupid hosts that do this with crazy offers like 30GB Space. Jesus.

The freehosting market is broke these days.

[[AS]Richard]

Mine are not. :D

[Dini]

lifelesspeople is still up and running

[stonerocket]

Feeling the effect`s ourselves over at SR, recently suffered a phishing attack and a ISP block on a shared free hosting IP.

The global ressesion is not helping much revenue streams are down 40%
The posting is down about 20% per week but traffic to our main site is remaining the same at around 10,000 unique visitors per month.

I predict its gonna get worse for all of the free hosting providers and paid hosting markets.

The advertising market is not doing too well.

Lets not get too down about it, lets think it as a another challenge! Think about how to get new visitors to your sites? broaden your horizons....

[tlchosting]

There are just so many hosting company's now giving away free hosting with out the P2H requirements and so many cheap company's that they can't be arsed to P2H. You need to ask your self would you? I know in the past before selling hosting I would never do it, had much better things to do with my time.

[hamster]

There are other ways of achieving an active community other than P2H ;)

+1 to Bamb's statement about the arsed part :P However, those people will soon learn the hard way that absolutely free is not aways better :D

[RU-Adam]

I do both and people sign-up for free accounts 50:1 post-4-host accounts and I don't think I have that huge of posting requirements, just 5 to start. People just look for the easiest way to do things, but I think participating in a community is a great way to learn new things.

[TSO]

P2H is dead. Ads on user pages are dead.

Long live free hosting with no ads on user pages! :D

The industry is changing. We all must adapt.

[HWF]

P2H is dead. Ads on user pages are dead.

Long live free hosting with no ads on user pages! :D

The industry is changing. We all must adapt.

Then how aer the companies still up?

How do they make money with no ads?

[Sain Cai]

I am really not a post fan, especially in forums that have 5 posts, all from the admin, but want you to post 100 times to get hosting. Gets old talking to yourself.

I also am not a fan of posting in forums that have topics that I have no clue about or simply do not interest me.

I dont mind ads, any size, as long as I could place them. I do my best to design a site where a banner ad can be placed cleanly. I realize that ads are a source of income, but the forced ones that clutter a site turns me off as well.

What I wonder, is why do these new companies pop up with 1gb space and 100gb transfer with no ads/posts? Do they not do any research and feel like wasting their money when their host suspends them for overselling?

[TSO]

Then how aer the companies still up?

How do they make money with no ads?

Ads on the homepage, and/or subsidies from a related paid hosting service.

[Jan]

lifelesspeople is still up and running
Does Trel still own that? Haven't seen him around in a looooong time.

[TaoPhoenix]

I am really not a post fan, especially in forums that have 5 posts, all from the admin, but want you to post 100 times to get hosting. Gets old talking to yourself.

I also am not a fan of posting in forums that have topics that I have no clue about or simply do not interest me.

I dont mind ads, any size, as long as I could place them. I do my best to design a site where a banner ad can be placed cleanly. I realize that ads are a source of income, but the forced ones that clutter a site turns me off as well.

What I wonder, is why do these new companies pop up with 1gb space and 100gb transfer with no ads/posts? Do they not do any research and feel like wasting their money when their host suspends them for overselling?

Then the host folds and you lost all those posts and your hosting.

[dbbrock1]

What I wonder, is why do these new companies pop up with 1gb space and 100gb transfer with no ads/posts? Do they not do any research and feel like wasting their money when their host suspends them for overselling?

New free hosts are mostly young kids who are drawn into the allure of running a free web hosting company that makes loads of money. They just look at what everyone else is offering and make their plans based off that. They probably think 'oh if everyone else can do it I surely can'. But they are making their calculations based off other new startups that do the exact same thing.

People definitely expect so much nowadays with free hosting - 10Gb disk space, 100Gb transfer, no post reqs, no ads, etc. And they wonder why they always get stuck with bad free host after bad free host.

[kirby145]

I'm going to be using Kwix-Host. The thing is, the forums are dead when it comes down to it, and then there are post requirements that don't encourage new users. In fact, the admins need to post more often if they want some sort of real activity.

I've offered to be a graphics team member again at the least but I guess I'll just have to try organizing some activity in the graphics and design section myself...

But I'm staying with Kwix because they have always been so reliable and trustworthy. The forums are "restarted" so hopefully someone will find interest.

[JonnyH]

I'm going to be using Kwix-Host. The thing is, the forums are dead when it comes down to it, and then there are post requirements that don't encourage new users. In fact, the admins need to post more often if they want some sort of real activity.

I've offered to be a graphics team member again at the least but I guess I'll just have to try organizing some activity in the graphics and design section myself...

But I'm staying with Kwix because they have always been so reliable and trustworthy. The forums are "restarted" so hopefully someone will find interest.
Kirby, in my honest opinion. Don't.

The place is dead and overall, none of the staff cares. I personally haven't got the time anymore to do it and there's staff there, but not very active.

There's some nice places around. You can signup if you wish.

P2H is dead because the market has been foolishly changed.

[GlennBeforeTime]

Perhaps this could be a sign to change the way you are advertising and get involved in your local community to make a name for yourself out there for the grand scheme of things :)

[kirby145]

Kirby, in my honest opinion. Don't.

The place is dead and overall, none of the staff cares. I personally haven't got the time anymore to do it and there's staff there, but not very active.

There's some nice places around. You can signup if you wish.

P2H is dead because the market has been foolishly changed.Jonny, you had agreat community, but I'l take your word for it. I guess I'll go with Tyreus then, since they have a friendly community and have been up for a while, I do remember a few members and staff there who used Kwix in the past.

In my opinion anything other than Post to host does not last. I've been there, done that more times than I should have.Why? Because its a bunch of spam that says 100gb/100000gb bw and dies 1 week or a few months after.

I have stuck with P2H for this reason and because I actually like talking to other people about web design. The forums provide help and everything you could ask for at a host.

[.Bobby]

Webmasters who actually create successful websites wouldn't have the time to actually keep going back to the site to fulfill their 'Post-2-host requirement'.

[GlennBeforeTime]

Webmasters who actually create successful websites wouldn't have the time to actually keep going back to the site to fulfill their 'Post-2-host requirement'.

Fair point.

If someone is constantly posting to have their site up and running, then that would effect their website and the time they get to spend improving it.

[JonnyH]

Webmasters who actually create successful websites wouldn't have the time to actually keep going back to the site to fulfill their 'Post-2-host requirement'.

Well if someone had a successful website. They wouldn't go for free hosting. Problem solved.

[fnixws]

Webmasters who actually create successful websites wouldn't have the time to actually keep going back to the site to fulfill their 'Post-2-host requirement'.

Thats utter BS.
Webmasters with a sucessful site are more likely to spend time online that those without.
Its not hard to open a new tab and make a post on a forum every day or 2 and would take up at most 5 min of this busy webmasters time.
A busy webmaster whos mostlikely hanging out at his favorite sites reading blogs ect anyway..
How many of you can honestly say your time online is all business related? That you dont have any time to check out your favorite sites?

I get sick of people saying that they cant post because they are too busy running their site.
I can understand being busy in your day to day life effecting you ability to post, but your site (wich is being hosted by us) being too busy and stoping people post... Seems like BS to me!


My p2h isnt doin too poorly.
Im not covering costs, but that basically because the server i use is total overkill for the amount of accounts on it. If i was just using a cheap VPS or Master Reseller, id be in front.

I am looking for ideas to increase forum posting by people with english as a first language tho.
Unfortunatly about 1/2 the clients are Chinese or Middle Eastern and the quality of posts in the forums often leaves alot to be desired...

[.Bobby]

Well if someone had a successful website. They wouldn't go for free hosting. Problem solved.

There's those who have great ideas on how to start lively and successful communities, but either don't wish, or can't afford (being too young to have a credit card, etc) to pay for Hosting.


Thats utter BS.
Webmasters with a sucessful site are more likely to spend time online that those without.
Its not hard to open a new tab and make a post on a forum every day or 2 and would take up at most 5 min of this busy webmasters time.
A busy webmaster whos mostlikely hanging out at his favorite sites reading blogs ect anyway..
How many of you can honestly say your time online is all business related? That you dont have any time to check out your favorite sites?

I get sick of people saying that they cant post because they are too busy running their site.
I can understand being busy in your day to day life effecting you ability to post, but your site (wich is being hosted by us) being too busy and stoping people post... Seems like BS to me!


My p2h isnt doin too poorly.
Im not covering costs, but that basically because the server i use is total overkill for the amount of accounts on it. If i was just using a cheap VPS or Master Reseller, id be in front.

I am looking for ideas to increase forum posting by people with english as a first language tho.
Unfortunatly about 1/2 the clients are Chinese or Middle Eastern and the quality of posts in the forums often leaves alot to be desired...


If someone is constantly posting to have their site up and running, then that would effect their website and the time they get to spend improving it.

[fnixws]

That makes it sound like posting takes up a hour per day when in reality it doesnt even take up that much per month... unless your host is asking a ridiculous ammount of posts per month.

[JonnyH]

There's those who have great ideas on how to start lively and successful communities, but either don't wish, or can't afford (being too young to have a credit card, etc) to pay for Hosting.
People whom are that age and set up communities who don't have money probably won't have a successful website. Anyhoo, when I was that age I had paypal and did all payments via there for hosting. Your point is invalid.

[Jonathanh]

Yes it is.... I noticed it as well in other post2host website. People only catch up their post count in the beginning of the month, and after that the website is dying. Only a couple of guests will register and make a few of posts, request for free hosting accounts, and then the next month they will get suspended because they already leaved that site. So sad... :(

[emperoradz]

well post to hosting used to very great back in the day. All you had to do was make a few posts and you get adfree hosting. But now people can easily get that without posting...You need new ideas :P Like one-time post to hosting. And some new ideas, such as democracy. Our host is doing really well :)

[TSO]

emperoradz, you may have a good point there. If the host was P2H and had no other ads, but also had very attractive features, I think it could potentially do very well.

[engineerroy2008]

This days the hosting cost is reducing day by day, so P2H should give less posts and more features to sustain

[[AS]Richard]

How is P2H dead?
I for one would prefer posting rather than having obnoxious ads forced onto my web pages.

[TSO]

Richard;1055483']How is P2H dead?
I for one would prefer posting rather than having obnoxious ads forced onto my web pages.

Many users no longer like having that commitment, though. I think emperoradz hit it dead on in an earlier post: "All you had to do was make a few posts and you get adfree hosting. But now people can easily get that without posting."