Question for the cheaper webhosts...

[sabas11]

I am a newbie, so forgive me...

Uh, how do webhosts (valuablehost, below10host, servus, others) that charge almost nothing ($20-$30 a year!) to host your site make money??? I thought Hostrocket @ $10 a month would be barely profitable... then again, i know next to nothing about this stuff...

are they providing this as a service to the community :)

anyone care to explain to me how and why? :D

[Giancarlo]

Below10host does not charge $30-$40 a year. Infact its cheapest price is at $70 a year or $5.95/Monthly. Most of these lower cost hosts attract tons of users, and in the end do make money, enough to bring in profit and upgrade their servers.

[Palm]

Sabas many companies do that for prmotion and build a client database which is a good thing.

[sabas11]

Build a client base and then what? Raise the prices?

Can $20-$30 cover their expenses in the long run?

[Palm]

Even if the prices are very low it all adds up.

[Giancarlo]

Tera-byte has over a million and half users... and its prices are low like below10host, it has been bringing in a steady cash flow probably around tens of millions of dollars.

[Robert]

If tera-byte made what they said they made last year, than they are making an average of $833,000 a month. Wish I made that. Around $10 million in 1 year.

[Giancarlo]

Amazing... is that after they pay their workers or before?

[Robert]

Before I believe.

[Giancarlo]

Still that is quite something...

[sabas11]

Wow. uh... WOW!

Did I mention wow.

thanks guys...

Stuart

[F5Hosting]

A million and a half??? Jeeze!!!! I would like to have just....HALF of those!

[niv]

hey Allen! :)

[Cael]

I would be happy to talk to you in e-mails regarding this. :)