Let me get this straight (donhost)

[smokebox]

You can sign up with this company and get Unlimited web space and 50 gig bandwith per/m for all accounts and its only $30 a month??? Whats the catch?? If there aint not catch im bout to get it 2 host just one of my sites. Do they allow mp3's??

[besta]

I think it is ?5.99+17.5% of tax= ?2.30

It is roughly $60USD. 50GB of bandwidth for US$60 is a good deal. But there are many other factors you might need to consider before sign up.

[smokebox]

so if i get atlease 6 people charging them $10 bux a month i can host my site for free. that sounds to easy...

[Editor]

Smokebox, we have been associated with Donhost for almost a year. After moving to our own servers we still maintained our relationship because their product is terrific. There's nothing else to match it, that we have ever seen.

Gary

[smokebox]

I might start my own business of this. Do you think i could do it im only 15 but pretty smart with the web??? I could use pay pal for the billing and stuff rite??

[niv]

Yes but don't get carried away. Paypal isn't a very good idea though. Get a bank account and use paysystems.

[YUPAPA]

It sounds easy, but is not...

It is 439 pounds per year = 600+ USD per year...

and when your clients use too much bandwidth.. 5GB+ / month, they will tell u that he is using too much system resource, etc.. and they will delete the account immidiately. They don't even give u time to explain the problem with your client.

[YUPAPA]

and they don't allow mp3, adult + warez sites.

I had a client storing mp3 files and his account got delete a few days after.

[Bruce]

$600/month??? :eek:

[YUPAPA]

sorry... per year... i guess is about 630USD/year

[Bruce]

I was gonna say... for $600/month I could get a few RaQs or even a nice ded. server.

[niv]

mmm... 6 Rackshack servers :D

[Bruce]

Originally posted by Hayama-kun
mmm... 6 Rackshack servers :D
Yeah, if you wanna shell out another $1500 in setup fees.

[besta]

I think many people don't realize what is invovled in hosting. Basically, you need


Be able to help, support, guide, etc. your clients
Be able to lose sleep supporting your clients
Have thick skin for when the servers go down at 3 am and everyone calls you!
Have a billing, support system set up ..etc

It is extremely time consuming and not an easy job.

[niv]

it's worth it ;)

[Bruce]

Originally posted by besta
I think many people don't realize what is invovled in hosting. Basically, you need


Be able to help, support, guide, etc. your clients
Be able to lose sleep supporting your clients
Have thick skin for when the servers go down at 3 am and everyone calls you!
Have a billing, support system set up ..etc

It is extremely time consuming and not an easy job.

Unless of course you own Nuke.to. They don't provide any support whatsoever.

[niv]

That's true.

[besta]

Originally posted by smokebox
You can sign up with this company and get Unlimited web space and 50 gig bandwith per/m for all accounts and its only $30 a month??? Whats the catch?? If there aint not catch im bout to get it 2 host just one of my sites. Do they allow mp3's??


Make sure you dont go over 50GB. I think they charge you 15 pounds(US$21) per GB after the first 50GB.

[smokebox]

Ok today is my birthday and I got enuff to pay for my first 3 month for this re-seller program. Im going to offer hosting to only sites that are detroitrap related so im gonna prob have a really small customer base (most being my friends) so i wont have 2 worry to much about goin over 50 bandwith gigs. I dont really care bout making too much money i just wanna break even. I think this would be fun to do.

Hmm does donhost allow mp3s if the site belongs to the artist???

[niv]

MP3 legality issue again? :rolleyes:

If the site owner or the person who put the music up has the license to redistribute the music (of course he/she does if it's his/her music), then that's fine. But donhost...i dunno.

[Bruce]

They don't allow any mp3s.

[smokebox]

do you think this is a good idea. its not like im trying to take over as being the best hosting company ever or nething. with like 30 accounts do you think i could run this thing succesfully??

[smokebox]

Everyone that i give accoutn 2 are probally gonna be peeps i kno. im prob goin to charge only 7buck a month or 1 time charge of $60. Do you think if i get like 15-30 accounts i can run this without being in debt.

[Bruce]

Donhost charges $50/month. So if you had 15 people each paying ~$4/month then you would break even. Just make sure you don't use more than the 50 gigs of bandwidth or you will be hurting.

[F5Hosting]

Do a search on Donhost at http://www.webhostingtalk.com before you jump in on this deal.