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2 years ago | adammaxwell (Member)

Hiya folks, as a long time lurker and writer (www.adammaxwell.com) and occassional poster I thought I would pop around here and offer you all a bit of an opportunity.

I am in the process of setting up a web business and the first part I have sorted out is web hosting. one area I know i want to concentrate on is supporting hosting for bloggers and I want your feedback.

I have put together a blog hosting package which contains:

  • Free .co.uk or .com domain name
  • POP3 Email Account
  • Webmail access
  • Email forwarding addresses
  • MySql database
  • 100 MB of webspace
  • 1 GB transfer per month
  • Automatically submit your site to major search engines
  • Web statisitcs
  • One click install of Wordpress, Geeklog or Necleus through your control panel. Or you can install whichever other blog you prefer...
  • FTP Access

Now what I want to know for starters is that IF you were to take the plunge would this be something you would go for - what do you think? more of this? less of that? not enough of the other?

Oh and the price will be £15.17 ($21.55) one off setup fee and then £7.08 ($10.06) per month from then on. And yes, I realise how obscure those amounts are but let's not get into that :)

For anyone who wants to go any further and actually order the hosting I accept Paypal and Google Checkout and as I am asking for you feedback it is only fair you get it all on the cheap. As a result I have set up a WFG discount code to give you a discount of £10 ($14.20) and it's valid until the end of March. All you have to do is enter:
wfg001
as the discount code and promise you'll tell me what you'd like to see me to better.

come on folks, blog hosting in general is crap and I want to make it good and I think you can help.

cheers

adam

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  1. 1
    Ryan Span (Member)

    Posted 2 years ago

    With respect, Adam, that seems rather expensive for what it is. I get my multi-terabyte hosting plan and domain name for the same price ($119.40 a year, no set-up fees) without any discounts.

    I don't know what your costs are in this venture, mind you.

    Regards,
    Ryan

    http://streetofeyes.com
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  2. 2
    Pete Tzinski (Member)

    Posted 2 years ago

    I think you should demand payment in uncut African diamonds.

    I'm just saying. :)

  3. 3
    grantcravens (Member)

    Posted 2 years ago

    I balk at your 100MB of space, when WordPress gives me 1 gig (I think) for free. Also, as a tech nerd, I'd want IMAP over POP.

    I do like the website insertion to Google (and others). One click of WordPress et al is also nice. Your biggest problem is going to be competing with the hodge-podge of free but scattered resources we're already using.

    Boat Story: kidnapped kids, mysterious maps, debt, tropical storms, pirates, sea monsters, family, tea.
  4. 4
    adammaxwell (Member)

    Posted 2 years ago

    Thanks guys - this is exactly the sort of info I wanted and initial costs are part of the problem. A potential solution would be to offer 2 option, one at a higher price where you pay monthly and one at a lower price where you pay yearly. What do you think of that and which would you prefer if you did go for this?

    So far we have:
    -need more space
    -need IMAP
    -needs to be cheaper to compete
    -need payment methods to include precious stones

    brilliant - what else do you currently get that you would expect to see?

    thanks again everyone

  5. 5
    Chris Poirier (Moderator)

    Posted 2 years ago

    Personally, I don't buy hosting if I don't get shell access. Way too much of a hassle doing anything real without it.

    Chris.

  6. 6
    Avery Tingle (Member)

    Posted 2 years ago

    I especially agree that the price should be cheaper, and if it were, I would gladly support a smaller venture rather than an established brand. But to give a perspective, GoDaddy offered the following in their deluxe package;

    150 GB Space/1.5k Transfer
    500 Email Accounts
    25 MySQL Databases

    All for a total of $79.63 per month. To be fair, this may have been a special.

  7. 7
    Miladysa (Member)

    Posted 2 years ago

    I get Free hosting with Blogger.

    My only expense is the £17-20 (varies due to the exchange rate)I pay for custom templates.

    Refuge of Delayed Souls
  8. 8
    adammaxwell (Member)

    Posted 2 years ago

    @chris - yeah i know what you mean but not sure if this will be possible at present. that is why i'm scouting opinions :)

    @busterwolf - glad to hear that you would consider it and thanks for the info. Did you mean $79.63 a month? or was that per year because $80 a month is waaaay expensive :D

    @miladysa - i realise it seems odd to compete with free hosting but I was hopeing to pitch this at individuals who wanted their own domain outside of blogger. thanks for the info tho

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    NiSp (Member)

    Posted 2 years ago

    we have the gold and diamonds... but why would i need so many email addresses?

    kinda a moot point coming from me maybe, considering i don't need a lot of space, acronymed programmy things or anything much outside of blogger. i also don't need the exchange rate :(

    *fetches shovel to open a mine*

    Riders of Darith

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