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Old October 13th, 2003, 8:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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but first i got a few questions to ask

1. is it hard to manage?

2. How much can u generate from it?

3. If we get problems that we cant fix, u guys will help out right?

4. how many signups do u usually get per month?

5. Can u do a reseller plan on ur new dedicated server?? (when it's released)


i got more.....but cant think of em right now :P

P.S. i'm not sure if this goes here or now......if now just move it, and i'm sorry bout that ^^
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Old October 13th, 2003, 8:45 PM   #2 (permalink)
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1) Yes, its a business that deals with customers, and to make good money, you need to do that in volume, which means more customers to deal with.

2) Depends on how much time, effort, and cash you pour into it. And lots of other little factors...

3) I am sure surpass will handle any technical details for you. I don't know what the cost of that would be, or how managed the dedicated servers will be.

4) See #2 above.

5) See #3 above.

There are a few different approaches to take. You can become the casual reseller, and make a little extra side money, but don't plan on paying your house off like that. Or you can do it the way Surpass does and become a bigtime provider, and that's a lot of work.

I use the reseller plans to provide the hosting for my clients I design webpages for, which is one of the best ways in my opinion. We make a nice profit on the side from the hosting. Our clients are all small and medium sized businesses here in the local market that we provide tech support to, and they are paying a very high markup for hosting they could get elsewhere, but they want us to deal with all that.
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Old October 13th, 2003, 9:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Like most things, what you get out of it is determined by what you put INTO it.

Basically, it all depends....
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