Ravi, A Capitalist

How to sell hosting? There are millions and millions of websites along the Whispering Corridor out there that are offering web hosting. How do you get yourself into the business and move on to a bigger scale rather than providing hosting only for the small network of people whom you know? How do you make sure that people ignore all other providers and come to you? How do you sit back and relax and get everything automated? How to spot illegal purchases?

There are so many things like these that should be thought about when trying to sell web hosting. And providing web hosting and domain names is not an easy job.

What are you offering?

It is Web Hosting. You are playing host to your clients websites. And as clients are your guests, you need to give them the best of services. It is just like running a hotel, or providing a house on a rent or a lease. It shouldnt be termed as a sale. It is renting out of space. You get a server, and you install a control panel on it with which you can allot any amount of available space on the server to any number of clients as long as the server is not crowded and overloaded.

What all should come in the offer?

You should offer competing solutions at good prices. Ultra secure Red Hat servers and Windows 2003 servers installed with any and every feature that is available in the market, and make sure that you price them correctly. Exceptional round the clock chat and email support, and if possible, phone support as well.

How to start off?

Build a good looking site. A static site with paypal buttons sounds simple, but it is better to go for some web hosting automation script like phpcoin which is an excellent freeware, of you could think about using a licensed software that comes with good support, go for AWBS which is a smaller company than modernbill, and therefore the attention that you get from them is a lot higher, and effecient. Also, AWBS comes with built in SEO system that would optimize your site automatically. Also, it collects payments, processes the order and creates the hosting and domain names, reminds the clients at the time of their renewals, and suspends domains or hosting if the renewal fee is not paid.

With the site in place, you are ready for advertising.

Contd….

How to advertise and promote your site,

How to make sure that a visitor is converted into a client

How to collect payment.