Why people are offering free webhosting?

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by kittyluver, Dec 25, 2007.

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  1. #1
    I really amazed to see few of DP members are offering free webhosting without a link in a website. I am really wondering - How they are making money?:)
     
    kittyluver, Dec 25, 2007 IP
  2. Num Lock

    Num Lock Active Member

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    Probably just for 1 month right? if so it's because they know you'll use there service because you aren't going to want to move your files.
     
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  3. Minh

    Minh Peon

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    Marketing strategy.
     
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  4. MeetHere

    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    they offer limited things on free plan..
    And get paid for upgrades. :)
     
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  5. kittyluver

    kittyluver Notable Member

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    One of our DP member is offering a free service for my wildlife blog for the past 5 months without any fee...
     
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    ishan Prominent Member

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    They hope that when you need more resources , you will upgrade to a paid plan.

    Also, blogs do not take up much space/bandwidth/CPU/Memory
     
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    terminator69 Notable Member

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    I guess if they make a an offer like that there will be some people interested in upgrading to a paid package.
     
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    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    They offer an incentive for people to come and make websites with no risk involved. Then, even if 1% of those sites becomes popular and cannot function with the host's free plan, they are most likely to just upgrade to a free plan with the host.

    Both benefit in the end. The host might have unused space that needed filling up anyways, and the developer gets a free platform to make his/her site.
     
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  9. MeetHere

    MeetHere Prominent Member

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    Some of the upgrades use hosting affiliate links.. Just found yesterday... gr8 way :cool:
     
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  10. Gal

    Gal Active Member

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    I think it's free for limited time and, the business try to impress the customer and after this time the customer will buy some web hosting from this business.

    Smart and simple :)
     
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    microbrain Banned

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    Their servers are not that Good - Normally Free hostings servers are found Down - Thats why most of the people don't use it!
     
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  12. gult

    gult Peon

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    Just hoping that these people will upgrade in future, if they need more resources. Like MeetHere said the upgrade can be to a different host they have been affiliated with (Some hosts pay upto $130 for upgrades!!)
     
    gult, Dec 25, 2007 IP
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    they hope that you upgrade and reccomend their service. cheap rubbish!
     
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    gult Peon

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    Might be true for a lot of hosts. But some hosts provide better hosting than the paid ones.

    Read the last paragraph of this page
    http://www.free-webhosts.com/php-hosting-comparison.php
     
    gult, Dec 25, 2007 IP
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    w3bmaster Notable Member

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    Marketing genorsity or maybe scamers don't know i don't care

    Nothing is free in this world so get use to it and pay for things when it's needed
     
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  16. mikey1090

    mikey1090 Moderator Staff

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    #16
    A shop selling food will get average customers.

    A market stall giving away stuff for free will get LOTS of customers.

    Sometimes giving away things for free earns you money in other ways,
     
    mikey1090, Dec 25, 2007 IP
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    experienceadvertising Peon Affiliate Manager

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    I think its a great idea to offer free hosting, in that virtual hosting is dirt cheap and you can upsell additional products or services to your customers. I would get them involved in affiliate marketing and make an over-ride on the business they generate via 2 tier affiliate programs...
     
    experienceadvertising, Dec 25, 2007 IP
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    ArMouR Well-Known Member

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    And a few simply do it to get itraders?
     
    ArMouR, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    kittyluver Notable Member

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    May be you're right. I have offered them itraders for their offer...
     
    kittyluver, Dec 30, 2007 IP
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    Free hosting are somewhat limited, if you are just starting up free hosting is ideal to familiarize yourself how things work and if your site gets enough traffic then it's time to move to a paid host.
     
    cool_78, Dec 30, 2007 IP