Whats Important To You In A Webhost?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by gotlinks, Jan 23, 2008.

  1. #1
    Hello guys, what is the most important aspects of a Web Host to you?

    Obvious Things:

    • 100% uptime guarantee
    • Great Price
    • Awesome Tech Support
    • Chat, Email & Phone Support


    What else can you think of?
     
    gotlinks, Jan 23, 2008 IP
  2. kaung

    kaung Twitter @KaungKo

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    Uptime
    Fast Support
    Getting Out of the Way to help with servers/vps
    Reasonable price for a Quality Service
    Securiy/Privacy of customers
     
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    Cadelaf Peon

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    The bandwith it gives.. and if it has PHP5 support
     
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    uptime and support is the most important for me
     
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    DomainCo.US Well-Known Member

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    #5
    uptime, support and price plus freebies offered :)
     
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    Uptime and price is the most important. With uptime i wont ever need support!
     
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    Uptime is the most important for me.
     
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    gotlinks Notable Member

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    So if I was going to start a web hosting company and I offered all of what you suggested and more for say like $4.95 per month with the first 30 days free and a 90 day money back guarantee. Would you all try out the service or just not even consider it?

    Thanks for letting me know guys.
     
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  10. Game Producer

    Game Producer Well-Known Member

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    Important:
    - uptime
    - speed
    - support
    (in this order)

    No.
    1) I already have a fine hosting :)
    2) It's not the price what's important (and $4.95 sounds so cheap that I hardly think that your service would be fast & good uptime).
    3) If you'd offer 99.8%whatnot uptime guarantee, it would be better.
     
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  11. gotlinks

    gotlinks Notable Member

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    IC, well 99.9% uptime guarantee is a given.
     
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    LGwebs Guest

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  13. depi

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    Support is one of the most important things after service features and the price :)
    Also uptime is important too - it wouldn't be good hosting if your pages wouldn't work :)
     
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    like i said, if it is reasonable price for quality service, then yes I amy host a site or 2 and others may.

    Also $4.95 per month is nothing to be judged for as if it is being CHEAP or NOT based on the numbers alone. Specs/features need to be considered


    Example scenerio:

    Dedicated server with 250GB/2000 GB BW say $99/m

    You are selling only 20-25 accounts.
    $4.95/m with 10GB/80GB = FINE
    $4.95/m with 60Gb/800GB BW = CHEAP and UNRELIABLE


    if you keep your promise with trial or moneyback, you do not need to offer both actually.
    Make it moneyback guaranteed (keep your promise), no trial needed.
    7 Days trial may be fine as well but not 1 month free if you ARE offering both credibility: MB and Trial
     
    kaung, Jan 24, 2008 IP
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    Most important for me is daily backups and a mirror server :)
     
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    Game Producer Well-Known Member

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    Then there's the speed issue. How do I know that the server is fast... and not only for the 90 days - but for the next 6 and 12 months.

    You need to convince me on that too.

    To me $5 is cheap no matter what you sell :rolleyes:... eh, kaung has a point here.
     
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  17. gotlinks

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    Well would showing proof of certain websites being up for months with x amount of traffic prove how reliable the server is?
     
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  18. Game Producer

    Game Producer Well-Known Member

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    Hmm, I think having an open discussion forum where people could say "good & bad" stuff, and BAD stuff would be openly discussed (and not deleted) would be a good idea.
     
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    Good idea!
     
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  20. Game Producer

    Game Producer Well-Known Member

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    Glad I could be of assistance :)

    Make bloody sure that the public forums are 110% transparent... otherwise they lose their meaning.
     
    Game Producer, Jan 25, 2008 IP