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Is free really free?

Discussion in 'General Business' started by ryjo, Jul 13, 2010.

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    Ok,

    Someone explain to me what the purpose of starting a free web hosting service is for or a free crm. Is it to get you in free for the minimum and then up sale you when your business grows? Take for example this website... http://666mb.com



    By the way I am in no way associated with this site...
     
    ryjo, Jul 13, 2010 IP
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    turbovps Well-Known Member

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    Nothing is free in this world. There are some hidden cost or agenda behind free things.
     
    turbovps, Jul 13, 2010 IP
  3. ryjo

    ryjo Guest

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    Yes that is what I figure but what is there business model I guess it might work.
     
    ryjo, Jul 13, 2010 IP
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    WorksForWeb Well-Known Member

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    A free web hosting services place advertisement and banners on your site without your approval.. it's how they earn money..
     
    WorksForWeb, Jul 14, 2010 IP
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    ngonnella Peon

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    #5
    So many businesses are based on the 'free' model these days. Chris Anderson wrote a fantastic book called Free and after reading that you'll definitely always be looking for the angle when someone tells you something is free.
    What you must remember is that even if what you are being offered is 'free' you are still always paying with 2 things.. Your email address, which is valuable to any business owner.. And your time.
     
    ngonnella, Jul 15, 2010 IP
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    Freemuscle Peon

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    It is free, but it requires them advertising on your site usually .. which obviously creates revenue for them
     
    Freemuscle, Jul 15, 2010 IP
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    webbmaster Well-Known Member

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    give away something for free.. then sell ad space.. or upsale paid service as you said.. very common practice .. search freemium and you will know what I mean
     
    webbmaster, Jul 16, 2010 IP
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    NPSF3000 Peon

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    #8
    Normally they offer paid upgrade options, or sell advertising (sometimes just on their own page, not yours).

    A few people do it just because, and rely on donations.
     
    NPSF3000, Jul 16, 2010 IP
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    abdulghaniseo Peon

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    My website alexa rank : 290588
     
    abdulghaniseo, Jul 16, 2010 IP
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    xtrecoolx Greenhorn

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    In the past they used to throttle your bandwidth and redirect some of your traffic to their ad site. I don't know if they are still doing that but I don't see any good reason to give a way free hosting.
     
    xtrecoolx, Jul 16, 2010 IP
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    NPSF3000 Peon

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    There are plenty of reasons to give away free hosting (as in that it is fully functional, and has no host forced adds).
     
    NPSF3000, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    Hampers Peon

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    #12
    Free is a marketing concept to get you to read the advertorial.
    If you read it, then fine, it has done it's job.
    So you get some discount or add-on.
    But there is "no such thing as a free lunch"

    Cheers,
    Brendan
     
    Hampers, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    mindi9 Member

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    That's true. Apart from that ,if those ads are bad then our site may get affected from that.
     
    mindi9, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    gokulmaba Well-Known Member

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    Ya sure . Its a marketing teqnique.
     
    gokulmaba, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    homeworker11 Banned

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    Totally agreed ;)
    Reall there's nothing free in this world.
     
    homeworker11, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    Jasonb Well-Known Member

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    #16
    Useually Free means free, it depends, most business get something out of it when they offer you something for free :D
     
    Jasonb, Jul 17, 2010 IP
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    #17
    As they say, there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. You'll find that there are almost always strings attached either in the form of ads splattered all over your site or the host suspending your account without notice and asking you to pay a regular fee in order to get it unsuspended.
     
    travelguides, Jul 26, 2010 IP
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    EMO_Ralez Peon

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    free costs time
     
    EMO_Ralez, Jul 26, 2010 IP
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    Free is expensive.
     
    Myongosi, Jul 28, 2010 IP
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    I tell you what since I run a true free hosting for gamers project and when you offer cpanel directly free to users you will find yourself owning several servers with plenty of activity but using your day job to fund the entire operation for 2 years while you get big as hell to sell or figure out a sustainable solution by that point.
     
    jessman, Jul 28, 2010 IP