Does hosting have to be so expensive.

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by greekstyle, Mar 10, 2009.

  1. #1
    hi i just wanted to ask what is the cheapest (yearly) hosting package you can find on the internet.

    Reason behind this random question is I just made a new hosing site and my cheapest yearly package is £15.00.

    Should i be more competitive?
     
    greekstyle, Mar 10, 2009 IP
  2. ActiveFrost

    ActiveFrost Notable Member

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    The cheapest I've ever seen ( and currently running one of my information sites on it ) is $1.00/month ( $12/year ).
     
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  3. greekstyle

    greekstyle Peon

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    sounds interesting, I want to market the US as well as the uk.

    My site is mariohost(dot)com

    Does the site look the part to get clients. Iam not trying to advertise the site in any way or spam.
     
    greekstyle, Mar 10, 2009 IP
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    CTThompson Member

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    Hosting is a tough market. There is a lot of competition. Packages for less than $15 per year are very common.

    When you consider you can find a server for $59/month and throw 250+ accounts on it, the math works out to:

    Server Lease: $708 per year ($15 per month)

    Fully loaded server revenue: $2500 ($10 per account per year, times 250 customers)

    Net profit for server: $1792 per year

    It's why the market is so flooded with competition.
     
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  5. Valineo

    Valineo Peon

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    Hosting is very cheap these days... I mean, you can get pretty good deals for low as $4 - 6 per month, even with additional discounts for buying for a year or two... for a good services, prices can't go lower than that....
     
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    jb=] Peon

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    You've also got to put quality into the equation. What kind of people do you want hosting? People who might abuse it? ect.
     
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  7. greekstyle

    greekstyle Peon

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    well i guess prices are lower than i thought but what can i do to attract more clients.
     
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    You get what you pay for. If you're paying $1 a month, dont expect good uptime, or any support. Cheapest quality hosting for a small site will probably cost you at least $5 a month.
     
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    You site doesn't mention what kind of control panel you have. If it's cPanel that's a good selling point to mention :)
     
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    hosting is pretty cheap IMO, you have to look relatively.
     
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    You want quality, you pay. Else there are always those "Unlimited" offers coming out everyday.
     
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    Can hosting get any cheaper? seriously.
     
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  13. justinlorder

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    Hosting is not expensive at all . The cheap one I ever bought is $33/year with cpanel.
     
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    swalihmcmr Member

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    why go for paid hosting

    try this site www.0fees.net with a great cPanel....

    rep me if u liked the site..thanks !!
     
    swalihmcmr, Mar 11, 2009 IP
  15. greekstyle

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    Yes I have cpanel hosting on there i will take it into consideration, would anyone be willing to redesign my site in a html format and seo it for a good price.
     
    greekstyle, Mar 11, 2009 IP