is there a market for....

Howdy everyone,

I have a couple of questions which I would like you to answer

(A) Is there a market for VPSs at $5 per month.

(B)And if I price the VPS at $8 or $10, then does that market reduce significantly? Is it better to sell $6 vps's in volume or is it better to price it at $8 (or $10).

(C) I am thinking of using the HyperVM OR SolusVM Control Panel... Is these control panel all right or are there issues with it...If not this, then which control panel should I go for?

Thanks.

 

It all depends on how much space and bandwidth you can offer.
Also location of your servers is important.

 

you should find the middle point where you have max return, first try at $5, then try at $10

 

Hosting (and reselling hosting) is ultra-competitive. It takes little for anyone to start a hosting business, and turnover is high for startups.
Consider finding a niche market to sell your services too - maybe as a super-cheap provider of VPS in your local geographic area?

 

nice question, thanks for the response, it widen my skills

 

This is ture. I was thinking you could offer more then just one location. But there is such a thing more servers in one DC less money per server. So then again was thinking of two One on East one on West. What do you all think?

 

Hi,

I am going to put ads out in my local town. I also am going to get Friends in other city to do the same. Good idea? I seen alot of startups and then end a few months later, I have set aside of budgets i can put out and start off that.

 

Sounds like your off to a good start. Find local contacts and offer the services around town -- at least it'll give you some insight as to whether it's even a biz worth getting into. You can always expand advertising if it's popular enough. Good luck...

 

There's a market for anything and everything.

 

I wouldn't even read an ad for VPS past the part where it read $5. It is impossible to imagine a VPS service worth having in that price range. Even unmanaged costs more than that from most of the reputable companies in that field.

There's a beer -- I can't recall which one, think it was a British beer -- which used to proclaim in its advertisements that it was "reassuringly expensive." Not everything comes down to price, and I would think that the sort of people who would flock to $5 a month VPS would be the kind of hosting customers who would ultimately cost way more than they are worth.


Frank