What do you pay for hosting?
 

Well, I'm back already. Two threads for this newbie, hope that's alright. You might know my other thread about having money and starting a biz.

Anyway, I have an opportunity to start a webhosting business. I wouldn't be doing it alone, at least until I get it going and know what I'm doing. I'll be doing it with someone that's been in the industry for years and is successful.

So to make sure I'm not going to be told to set a price so high that I work overtime just to get customers, I'd like to know what some site owners pay. Since adult webmasters will be a customer base, I figured this would be a good place to get some input.

So what do you pay and for what specs?

Thanks

I'm using Colo-cations virtual hosting, and will probably need to upgrade to dedicated if traffic keeps improving. You can go to their website http://colo-cation.com/ and see what they charge.

It's very competitive...do a search on hosting and you will see what I mean. Best of luck, though..reliable, competitive and competent hosting done right is siomething that will always be needed in this business.

9.95$/month for enough bw and enough domains and enough sql databases

Hi Ptime,

I've been doing a lot of research on hosting and subscribed to www.exmasters.com for an dedicated server. They have very low prices on bandwidth, even for virtual accounts. Check their prices.

Bart

When shopping for hosting, don't base your decision on price alone. The cheapest option is usually NOT the best value. Oversold, slow servers and networks will costs you more money than you save. Slow support response, etc. can also cost you money.

Buy the best hosting that you can afford, in the long run it will pay for itself.

Now, to answer the original question. I pay $300/mo. for my managed dedicated server.

$35.95 (Canadian) per month

80 GB Space
1500 GB Transfer
20 CPanel Accounts
Unlimited Domains
1 IP Address (but I buy another for an nominal charge)
Private Name Servers

38$
1 GHz
512 RAM
20Gb
in German


89$
3 GHz
2GB RAM
160GB
USA

I have AWESOME service at Phatservers, have been with them for years. I have a managed dedicated box with 10mps uncapped + daily backups for 416/month. 2GB Ram, 11 ip addresses, unlimited email, domains, and user accounts. Not sure on the processor speed/HD's ect.

They have excellent tech support, and their Direct Admin panel is great for adding in users and domains since I do host alot of non-adult sites for a client. :D

Their tech support is the number one reason I'm with them because they have always responded very quickly to any problems, so if you are thinking of getting into hosting, make sure you have 24/7 response most adult webmasters are going to want that.

Hiya Ptime |waves|

I know you're not looking for hosting for yourself, but asking because you're thinking about getting involved in a business that may be providing hosting services to adult webmasters.

Unfortunately you may be going down another bad road with this one.

You mentioned having the "opportunity to start a webhosting business" and the point I'd want to make to you is that there is absolutely no shortage whatsoever in available hosting providers, and there is very little demand for *new* web hosts. Most adult webmasters prefer to use one of the well-known, proven reliable hosting companies. Particularly after being burned a time or two by some new host which lured customers with low prices and big promises.

What successful adult webmasters need is a hosting company which knows *more* about hosting than they do. We need hosting run by people who understand exactly what we're talking about and why we need what we need. It's important for a host to have a staff which knows the languages we use to build our sites and understands the interaction of the various scripts we install.

And then there are the needed and almost constant upgrades to installed scripts, and updates to programming languages and to server software, and how those things may conflict to bring down some customers' websites. Plus the non-stop attacks by hackers and 'script kiddies' who hammer on hosting boxes looking for the smallest mistake in a configuration that will allow them to gain control of a box and use it for their own nefarious purposes.

If you have no background in being an adult webmaster, or even a successful mainstream webmaster, and aren't trained in the technical aspects related to hosting, or didn't grow up trying to hack into every network you ran into, then bringing only money to the table will not give you any competitive advantage to capitalize on. And if you're still working with the amount of cash you mentioned in your other thread, then you won't be capitalized well-enough to compete and win.

Nice to see you're still looking for a way in. But if you want to put your money to work without knowing the ins and outs of the business first, I'd really advise you to look at something besides providing hosting as your business model. (Unless of course you're buying in to an existing operation where you'd have an incredibly talented and knowledgeable partner and a first-rate support staff -- but I haven't heard of any of those looking for partners/investors, and there are only a very few that meet that criteria).

Good luck in your search for a new business.

Simon

Prices for Hosting vary per company. The prices Ive seen start at $5-10 for shared hosting to $200 for dedicated..and can run much more..it all depends on what your needs are and what your budet can handle. Lowest is not always worst and highest is not always best.

Here is a huge list of well known hosting companies. Check out what they offer and for what price, and you should have a good idea of what to charge.

123-web-host.com
800hosting.com
alpharedhosting.com
argonhosting.com
atcihosting.com
bluegravity.com
california.net
candidhosting.com
carpathiahost.net
centralhost.com
chilihost.com
choopa.com
cnshosting.net
cyberprohosting.com
cyberwurx.com
ecomm-media.net
envisionexthost.com
ev1servers.net
exmasters.com
dreamshock.com
dwhs.com
ezprovider.net
flashhost.com
flyingcroc.com
futurequest.net
godaddy.com
highcountryhosting.com
hostdime.com
hosthead.com
icertified.net
internethosting4u.com
isprime.com
kaitechsolutions.net
linkuphosting.com
linux-firewall.de
liquidweb.com
mainswitch.com
multacom.com
muntinternet.net
mojohost.com
moonslice.com
mycyberhosting.com
national-net.com
nectartech.com
netfreehost.com
netfronts.com
oakweb.com
oxeo.com
phatservers.com
powermedium.com
powerstorm.net
prohosted.net
psynet.com
pqhost.com
reflected.net
reliableservers.net
reliablehosting.com
scriptkeeper.net
secureserver.net
servermatrix.com
serverprovider.com
siliconcanal.com
simplecom.net
splitinfinity.com
stansadult.com
superb.net
surpasshosting.com
swiftwill.com
tribunehosting.com
ts-host.com
valueweb.com
velocitybox.com
webair.com
webstrikesolutions.com
wiresix.com
xcite.net
xxxhostit.com
yourserveradmin.com
zen.co.uk
zoidial.com

Too much:D

I use Go-Daddy,reasonable,good service,different price structures.I'm pleased.I've had others,a lot of it's personal perference.Like I said,I'm satisfied.That's the most important dynamic,get a good solid company who you are satisfied with and can work with.Good Luck.Tim|boobies|


http://www.shemalefelons.com

tfl@shemalefelons.com



And You Gotta Start Somewhere

Thanks guys.

I use godaddy for my sites that require bandwith and ATCI for sites that require support and quick response time on the server.

I use Colo 300.00 dedicated server plan. Thats where you go. The service is unbeatable. I'm so happy :)

On another project. I bought some static IP's from ATT and a Dell Power Edge server for 650.00. That's being configured right now by Gary the tech. I have my solo girl sites loading to that server for web cam. I needed root access for some scripts. So We built our own. Maybe we'll cut down on some bandwidth fees. The IP's are an extra 40.00 on my phone bill.

What he said, unfortunately. My 2c

Twintone has a nice list there for you to shop and see what they are charging.

2$ per month with 2Gb disc space and 10Gb bandwidth (but only static content allowed) is all my FS biz needs now :)

This is joke, right?|confused|

No, he smoked all his money now has to use $2 hosting.

$7.00/month on shared hosting
-Linux Server
-150 Gb Storage
-1500 Gb Transfer
-24X7 Tech Support

I host with http://www.a1websolutions.com/
They are top noch!

I have seen this hosting around a lot , They seem to be very well like also.

No :) I need nothing else for my freesites. fedora-hosting.com, tariff - Core4 for static content only.

I'm with Cyberwurx and my experience with them over the last two years has been simply outstanding! If your looking for all around great adult hosting, Cyberwurx.com is known!|thumb

Dedicated 100mbp/s 99EUR @ www.exmasters.com |loony|

i pay anywhere from $6-$10 for a virtual account, i have a bunch of them across a lot of different hosts.. that way my whole business isn't crippled if a host has some downtime.

500gb Space, 5010gb traffic, webspace 6.35 € / Month @servage

$12.95 a month on Hostgator. It's the largest of their shared hosting plans.

Did everything work smoothly with them? Do you have any scripts installed? I hear they're shutting down accounts like crazy and trying to force people to upgradet to (semi)dedicated and the reason seems to be their scripts take too many resources...

Dude... that's just... insane. Are you sure?

The only things I have installed are WordPress (and some WP plugins) and an adserver. Both of which are installed by Hostgator via Fantastico in cPanel.

I've only had one instance of downtime in 15 months with them. And that was for like 10 minutes.

Sounds good...
Another question... how much BW do you actually born? They advertise a lot, do they actually give it to you?

I've not paid for any overages yet (knocks on wood...). My transfer is pretty light compared to what the typical adult webmaster is going to need. Though, I do serve some photos and video. I'm in a small (but growing, damnit!) niche.

Ok thank you for the info... "hotwives" :) BTW I took a look at your site - good stuff!
I was wondering whether they come up with excuses to kill your virtual account once you start burning BW like crazy... which they almost always do... the "better" the offer, the faster they freeze accounts...

I remember looking at GoDaddy for hosting, but they have a no-porn clause in their usage agreement... Is something like that generally not enforced? Is it really that important to find a porn-friendly hoster?

YES!

Am I going to get the same kind of power/resources at a porn friendly hoster? Being pretty new to this, I guess I'd assume that the big hosters would have more available resources than the guy down the street who doesn't mind porn on his servers... No?

What good are the resources it the business plan of the host is to force you to move up or out. Read the horror sorries of those of us who tried main-stream hosts only to have to move at the most inconvenient time.

Get a good adult host to start with - you won't regret it.

And who said that there aren't adult hosts wit the same resources as mainstream. Look at the % of BW that adult industry uses and it becomes immediately clear that some of the biggest providers are adult.

We just went through a forced move off a mainstream hosting company that I have used for years - but their policy of forcing server upgrades when BW increases does not work with my business model.

Mr HappyFace - just as Papa has stated..its not fun to HAVE to move. Its best to start with what you need - menaing an adult friendly hots..there is plenty of them out there from $10 per month for a virtual shared hosting plan all the way up to sveral hundred dollars for managed and unmanaged dedicated servers. Do your homework, dont try and cut corners with non-adult hosting..if they dont catch you right away..they will and youll be forced to find another.