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Why did you start a hosting business?
I was wondering how one gets into the field of server hosting.
What motivates you? What are the objectives?
I feel like it's a constant mountain of problems...
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Money and girls @Calin
Grab quick cash for summer trip.
@wadhah @emgh what inspired you to create cockhost.com (now hostcock.com)?
Tell us the story
i did not start a hosting business (yet)
Read the summer host guide:
https://summerhost.club/
Join the summer host listing:
https://guards.re/
buy $7/yr and sell x5 price to end user
valid keywords: passion, desire to learn, personal development and lastly money.
after 5 years I can say that I am doing terribly with the last part.
Wanted to go through my customers’ amateur pr0n but @CharityHost_org stole my idea.
It’s 2014. You’re 18. You just bought a $80 OVH server. You’re certain Minecraft hosting will make you a multi-millionaire.
Gatekeeping my client's payments
Have you been successful in both cases?
after 5 years I can say that I am doing terribly with the last part.
I'm sorry to hear that. But it's a bit of what I mentioned in my first message. I feel like it's a lot of problems compared to the potential gains. Additionally, there must be fierce competition with all those who are starting out with ridiculously low and unrealistic prices.
Actually, some people back then, did flex with their 10gig port.
They actually used their own infra, to DDoS back.
And if they would get an abuse notice, they just replied with " a costumer used our services to send ddos attacks, he has been dealt with"
Summer host scams aside, I imagine it has to be a passion project. Someone who really loves tinkering with computer hardware, networking, etc. The support headache is not something you can cope with if you're only in it to turn a maximum profit, but if it's a passion thing you can blitz through even the worst storms.
Maybe we can get some perspectives from @host_c @labze @hosthatch @layer7 @dataforest @Alyx @Shakib @lnx ? (to name a few)
It's not easy, to be honest. I started with computers practically from a young age, initially designing websites and system administration. Some friends and I started an online game. We spent hours playing, watching how companies like Burst.net and HostGator were benchmarks at the time. Even Softlayer VPS/Dedicated servers really caught my attention. These are stages that one goes through, but this is a vocation. It's about liking what you do, learning new things, and since there are times when it can be frustrating, the important thing is to always give your best.
We hope to one day make a post showing how @dartnode, a live camera of our racks, is a great goal.
Wtf now hostcock.com that’s so not true
Wasn't enough quality options in the niche of privacy and speech focused hosting. Wanted to help normalize privacy for just normal, everyday people. Everyone benefits from privacy whether they seek it or not.
Initially inspired by seeing legal speech resulting in deplatforming from social media, politicians and popular streamers and normal folks alike. Our initial offerings was shared hosting that was also mirrored to Tor, I2P and Yggdrasil networks. This way, normal, regular, tame content would be more readily available on these alternative networks.
Been in the industry in one way or another since the early 2000s so went with what I know and had a specific target market in mind that wasn't saturated.
Hello {{ customer_name }},
We're deeply sorry for the misunderstanding.
At guards.re, we take ownership shinanigans very seriously.
Full fix has been issued to our public listing.
Reguards,
guards.re team & sisters
It just start as hobby to design some sites for me friends and host them on the net. Somehow I was not happy with the hosting providers back then. So I thought why not should I go with my own hosting services.
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
When I started creating websites, I was using the space provided by my residential ISP. Then I moved to shared hosting, and later to a dedicated server. That's when I thought that instead of renting a server, I would rent a space in a rack with my own server, with the idea of maybe one day renting spaces on that server or even renting my own servers. However, I soon realized the problems that come with having your own hardware and the issues that go along with it, especially since I didn't live in the same city as the data center. As a result, I went back to renting dedicated servers, and the idea of becoming a host quickly faded away. All of this was at the end of the 90s, so, of course, things are different today.
yees
Just want to rip people and play some steam games.
Let's just say I had this addiction of going for the bigger fish.
It starts like this
I start playing a minecraft server -> Wanted to start my own minecraft server -> Got bored of it -> curious how MC Servers are hosted -> Looked into it -> Did research and opened Aspire Hosting with primarly providing Minecraft hosting -> Later the focus shifted to WebHosting & VPS.
Because I want to be charitable and check other people's data. That's the exact vm reason.
Curse from past life I guess?
You dont choose hosting business. It chooses you!
Please delist CrankBis.
We sent 3 sisters but they didn't provision VPS.
No reply to email after a month.
I worked in various businesses, including animation, billboard design, game development (as a 3D modeler), computer component import, and computer assembly. But eventually, I chose to work in the hosting industry, which happened a long time ago, between 2000 and 2004. My main goal was to separate my knowledge and experience from those of other businesses. Over the years, I was satisfied with this decision.
Now, it's simply business, nothing more or less, so I am considering changing my career and finding a new industry that can ignite my passion.
I just got angry after getting ddosed on my game servers that I build a host with aim to provide the best ddos protection.
fuck i thought you were gonna say your aim was to provide the best ddos service
Back in 99 I was teaching a html 101 class, well they needed hosting, so after referring them to a host I knew I could get a reseller account. So I went from teaching, reseller, dedicated server, 1 cab, 10 cabs, building a million dollar datacenter. Sold it all in 2010. Now I keep thinking about going back but doing it the right way again costs more then $7.