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Getting a big dedicated server on friday to sell vps any business advice please
sz1hosting
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Will have by next week 3 dedicated servers with a total of around 60 gig+ ram combined (eu) locations and ip's
If any nice people or friendly providers have any tips please let me know inbox me please : )
Please do not reply with mean or rude comments as some people here can be quite distasteful & blunt in there reply's though if you must go ahead lol!
The servers will be on a part paid part trial as a special agreement with me and the data centers directly (not hosts) i have contacted so i can not reveal who they are presently.
EDIT: this post is more about advice on the marketing and business side of selling vps not technical : )
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Not trying to be mean or rude, it's just a little strange that you're asking for VPS business advice on LET, considering this forum predominantly consist of VPS buyers.
It's similar to opening an computer store, then asking your customers advice on hardware.
I'll be very hesitant to rent a VPS from you considering your lack of knowledge (purely judging from your post history and nothing else).
My advice, is to undertake a smaller project - Sell shared hosting perhaps?
Best of luck kido.
define targets, market, tools/panels/ virtualizations, licences , policies, payment methods, customer SUPPORT, abuse handling etc..
Maybe choose an already existing provider or collaborate/join venture with IT/Finance specialist whom are looking for expansion in eu that can save time, otherwise i would use the trial with a set of personals for trials and tests. i think this is a good experience. best wishes form my side.
The forum has a very big amount of sellers too @ivanh i already know how to sell vps i sell already and i have been selling shared hosting for 2 years now, also free hosting, i know enough to run a business but getting advice from people who have been doing this for years (selling vps servers) can give me some good advice and would help me be a better provider. . I do not think you are trying to be mean or rude though selling vps servers is not hard it is very easy infact. The hard bit is knowing how to run a business effectively and be a good host. I would be fine without any advice but i do not know everything ^_^
@ehab Thanks : )
Constructive critisim only.
Before you purchased those nodes, I suggest you:
Goodluck.
@sz1hosting Mate, you've been advised by several people to have these conversations in private. Several of the hosts on here are very generous with their time in terms of helping out other hosts, so I'd strongly suggest having a chat with them privately.
In my experience, it never goes well for the hosts that do their 'learning' in public.
Still available via PM if you need advice.
I do not see anything wrong with this. As long as the required functionality is there its not necessary to follow the currently hyped product.
I agree that this is overall slightly too much and especially the image part could do with some optimisation. However 1.7 MB is somewhat the average size these days and unless a visitor is on a slow connection should not be too much of a problem.
Thanks guys : ) appreciate the feed back a lot
@viCommunications my main site is hostingandvps.com : ) though sz1hosting.com is a main site but the main site is hostingandvps.com, ty for the feed back it has given me more insight.
It's sad to see that WHMCS is the industry standard. It's got a very poor reputation and security history.
What's the main site?
hostingandvps.com : )
o rly?
hmm seo will shock a few people on here now lol, i am very very good at seo, i am number 1 worldwide for many sites and search terms page1 of google eg: (free cloud hosting)
sfcircle.com
and many more on page 1 on other sites i have too : )
Here are some tips : )
http://szsocial.com/blog/view/13631/how-to-boost-your-seo-ranking-free-website-traffic#.U2eYH7ETHow
Thanks for that
Some useful tips
seo will not work at start due to the immense amount of websites using same keywords, topic and content, since google will prefer the older, more established ones on first page. If you spam your links everywhere se's will just ban you. At first it is more practical to advertise / get clients from other means, like offering in various websites, purchasing advertisements and such.
Stop making posts like this and PM the people who said they would offer insights and talks.
Your most welcome hope it helps i am sure it will some v good info there ^_^
Ok will do noted and good advice : )
You sure know a lot about industry standards.
God... that sounds like a marketing schtick gone wrong.
This. So much this. In addition to this, define your fraud handling policies very well.
Might I ask why VMWare and not a simpler solution such as VirtualBox?
To be honest, as a VPS provider, SEO is nearly completely irrelevant. The only way to really succeed as a VPS provider is to advertise by word of mouth or similar ways.
I've got one piece of advice separate from any I've seen in this thread.
Keep calm.
As a provider, you don't want to be seen as a bitchy child that nobody wants to touch with a 10 foot pole.
Keep calm.
Very nice! ^_^ wise words, SEO is irrelevant in most ways at it not something that happens over night but as you said advertising is the best : )
I've found a number of issues with VirtualBox & Linux. VirtualBox is fine and dandy for Windows, but for Linux I've found it to have various issues.
SEO is a crucial and well overlooked factor that can potentially make or break a business imho. Word of mouth only goes so far.
@sz1hosting where is your company located? UK?
Don't forget to monitor everything... your DNS server, your IPs for RBLs, etc.
Locations UK & USA right now expanding very soon : )
Ok. I'm a VPS company. My customers are going to search VPS in google. What are they going to find? gasp They're going to find dreamhost, digital ocean. Maybe they even search cheap VPS. They're going to find a few blogs. What about minecraft vps? There's demonvps and a few blog posts.
My point is, the only thing SEO's going to get you is ripoffreport not being front page material when they search your brand. There's no point. Plus, most SEO tactics these days will NOT get you anywhere NEAR the front page.
hmm i will work on a vps keyword not even tried yet as Rallias said it is all about advertising 1st seo is a long process and a lot of work it happens naturally after a few months or even a year though it can be speed-ed up with hard work and a serious amount of promotion ^_^ i have never once used email lists i hate those.