Start selling vps / hosting - where do i begin?

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• totally_not_banned Member

  6:25PM edited 6:28PM

  @wuifu said:

  @totally_not_banned said:

  @wuifu said:

  @totally_not_banned said:

  @wuifu said:

  @totally_not_banned said:
  @OP AI and new business: Very bad.

  Hm, can you tell me why?

  Does AI speed things up? Yes.
  Can AI produce bullshit? Also yes.

  Time is money, so why shouldn’t I use AI?

  Nothing is perfect; something can always break. I also know PHP very well, so I can create my own APIs with WHMCS / Vmware. AI simply helps me work faster.

  OK, here is some actual well meant response: Hosting is a horribly saturated market. Profit margins outside of high class enterprisy services (which you 100% won't be able to provide - even if you did noone would trust it) are razor thin. At the point you employ someone your chances of just breaking even are like 1000% out of the window.

  Administration/networking/specifically hosting also have very little (one could say no) overlap with SEO. You'd have virtually no idea what you are doing and trying to get an AI to do it will 100% predictably end in a disaster (because you still don't know what the fuck you are doing) and almost certainly in total loss.

  TL;DR: Don't do it.

  Please think about it.

  Without paying for Google Ads,

  ranking between 2nd and 4th on Google.

  So can you say that again? No need for third party sites or bullshit links.

  Yeah, you have no clue what the fuck you are doing. That's pretty much what i just said. These steps might become relevant when you have a functioning hosting business but that part is basically safe to not happen.

  I’m not saying I’ll set up the hosting business on my own from a technical standpoint.
  
  The owner of every company doesn’t have to know every aspect of the business from a technical standpoint. A restaurant owner doesn’t have to be a chef. What matters is hiring the right people and managing the business effectively.

  You can't start a company the size where you just ordering other people around would result in profit or do you think small to midsized hosts regularly being one-man-shows is just because these people like running after everything 24/7?

  Even if the math somehow worked out the fact that you pretty much know nothing about the technical side of things also means that you'll have no way of telling which of the people you talk to is actually good at what they are doing and which are just going to say "Thanks for the money" while bullshitting you. It's an all around recipe for disaster.

  If you want to do something alone those lines maybe try affiliate marketing hosting referrals. That's where your skills would actually be useful and you might make a couple bucks without a ton of investment that'll predictably just go down the drain.

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• wuifu Member

  6:26PM

  Now, I’m coming up with a bunch of stupid and poor responses.

  This just gets me laughing. lol.

  Thanks, guys.
  I’m ready to spend money on web hosting.

  And soon you’ll be able to find my site on Google .
• x0x0x Member

  6:27PM

  @wuifu said: I currently have about 50 employees in many different industries

  I think what you meant to say was you currently have 50 tabs opened for many different LLMs, correct?

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• Mainfrezzer Member

  6:28PM

  @wuifu said:

  @totally_not_banned said:

  @wuifu said:

  @totally_not_banned said:

  @wuifu said:

  @totally_not_banned said:
  @OP AI and new business: Very bad.

  Hm, can you tell me why?

  Does AI speed things up? Yes.
  Can AI produce bullshit? Also yes.

  Time is money, so why shouldn’t I use AI?

  Nothing is perfect; something can always break. I also know PHP very well, so I can create my own APIs with WHMCS / Vmware. AI simply helps me work faster.

  OK, here is some actual well meant response: Hosting is a horribly saturated market. Profit margins outside of high class enterprisy services (which you 100% won't be able to provide - even if you did noone would trust it) are razor thin. At the point you employ someone your chances of just breaking even are like 1000% out of the window.

  Administration/networking/specifically hosting also have very little (one could say no) overlap with SEO. You'd have virtually no idea what you are doing and trying to get an AI to do it will 100% predictably end in a disaster (because you still don't know what the fuck you are doing) and almost certainly in total loss.

  TL;DR: Don't do it.

  Please think about it.

  Without paying for Google Ads,

  ranking between 2nd and 4th on Google.

  So can you say that again? No need for third party sites or bullshit links.

  Yeah, you have no clue what the fuck you are doing. That's pretty much what i just said. These steps might become relevant when you have a functioning hosting business but that part is basically safe to not happen.

  I’m not saying I’ll set up the hosting business on my own from a technical standpoint.
  
  The owner of every company doesn’t have to know every aspect of the business from a technical standpoint. A restaurant owner doesn’t have to be a chef. What matters is hiring the right people and managing the business effectively.

  Usually people who build the business, dealt in the business so successfully that they could affort that switch in position.

  What youre looking at are either kids that inherit the business without having a fucking clue what theyre doing or someone bought it and took over etc and that shows, as the business usually goes to shit at that very moment. Now obviously mega corps are a different behemoth. Looking at Mr. Bezos for example, he knew wtf hes doing. For his other adventures, someone else who knows wtf theyre doing is in charge^^

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• mouwen Member

  6:29PM

  I like your confidence.

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• totally_not_banned Member

  6:36PM

  @wuifu said:
  And soon you’ll be able to find my site on Google

  Best of luck. Keep us posted.

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• zed Member

  6:54PM

  step 1 is buy a $99/yr cc dedi

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• Murv Member, Megathread Squad

  7:19PM

  @wuifu who's your favorite waifu

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• Saragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

  7:26PM edited 7:26PM

  🌞🖥
• KeqingWangy Member

  7:30PM

  @Murv said:
  @wuifu who's your favorite waifu

  Keqing

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• Murv Member, Megathread Squad

  7:33PM

  @KeqingWangy said:
  Keqing

  Respectable choice.
  As for me, I gooned to Ayaka quite a bit back when I was a Genshin gooner.

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• Mainfrezzer Member

  7:46PM

  @Murv said:

  @KeqingWangy said:
  Keqing

  Respectable choice.
  As for me, I gooned to Ayaka quite a bit back when I was a Genshin gooner.

  As it wasnt your weirdness enough, no, it has to be the wet sock chick.

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• Murv Member, Megathread Squad

  7:47PM

  @Mainfrezzer said:

  @Murv said:

  @KeqingWangy said:
  Keqing

  Respectable choice.
  As for me, I gooned to Ayaka quite a bit back when I was a Genshin gooner.

  As it wasnt your weirdness enough, no, it has to be the wet sock chick.

  I mean, look at it this way, she wouldn't mind if I got her socks wet.

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• KeqingWangy Member

  7:54PM

  @Mainfrezzer said:

  @Murv said:

  @KeqingWangy said:
  Keqing

  Respectable choice.
  As for me, I gooned to Ayaka quite a bit back when I was a Genshin gooner.

  As it wasnt your weirdness enough, no, it has to be the wet sock chick.

  You represent me.

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• AudioDoge Member

  8:23PM edited 8:24PM

  @wuifu said:

  And soon you’ll be able to find my site on Google .

  Ranking high for "Web hosts to avoid"

  @wuifu said:

  I currently have about 50 employees in many different industries.

  Did you really think I was a pathetic person like you?

  Maybe pay one of them to do some research or pay a consultant if your pocket money can afford it.
• jsg Member, Resident Benchmarker

  8:47PM

  @wuifu said:
  I’m an SEO expert and I’m planning to start a web hosting business.

  Great plan and great foundation!

  I’m currently developing a custom AI-powered control panel

  The future!

  I don’t have much experience with dedicated servers, VPS setup, RAM/CPU allocation, virtualization, or IP management.

  >

  So what? ai is going to take care of that. And/or employees.

  A dedicated server
  IPv4 addresses for VPS customers

  Don't allow reality and engineering factors spoil your great plan!

  What would you recommend to someone new to this field?

  A properly working and actually used brain. A sound level of masochism. Very low sleeping needs.

  Where should I start, and what should I learn or set up first? Should I rent a dedicated server and set everything up myself, or should I start with a reseller solution?

  Nuh, start like a BOSS from the get-go!

  I’d appreciate any advice. Thank you.

  ai is your friend. And it doesn't even mind getting insulted.

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• Saragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

  9:28PM

  [@jsg said] /discussion/comment/4827468/#Comment_4827468):

  @wuifu said:
  I’m an SEO expert and I’m planning to start a web hosting business.

  Great plan and great foundation!

  I’m currently developing a custom AI-powered control panel

  The future!

  I don’t have much experience with dedicated servers, VPS setup, RAM/CPU allocation, virtualization, or IP management.

  >

  So what? ai is going to take care of that. And/or employees.

  A dedicated server
  IPv4 addresses for VPS customers

  Don't allow reality and engineering factors spoil your great plan!

  What would you recommend to someone new to this field?

  A properly working and actually used brain. A sound level of masochism. Very low sleeping needs.

  Where should I start, and what should I learn or set up first? Should I rent a dedicated server and set everything up myself, or should I start with a reseller solution?

  Nuh, start like a BOSS from the get-go!

  I’d appreciate any advice. Thank you.

  ai is your friend. And it doesn't even mind getting insulted.

  Lol, this must be the funniest post you ever made