Not-so-Technical And Non-Technical Issues to Consider When
Starting Your Own Hosting Business
There is no denying the fact that web hosting is one of the most
potentially lucrative businesses that you can start online
today. Still there are a number of things you will need to think
through when launching your very own hosting business. If you
are going to run your own servers, it is important that you have
the technical skills and knowledge or have somebody who will be
available all the time who does. Servers are the heart of any
hosting business and it is important that you think them through
before launching your business. These days the list of things to
address in a server is growing. There are security threats to
think about, downtime and program errors that always need to be
fixed pronto.
There are various options for getting servers. You can rent,
lease or buy them. The choice you go with will depend on the
sort of budget that you have allocated for your web hosting
business servers. You will of course need a place to put the
servers. Maybe an office block somewhere or even your home to
start with. If you decide to start with your home, you may need
to re-adjust things so as to accommodate the servers without too
many problems.
To ensure that you provide quality service and have the highest
possible server uptime, you will require multiple Internet
connections. So you will need to look into this long before you
bring your servers home. This is because there are some
locations where it may be difficult to find a good Internet
connection provider.
Then you will have to carefully consider the issue of price. How
much are you going to charge for your hosting services? You will
want a price that will cover all your costs and keep you in
business at the beginning as you try and get your footing.
However, if it is too high, you will find it difficult to get
clients.
All these headaches and difficulties with your own servers, is
the reason why reseller-hosting plans make a lot of sense when
starting out a hosting business. Reseller hosting plans are a
good way of establishing an initial customer case without having
to spend time maintaining servers. It also gives you useful
experience and a capital base, which you can use to set up your
own servers complete with a technical back-up crew later.