DudeThatsErin
New Member
Hello,
NOTE: My site may still be down, I was moving servers but intodns.com seems to show it is up & I can see it. I just wanted to state this before I go into anything. ALSO, I am not trying to advertise my site. I am simply asking for advice. THANK YOU!
http://southhost.net
Is my website. I have a few questions being a new hosting provider...
1) Do you believe my plans are reasonable? No, I will not remove my free plans until I have quite a few clients.
2) What do you think of me redirecting people to my forum to register and pay for the plan?
I am planning to be moving IP.Nexus (http://invisionpower.com) from my forum to my hosting site with IPS4 as long as they give us that option. If they don't, I will make other arrangements. I'd just rather not pay $15/mo for WHMCS when I have a fully licensed (legally I might add) IP.Nexus that can process payments and pay for hosting just fine.
BUT I am also thinking about just using xenforo but only if I can sell my IPB license.
3) What do you think about my layout in general? I feel like since it is from themeforest.com it is overused. Someone showed me 2 hosting sites that use it and I'm sure there are more. I purchased another theme from there (that had little comments but it seems like it would be for a company whom is bigger than I am right now)
NOTE: there is supposed to be a rotation in that big area with the background (if you don't see it) but it doesn't like to show. Lol I'm working with the designer on that... or at least waiting for a response regarding it.
4) Do you think it would be an issue if I do not include an address on my website? Do you think it is any less professional?
I don't have a business address yet but I was thinking about buying a PO Box.. but until I do I wouldn't have one.
5) I'm using reseller hosting right now. When I do go purchase VPS hosting, what would you recommend I purchase? I'm seeing that people tend to like Xen and I plan to have cPanel... but I don't know linux commands though I learn fast so managing my own server shouldn't be a problem. I'm just not wanting to spend $100/mo when I first get the server (if I don't have to) so, I'm not 100% sure.
I may be able to work something out with my host where he gives me some hosting for free because I'm actually on his support staff... (http://drivehosting.org/) BUT I want to make sure it would be a good deal for a starter host.
6) Would you choose my hosting if you saw it coming from google?
Why or why not? DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS please. I would rather not have to ask you for more details.
7) Got any other advice?
To give you some background on me... I've been hosting since I started with websites. I love it! I love helping people learn how to code (hence my forum) and that is what I am going to school for.
I am only 21 years old so I am getting started at this pretty young. I am currently the only person working on my hosting site but I know a lot about everything and have owned managed VPS and dedicated servers before.
NOTE: My site may still be down, I was moving servers but intodns.com seems to show it is up & I can see it. I just wanted to state this before I go into anything. ALSO, I am not trying to advertise my site. I am simply asking for advice. THANK YOU!
http://southhost.net
Is my website. I have a few questions being a new hosting provider...
1) Do you believe my plans are reasonable? No, I will not remove my free plans until I have quite a few clients.
2) What do you think of me redirecting people to my forum to register and pay for the plan?
I am planning to be moving IP.Nexus (http://invisionpower.com) from my forum to my hosting site with IPS4 as long as they give us that option. If they don't, I will make other arrangements. I'd just rather not pay $15/mo for WHMCS when I have a fully licensed (legally I might add) IP.Nexus that can process payments and pay for hosting just fine.
BUT I am also thinking about just using xenforo but only if I can sell my IPB license.
3) What do you think about my layout in general? I feel like since it is from themeforest.com it is overused. Someone showed me 2 hosting sites that use it and I'm sure there are more. I purchased another theme from there (that had little comments but it seems like it would be for a company whom is bigger than I am right now)
NOTE: there is supposed to be a rotation in that big area with the background (if you don't see it) but it doesn't like to show. Lol I'm working with the designer on that... or at least waiting for a response regarding it.
4) Do you think it would be an issue if I do not include an address on my website? Do you think it is any less professional?
I don't have a business address yet but I was thinking about buying a PO Box.. but until I do I wouldn't have one.
5) I'm using reseller hosting right now. When I do go purchase VPS hosting, what would you recommend I purchase? I'm seeing that people tend to like Xen and I plan to have cPanel... but I don't know linux commands though I learn fast so managing my own server shouldn't be a problem. I'm just not wanting to spend $100/mo when I first get the server (if I don't have to) so, I'm not 100% sure.
I may be able to work something out with my host where he gives me some hosting for free because I'm actually on his support staff... (http://drivehosting.org/) BUT I want to make sure it would be a good deal for a starter host.
6) Would you choose my hosting if you saw it coming from google?
Why or why not? DETAILS DETAILS DETAILS please. I would rather not have to ask you for more details.
7) Got any other advice?
To give you some background on me... I've been hosting since I started with websites. I love it! I love helping people learn how to code (hence my forum) and that is what I am going to school for.
I am only 21 years old so I am getting started at this pretty young. I am currently the only person working on my hosting site but I know a lot about everything and have owned managed VPS and dedicated servers before.
