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08-04-2005, 09:49 AM
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· #1 | | NamePros Regular Name: Joe Location: UK Join Date: Jun 2005
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| What to charge
how much to charge for.....
245MB Space
2000MB Bandwidth
Cpanel
MySQL Databases Unlimited
Subdomains Unlimited
Email Accounts Unlimited
Mailing Lists Unlimited
Ftp Accounts Unlimited
on a Linux server
???
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08-04-2005, 04:42 PM
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· #2 | | NamePros Regular Name: Nick Location: Chicago Join Date: Apr 2005
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| That depends how much the server costs you each month. You also have to factor in support costs and your time. Put that into factor and you should make 3-4 times what the server costs you. Good luck! | |
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08-04-2005, 05:36 PM
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· #3 | | Pro Coder & Designer Name: Karim Location: Netherlands Join Date: Apr 2005
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| well from my own calculations it would be less then 3.95$ a month :P but it depends on certain factors:
server specs
maintainance costs
security
and so on ...  | |
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08-04-2005, 05:41 PM
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· #4 | | First Time Poster! Name: Tom Dean Location: Caerdydd, Wales Join Date: Aug 2004
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| Yep, what the other two said.
You need to find out your costs, and then make a tidy profit above them | |
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08-04-2005, 07:29 PM
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· #5 | | Account Closed Location: root@localhost Join Date: Jan 2005
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| Anything from $1 to $10 depending on the support. I'm with PolurNET which is the best at thins kind of thing(s). | |
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08-04-2005, 09:08 PM
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· #6 | | The Swamp Fox Name: Denver Location: Camden, SC Join Date: Oct 2004
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| Cost is something only you should price - don't ask other people about your own prices when running your own business unless you know them to be very professional or you're paying them for consultation under contract.
However, I'll give you some pointers to expand on what was said above.
When pricing your accounts you obviously need to run at a profit. There is really no such thing as nonprofit hosting though many companies try and live by it these days. You need to consider your own resources. Typically I take my alloted transfer (transfer and bandwidth are different) and figure up the cost.
IE:
I have 50 GB of transfer and I'm paying $15/month. Doing the math there would give you a price of $0.30/GB. Obviously you need an amount higher than this to profit reasonably for your business. You can either oversell for lower prices (which can get you into trouble if not properly monitored) or you can sell what you have. Either way you need to figure out a plan where you make the most. I'd look at charging no less than $0.60-$0.75/GB here (for example and depending upon your business plan) or higher. It all pretty much hinges on your business plan with how much to charge. Do you want to charge more so you can provide better support or do you want to run at cheap prices which involves more risk? | |
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08-05-2005, 03:13 AM
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· #7 | | NamePros Regular Name: Joe Location: UK Join Date: Jun 2005
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| Thanks for all the help guys 
cheers. | |
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