Web Hosting Business

Best way on starting a web hosting business and make it grow?
Have currently started with a reseller. Also, do you know any good and cheap billing systems? Also, if you know any good sites for getting customers for my site, please let me know.

The cost of acquiring customers would certainly be higher than whatever profit you could expect from your hosting business, for a new or small player. You will need to find a niche and specialize there instead of going to the general market where you face mamooths who can afford spending millions for advertisement and have an established customer base. Hope it helps, Pat http://www.sinohosting.net

I want to start my own web hosting business where I can sell web spaces and domains, what should I do?


Your best bet would be to become a reseller first and see if you like it. Here's a forum you can probably get a lot of tips from. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

I want to start a web hosting business, and/or search engine site like yahoo, what should I do?


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Selling web hosting business. What's it worth? Where do I sell it?
I have a small but successful web hosting busines ( about 30 clients generating $1000 gross per month ) and was wondering how to value it and sell it. I could put it on Ebay I guess, but what's it worth? Are there better / quicker ways to sell it? http://hosting.dugancom.com

Hi, First, I have sold two businesses on ebay several years back, and I assure you it is the WRONG place to sell a business today. The reason is that so many people throw up a site, and sell it as a "business". They talk about potential revenue, and make outrageous claims. About a year ago, I had some extra money I wanted to invest in an online business and I checked out ebay. Unfortunately, it was bombarded with these scams, and I had a very difficult time finding any legitimate seller. I very quickly eliminated the real from the scammers by explaining that I was an experienced business owner and asking to review the financial records of the company and see logs of traffic or a client list. Some responded that their company was not for me, others simply never got back to me. Unfortunately all the fraudsters on ebay will demolish the true value of your company. I seriously doubt it selling for more than $50 since so many other people just get a reseller then claim to sell a "hosting business". I said all that to explain why ebay is the wrong place to sell your business. The better place would be to contact an existing web hosting company and offer to sell your 30 clients. They know their margins and their infrastructure and willing to pay a much higher price. You also don't need to worry about producing income statements or balance sheets as if you were selling a business. Lastly, you are really freeing youself from the risk unneccessary litigation in case some one purchases your business, and claims that you provided false information. To answer your other questions the top dollar for your company should be 3 time current annual profits. Revenue looks nice, but it is cashflow that increases equity (hence making money for the owner). Hope this helps, Leo

What do I need to set up a web hosting business?


Here are some websites and web documents on how to start a web hosting business. These websites give you information on how to set up your own web hosting business: HostingResolve.com's Starting a Web Hosting Business http://www.hostingresolve.com/book/ch01.pdf Becoming a Web Host Company http://www.dedicated-servers-seek.com/?articles/hosting_company HostLibrary.com's Starting a Web Hosting Business http://www.hostlibrary.com/node/print/65 Another way of course is to simply become a reseller of a web hosting company, which is easier to start. Many hosting companies offer private label programs where you use their infrastructure but you can brand the business with your company name. An example of how this goes is Hostway's Private Label program http://www.hostway.com/resellers/private_label_program.html