How much....

pirohost · Post #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2007, 06:54 AM

How much have you invested into setting up + running your web hosting business, ATM I have spent $2000 + and still going, this includes server fees, various scripts, support, design etc....

ldcdc · Post #2 (**permalink**) 05-17-2007, 04:31 PM

You made me curious. How old is your business? Do you have any customers yet? Did you start with a dedicated server right away, or with a reseller account?

pirohost · Post #3 (**permalink**) 05-17-2007, 07:02 PM

My business was started with in this very month, I started out with two dedicated servers and currently 0 customers.

rentaserv · Post #4 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 06:28 PM

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pirohost · Post #5 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 08:09 PM

Rentaserv one lesson that I learned in life is that you will get out what you put in. The money is alot for start up but in the long run I expect it to pay off.

Blue · Post #6 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 08:47 PM

Again, no offense, but what is the logic in having 2 dedicated servers when you have no clients?
Wouldn't it make better business sense to lease a single server and expand as necessary?

pirohost · Post #7 (**permalink**) 05-18-2007, 11:30 PM

1 server for my personal sites/free sites, the second server for paid clients.

Marks · Post #8 (**permalink**) 05-19-2007, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by pirohost

1 server for my personal sites/free sites, the second server for paid clients.

Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to split one server into a small VPS for your VPS and the rest for your paid clients?

pirohost · Post #9 (**permalink**) 05-19-2007, 11:00 AM

I taught about that but I have some high bandwidth sites on the free server/videos. I don't want to mix personal things with business.

Galaxy-Hosts · Post #10 (**permalink**) 05-19-2007, 04:51 PM

I just replied to this same question on a different forum you posted it at

I think it is a good idea to keep free and paid sites seperated. Two servers could get rather expensive. But if you can afford to support them until the business takes off, I think it will be worth it in the long run.

CrystalVPS · Post #11 (**permalink**) 08-07-2007, 04:59 PM

we buy all our hardware upfront on a just in time basis but it works well, we find colo (albeit in our own racks) is a lot more efficient than just renting dedicated servers. We just have our billing system then all our other fees are to our rackspace providers/upstreams/advertising. However I doubt anyone will tell you how much they've invested

kothar64 · Post #12 (**permalink**) 08-22-2007, 09:30 AM

I think I am the least invested guy in this thread. I dint spend anything for design, I did all the design by myself. And also I dont have any special scripts installed in my site.
I think I can enhance with these things if I get some more clients, and make my site more attractive just like my service.