Juon said:
I am just starting out with my new hosting site (*****************) and I am struggling to get new clients. I am pretty sure my design is VERY appealing and my prices are very competitive. I have sent several promotional emails at several websites as well as banner impressions. I have been posting at a number of forums and I have now just discovered this one!
I would love to hear any advice experienced individuals have on how to get started. Thanks in advance!
I am an ASP.NET developer and at first your site looked appealing but taking a closer look at it, I noticed your web site copy looks awfully familiar to that of my current .NET host, Discountasp.
For example, I was looking at your "About Us" page (http://www.*****************/aboutus.aspx) and you use the same wording as that of Discountasp (
http://www.discountasp.net/aboutus.aspx). For example, your site states:
"We have expertise in ASP.NET and we can prove it. We custom built our own ASP.NET Control Panel using Latest .NET 2 Technology, driven "instant activation" hosting automation system that technologically leapfrogs the competition."
Discountasp states:
"We have expertise in ASP.NET and we can prove it. We custom built our own ASP.NET driven "instant activation" hosting automation system that technologically leapfrogs the competition."
At the following URL (http://www.*****************/aboutus.aspx), ***************** states:
"Our staff has over 10+ combined years of experience in the website hosting industry. Our team consists of industry veterans that have owned and operated successful and profitable hosting companies, Microsoft Certified Professionals that have worked for some of the Top 5 hosting companies in the world, and others who have worked at webhosting startup companies. We make sure that our staff are technically saavy and understand the web hosting industry."
Discountasp states (
http://www.discountasp.net/aboutus.aspx):
Our staff has over 85+ combined years of experience in the website hosting industry. Our team consists of industry veterans that have owned and operated successful and profitable hosting companies, Microsoft Certified Professionals that have worked for some of the Top 5 hosting companies in the world, and others who have worked at webhosting startup companies. We make sure that our staff are technically saavy and understand the web hosting industry.
You said that you just started your hosting company and I believe you because I did a whois look up on your domain name and see that you just registered your domain name this year:
Domain Name: *****************
Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Referral URL:
http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Name Server: NS2.*****************
Name Server: NS1.*****************
Status: ACTIVE
EPP Status: ok
Updated Date: 11-Jul-2006
Creation Date: 19-Feb-2006
Expiration Date: 19-Feb-2007
I have been hosting sites with Discountasp since 2003, so explain why your copy looks awfully similar to theirs? I am going analyze your site and see if I can find other similar copy. I'll be back to post my findings.