Thread: Fair Hosting Prices?

As I mentioned before, I said I was interested in starting a proxy host. While I am not ready for this, I wanted to try it out by just renting a VPS and letting out some accounts. The prices below are what I have come up with, so that I make some (very very little) profit, and I have compared it to other hosting providers (TMZHosting and TechEntrance) and it is around the same or even better than them.

Here are features:
cPanel Servers
4GB Guaranteed Ram (8GB Burstable)
Free Nightly Backups
Auto-Reboots on server failures

I am also only selling a portion of the server - 2/3 of it. This will leave 1/3 of the resources in case of sudden traffic surges.

Here are the plans I have come up with. The better the plan, the more you save:

1GB Disk Space
50GB Bandwidth
$5.99
2 Domains

3GB Disk Space
100GB Bandwidth
$10.99
5 Domains

5GB Disk Space
200GB Bandwidth
$20.99
10 Domains

10GB Disk Space
500GB Bandwidth
$50.99
Unlimited Domains

Support would be provided via Email, PM, and MSN. CGI proxies would not be allowed (until I start upgrading and getting better servers).


I would like opinions below, and if anybody is actually interested in this, please PM me.

I honestly think that those prices are reasonable if you can manage to have a good uptime. I might come and give it a go once my hosting plan finishes in a months time.

I'd say all are near reasonably priced, until of course the $50.99 plan. Most savvy users would be able to find a vps for around that price and have much better control over things.

Cheers!

Originally Posted by Zash

As I mentioned before, I said I was interested in starting a proxy host. While I am not ready for this, I wanted to try it out by just renting a VPS and letting out some accounts. The prices below are what I have come up with, so that I make some (very very little) profit, and I have compared it to other hosting providers (TMZHosting and TechEntrance) and it is around the same or even better than them.

Here are features:
cPanel Servers
4GB Guaranteed Ram (8GB Burstable)
Free Nightly Backups
Auto-Reboots on server failures

I am also only selling a portion of the server - 2/3 of it. This will leave 1/3 of the resources in case of sudden traffic surges.

Here are the plans I have come up with. The better the plan, the more you save:

1GB Disk Space
50GB Bandwidth
$5.99
2 Domains

3GB Disk Space
100GB Bandwidth
$10.99
5 Domains

5GB Disk Space
200GB Bandwidth
$20.99
10 Domains

10GB Disk Space
500GB Bandwidth
$50.99
Unlimited Domains

Support would be provided via Email, PM, and MSN. CGI proxies would not be allowed (until I start upgrading and getting better servers).


I would like opinions below, and if anybody is actually interested in this, please PM me.

You're starting proxy hosting too? Prices are good. As for the last one, I'd suggest maybe making a deal with a DC to get either an atom or a VPS to handle them.

Once I start breaking even, I will expand and get more and more.

@dtkguy, yes I agree that you could go and get a VPS for the same price. However, shared hosting I believe is usually more for the non-tech savvy user. Either way, the price is still based on the original, and is cheaper than other providers.