I have an interesting hosting thought for you all.

[Mitch Anderson]

I like it, however i just singned up with with hostdime.com for
$6/month...

On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 08:25, Merrill Oveson wrote:
> I like this idea alot.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nick Barker" <nick at eclipsehosting.com>
> To: <pluglist at plug.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 7:10 AM
> Subject: I have an interesting hosting thought for you all.
> 
> 
> > I work for a hoster and I have watched this industry for some time.  I
> have
> > seen from time to time you all want to form an ISP.  Why not start by
> being
> > a reseller for some hoster?  I am not just saying this for eclipse,  it
> > really does not matter what hoster you pick.  Here is the opportunity for
> > the group.  Pick a hoster to be a reseller for.  Make the main account the
> > plug account.  Then if members want an account ( website ) give them the
> > bottom price.  Example at eclipse you pay 7.95 a month for a basic account
> > as a reseller which goes for 11.95 normally.  I think you all can see the
> > beauty of that.  Here is the kicker.  If anyone in the group wants to
> create
> > websites for clients on the side they can do so but why not charge full
> > price for the customer.  Then split the profit with plug 50/50 on the
> > discounted cost.  All the maintainence that the member provides,
> programming
> > and sitework is his to keep.  This could provide for some neat things for
> > plug and cash for the members.  I think you may even be able to get the
> > hoster to donate the main site to plug.  Now it may not be millions and
> > millions but it may give some the opportunity to be webmasters in a small
> > scale that they may not have had the opportunity to do.  I may also
> > accomplish some of the dreams I have seen out here.  This was a thought
> > spawned out of seeing you all looking for cheap alternatives for hosting.
> > Why not make it a group effort?  Just a wierd thought I had.
> >
> > Nick Barker
> > Eclipse Hosting Support
> >
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Mitch Anderson <mitcha at xmission.com>