I have an interesting hosting thought for you all.

[Nick Barker]

Mitch here is a bit more meat of what I am saying.  If you were a reseller
you can get that site for about 30 to 50% less because of being a reseller.
Imagine paying 3-4$ for that same site.  That is what I am really saying.
Then you could sell to clients any sites for the higher price. I talked
about the other perks earlier :) .  thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Anderson" <mitcha at xmission.com>
To: <pluglist at plug.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: I have an interesting hosting thought for you all.


> 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
> > >