Hey guys,

I had started a thread on dedicated hosting, but this seems more realistic.

I'm looking at starting a nonprofit hosting company as part of a project for school, so I need to keep the costs minimal.

However, I need the following things;
- 1 email account per user
- 1 subdomain account per user
- 20-30 mb disc space per user
- reasonable bandwidth per user
- sitebuilding tools/templates and easy to use menus
- direct web-based access (like cpanel, etc.) for control over their own sites
- the ability to set limits for each individual account (size limits, bandwidth limits, etc.)

Anyway, those are the basics. I want them to be full function sites. I just went on a real quick search and one of the sponsored links was the following;

http://ace-host.net/resellerplus.html

I don't know what the average will be in total for price, but I don't really want to spend $500 for a school project unless I was making something off of it. Anything reliable and cheaper than this?

Thanks!

Mike

2/28/2006 2:09:24 PM

You can get all of that and more through resellerzoom or any number of other hosting reseller sites for less than 10 bucks a month.

Need to go up to about 25 to get 99.99% uptime though.

2/28/2006 2:12:15 PM

Good point, man. Thanks.

I don't need 100% uptime, no.

But thanks for the suggestion.

Anyone/thing else?

Mike

2/28/2006 2:21:17 PM

just a note, you are going to end up getting burned on this financially. Just realize that.

Most for profit hosting companies break even at best over the longhaul. I cant imagine the monetary hemoraghing (sp) in a nonprofit one.

2/28/2006 2:55:04 PM

http://www.ivhosting.com/

$99/year
3gb disk space
45gb bandwidth
unlimited domains (reseller)
cpanel (and the ability to control clients' space, etc.)
boatload of free apps that are easy to install through fantasico

i use these guys and have had only one tiny issue with them over 2 years...just fyi

2/28/2006 3:34:20 PM

How many accounts do you anticipate needing? I can meet all of your requirements including cpanel and give you a very reasonable price. My company hosts several other TWW people as well as thewolfweb.com itself as of tonight.

2/28/2006 3:44:35 PM

Quote :

" as well as thewolfweb.com itself as of tonight"

Heh, that's pretty cool.

2/28/2006 6:14:35 PM

http://www.dreamhost.com/shared/comparison.html

You can get a year of level 1 (20GB disk, 1TB/mo bandwidth, unlimited domains) for $22.40 ($119.40-$97 promo code - SAVINGS). The next year won't be that cheap, but still, for a school project how long do you anticipate needing it?

2/28/2006 6:15:36 PM

Noen; thanks, I do realize I'll end up losing money on this - that's not why I'm doing it.

Quagmore; thanks for the tip; that doesn't look too shabby. I've used cpanel and fantastico before and like them - I'll have to do a little more exploring. Thanks!

Mello; not entirely sure - maybe something from 5 - 200. There's no way to tell jsut yet. I'd always like to have the opportunity to expand if need be, but I doubt it. Can you PM me with a price estimate?

Bwilson; thanks for the tip - that's a good price. I don't know that I'll need it for more htan a year. But then again, the price I save now might be worth it.

Mike

2/28/2006 8:11:34 PM