Starting a Web Hosting Company - Achieving Your Goals
In my previous post, I discussed the planning stages for starting your web hosting company. Hopefully by now you have a clear set of objectives, aims and goals for the direction your web hosting company is going to take.
In this article, I'm going to discuss the approach in achieving your objectives, aims and goals for your web hosting company.
We'll refer to my previous example in the last post - Gaining an understanding.
This bit involves a lot of quick wins, so crossing items off and seeing it get shorter will hopefully give you some motivation in carrying on..
First thing was what tools will you need. I listed what potential software will be needed. The essentials include a billing system, support desk system and a payment gateway.
If you're an InnoHosting customer and on one of our reseller hosting plans, then you will already be equipped with the essentials. The billing system we provide for example is WHMCS which is quickly becoming (if not already) a leading billing system for web hosters. It includes a help desk system already, so that's two down already..
The payment gateway.. there are many to choose from. If you are in Europe or the US, it would be fairly easy to get a credit card processing system in place. If not, don't worry, many systems are available.
First and foremost you have PayPal. A popular choice and I think regardless of whatever else you offer, PayPal should be one of them, at all times. Many prefer to pay by PayPal because of the sense of security they get and also the ease of use..
For credit card processing, 2checkout.com is a good place to start. While you won't be directly processing credit cards, it will give your customers the ability to pay you via credit card easily.
You are also free to browse round and see what other services are available. A good start is looking at the payment modules WHMCS supports. Go through each and every one of them looking for reviews and seeing if they match your requirements.. Give them a call and discuss your needs. If they don't answer during office hours, that isn't a good sign. You're going to be trusting your money with them, you want to be sure you can be assisted promptly if something goes awry..
Next things are the extras you want to provide. Email accounts, sitebuilders, MySQL databases. If you're an InnoHosting customer, then you will have all those ready to offer your customers free of charge.. If not, then take time to evaluate which one will truly bring the most value. The systems you implement should have a real use and provide value to the service. Don't just add things which people aren't going to use.
By getting the elementary foundation set up, you'll get some quick wins in terms of crossing items off your list. Make sure you take the time to go through these things properly. What I have mentioned above are just examples, it doesn't mean you should offer them.
Many rush into things and want to open their doors for business asap without proper planning. Those that do this will manage to open their doors quickly, but then find themselves struggling to get customers. With so many hosts around, proper planning is crucial in ensuring you stand out from the crowd.
In this article, I'm going to discuss the approach in achieving your objectives, aims and goals for your web hosting company.
We'll refer to my previous example in the last post - Gaining an understanding.
This bit involves a lot of quick wins, so crossing items off and seeing it get shorter will hopefully give you some motivation in carrying on..
First thing was what tools will you need. I listed what potential software will be needed. The essentials include a billing system, support desk system and a payment gateway.
If you're an InnoHosting customer and on one of our reseller hosting plans, then you will already be equipped with the essentials. The billing system we provide for example is WHMCS which is quickly becoming (if not already) a leading billing system for web hosters. It includes a help desk system already, so that's two down already..
The payment gateway.. there are many to choose from. If you are in Europe or the US, it would be fairly easy to get a credit card processing system in place. If not, don't worry, many systems are available.
First and foremost you have PayPal. A popular choice and I think regardless of whatever else you offer, PayPal should be one of them, at all times. Many prefer to pay by PayPal because of the sense of security they get and also the ease of use..
For credit card processing, 2checkout.com is a good place to start. While you won't be directly processing credit cards, it will give your customers the ability to pay you via credit card easily.
You are also free to browse round and see what other services are available. A good start is looking at the payment modules WHMCS supports. Go through each and every one of them looking for reviews and seeing if they match your requirements.. Give them a call and discuss your needs. If they don't answer during office hours, that isn't a good sign. You're going to be trusting your money with them, you want to be sure you can be assisted promptly if something goes awry..
Next things are the extras you want to provide. Email accounts, sitebuilders, MySQL databases. If you're an InnoHosting customer, then you will have all those ready to offer your customers free of charge.. If not, then take time to evaluate which one will truly bring the most value. The systems you implement should have a real use and provide value to the service. Don't just add things which people aren't going to use.
By getting the elementary foundation set up, you'll get some quick wins in terms of crossing items off your list. Make sure you take the time to go through these things properly. What I have mentioned above are just examples, it doesn't mean you should offer them.
Many rush into things and want to open their doors for business asap without proper planning. Those that do this will manage to open their doors quickly, but then find themselves struggling to get customers. With so many hosts around, proper planning is crucial in ensuring you stand out from the crowd.
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