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There
are more than 300,000 domain names registered each day of the year
worldwide. This means there are 300,000 new websites being built
each day, all of which need a website host to store their files. As
a website hosting company, you will be responsible for storing
customers' files on a server that you manage. You will have to setup
new accounts, perform maintenance to the server to maintain fast
speeds and security of the files you are storing. In exchange for
your work, people will pay you a recurring monthly fee for your
service. This
industry, although highly competitive, is extremely profitable. You
main expenses will be buying servers, bandwidth and customer service
help. This can seem like a large upfront expense, but the payoff can
be great. The beauty about being a website host is the recurring
income. Once you get a customer, they usually stick with you for a
while, assuming your service is reliable and have good support. So,
if you charge $10 per month to host a website, that one customer is
worth $120 per year to you. They may stay with you for 10 years for
all you know. As you get new customers, the income just builds and
builds. There is a huge website hosting company out there right now
called IPowerWeb.com that boasts over 200,000 clients. They charge
$7.95 per month, so with 200,000 paying members, they are making
about $1.59 million PER MONTH! Told you this is a profitable
market.
If you do not have the set up costs involved in purchasing your own
servers you can purchase a reseller account from a large web hosting
company. They charge a flat monthly fee for an unlimited amount of
Web Space. To find out more contact me
tony@topbusinessideas.com for more details.
Since
this is so profitable, there is obviously tons of competition. This
is the major road block for start ups in this industry. You won't
have the reputation of providing good service or the stability of
hosting sites for years at a time. You have to start somewhere, so
by one customer at a time, you can build yourself into a wealthy and
profitable company. Even at just 1,000 members, you would be making
almost $8,000 per month with a $7.95 hosting plan.
To
advertise this kind of business, you will need to market online as
well as locally. Placing an ad in your yellow pages is a good start.
Partnering with local web design companies is a good way of getting
new clients. Many times web developers leave the hosting
requirements up to their clients to find on their own. This way they
can refer people to you instead. The key here is stick to it and
give a quality product. People will depend on you to keep their
websites up and running. Many people may be using their website as a
business, so you have to do whatever you can to keep your customers'
sites up. 
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