I am contemplating setting myself up as a host reselling from an established Windows server host. Windows has proved itself more than capable for Affilistore hosting and you can see a sample site hosted in this environment at http://www.selectionbox.co.uk/. If you really want to see a test, look at this site http://www.tool-of-the-trade.co.uk which is under development, but has around 140,000 products ..... Yes, I did say 140,000 products!! hsted in the same environment that I am looking to resell.
Clearly, I want to minimise my own risk in the costs of setting up any such hosting, and this is therefore my attempt at carrying out some market research to find out whether there is a market.
The suggested plan is :
per domain/multi-domain pricing :
Windows Hosting (no need to chmod ... in the past, Windows hosting proved secure from prior Affilistore attacks)
1 months trial (with a notional £1 fee to verify your identity & set up the account irrespective whether you choose a 1, 2,3 or whatever # of domains account)
200Mb available diskspace per domain (email, web, DB) per domain - more than enough for any niche domain
opportunity to purchase additional diskspace per plan
2Gb bandwidth per domain
opportunity to purchase additional bandwidth per plan
Unlimited user accounts
Unlimited ftp accounts
1 MySQL databases per domain
50 Email addresses per domain
Email IMAP enabled for efficient use of portable bandwidth.
100% Virus Free Email:
- All email services are protected with supreme Virus Protection software allowing Red Fox Hosting to offer 100% Virus Free Email (known viruses only - since it would be impossible to protect from brand new threats instantly). This service is included free of charge.
password protected directories
Server side includes
Unlimited email forwarders - forward to another email address
SLA with guaranteed 99.7% availability, otherwise refunds payable.
URL Rewriting (.htaccess)
Hotlink Protection
Custom nameservers (cp.yourdomain.com. ftp.yourdomain.com,webmail.yourdomain.com)
ASP Scripting:
ASP Components inc. HSBC:
All web hosting servers are installed with many ASP components ready to use! These components include:
Asp Email
ASP Encrypt
ASP Grid
ASP Encrypt
ASP Image
ASP Jpeg
ASP PDF
ASP Upload
DI WhoIs
GflAx
HSBC Payment Gateway
ImageSize
JMail
Other ASP components can also be installed upon request.
ASP.NET v1.1 Scripting:
Visual Web Developer 2005
ASP.NET v2.0 Scripting:
Microsoft ASP.NET is the sucessor to Microsoft ASP and is the next generation in web development languages. ASP.NET combines unprecedented developer productivity with performance, reliability, and deployment. Learn more at http://www.asp.net/learnmore.
PHP Scripting:
Zend Acceleration Suite
MS FrontPage Extensions
Full DNS Control ... e.g. news.yourdomain.com pointing to news.bbc.co.uk, mail.yourdomain.com
Webmail
Domain Aliases (Unlimited) ... have multiple domains point to the same webspace: cycles.org, bicycles.org, bicycles.org.uk etc.
Custom error pages
pre-DNS access - have a URL and work on your domain before DNS propagates fully.
ODBC DSN's: Unlimited
MS SQL 2000/2005 Databases: 1
Your data is saved on a daily basis by our remote backup system. In the unlikely event of a disk failure, users' data can be quickly restored.
If decide to continue after trial period, then either
- No Contract, leave at any time (pay 1 month at a time in advance - no refund for unused part month), or
- Pay Annually in advance & get 2 months free - still no contract - however rebate based upon 75% of unexpired prevailing new monthly contract fee for entire unused months.
Payments in advance via PayPal
Price Guarantee - no increase in your pricing EVER!!
We will NEVER suspend your domain on grounds of exceeding user limits without giving notice and the chance to react!! We will always give you the opportunity to adjust your usage or to purchase any additional packages before knocking your site off the internet.
Adult & pornographic site permitted subject to compliance with prevailing international law.
On the downside, NO filesharing activities will be tolerated unless they are indubitably your own work or clearly have redistribution rights.
NOTE: Any multi-domain accounts will have # domains x any shown limits (e.g. diskspace .. a 3 domain account will have 600Mb diskspace limit) which may be used across the account domains as the account holder sees fit i.e. will be a hosting plan limit, and may exceed a single domain set of limits
Full control panel - interactive demo available at http://cp.affiliate-stores.co.uk/?Demo=True (select customer option)
The hosting is one that I have used for the last two years and have been very happy with and would be proud to put my name against. Please indicate the fees that you might consider paying based upon the above information (tou can make as many choices as you like if the pricing seems acceptable to you). Any subsequent decison to offer such service will be based upon your responses here alongside other market research.
NOTE: Extras listed in polls are based upon adding to a plan and freely available to be used against any (or all) domains in the plan.
Please feel free to post any additional questions.
I will follow up with further polls - please feel free to respond to as many polls as you see fit. I only want to provide this service if there is sufficient demand to merit it.
. PM if you would rather do it that way.