SG should Sell Webspace

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aagiants
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SG should Sell Webspace

Post by aagiants »

Looking at Brent webpage, why doesn't SG sell webspace to SG members. I know SG isn't Financially sound so heres an idea, along with some googlegear banners :) i would click this a lot :)
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Post by Banshee »

I have mentioned this in several threads :)

i would love to get some SG space
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Post by Brent »

I don't speak for everyone, but my thoughts are this

Bandwidth costs money, lots of money

In order to feed the bandwidth webspace would consume would require charging at least the exact amount of bandwidth the person is eating up... And it can add up quick

Second, if SG were to make a profit off of it then it would have to charge MORE then the bandwidth the person is eating up

Thirdly, SG will never ASK for money from anyone in any sort of way, It is and will remain a free community for it's members

Fourthly, why would you pay a lot for webspace here when there are lots of other hosting sites out there that could possibly charge less per month

Check them out: http://www.hbhosting.com/index1.html

$10 a month for 25MB of webspace, private CGI bin, Unlimited Pop3 accounts, php4/mysql/perl

granted you also have to purchase a domain name to point to it, but it's really not that expensive either, and you'll have your own domain name...


I don't speak for everyone though, just my thoughts

Philip and Ken can answer your question better :p
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Post by brembo »

I'd can my current space for a speedguide.net email addy in a heartbeat. Pay a premium too, just fer the name. It would be nice to host pics, swap files with other around here too.

Prolly be a major pain-in-the-arse at first setting up, but once the ball gets rolling, some serious moolah could be made.
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Post by DG »

just a chance to adverties for myself, im starting a little venture into webhosting, i will hopefully be able to begin hosting sites by monday... i will have plans starting at $3.95... here is my grand opening plan:

must register own domain with dotster or whatever.

120 MB HD Space
6 GB of Bandwidth
cgi-bin
1 mysql database
2 subdomain (xxxx.yourdomain.com)
$8.95 per month

you can email me or pm me, with any questions...
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