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Step 1
Ever been interested in starting your own web hosting company? You should be! It's an exciting opportunity for people interested in e-commerce. Web hosts are the foundation of every website. Everyone interested in starting their own website would need a web host and with thousands of people making their own websites every day, there can never be too many web hosts!
Before I jump into the fascinating world of being a web host, I want to talk you a little bit about the prerequisites. Like in many other businesses, you need money to make money. This is the same case for web hosting.
Things you will need to purchase to begin include
- Dedicated Server
- Billing Software License
- Control Panel License
- Staff Members
- Website Development
- Marketing
These are just a few things you will need to invest in, but I will touch base on getting the best deals for each of these so you can start web hosting under $150. -
Step 2
The great thing about web hosting, like in most businesses - is the profit.
The profit from web hosting can add up quick and it isn't difficult to find yourself in a situation with money rolling in left and right.
I don't want to burst anyone's bubble, but to start a legitimate hosting company you will need a personal or company bank account, a credit card (debit is fine), and a contact number. I will discuss how to obtain all of these. Keep in mind, being a web hosting company does not mean you have to be 18 years old! -
Step 3
Lets talk about pricing. Dedicated servers aren't cheap and there are hundreds of companies that overprice them. As a web host, you will have a respectable amount of resource useage and bandwidth consumption. Because of this you will want a powerful machine to handle everything and along with that, you will want a decent amount of bandwidth. It is important to not overstep your boundaries when first starting out, you don't want to buy a $400/month server only to find out web hosting isn't what you want to do.
My personal recommendation for a starting server would be a...
Dell PowerEdge PE860 chassis
Dual Core Intel Xeon 3050, 2.13GHz
2GB DDR-2 RAM
(2x) 250GB SATA Drives
Hardware RAID with 64MB of memory
2000GB Bandwidth
