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Thanks I know though The idea is to PM me for more info etc. Thanks anyway though!

It really is a massive market. People aren't going to stop needing hosting!

It could be a pain, yes. There are risks involved but I've only ever had my hosting go down for 10 minutes and I've been using a reseller account for...lord knows how long. It's a fair point though and you have to be prepared for these things.

Cheers

Hosting is something I have always wanted to get into but never got around to. It is certainly a nice residual income since most companies don't change hosting accounts very frequently...

This is easily overcome by using a reseller account from a host that offers white label customer support. This means that the customer would always get a professional support person to help them, but they would use your hosting company name when dealing with the customer.

Do a search over at Webhostingtalk to find reliable good hosts that offer those type of reseller accounts.

This is how I would do what the OP is suggesting:

1. I would search the forums and review sites for hosts that have a reputation for being expensive, having poor customer and a lot of downtime/bad connectivity.

2. I would then search out websites hosted on that host's servers and do a reverse IP check on them through Domaintools. That will reveal any other websites hosted on the same IP. You then go through the entire Class C IP range to find the other sites on that server. Now you have your list of leads.

3. I would write a convincing sales letter explaining why my hosting service is far superior to their current host, as well as cheaper. I would be careful not to be too negative about their current host, but perhaps give a couple of small hints, (and maybe even links) to show their poor reputation. Make sure not make any untrue statements about their current host that could come back to haunt you, and DO realize that their current host WILL see your sales letter at one point or another, so write it with that in mind!

4. I would offer the companies to move their websites for free if they wanted that service. I would probably also offer them to try my hosting service for free for a month to show them that I can deliver as promised.

5. I would then have a kick-ass programmer ready on stand-by to help me deal with the moving of my new customer's websites to make sure everything went smoothly.

6. I would continue to take great care of my customers and really show them that I appreciate their business. I would do this by offering free advice on things like SEO etc. (mixed with the odd affiliate link for a great tool of course... ). Stuff that most hosts either don't bother with, or charge extra for.

7. Build it up to a nice level of monthly income and then sell the whole thing as an ongoing business.

I believe the most important point will be to go with a top-quality hosting provider in the first place because if things go really wrong at some point you risk losing a lot of customers in one go...

It's nice to make affiliate commission from web hosting companies and all, but residual income is a really beautiful thing... That's why the web hosting business model has always appealed to me.

So many opportunities and so little time...if there were only more hours in the day! :rolleyes:

Another point to consider if he gets 10 paying clients he can than Up-sell them on other products. So he can lead into saving the business owner money. Than a few weeks later after the customer is saving money he can call and ask if the customer wants to make more money. Than he can offer PPC, SEO, Update web-site's and more.

So even if hosting does go down at a later date he can always fix that problem,ASAP and still retain their business !

Hmm, that sure sounds like a winning formula. :rolleyes:

On the other hand it seems to be what a lot of companies do though, so maybe it will work for you too! :p