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Trying To Get Clients For Hosting? Are They On GoDaddy? NOW IS THE TIME!

by iAmNameLess
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After Godaddy being taken down, a lot of small businesses are pretty pissed off, irritated, and are seeing the loss of income.

Most serious consultants don't use GoDaddy for their hosting... if you're one of the smarter ones, you're somewhere else. Contact your clients, NOW telling them their site is down due to GoDaddy being attacked. Get them to switch over!

This is easy, easy, EASY money for you right now.

GoDaddy Outage Takes Down Millions Of Sites, Anonymous Member Claims Responsibility | TechCrunch


EDIT: to include current screenshot of Godaddy
#clients #godaddy #hosting #time
  • Profile picture of the author massiveray
    I love an opportunist haha.
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    • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
      Originally Posted by massiveray View Post

      I love an opportunist haha.
      EASY freaking money... coupon code affiliate offers blasted all on twitter... calls to current customers. This has made a bad few weeks very good for me!
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      • Profile picture of the author Carl Fridsjö
        Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

        EASY freaking money... coupon code affiliate offers blasted all on twitter... calls to current customers. This has made a bad few weeks very good for me!
        This might not come off as a very nice comment, but you got me wondering so I have to ask. I'm not trying to be a hater or anything.

        That said, I've read that you supposedly make 50-100k$*a month, now a couple of hosting clients makes up for a few bad weeks? Am I missing something or how many hosting accounts did you sign??
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        • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
          Originally Posted by Carl Fridsjö View Post

          This might not come off as a very nice comment, but you got me wondering so I have to ask. I'm not trying to be a hater or anything.

          That said, I've read that you supposedly make 50-100k$*a month, now a couple of hosting clients makes up for a few bad weeks? Am I missing something or how many hosting accounts did you sign??
          $35/mo X 12 = 420 per client for hosting/maintenance. Out of 35 clients that host on Godaddy I just converted 15 today. That's $6,300 extra that I will have each September 10th now, year in advance paid for. 4 more interested but couldn't close them.

          A $6,300 day is more than what most of you are making monthly. It is a BAD week for me if I'm not hitting 5 figures. That's why I always try to avoid numbers... what is bad for me, is not bad for many people..

          Last month I had a bad month, and was at 32K. My goal was 50K. My goal is actually 50K each month now and I usually hit it, but last month I lost a couple bigger deals, and wasn't doing what I normally do I guess.
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          • Profile picture of the author kenmichaels
            Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

            $35/mo X 12 = 420 per client for hosting/maintenance. Out of 35 clients that host on Godaddy I just converted 15 today. That's $6,300 extra that I will have each September 10th now, year in advance paid for. 4 more interested but couldn't close them.

            A $6,300 day is more than what most of you are making monthly. It is a BAD week for me if I'm not hitting 5 figures. That's why I always try to avoid numbers... what is bad for me, is not bad for many people..

            Last month I had a bad month, and was at 32K. My goal was 50K. My goal is actually 50K each month now and I usually hit it, but last month I lost a couple bigger deals, and wasn't doing what I normally do I guess.
            you converted 15 today... by yourself ???

            woah, you are getting better .... nice bro.. nice.

            P.S.
            Get with me later tonight via skype... if you have a few min .

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            One more thing.. anything less then your hourly worth... x 4
            should never be converted manually. You need to set up
            an auto conversion sequence. --- or start getting staff.
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            • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
              Originally Posted by kenmichaels View Post

              you converted 15 today... by yourself ???

              woah, you are getting better .... nice bro.. nice.

              P.S.
              Get with me later tonight via skype... if you have a few min .

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              One more thing.. anything less then your hourly worth... x 4
              should never be converted manually. You need to set up
              an auto conversion sequence. --- or start getting staff.
              Yeah, all myself. I spent about 5 hours on it, couldn't go through the calls much faster since they were current clients anyway. It was a nice change actually, kind of relieving, switching it up to hosting/maintenance. I have one guy on the phone now as I'm typing but he's not gunna do anything. Just telling me about his "ideas" about a redesign, meh. I wanted to convert a bit higher, but it's gone pretty well. I bet I could have converted the same amount even if this didn't happen today, I just didn't bother with it.

              You're right.. I was going to email them all and then just follow up, but then realized their stupid email is hosted on GoDaddy too. I really need an in house sales staff, or even support staff, but I've been putting it off as much as possible. That's more responsibility, and I like to be as frugal as possible. LOL. Although, it's starting to not make as much sense.

              My biggest struggle is to try and replace myself in certain areas. A mixture of not wanting to release control and having to be more responsible has steered me away. I just need to conquer that and I'm sure things would be much easier on me but it's been tough.
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              • Profile picture of the author kenmichaels
                Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

                My biggest struggle is to try and replace myself in certain areas.
                That is the holy grail.

                15 or so years in bizz, i have yet to be able to do it.

                Bill gates said, to only higher people that are smarter then you...

                i tried that... they all wound up stealing from me.

                it is real tough letting go.

                I have some area's i HAVE let go in, and I AM better off for it..

                other areas... not so much, so i believe it is a gradual thing...

                unless you get lucky..

                maybe i am wrong.
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  • Profile picture of the author Lulu Chil
    Thanks for this IamNameLess. But it will work well for those with clients already. What do the sites hosted or built by GoDaddy say in the footer?
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    • Profile picture of the author Gatsby
      By the way, the exact reason that they were attacked is because of they are the most highly visible, most indebted to the government etc. In short - because they are uber corporate whores. Anyone who comes across this topic on a call I highly suggest mentioning that you deal with less visible and highly secured private systems - HUGE selling point.

      Of course you might also guess - I hate godaddy and network solutions while I am at it. Also, I am not arguing who is better or worst and who you should use; I am just pointing out a bullet point that is HOT right now, and I get godaddy people on the phone all day long. In fact, I am no even insulting them when I talk to people "They just choose to operate in way that I do not think is appropriate..."; keeping it civil on the phone.
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    I believe it ultimately was because of their original stance on SOPA and PIPA. Who knows... but there is profit to be made.
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    • Profile picture of the author Gatsby
      Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

      I believe it ultimately was because of their original stance on SOPA and PIPA. Who knows... but there is profit to be made.
      Yeah that is certainly the topic, but several companies bowed down to this stuff - godaddy was shooting out PR stating they would do whatever big G wanted them to do. But yeah I am just pointing out bullet points on this.....such as.

      Would you rather have your site hosted on a totally secure server that has outstanding service without a huge controversial PR campaign; or the other way around?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kunle Olomofe
    Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

    After Godaddy being taken down, a lot of small businesses are pretty pissed off, irritated, and are seeing the loss of income.

    Most serious consultants don't use GoDaddy for their hosting... if you're one of the smarter ones, you're somewhere else. Contact your clients, NOW telling them their site is down due to GoDaddy being attacked. Get them to switch over!

    This is easy, easy, EASY money for you right now.
    I would never take a job where my client was hosted on Godaddy. Just as a matter of principle. So none of those on my books to even start with.

    I find it amusing that a savvy web consultant would not have previously done this i.e taken over hosting at the start of a project (this especially more so if they built the site). If moving a site is way too complex at the beginning of a job, I have the client sign a waiver that says I can't be held responsible for losses in case of screw ups like this.

    For example if their site ever goes down and it affects sales or whatever else, and I have a deal with them to help that site make money, they clearly can't come back to me asking why there was a drop in sales or responses especially if it's easily traceable to any kind of prolonged downtime (that is if they ever even knew about it without my informing them to start with).

    If you're not hosting ALL of your clients, you're missing out on recurring income sure, but you're also guaranteeing the sites you build or market are not really under your control and that is risky business in more ways than one.
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    • Profile picture of the author kenmichaels
      Originally Posted by Kunle Olomofe View Post

      I would never take a job where my client was hosted on Godaddy. Just as a matter of principle. .
      really?

      so if i said, i have a design that needs 1000 man hours, and ill pay you
      500k to make it happen... but i am going to stay with go daddy...

      you would pass???

      ... no offense. i just don't like when people speak in absolutes...
      because everything ... especially in business ... is negotiable
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      • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
        Originally Posted by kenmichaels View Post

        really?

        so if i said, i have a design that need 1000 man hours, and ill pay you
        500k to make it happen... but i am going to stay with go daddy...

        you would pass???

        ... no offense. i just don't like when people speak in absolutes...
        because everything ... especially in business ... is negotiable
        There are some things I pass on regularly, and it would never be because someone is hosted on GoDaddy... if they are hosted on a windows platform with godaddy, then I ask them to request a move to linux instead.

        If I didn't work with people who wanted to host elsewhere, and I have big companies that have their OWN dedicated server, I would have missed out on about 50% of my income.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kunle Olomofe
        Originally Posted by kenmichaels View Post

        really?

        so if i said, i have a design that needs 1000 man hours, and ill pay you
        500k to make it happen... but i am going to stay with go daddy...

        you would pass???

        ... no offense. i just don't like when people speak in absolutes...
        because everything ... especially in business ... is negotiable
        Hi Ken,

        I should have pointed out clearer that I was referring to jobs where I am WHOLLY responsible for their web presence, marketing etc. I wasn't referring to one off jobs or jobs that didn't require being responsible for their uptime.

        Hopefully that's clearer.
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    • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
      Originally Posted by Kunle Olomofe View Post

      I would never take a job where my client was hosted on Godaddy. Just as a matter of principle. So none of those on my books to even start with.

      I find it amusing that a savvy web consultant would not have previously done this i.e taken over hosting at the start of a project (this especially more so if they built the site). If moving a site is way too complex at the beginning of a job, I have the client sign a waiver that says I can't be held responsible for losses in case of screw ups like this.

      For example if their site ever goes down and it affects sales or whatever else, and I have a deal with them to help that site make money, they clearly can't come back to me asking why there was a drop in sales or responses especially if it's easily traceable to any kind of prolonged downtime (that is if they ever even knew about it without my informing them to start with).

      If you're not hosting ALL of your clients, you're missing out on recurring income sure, but you're also guaranteeing the sites you build or market are not really under your control and that is risky business in more ways than one.
      Dang, someone is still salty about the response in your thread eh?

      I'm glad you find it "amusing", but I find your response ignorant. You don't know my business, the clients, or WHY they wanted to host their own website, and how long they've been clients. You really have no idea whether I was consulting them, doing direct mail for them, PPC for them, SEO, or web design do you? For all you know, I could have have just designed a logo for them. So to make your assumption and "advice" in that kind of light, is ignorant at best.

      5 hours = $6,300.

      Making new money from old customers, is always a good thing, no matter how you would like to talk it down.
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      • Profile picture of the author Kunle Olomofe
        Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

        Dang, someone is still salty about the response in your thread eh?

        I'm glad you find it "amusing", but I find your response ignorant. You don't know my business, the clients, or WHY they wanted to host their own website, and how long they've been clients. You really have no idea whether I was consulting them, doing direct mail for them, PPC for them, SEO, or web design do you? For all you know, I could have have just designed a logo for them. So to make your assumption and "advice" in that kind of light, is ignorant at best.

        5 hours = $6,300.

        Making new money from old customers, is always a good thing, no matter how you would like to talk it down.
        That was honestly how I felt--amused--but if you feel the need to get on the defensive, help yourself.
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