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Re:Ask HN: Starting my own hosting company, any advice? by sjs382 on Monday June 21, 2010 @04:36PM (#1450000)
Seriously. With the amount often billed by consultants, clients aren't going to balk at double, triple, or even 10x the hosting costs of something like GoDaddy. (assuming reliability is there)

Also, I'd play with offering "unlimited" plans vs "cheap to upgrade" plans. Maybe the market you are targeting (if its a technical market, like django hosting mentioned above) associated "unlimited" plans with bad service or other trade-offs. A/B test until you're blue in the face.

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Re:Ask HN: Starting my own hosting company, any advice? by foxtrot on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @04:08AM (#1451265)
its limited packages, aimed purely at the tiny business website. I have three packages, 10MB, 30MB and 70MB. This serves a number of purposes.

1. Limits the amount of risk from overselling 2. Increases the profitability of the server 3. Prevents abuse (people uploading mp3's, videos etc) 4. Easier Maintenance

I am flexible however, so if a customer needs a little more room I wont charge the earth for it.

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Re:Ask HN: Starting my own hosting company, any advice? by sjs382 on Tuesday June 22, 2010 @12:25PM (#1452316)
70mb? You're more likely to oversell resources other than disk...
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