Thanks for your suggestion Kay. I have my doubts about whether it's going to work out for me though because I want to sell hosting. There isn't anyone I've found in Australia that is prepared to offer a decent businesslike way to accommodate people like me. So since I don't have enough hosting clients yet to afford the cost of my own server, I have to keep hosting in the USA. That company doesn't seem to even know that resellers exist. No mention on their web site as far as I can see.
Perhaps someone knows of an Australian hosting company prepared to work with resellers. I don't mean offering finders fees or commissions on referred business - I've got no interest in that. All I'd be doing is giving my hard-won clients to them. I mean someone who's prepared to run the hardware, let me buy space on it, give me a control panel so I can set up sites and domains myself, and who doesn't insist on billing my clients for their space. I want to do that. A hosting company has to take care of the technical needs of the clients - fast reliable servers, the right database and server software etc, but they also have to cater for the business needs too. No one in Australia seems prepared to do that, and at a price that isn't ridiculous. There has to be room for me to make a meagre buck in it too. Cheers, Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP WebWorks -----Original Message----- From: Kay Smoljak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 7:06 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: OT- Hosting recommendations Mike, A bit late I know, but have you looked at Domain Host in Melbourne? http://www.domainhost.com.au - their web site is a little bit dodgy but their prices are by far the best I've seen in Australia, and their support has been top notch. I have several clients with CF5, SQL Server, Live Stats, all the usual guff for AUD $77 per month - and that's their most expensive account. They have co-lo and dedicated boxes etc, and were willing to install the Camtech online payment server for us for no extra charge. After all the crap I've had from Australian ColdFusion hosts they are a ray of sunshine. K. PS. After reading all that, I sound like I'm getting something out of recommending them. I'm not. But if you do talk to them, tell them Kay from PerthWeb recommended you - maybe it will work! "Mike Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Thanks for your suggestion, but CFXHosting don't cater to resellers. They > only have a referral program. Referral programs suit sales people, who > want to grab a deal and hand it to someone else to do the development > work. The customer becomes theirs, and they are then free to compete > with me for the CF Development business. I'd rather take full > responsibility for the site and have the hosting company at arms > length from the client. > > > I won't have a bar of any referral program on my supplier side because > us the development work is the main game. If we could, we'd get rid of the > sales process altogether. That's why I have a referral program myself on > the other side of the ledger. I want to make the client MY client. > (I might add my own referral program is a LOT more generous than these > hosting companies offer!) > > > But thanks for your suggestion anyway. > > Cheers, > Mike Kear > AFP Webworks, > Windsor, NSW, Australia > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Douglas L. Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:45 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: OT- Hosting recommendations > > > > > > As far as hosting compines go, I would suggest cfxhosting.com > > http://www.cfxhosting.com . Everything I hear from others is on a > > real positive note. > > > > > > > > Doug > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Kear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 6:47 PM > > Subject: OT- Hosting recommendations > > > > > > > I'm looking to move my smaller clients to a new hosting company, > > > because > > of > > > support issues and restrictions on what I can and can't do > > where I am now. > > > There are about 20 domains involved, and I'm thinking of using > > > Sitebysize.com in Texas. Has anyone had any experience with them? > > > > > > > > > > > > What I need are: CF, SQLServer, ability to control my domains, > > > mail accounts, etc myself from the web, low cost (which rules out > > > any > > Australian > > > hosting companies), and a responsive support department (my > > > biggest complaint about my current host). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Mike Kear > > > AFP Webworks, > > > Windsor, NSW, Australia. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
