[cfaussie] OT: Looking for a hosting company to resell

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 07:06:35 -0800

My current hosting company has annoyed me one too many times so now I'm looking to move my business to a new server/servers.  I'm sorry because this is off topic here, but I want to take my sites to a company that understands coldfusion.  I'm a bit bored with having to ask for coldfusion things to be done several times before they get it right.
 
At the moment I have 55 domains to move, mostly small low volume and/or developer sites used for their own sites and staging sites for their poject.    And  I want to expand.  Not quite ready to afford dedicated server yet, so I need shared hosting.  I am reasonably open minded about price, but of course I cant pay just anything i have to keep a mind to the prices I will have to charge my clients.
 
I have approached 3 Australian companies who have their machines in the USA, and even though I havent mentioned price yet, they dont seem interested in following up on it.
 
Here are some of the things I need:
 

Windows platform

Server Technologies:

  • CFMX7 updated and current
  • PHP
  • ASP
  • .ASP.NET
  • Perl (for the slow-learning thrillseekers)

CFMX Restrictions

  • Few disabled tags.  Preferably none disabled (many of the sites I host are staging sites for other systems)
Databases:
  • SQLServer2000 +
  • MySQL
  • Access
Miscellaneous
  • Control panel so my clients can set up site features, and i can set up client sites without needing the support people to do it for me.   Helm is my CP of choice.
  • Mail server including webmail
  • Site stats for every site viewable by my clients (I'm sick of writing my own stats modules and installing them for clients .. it ought to be something provided standard by hosting companies)
Support:
  • As an absolute minimum - support staff on duty during the Australian business hours, not just the business hours where the machine is installed.
  • set up CFmappings and CF DSNs either through the control panel or with a response time measured in terms of less than 6 hours
     
Business:
No contact from the hosting company to my clients.
  • Bill me for the resources used or allocated to me and I'll look after biling the individual site owners
  • I want to brand the control panel etc for my clients
  • Uptime guarantee - if the server fails for more than the agreed amount of the time, a discount is applied to my payment.  (after all I have to grant the same to my customers!)
  • I'm open about the basis of calculating my payment, but i prefer not to have a whole list of $1 for this, $2 for that, $0.50 for that  - being nickeled and dimed to death.  By preference I'd like to pay a total amount for everything I have allocated to me and let me figure out what to charge my clients for.
  • It would be good to have some kind of transition period to allow me to move my domains in without having to pay in both locations.
    • If you're interested please dont respond on list,   email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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    Cheers
    Mike Kear
    Windsor, NSW, Australia
    Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
    AFP Webworks
    http://afpwebworks.com
     

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