In my experience, you don't want to be in the hosting game. It just leads to headaches down the road, as Ryan commented. It's also a lil uncomfortable for both parties if you should decide to part ways. But if you are a designer/developer you probably don't want to be in the hosting business. Getting calls every time the interweb gods hiccup is no fun at all.
Keith Aric Hall On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Amy Gelfand <[email protected]>wrote: > Ryan, your comment just prompted me to ask a question that's been on my > mind for a while? For those of you who build Web sites for clients, do you > provide hosting for their sites, or do you set them up with their own > account at the hosting company of their choice? I've been asked by potential > clients if I host sites. I'm not sure if it's something I should look into. > Thoughts? > > Amy Gelfand, Design and Communications Professional > Gelfand Design > www.gelfanddesign.com > "Computers are like Old Testament gods--lots of rules and no mercy." > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ryan Joy <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 9, 2009 5:48:53 PM > *Subject:* [Refresh Austin: 3789] Re: Advice for handling billing for new > client site > > > I would certainly recommend having the client get their own domain > name and hosting set up. I speak from experience. I currently have a > circa 2001 pro-bono website that I'm still administering their domain > and hosting. Trust me, educate and start 'em off right. > > - RYAN JOY > http://twitter.com/atxryan > > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Mark Phillip <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey folks, I volunteered to do some pro-bono work for a bird sanctuary > here > > in town. It'll be a simple WP install, heavy on pages and light on > posts. > > > > I'm struggling with what the best way to set up payment is. I don't feel > > comfortable asking for the client's credit card number, and I'd rather > not > > pay for it myself and deal with continually asking to be reimbursed. > > > > Is there a way to kick this off that I'm not thinking of? Or is my best > bet > > just sending the client to GoDaddy (bleh) to set everything up and just > > having her send me the login credentials? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > http://markphillip.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Keith Aric Hall http://www.keitharichall.com/ twitter: keitharichall --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
