Amy, I run my own business and as part of the 'service' I offer client hosting and monthly maintenance support packages. This basically mean I will setup the domain, hosting, email, etc. under my under server. I have a higher end VPS system I pay %50 a month for. On this server I have 18 client sites and I charge them a reasonable $15 a month for hosting their site on my server. As for domain registration I generally ask they use GoDaddy or someone and point it t my server. But I'm also willing to register the domain and bill them annually when it renews. I add on the standard 20% 'handling fee' for my troubles.
The very nice thing about hosting the client site is you know the environment. My first couple of client project I left this up to the client and many times they found some $3 a month hosting package that caused me more issues than it was worth. Now for my hosted clients I control when to upgrade MySQL, PHP, etc. P- On Apr 9, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Amy Gelfand 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
