eBay ads?
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easyhostmedia
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yes we run the odd hosting listing special through ebay and get a few orders.
dont forget it will cost 40p ebay fees and then your have the FVF fee and then Paypal fees. that is unless you list under
category:
Everything Else
>
Test Auctions
>
Attributes10_Test
which is a classified ad, which is free to list
Alex - A2 Hosting
Active member
What kind of specials do you offer that works for you? eBay is filled with $2 per year unlimited hosting offers which take the majority.
easyhostmedia
Well-known member
you noticed that too, try asking some of these sellers simple hosting questions and you will find a majority have not idea what you are on about. I asked one once if they offered ded IPs and i was surprised when he come back with 'what are they never heard of them'. he also had no idea what DNS was, so also clearly unable to use google, as even if you had no idea (bad for a host) then he could have used google to find out, so not making himself look a fool.
but to your question. i usually run reseller specials at £5 a month ( have one at the moment) along with a Fantastic Social Networking Package + RMS for video chat
I feel like selling hosting on eBay is ridiculous, I'm surprised anybodies ever gotten clients from there.
Haha that sounds about right, unlimited hosting for a year so cheap is ridiculous, makes it hard for real Companies
easyhostmedia
Well-known member
but the fact of life now is that because of the economy a lot of people just look on ebay for cheap deals and go on the price and not quality of service and then wen it all goes belly up they look for genuine hosts. I can almost guarantee for the next 7 weeks ebays UK site will have these cheap hosts treble as schools out for the summer holidays.
and too anyNode we get a decent return on our ebay deals
easyhostmedia
Well-known member
read what you wrote, you have explained a kiddie HOST selling super master alpha resellers for $10/year and not a client looking for a host.
these are 2 different things, but yes use genuine hosts have to compete with the kiddie hosts as i stated earlier in todays economy clients just look at price and not really quality of service
Sorry that was unclear (it was late) :smilie3:. Please allow me to clarify, because, you're right, there are two things I was talking about.
1) The price range on eBay does in fact attract bad clientele
2) There are also $10/year super master alpha unlimited everything resellers that kids will try to sell on eBay. -- you'll have to compete with this kind of level of service and the price, but most people just look at the price.
easyhostmedia
Well-known member
we have never had any bad apples from ebay complete signup with us as our security measures kick in and after 11 years i know how to spot baduns. but we get very few that are stopped or look wrong.
not hard to compete on kiddies level of service as most of them dont have any or even active websites themselves.
cpoalmighty
New member
I think ebay ads might bring the wrong type of clients to your business. Also, you may need to beef up your fraud detection tools to ensure you have a decent outcome for your services provided.
We are also trying the eBay listings but have no sign-ups from there. Also the view rate is quite low, probably about 20 per offer last month.
However i'll give it some time.
We try to distinguish ourselves there by putting focus on our support service and the fact that we use real datacenters, not basements or the back room in the office.
Interestingly enough we had a question from someone which was supposed to be edgy i guess, he was like " if you are so reliable why don't you disclose your whereabouts?". So I did and I posted it on the posting page. He did not reply back, i believe he was not expecting such detailed answer
However i'll give it some time.
We try to distinguish ourselves there by putting focus on our support service and the fact that we use real datacenters, not basements or the back room in the office.
Interestingly enough we had a question from someone which was supposed to be edgy i guess, he was like " if you are so reliable why don't you disclose your whereabouts?". So I did and I posted it on the posting page. He did not reply back, i believe he was not expecting such detailed answer
easyhostmedia
Well-known member
well i would say the same thing too
what are you hiding?
1) in a whois search your details are hidden behind a whois agent
2) you dont display an address on your website
These 2 factors would 100% stop me from hosting with you as i have no idea where you are based.
phone numbers mean nothing as these could be redirected to a mobile anywhere in the world.
TekStorm - James
New member
Mail can be forwarded too. Services are also available from virtual offices to scan your mail and e-mail it to you.
easyhostmedia
Well-known member
true, but why would a webhost or any business, try and hide where they are based by NOT having a physical address on their website (which if they were a UK business they could be fined), also hiding where the domain is registered all makes you wonder what are they hiding.
As far as anyone knows they could be a 5 year old running from a tablet in his bedroom
I appreciate your comment!
I understand what you say but i don't think this stuff matters for the regular customer. We are always reachable via the phone numbers provided, the live chat and the ticketing system.
We have staff rotating shifts and on duty 24/7.
This is an online business where we sell virtual goods. Our servers are in top notch data centers, allowing us to provide reliable service with network and power redundancy.
Many of our colleagues work remotely as we operate in 3rd party data centers. We have constant monitoring on all our systems, we even use forecasting tools so we can update our hardware pro-actively and spot potential issues before they happen. This is clearly indicated on the website. Details about the datacenters are also available on the website.
Our physical address is displayed on each order form page (bottom left corner) and is also stated on each client invoice we provide for every payment we receive. This address can be used for snail mail, claims and what not, but there is no sales office there or anything like that.
easyhostmedia
Well-known member
I dont know where you get that from , but these days it is vital to show where you are based on websites and whois details.
I dare say if you check with your local state authorities you could be breaking the law by not displaying a Physical address on your website.
100% compliant, thanks for your concern.
As i said - physical address is displayed on all of the order pages, on all pages related with financial transactions and on all invoices (electronic or physical as we do cut a paper invoice for clients if needed).
It was never meant to be hidden or anything.
I will take this point and address it for our next web site design.
Thanks and regards.
As i said - physical address is displayed on all of the order pages, on all pages related with financial transactions and on all invoices (electronic or physical as we do cut a paper invoice for clients if needed).
It was never meant to be hidden or anything.
I will take this point and address it for our next web site design.
Thanks and regards.
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