Man, am I tired of being compared to cheap hosts, and what they offer.
While this issue came to me on another forum, the problem exists throughout the industry.
After posting an offer on a different forum, it was followed by a few compliments, and then one user implying that our prices were too high.
This irritated me beyond belief. It wasn't that fact that he questioned the prices, it was the reason he questioned the prices.
Every day we run across those hosts that start their company on a shoestring budget, get themselves a reseller package, and determine that the best course of action is to have the lowest prices in the industry, only to be out of business a month or two later.
The number of these hosts that are out there, create such a false saturation of this industry, that it leads consumers to believe that these prices are normal.
They don't take into account the costs of running a company, compared to the costs of running a hobby like business.
The costs of running a legit company have to be calculated into the prices you set for your packages, and of thus have reflection in your set prices.
Many consumers are made to believe that everything is free or almost free on the internet. Many of them have no idea about what it takes to power these technologies.
While it comes right down what the consumer's needs are, it also comes down to how much grief the consumer is willing to deal with, just to pay a smaller price.
It depends on the quality they can live with.
higher quality and a price to match may not be for everyone, but then again, some folks prefer fish sticks over lobster.
It's sad to say, but I truly feel that the only way they will become more educated in this aspect of our industry, is to get ripped off, over and over again, like a hammer smacking them in the head. Only then will many of them stop to say "Hey quit, that hurts"
While this issue came to me on another forum, the problem exists throughout the industry.
After posting an offer on a different forum, it was followed by a few compliments, and then one user implying that our prices were too high.
This irritated me beyond belief. It wasn't that fact that he questioned the prices, it was the reason he questioned the prices.
Every day we run across those hosts that start their company on a shoestring budget, get themselves a reseller package, and determine that the best course of action is to have the lowest prices in the industry, only to be out of business a month or two later.
The number of these hosts that are out there, create such a false saturation of this industry, that it leads consumers to believe that these prices are normal.
They don't take into account the costs of running a company, compared to the costs of running a hobby like business.
The costs of running a legit company have to be calculated into the prices you set for your packages, and of thus have reflection in your set prices.
Many consumers are made to believe that everything is free or almost free on the internet. Many of them have no idea about what it takes to power these technologies.
While it comes right down what the consumer's needs are, it also comes down to how much grief the consumer is willing to deal with, just to pay a smaller price.
It depends on the quality they can live with.
higher quality and a price to match may not be for everyone, but then again, some folks prefer fish sticks over lobster.
It's sad to say, but I truly feel that the only way they will become more educated in this aspect of our industry, is to get ripped off, over and over again, like a hammer smacking them in the head. Only then will many of them stop to say "Hey quit, that hurts"
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