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I have been reading a lot of messages where our members have been talking about free hosting and all that ...

There is no such thing as free hosting... there will always be a catch.

I have been thinking about doing this ever since we started the online jobs forum.

I would like to provide free hosting to our members with nothing to payatall... But the problem now is that we have 28000+ members and even if only 2-3% of them come farward to get free hosting I would go bankrupt with a few months

Can some one come up with some ideas so that we can keep the total number of free hosting candidates to less then 50? or may be 100 after some time...

What criteria can we have on who gets it and who doesnt?


I cannot start this before the 1st of November as I am a bit too busy with some other stuff which will all be done and dusted by end of October and in between I have to go to UK aswell and this adventure of free hosting will need a lot of time to do due to the sheer number of members who will show interest.

Any good suggestions are welcome... I am most interested in suggestions about what criteria shall we have on who gets it..

There also another thing... how much space and how much bandwidth should every one get?

The main purpose of providing this hosting free of cost is to take off the burden of a start up from those who are going to try out the ideas I post in the online jobs section in future and they can get free hosting in the begening and once they start making enough money they can then move their site from our server and buy hosting else where as they would be able to afford paid hosting by then as soon as they start making some good money from their website.

So all in all the suggestions we need are:

Who should get it (no more then 50-100 members would get it in the begining may be more depending on how much it costs)
how much space
how much bandwidth
how many domains should be allowed to be hosted


You can also add your own suggestions.


For those who have doubts on why would I do this... I dont have an answer to this... I would just get great satisfaction knowing that I got some one started up with making money from a website And I would make a lot of friends in the process.

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mahehellraiser

my god..awesome!!..i never thought u wud come up with this kind of idea..

who shud get the prevailage??

hmm..this is a tricky question..if u decide on people's post-count..they can easily make it to your minimum requirement or even might exceed it within a day or two..matter of hrs...i think it wud be good to see the date of joining or the amount of intrest the person is showing or his/her profession, like if he's a student like me (:P)....

how much space??

nothing much around 10-20mb is enough to the beginners i guess, or upto 50mb if u can afford

how much bandwidth??

i dont know!!..u decide...

how many domains??

none!!..atleast we'l buy domains..lol...

wat say admin..

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Admin

When I said how many domain I didint mean I would buy domains for members... I mean how many domains should one be allowed to host on this free space we provide.

Normally there are restrictions on the number of domains you can host in a hosting account.

mahehellraiser

yaa...just one domain na or two at max..

Dipy

OMG... Admin, if u could really provide a free hosting for the members that wud b awesome and would really help the community, for those trying to start their business online.... like me .

i agree with 'mahehellraiser', only one domain is enough for now per member.
10/20 mb max is enuf for starters. Bandwidth...hmmm.. depends on your budget.

Thanx... keep up the gud work (..btw Excuse ma English)

sb21pro

how exactly are try ing to do this hosting, do u hav a unlimited domain hosting, whre multiple domains can be hosted from one hosting package?

Jet§

At this point I can suggest that you hand pick the members,
as cost and space is 'THE' issue in this regards.

So...What will be the modus operandi of picking the members?

I suggest that whoever requires hosting services should make an application
here or any place of your convenience where you could view it.

The Applicant mentions the general idea of What/ How/ Why, etc.
he or she wants to use the hosting services that you are trying to provide
them for 'Free'. Based on the facts mentioned on applications (which will be
flooded towards you ) you pick up the ones you find fit to get the freebie.
Maybe something like picking up only 5-10 applicants weekly so that you are
not over burdened should also be considered You can add more filters along
with the suggestion I put up here.

I need not caution you that it is the initial spam of applications you will get
in the above mentioned method which you will really have to work through,
hopefully it eases up later on.

Why I suggest this method? Well, since it is you who is taking the initiative
to open a gateway to the members of this board, I personally believe that
you have the full right to decide/ choose who should be let to use this
opportunity based on what kind of application is put across to you.

Either you can choose this or any part of this method, whatever makes it
easier for you By the way, great thinking there Admin & may the desired
members makes best use of this oppurtunity

Jet§

Admin

I dont want to belooking at peoples projects and all that ... I would like this to ve transparent with no room for complaints ...

I would like to have a criteria her eon this forum some how and I have no clue where to start...

May be amount of reputation or number of posts may be and or the period of time the member has been registered for...

I dont know what it would be thats the reason I am here asking for opinions


Suggestions please....

sb21pro

hey answer my Q

pothi

Dear Admin,

Thank you for your initiatives in this regard. I was just stuned by this announcement.

I completely agree on this point.

Your criteria to select those 50 to 100 people might be chosen in the way that *Jet* has already described. I'm sure your vision is not to stop with those 50 to 100 people. If all those 50 started earning, you are sure going to continue the same for the next 50.

So as *Jet* mentioned, I'd like to see a separate thread for applications with their business model

1. The niche/theme
2. The target visitors
3. The time duration they need to make it live in case you give him/her permission to host the domain in your server/account
4. Other details that can be revealed to the public (some might not want to give their ideas in public).
5. Probably with a domain name registered, if it's been done already.

You could inform the members that the more details they provide, more the chances of getting into the list of 50 - 100. Other members can even vote/comment for the idea brought up by that particular member.

Hope this helps,

Pothi.