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[redgore]

GG > The best way to start your own web design business/sideline is to look for local companies in need of a site. You wont get alot of money but there are bound to be a few who dont want to pay large amounts of money for a site. One of the companies im making a site for had paid £3000 for a site which turned out pathetic. Im charging him £500 . So far he likes the work im doing.

[secretagent]

hi

if you don't have a theme in mind for a business name, how about naming it with a totally random name, like totallyrandom.com (ooops that's taken) or whatever.com (taken too) or idontknow.com (wow, its taken too - and its a web design / hosting page too!)

or if you want to annoy some AOers, name it after their usernames, like redgore or greekgoddess or something. but then, i'm just tired and you shouldn't consider that at all as it will probably piss them off big time - unless if they think its a tribute to them, in which case, just hope they don't ask you for royalties for using their AO username. and if you want to use secretagent dot anything - well, please tell me in advance so i can ask you for royalties. j/k =)

just an idea.

regards,
mark.

[khakisrule]

Hey JC you may wanna ask these guys about the scripts they use for keeping track of their hosting site http://www.l33t.ca/ They use red hat as well and pay for an OC3 line. Its a pretty nice site. I don't need to use any scripts since all my customers found out about me through my paper and they all live in the same city as me. But if you want to put a sign-up script online then you may want some way to protect yourself from abuse unless you don't plan to offer a free sign-up option in which case this doesn't matter. BTW l337.ca is set up by people who aren't very old so they'll probably be happy to help you out. And which version of red hat are you running?

[melikesredhat]

Yea, thats a nice site. You need to think about your system more than you need to think about your name. Check out the specs on l33t.ca That is a good system for hosting, fast, and stable. You are going to need a faster processor for more customers, think about how many people you will be hosting. And like khakis said smaller hard drives are almost the only way to go because if multiple customers try to upload and download things at once from a big hard drive then they will all slow your service down. You should probably just buy a simple server from a local reseller and then add a few hard drives to it.

[secretagent]

Originally posted here by melikesredhat
You should probably just buy a simple server from a local reseller and then add a few hard drives to it.

or build it from scratch (get all components and assemble it yourself) if you can. you'll probably feel more attached to it that way.

regards,
mark.

[khakisrule]

And another thing, you need a disclaimer JC, you need to make one that suits your site, some sites have none but if you plan to offer people the option of allowing access to their files to other people than you need one. Other people could be in law enforcement and they could see all the warez and kiddie porn somebody stashed on your computer. It is best to post a law or a link to it on your site, it'll take care of it for you.

[GreekGoddess]

hahaha you can use my username if you really want to...I would be flattered. Just as long as you don't use Goddess Unleashed, since that's the title of my homepage and someday I will be l33t and pay for my own domain and actually invest the time to rebuild it after the huge crash it suffered a few months back due to a guy that I pissed off...

redgore: I have actually tried your idea. It's funny, webdesign and graphic design and such is a great hobby. I've been learning it since I was 15, and I've evolved so much from my mile long front page that contained all of my content on just that page with no linking to other page...hehehehe I've designed sites for a lot of local companies, for a decent income. The problem though is that it started to become a job, and I hated it. So I tend to work as a courtesy...just for experience to make my own website better. I don't want to do it as a job because it's no longer any fun because I'm working...I got a lot of great referrals for it, and was charging a lot less than the companies that they had originally design their pages.

I'm weird like that, I guess.

I had a couple of links to a privacy policy and legal disclaimer generator I used when I created a clan a while back and made the site for it pretty professional. You can ultimately edit the finished product however you want, but these are a couple of great tools to get you started once you figure out your policies, what you're going to do with information, name, etc.

http://www.the-dma.org/library/priva...ing.shtml#form
http://209.204.219.152/free_disclaimer.htm

I think we should create a private conference room, once more people respond and we find out who's really interested. I'm joining as an "Advisor/Webdesigner" not looking to profit, I guess just kind of hang out and watch it take off...contribute whatever I can...just don't EVER call it a job... *LOL* I haven't gotten to try out the conference rooms yet...but it would be a great place to exchange ideas on this without any interference from irrelevant parties. Keep it private...Just a thought.

[VictorKaum]

GreekGoddess that are really usefull links.
I think it's very important to add legal notice / disclaimer

[JCHostingAdmin]

Im either going with TuxHosting, OzTuxHosting, JGHosting, or any other suggestions. Would anyone want to co-run/own a WebHosting buisness with me? PM me or reply. Also, I wanted to know if JP could help me with a small thing and allow me to change my name since Im changing the company? Could I change my name and keep my stats or do I need to sign up again? I hope I dont need to signup again.

Also, I might stay with JCHosting due to the fact my name is Jason Copeland and I'd want to keep it that way. The guy on JCHosting.com doesnt have a copyright so maybe I can work ym way that way! I dunno..

[Reality]

GreekGoddess you know that you can get domain names for about 10.00 ea right? Well worth it just to hang onto a good name When I get home from work I can post some cheap sites if you'd like.

Yes you will need a good disclaimer. Cover your... at all times man.