Comments on: Starting an Adult Paysite? Step 2 http://hourglass8.com/starting-adult-paysite-step-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starting-adult-paysite-step-2 Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kelly Shibari http://hourglass8.com/starting-adult-paysite-step-2/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Kelly Shibari Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:49:59 +0000 http://privatexxxstudio.net/?p=555#comment-221 I completely agree with the "start small" philosophy, especially if anyone is new to the paysite game. Start small, with purchased content - you can teach yourself and learn from the little (or big) mistakes that way with a minimum of financial commitment. I would eventually suggest moving to a dedicated server, but going through a smaller hosting company that specializes in adult content paysites is a great starting point :) I completely agree with the “start small” philosophy, especially if anyone is new to the paysite game. Start small, with purchased content – you can teach yourself and learn from the little (or big) mistakes that way with a minimum of financial commitment.

I would eventually suggest moving to a dedicated server, but going through a smaller hosting company that specializes in adult content paysites is a great starting point :)

]]> By: Adriana http://hourglass8.com/starting-adult-paysite-step-2/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Adriana Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:09:49 +0000 http://privatexxxstudio.net/?p=555#comment-220 Good advice - I don't have a pay site nor the demands which come with it but I've had experienced with several different hosts and just had a horrible debacle with one which resulted on my having to shop for hosts after 7 years of being with the same host. I definitely recommend chatting up the sales rep if you can. You recommend good customer service and I think that is important for any domain owner. I specifically refused to work with any company who outsourced their customer service - scripted replies never do anyone a damned good and if I run into troubles, I expect that I should get my money's worth from my host. It was also important for me to work with a company rather than an individual masquerading as a company or an individual with a reseller which you touched on. I might edit this post to define a reseller (a person or a group of persons who have purchased a larger hosting plan from a company and resell it to someone else) because someone who is not familiar with hosting might not realize this. I always prefer to skip the middle man, anyway. One thing I also keep in mind is that no company has unlimited resources and if they offer that, be wary (this is known as overselling). You might find unfare restrictions placed on you if the company thinks you're using too many resources or experience a lot of downtime and slowness because so many customers are using so many resources (a dedicated server won't have this issue, of course). Some companies will charge an arm and a leg if you use over X amount of space or bandwidth, even if the plan is "unlimited." On a related note, it is easy to upgrade plans and starting smaller might be smarter but make sure you know what the cost will be if you do go over your plan. Enough spiel from me, good article! <abbr><em>Adriana’s last blog post..<a href="http://ofsexandlove.com/2009/02/21/miracle-massager/">Miracle Massager</a></abbr></em> Good advice – I don’t have a pay site nor the demands which come with it but I’ve had experienced with several different hosts and just had a horrible debacle with one which resulted on my having to shop for hosts after 7 years of being with the same host.

I definitely recommend chatting up the sales rep if you can. You recommend good customer service and I think that is important for any domain owner. I specifically refused to work with any company who outsourced their customer service – scripted replies never do anyone a damned good and if I run into troubles, I expect that I should get my money’s worth from my host.

It was also important for me to work with a company rather than an individual masquerading as a company or an individual with a reseller which you touched on. I might edit this post to define a reseller (a person or a group of persons who have purchased a larger hosting plan from a company and resell it to someone else) because someone who is not familiar with hosting might not realize this. I always prefer to skip the middle man, anyway.

One thing I also keep in mind is that no company has unlimited resources and if they offer that, be wary (this is known as overselling). You might find unfare restrictions placed on you if the company thinks you’re using too many resources or experience a lot of downtime and slowness because so many customers are using so many resources (a dedicated server won’t have this issue, of course). Some companies will charge an arm and a leg if you use over X amount of space or bandwidth, even if the plan is “unlimited.” On a related note, it is easy to upgrade plans and starting smaller might be smarter but make sure you know what the cost will be if you do go over your plan.

Enough spiel from me, good article!

Adriana’s last blog post..Miracle Massager

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