More Profits in Your Website Hosting Business

If you run a website hosting business, you already know the challenges in the business. Thousands of competitors are just a click away, ready to undercut your price.

Potential customers see hosting as a commoditiy and shop by price. Several directories like Hostreview, Acehosts and Hostindex make it easy to comparison shop.

How can you get more profits from your business under these conditions?

FIRST, GET THE CUSTOMER

Calculate the lifetime value of your customer. For example, let's say the average customer stays with you for 15 months and pays 16.95 a month. That means their lifetime value to your company is $254.25. So every customer you acquire makes your business (on average) $254.25.

If a visitor comes to your website, then leaves to comparison shop, you have more than likely lost that sale. Have you invested in sales copy that compels your visitors to buy from you? Does your website help him to see that you are the best choice for his situation? Showcase your credibility, guarantee services and offer incentives to try your service. Make it easy to buy from you.

NEXT, KEEP THE CUSTOMER

Because each customer is hard-won and the value of the customer is so high, you'll want to make sure you have the support services that keep your customers happy.

Once a customer leaves you for another website host, he's gone forever. You probably already make customer service a priority, with email answered in a timely fashion and well-trained technical support. Go the extra mile. Don't wait for customers to contact you. Ask your customer how you're doing.

THEN, SELL MORE TO THE CUSTOMER

The customer has already bought from you. There is familiarity and trust. You can easily offer complimentary items to your current customer list.

The major concern of your customer is how to succeed online. It's easy to offer online marketing tools, ebooks and additional services. It can be as simple as joining an affiliate program for an item your customer may need, then making him aware of the item.

Focus on these 3 areas, getting the customer, keeping the customer and selling more to him. You'll enjoy higher profits in your website hosting business.

About The Author

Resource: Raynay Valles is a Marketing Specialist and author of Profitable Website Hosting. Find out how to get the report at http://www.jawdrop.com/ebooks/webhosting.html or email rvalles@jawdrop.com

The Most Affordable Way To Start A Web Hosting Business lonad News Have you ever before wanted to start up your own web hosting corporation? If so, reseller hosting is the way to go. Reseller hosting is when you have been ...

RFU renew web hosting deal with Attenda CIO UK By CIO Staff | Published: 12:03 GMT, 07 September 10 | CIO UK Rugby governing body the Rugby Football Union (RFU) has again renewed a web hosting deal with ... and more »

What are the Web Hosting Options at your Disposal? PRWire First and foremost, you should undertake extensive research to find out as much as you can about the different kinds of web hosting services on offer today. ...

Westchester.com

WestchesterInternet.com Westchester.com You need JavaScript enabled to view it Affordable web hosting and web design solutions. Designers and web hosting providers for some of the region's largest ... and more »

DigThisWebhost.com – Helping You With Effective Yet Easy Web Host Promotion PR-Services (press release) Are you a web host in dire need of an effective yet funky platform for web hosting promotion? If so, you need not look any further than digthiswebhost.com ... and more »

The Ultimate Hosting Plan Gets Even Cheaper HostReview.com (press release) Gossimer, one of the top 25 world's most popular web hosting and domain name registration company, has further reduced the price of its web hosting plan ...

HostGee.Com Web Hosting Now Supports JSP PR-USA.net (press release) Leading domain and Web hosting provider HostGee.Com announces that the company's UNIX® hosting packages will now support JavaServer Pages. ... and more »

Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup - Sept. 4, 2010 Web Host Industry Review (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- There were many Web hosting sales and promos this week including a riddle contest from ...

Choose your Cheap Web Hosting Option with Care FPRD (press release) (blog) Web hosting services are extremely essential if you want to be available to your Internet users round the clock. The decisions you take, especially when it ... Webhost.UK.Net : UK's Top Shared, VPS, Reseller and Dedicated Web Hosting ProviderSBWire (press release) Shared hosting 'allows a hands-off approach to IT'Global Gold Internet Services all 3 news articles »

Local Web Hosting Company SingleHop Ranked as #1 Chicago IT Company by Inc ... PR Newswire (press release) SingleHop, which provides dedicated servers and complex web hosting, is ranked #1 among all web hosting companies, #2 in the Chicago area and #3 in the ... and more »