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Hello,
Let me start off, please don’t waste time posting affiliate links to other hosts here, I am looking for opinions on my hosting setup, not purchasing more.
With that out of the way, here is my question…

I run a small web hosting company, I offer standard Shared Hosting and Reseller Hosting. I decided to include FFMPEG with all plans as well. Lately I have noticed that I have been getting fewer and fewer conversions over the past few months. I was wondering if anyone can review my site and post any advice.

Along with any tips, I would mainly want to have the answers to the following questions :
If you were a Potential Customer, what would make or break the sale for you?
What would you like to see that would make it better?
Does my hosting Stand Out from others?

Not only will I issue 10 points to the best genuine answer, I will give anyone who posts a genuine answer 3 free months of Reseller Hosting (Starter Reseller Plan). Just shoot me an e-mail if interisted.
I feel stupid - I forgot the site. It is K-Disk.net
Also, a s a side note, the free hosting offer includes all the features of the 9.99 ‘Starter Reseller’ hosting with the exception of the domain

ok, had a quick look .. the design looks a bit antique (html tables with borders?) and unpolished (white border around live help link, etc) …you might want to checkout templatemonster.com for a better more modern design!

… and also, i would display your hosting plans on the main page .. with links to detailed description of features/plan comparisons.

i also suggest you offer some more popular software (like wordpress, etc) installation packages that users can easily switch on/off without need of technical knowledge.

and of course, most important is to make sure google ranking and advertising is working well to make sure your hosting service is getting found by users. (maybe get a SEO specialist?)

I’m self-publishing my new book about to be published shortly through LightningSource. Here’s my dilemma as a self-published, self-marketing author:

1. Do I leave fulfillment to LightningSource/Amazon who will charge me 55% right off the top, leaving me with much smaller margins (the cost of the book will come from my share, the remaining 45%) and focus on just marketing the book? If I take this route, then I can’t do much for affiliates and Joint Venture partners, but reduces a lot of S&H overhead.

2. Do I do the fulfillment myself, selling the book for lower than Amazon, worrying about shipping and handling (especially international shipments, refunds, etc)? This approach will give help me pay decent amounts to affiliates, JV partners and bulk resellers, but increases my order- processing overhead.

What do you think?

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Ravi Jayagopal
Author, "No Business Like E-Business"
http://www.NBLEB.com
Cada,

The problem with doing both (which I will be doing anyway) is that when your affiliates drive traffic to your web site, and you send the visitor off to Amazon to buy the book, all of their effort has gone to waste, and you have effectively screwed your affiliates by by-passing the affiliate link.

- Ravi
http://www.RavisRants.com
Hi Frootbat31,

Lulu charges ridiculously high rates - $10 for a book that LightningSource will print for me for just $4. I’m not even considering LuLu. They take too much, and I don’t get anything more for my money than, say using LightningSource distribution, which is a lot less actually.

- Ravi
http://www.HowToThrowYourVoice.com
Hi all,

I’ve been in e-Business since 1996, and have made thousands of dollars in sales through ClickBank, 1siteautomation.com (my own private lable of 1shoppingcart).

My big dilemma was to whether sell it through Amazon only, or Amazon and my own site - I didn’t want to ideally split up my focus, but I have found the answers since I first asked this question.

I have decided to primarily sell my book through my own site, http://www.NBLEB.com , and there won’t be any mention of purchasing through Amazon. That is because Amazon would normally take a 55% discount, and I’m not willing to part that much for them. I will instead use some of that money for paying my affiliates, who will be paid around $10 per sale of the book.

I have sold ebooks for thousands of dollars, and they haven’t done one bit for my reputation as an author. So, this time, I’m not after the money - I’m after the reputation and respect that comes along with being a published author.

Sorry, ran out of space….
So here’s what I finally decided, in case you’ve come to this thread and want to see how it all ends

1. Going to offer a short discount (25%) to Amazon. My local Barnes and Noble 1 mile away won’t even stock the book because "that’s not how they work". I don’t expect any sales from a physical book store, so screw them and their 55% discount. 25% is all they get ( that too only because that’s the minimum Lightning Source will let me set

2. I will sell it primarily through my web site, and there will be no referring folks to Amazon. If someone still ends up finding the book on Amazon and buying it, then so be it. I’m not going to be doing any explicit promotion of the fact that my book is on Amazon. People will have to buy from me, US or International.

3. I’m going to charge a modest shipping rate - maybe even offer free shipping for US only. Still working out the costs.

4. I’m going to offer aggressive commissions to my affiliates.

- Ravi
http://www.NBLEB.com

Amazon has the established marketing you’ll need, and you build a reputation there.
Have you considered http://www.lulu.com which is print on demand that’s free? You’ll get a free online store ,and can market that.

I’m looking for good ideas on what type of home-based business to start-up. I’ve was recently "laid off" but I have funds put aside. Really, I don’t wish to go back to working for someone else. I would like to hear about some solid, proven, home business or perhaps franchises that can be run from home maybe a computer/internet based service business. No MLM, affiliates programs, pyramid schemes or anything of the sort.

Ideas that have crossed my mind:

Blogging (I live in a tourist town and thought there might be opportunity in providing info about events in town).
Online tutoring (Spanish, software programs like Photoshop).
Domain name selling (like a reseller)
Web site building (would have to learn web design first)
Virtual Office Assistant.
Video Resume Service

I’m not sure which path to take right now but I’m looking for good solid ideas and I’ll take this "time off" to research ‘em and follow what looks like it may lead some where.

Thanks everyone.

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PS: I know I didn’t post any active links,
Yahoo Answers suspends everyone who is posting too many links,
doesn’t matter if different links or same links….but if you put a link every answer… you get suspended. and I basically have "3 links" at one answer.

I don’t want anymore GREAT CORPORATE LOOKING WEB PAGES reselling plans and then, when a need help or I’m in troubles discover that this great hosting company is in front of my house, managed by a granny or a crazy boy looking for some bucks. I want a real company. With fast solutions to my problems or questions. I need joomla support, mass mail for all the affiliates without restrictions (news, bulletins), and good prices. I repeat, please, no resellers. I’M DONE with resellers. Just direct contacts. Please help me. Any suggestions?

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They’re the best value for the price! A real company, 11 years in business, currently hosting over 600 000 websites.

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I have a business selling a product online (have trademarks in US, EU).

A copycat business has emerged, selling a knock off of our product, and on their website, they have:

1. Taken bits from our company’s backstory and are using it as their own
2. Made statements that they are an authorized reseller of our product
(no way this would ever be true)

All in all, they’re trying to make people think they ARE us, or affiliated with us in some way that gives them the right to sell our product.

QUESTION: **What is the umbrella term for this "stealing our identity" thing that they are doing to us?

I beleive the term is: ‘Fraud’
and if they say it in court, the term is ‘Perjury’ (fancy way of saying ‘bullshitting in court’)

Im running 3 adds with adword, 3 adds with adsence, and adds on yahoo,googles,aol,I do link ex and post site link every week,what more can I do?

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I want to be reseller for amazon, i don’t have affiliate id from them. Please anyone help me how can I get an affiliate id from amazon?

Find at here: http://anhblog.net/category/affiliate-program/
Tips that.

Or you can register at here:

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/join/landing/main.html

Yes they do - it is managed by Comission Junction