Earning Money

I have a story to tell, so pull a chair, sit back, relax, have some popcorn, because the story I am going to tell could be a story you have experienced before. Oh, I know! You’ve heard all about overselling. You have heard about how web hosts, at least some of them, can’t be trusted and they are never to be relied on. Spend more money, get a better host, get a dedicated, whatever. You’ve heard it all before. But, amuse me and allow me to tell you this story…It is a good story. It is a lesson that I hope you can learn from this blog post rather than reality yourself. Let me begin…

Once upon a time, in a far away land called my friend in Ohio, there lived my friend. And he came across an amazing deal for a proxy that was making a killing in money. He made the wrong move and forgot to ask how much hosting was costing the man before he bought it. So, he bought the site and he decided he was going to build a network of proxies. If one works, so will so many others. And so he began. However, before he could even get started, his web host said, “no! Your proxy is sucking too much bandwidth, we hate you, GO!” So he went.

Now…He went in search of a web host. He went searching long and hard, praying he could find a web host that would satisfy him. And along came the knight in shining armor, the knight who said, “you can have UNLIMITED disk space and UNLIMITED bandwidth for $15.99.” My friend said, “awesome, let me try it!” And he took it. He took the web host and he put his proxies up and he began to have some beneficial days. And then…Tragedy hit. That knight in shining armor was no knight! He was a deceiver!

My friend found out that his hosting had been cut off because he was using too much bandwidth. Wait, I thought that he got unlimited EVERYTHING for $15.99. And so, on he went, looking for a new web host to try and turn his not so great network into a shining, earning, profitable network. And although he has yet to live happily ever after, we will say that he did, just for the sake of the story…The End.

What did you learn from this story? I learned never to trust a guy that says, “yeah! Unlimited everything for less than a dollar a day! SCORE!” No. That’s bogus. He lost more profitability because of the downtime. As webmasters, we CANNOT afford that. Learn from the lesson of my friend…Get a reliable host. Spend some money. Do whatever it takes to ensure that you are giving your sites the best uptime possible. Their uptime will determine whether you have success or not. So, learn from the story of the big bad overseller. Copies will be available in all bookstores before Christmas. Later!

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