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Old 10-20-2007, 05:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Hosting and Internet Start-ups

I was wondering if anyone here could post advice as to what steps need to be taken to "launch" an internet start up. From taking the finished alpha site from the developer to hosting it. Also, what to do when your server crashes from too much traffic, etc.

Also, could someone give the lowdown as to what to look for in a web host: scalability, customer service, etc. Any good hosting companies for an internet start up?

Thanks!
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Old 10-23-2007, 06:02 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I was wondering if anyone here could post advice as to what steps need to be taken to "launch" an internet start up. From taking the finished alpha site from the developer to hosting it. Also, what to do when your server crashes from too much traffic, etc.

Also, could someone give the lowdown as to what to look for in a web host: scalability, customer service, etc. Any good hosting companies for an internet start up?

Thanks!
Do you mean website startup?

You take the website from the developer and upload it to your host. Some hosts can let you upload large websites without an ftp. Or if you are familiar with ftp, use that to upload it to your webhost.

If your host provider is good, your server will never crash, so dont worry about that.

I like godaddy.com They are cheap, easy, and customer service rocks.
But thats just me.

Hope this helps
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Old 10-24-2007, 11:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Thanks for your input, Lisa. And I thought godaddy simply just did domain names.
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Thanks for your input, Lisa. And I thought godaddy simply just did domain names.
Nope, godaddy does it all now. Check them out, they will even build you a custom website now.
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It really depends on the size of the site you run. Personally, after moving my site to a dedicated server, I could never move back to shared hosting. There are way too many issues with shared hosting that could bring down your business; many of which won't even be your fault.
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Old 10-31-2007, 09:24 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I have used a heap of different hosts and yet to find a good linux based one.

I have just tried godaddy for my BANS stores, but it has been nothing but problems. So I think I will be trying Host Gator next.
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Old 11-01-2007, 08:25 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I have all my domains and hosting through godaddy. Servers rock, and their customer service always gets back to you with heap loads of good information. Domain + hosting for 1 year was about $45 They also provide storefront hosting services (software) for retail sites and such.
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I have a server with about 10 TB of Bandwidth so I don't need to worry about traffic crashing it ATM.
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I have dedicated servers with 1&1. I have always received excellent customer service with them and they have gone above and beyond their scope to help me. For instance, recently they helped me fix some issues with application pools on my server. This is totally outside of the scope of their service with dedicated servers, but one of the techs examined my server and gave me some recommednations to improve performance. Since I can't afford to hire a dedicated or even a part-time IT person, I am glad I am able to get this help from the host when I need it.

On top of that, when I do need help, I don't get people in India. I can understand what the tech's are saying and they respond quickly, even via email.
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i say start out on something like godaddy and then when your site takes off get a dedicated server.


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... after moving my site to a dedicated server, I could never move back to shared hosting. There are way too many issues with shared hosting that could bring down your business; many of which won't even be your fault.
i agree with this 100%
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I was wondering if anyone here could post advice as to what steps need to be taken to "launch" an internet start up. From taking the finished alpha site from the developer to hosting it. Also, what to do when your server crashes from too much traffic, etc.

Also, could someone give the lowdown as to what to look for in a web host: scalability, customer service, etc. Any good hosting companies for an internet start up?

Thanks!
Hi, based on your question ill answer this on a shared and dedicated hosting basis.

Q) what steps need to be taken to "launch" an internet start up. From taking the finished alpha site from the developer to hosting it.
A) What does your website do? Is it a forum, a business website promoting products, a social networking site? lets say for arguments sake you are starting a forum. First thing you want to do is test the site for any bugs and and make any corrections where needed.

Q) Also, what to do when your server crashes from too much traffic, etc.
A) Most sites can start off with a shared hosting package and will run well as long as you are on decent hardware, decent hosts will run dual or quad or processors 4GB of ram and RAID. This is sufficient enough to support a large number of accounts. You're site should not be able to bring down the shared hosting server since the host will notify you that your site is using too high resources and advise you to either optimize it or upgrade to either a VPS (Virtual Private Server) or a dedicated server, in this case the amount of space or bandwidth you are allocated is irrelevant it's the system resources you are using that ultimately determine whether an upgrade is necessary. If your are hosting on your own dedicated server and the you find that the server is crashing for the sole reason of too much traffic the first thing to do is optrimize the server to run with your site, if this does not fix the issue upgrade what is needed (maybe ram) and/or upgrade the server to something more powerful.

Q) Also, could someone give the lowdown as to what to look for in a web host: scalability, customer service, etc.
A) When looking for a good host the first thing to check is any reviews that are scattered over the net these can be a great guide when choosing your host. All hosts can provide the same product what makes a host different is the qua