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Quote: Originally Posted by XeHSean Pay a happy client the $50 in credit to post about his/her experience with you in a number of different forums I was going to post the exact same response. Keeping current customers happy and extremely satisfied is one of the best routes to go if you have a very small or limited advertising budget.

You'd be very surprised. Before selling my ad-free free web host I was pulling in a profit each month with less than 1,000 users (I pruned inactive accounts often and only allowed US and CA sign-ups). My last free web host was less than 10 months old before I sold it and I've provided a lot of consultation for quite a few other free web hosts (I guess it comes with the territory of being the Community Leader @ FreeWHT ) who are doing...

Quote: Originally Posted by FS - Mike LLP is different to a Private Limited or Public Limited Company. There are several types of limited companies in the UK, as governed by the Companies Act 1985 and Companies Act 2006. These are: Private Limited Company, limited by Shares; Private Limited Company, limited by Guarantee; and Public Limited Companies, limited by Shares. Shares can be traded and sold, however, only Public Companies may trade...

You'll definitely attract people that are new to the webmaster world. So it could be a great idea if you can make it work and keep it cost effective. But personally, I have too much exp with developing sites so it wouldn't sway me one way or another. Most likely I wouldn't use the service if a host gave you access to it anyway. But like I said, it will attract new webmasters and more and more people are getting into owning their...

If I was you I would just use WHMCS and get it integrated into your design so it looks professional.

Thanks I appreciate it!

Call them, do your due diligence and keep an eye on the account once setup.

There are plenty of ways to make a profit without displaying ads on user's sites. I personally wasn't making much of a profit because I wasn't interested in making money but some free hosts are making upwards of $100/day in advertisement income (with a much bigger client base than mine of course). I'm not going to go into to much detail (I'll save it for my book ) but Google Adsense advertisements earn a decent income...

Quote: I know this doesn’t need to be said but I'll say it anyways. Why use MaxMind or any other fraud screening software if your going to ignore the warning signs it gives up. True, and well said. Do most of you guys just silently ignore the order? Do you send a mail with the reasons of the decline or the reasons why it was not accepted? These questions obviously do not apply to those who accept orders / or verify and accept.

I'd say 1/5 people read the TOS but it's just a guess. And yeah, now that I think about it, alibi definitely isn't the word but I got nothing else. But as you said, it does show that your intentions were good, you didn't want the stuff on your server in the first place. The only way to get a good answer is to ask a lawyer. I'm working my way there but the law I've been studying has nothing to do with these kinds...