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What's the best way to host a video startup [closed]
we trying to build a video streaming content startup, kind of like hulu, where subscribed users watch videos. We plan on creating iphone, android and blackberry apps later on too. But for now, we are ...
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choosing a hosting platform [closed]
How do I choose a hosting provider for a startup website?
It needs to be flexible and easy to maintain. Since I do not want to run costs of renting and maintaing a private server that I am not going ...
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VPS alternatives that are reliable and have little downtime
I've checked out Amazon EC2, RackSpace, And Linode, They're great actually but each has its pros and cons.
EC2 offers 5 IP's already without request, but it's impossible to associate multiple IP's to ...
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Basic Hosting Cost Info (non-technical) reworded [closed]
I just recently came across this site and it seems perfect for the types of questions I have and advice I will be needing to help make my business idea come to life and become successful.
My ...
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ISP for hosting company? [closed]
I'm starting a hosting company and I can't seem to find any ISPs that would work. I need one that has enough bandwidth. I also found a couple but they were either closed or very expensive. Also can ...
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What is the real price of an Amazon EC2 machine?
Every time I have new idea I usually have a to build a small website as a prototype to pitch it. Every time I wonder what hoster to use and it seems that every time I change hoster for various ...
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Should I contact customers about canceling who are not using services they pay for?
I own a small website hosting and services company. Most of my clients make automatic payments for recurring hosting services.
However, what is the appropriate way to handle customers that have ...
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Choosing Windows Hosting company for SaaS application
This is basically a ripoff of this question, but for windows only.
I am building a public website that will handle user data. This website is built on an Authentication system that I would like to ...
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Hosting images outside main site?
I noticed that sites like StackOverflow host user-submitted images outside their site, (in the SO case, at imgur). I've also seen forums do the same thing.
Are there advantages to taking this ...
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Hosting for web app [closed]
Can you recommend a hosting company that is both affordable and very good in order for my startup to have a good always-online image? It's nothing complicated that requires a dedicated server or at ...
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cheap/reliable Pay-As-You-Go hosting (cloud?)
I need Pay as you go hosting for a few of my web startups, I don't want to pay and get a dedicated server or VPN and not even use half the resourses, I also don't want to get shared hosting and get ...
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Video hosting provider for commercial content - who is the best [closed]
I am looking to host some video for our startup. We will be recording screencasts, interviews, and a range of things. We would therefore like to be able to host video at a decent resolution, and some ...
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WebHosting - things that I should consider
We build an application that uses Java's Servlet 3.0 features. Among others, we use heavily its Non-blocking IO support therefore a high CPU requirement should be expected. Furthermore, we use Apache ...
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How to start a hosted ecommerce solution like Shopify and Volusion?
I'm thinking of building a django application which is like an online shopping mall similar to eBay and Amazon. My business model is somewhat like that of Shopify or Volusion, which means I will build ...
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What kind of project collaboration tools are used in a lean startup [closed]
We would like to understand the kind of tools which are used by other startup(s) for maintaining their projects.
Project hosting (SVN or Git) - We have finalized on using Git.
Email collaboration - ...
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Choosing a Hosting Company for SaaS Product [closed]
I am building a SaaS product and am evaluating hosting providers. Currently I have three subscription paid websites hosted at GoDaddy. My new application will be quite a bit beefier than the existing ...
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Mobile Web development environment; build or buy?
I already publish apps for the major platforms but our mobile development has lagged behind. I have my developers working on enhancements to our mobile site functionality, but I'm not sure whether to ...
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Is there a missing niche market in web hosting business? [closed]
I am thinking in web hosting as a new startup. Is there a niche market in this segment which is not properly served in your opinion? What do you think?
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I started a Blog, looking to add video to it and a reliable hosting company
I launched a blog last week. I am looking to add some video blogs and I am looking for an inexpensive video camera that can output decent quality HD video, and reliable hosting for the site. Any ...
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Is it legal to host unlimited domains in an unlimited hosting plan?
I have an unlimited webhosting plan from http://www.domainindia.org/web_site_hosting_india.php .
I want to give my users a registered domain name like: usersite.com and provide a cpanel to them with ...
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Possible to run high volume website on managed hosting?
These days, obtaining managed hosting is very easy. You can get a reliable managed dedicated server from a reputable host for just a couple hundred of dollars per month. Is it possible with the ...
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Is there an affordable way to host an ASP.Net SaaS application when you're a nascent startup without much capital?
My very small company is building a hosted product and looking for options for hosting. Having done RoR for a little while, I love the fact that I can choose between options like Heroku, Linode, or a ...
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Webhosting solutions for a startup
We have a small business that needs a webhosting solution. We will probably be able to support the following:
Login to set up a shopping cart software (Magento most likely).
Unlimited bandwidth
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What's a solid hosting company located in the British Virgin Islands? (BVI)
As a quick prologue: a client is setting up a corporation in the BVI for tax / legal purposes.
Due to this, I'm currently searching for a hosting company located in BVI to run their website from. I ...
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Reliable Windows host, with PHP?
I have a client that has a .NET saas. We're looking for a reliable Windows/.NET host with Sql Server 2008 host that has good support. The gotcha is it also needs to support php and mysql for a ...
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What kind of hosting should I get
We have a pretty static site on godaddy right now. I NEED to get off godaddy.
We use wordpress for the website and I have the following requirements:
we will publish our desktopserver app to the ...
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Are there any benchmarks for hosting/infrastructure/licensing costs for a SaaS provider?
Does anyone know of benchmarks or comparisons for hosting/software/infrastucture costs for a SaaS startup?
We are running at about 3.2% of Gross Revenue and 11% of net revenue. We feel like we are ...
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DNS Hosting Services
Can you recommend a good DNS hosting service?
I'm looking for a happy median between the free (and not reliable) providers and the staggeringly expensive ones.
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Registrars - Recommendations
Any recommendations on website registrars? I've used NameZero and Register.com in the past but my domains are just parked. Going to be looking for another domain name soon and wondered if there are ...
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PCI compliance and Visa Third Party Agent requirements
I own a web hosting company and maintain my own servers in a colocation facility. I do not resell the hosting services of another company. My new startup company is a SaaS provider that I'm hosting on ...
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LAMP Deployment dilemma. Cloud or Dedicated?
I have a LAMP application I'd like to deploy to beta in the coming few months. My question is simple: I'd like to choose a host where I wouldn't have to migrate from if I'm successful and get a tide ...
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How to Market Web Hosting
I have a question as to how to market something that's in a rather saturated market.
It's a hosting company that's just getting started. Hosting's a tough nut to crack. How would you market something ...
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DMCA for Startup Social Media sites
I will be launching a social media website very soon that will include user generated content like video, and images.
It is my understanding that sites based around user generated content draw many ...
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How to restrict usage to a website
I have built a website but would like it to be blocked outside US..is there an easy way to do that...hosting is on go daddy
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What are some names of some good hosting providers with data centers in Canada?
Need a partner for hosting our windows / SQL application in Canada...all data and backup on Canadian servers.
Any good (reputable companies only) suggestions?
Price is a factor but it has to be a ...
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Shopping list of tools and services for new startup
I'm looking for good-value, top-class applications and tools to support a new software startup. What recommendations do you have in the following categories?
Domain name / hosting / website / blog
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Is it possible to startup a web hosting / development company that only communicates via email
Is it possible to start up a web hosting / development company that only communicates via email?
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How important is the server location?
My small software company - Jitbit - currently uses servers located in the US (for both our website and SAAS solutions) because the majority of our customers is there.
But I consider moving to a ...
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What's the best way to integrate video without using bandwidth on my website?
I have a Social Networking site for a niche market
I need members to be able to view and upload content
My members content is copyrighted therefore in no way can the content be available to the ...
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Want to offer SaaS product via RDP, any recommendation on hosting
We already have a desktop product for Windows.
Unfortunately it is a win32/64 exe for Windows, and making a web version would take some years.
We want to join the SaaS party, so we want to introduce ...
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Cost Analysis for hosting up a web application
I am in the process of planning a venture related to a social web application targeted towards a very specific user group.
I need your help to do cost analysis of hosting my web application (on the ...
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Figuring out margin on fixed costs
I'm currently hashing out my price points for a hosting service that I plan on launching on Amazon AWS.
The biggest line item in the budget is currently the machine time. I know that if I give a user ...
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A good VPS hosting solution?
Currently I'm using a VPS from Network Solutions, they are running Fedora Core release 6. It's ancient and they are not going to upgrade it. I want a VPS with the latest, or at least not so old, OS ...
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Hosting advice for B2B SaaS Startup - just sign-up page, and a blog
Ours is a B2B SaaS startup (LAMP stack). We are at a very early stage of the Startup. So, we don't need any dedicated hosting at this time. We have planned to use Amazon (not finalized though). In ...
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Are there any sites that measure the page response speed of various hosting companies?
I'm looking for the equivalent of consumer reports for hosting companies. But I would be happy with any neutral data comparing one site to another.
Does anyone have any links to data the speed of ...
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Falsify address of company on hosting website
My problem is that we're planning on using Windows Azure hosting, but we're from Jamaica. Windows Azure does not yet allow hosting in Jamaica. Is it okay for a company to falsify an address to get ...
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I'm naive, technically savy, but I can't write a line of code so I just hired a coder to build me a web application
I'm naive, technically savy, but I can't write a line of code so I just hired a coder to build me a web application.... anyways, I have a few questions about what happens next?!
I have this great ...
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Trying to get my startup off the ground, what kind of hosting should I get?
I've just gotten off of HostGator (I love them, but they limit processes, which is bad for me now). I'm on a VPS (unmanaged, $15 a month, 1GB Ram, unlimited data transfer) but I don't really like ...
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How to know if I will need a dedicated server?
I am currently building my business on a shared hosting account with a reliable host(hostgator). When my site goes live, what should I look for that would be an indication that I should switch to a ...
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Reliable and inexpensive dedicated server
I am looking to dump GoDaddy, the company I was with for the last 5 years or so. Yesterday my dedicated server went down for at least 5 hours. I was not impressed with the support I received and at ...
