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Old 12-15-2006, 07:48 AM
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I currently pay $6.25 a month for the hosting and the domain was free!
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Originally Posted by MGS
Thats a high cost... What do you get for it?

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New 64Bit Hardware
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Free FTP backup space – 80 GB
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1,024 MB DDR RAM
2x80 GB hard drive (RAID1)
Microsoft Server 2003 64-Bit Std. Edition

It's with 1 and 1 and so far has been very reliable, which is what I want.
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Old 12-15-2006, 09:51 AM
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New 64Bit Hardware
100 MBit data transfer speed

Free FTP backup space – 80 GB
AMD Athlon 64 3,000+
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2x80 GB hard drive (RAID1)
Microsoft Server 2003 64-Bit Std. Edition

It's with 1 and 1 and so far has been very reliable, which is what I want.
Very good 1 and 1 are good with hosting of that kind

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the cost of my directory is only:
1. domain name registration
2. shared hosting

so it's really minimal ... profit's very low too though
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Wel need to try and offset the cost of hosting with link sales:P

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Hosting is in my brothers server so free for me and i spent 450$ for advertising the directory and still have not much profits, which i am expecting after the PR update
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Hosting is in my brothers server so free for me and i spent 450$ for advertising the directory and still have not much profits, which i am expecting after the PR update
The next update should be soon:P Also getting hosting for free is good. Where do you spend the $450 ad money? all in one place or spread out?

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Submitted to sites likes aviva etc. and bought few sitewides in directories...

And spent some amount for blog posts
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Old 12-25-2006, 11:13 AM
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I think the cost of running a directory will only go up over time

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As there is a lot of competition in the web directories area, so the one whos investing a lot for promotion will be getting something out of it
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