| Posted by bart_arg, 08-22-2004, 11:51 PM | | Someone help! Domaingurus is still offering 5000 websites 500 mb each, 20 gb bw each, at $ 50/mo.
But it is really hard to beleave: I am receiving calls from them, each one 15 to 20 minutes (from USA to Argentina!). they are visiting Argentina, Chile and Uruguay soon (Argentina!!), they are advising in PC magazines with full page...
How can this be understood? I repeat:
5,000 websites 500 mb each = 2,500 gb.
20 gb each site = 500 tb bandwidth
Are they overselling assuming you will sell, let's say, 500 accounts at a average of 200 mb each? If so, you will be paying $ 50 for 100 gb. Still seams unreal...
Is there anybody working with these guys? domaingurus, host2own and car are the same (or at least same phone nbr)
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| Posted by zinet, 08-23-2004, 01:20 AM | | I would say they are grossly overselling. They are betting that nobody uses that much space. You could test out there plan by uploading garbage bytes to fill up a 750 gb. I would say that is as bad as unlimited. If you used all the bandwidth they would make a huge loss.
They are using cogent bandwidth from cari.net which would cost them $2640 for the bandwidth if you used up all the bandwidth. (80mbps * $33 per mbps) (http://www.cari.net/Colocation/colocation.html)
Last edited by zinet; 08-23-2004 at 01:32 AM.
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| Posted by HostPixel, 08-23-2004, 03:28 AM | | When or how long will you have or host 5,000 websites?
Thats the question.
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| Posted by VanHost, 08-23-2004, 03:35 AM | | Am I missing something? How is this overselling? If someone is paying $50 per month, the company can easily afford to provide this.
Feel free to fill in the gaps in my head, because something just doesn't make sense here.
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| Posted by IHSL, 08-23-2004, 03:44 AM | | Quote from their website;
They need to contact oversellers anonymous. $50 for 750GB disk, and 20TB transfer.
Simon
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| Posted by VanHost, 08-23-2004, 03:51 AM | | Thanks Simon. I didn't actually go through to the website. Now that I have, I understand a little more and am now just dumbfounded as to how people can actually buy into something this ridiculous.
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| Posted by KNL-BSW, 08-23-2004, 04:09 AM | | Oversellers anonymous?
I think it's more "Help! I'm addicted to overselling and can't stop! Help!"
I have no clue how they expect to keep that up, but when they fail there will be a lot of unhappy resellers.
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| Posted by 1gb, 08-23-2004, 04:16 AM | | jeezus... i´v seen some crasy overselling.
like lifetime webhosting for around $100.
1gb space and i think it was 20gb bw/month.
btw. that company never responded to support a single time from annyone i heard of. only pre-sales.
i say SCAAAAM SCAAAM AND RUUUUUN.
thats there thing.
#1 make a company.
#2 sell like hell to ppl who dont know anny better.
#3 run with the money and hope they dont find you.
"go to 1"
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| Posted by Aussie Bob, 08-23-2004, 05:42 AM | | Wow, genius business model there!
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| Posted by freak, 08-23-2004, 05:54 AM | | Hmm...
I better get some of this and start my own 2 GB free email!
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| Posted by seekhosting, 08-23-2004, 09:42 AM | | Hi,
Totally agree..
Best regards
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| Posted by shaokhee, 08-23-2004, 11:45 AM | | how many website need 500 mb?
or i can get this and start my own free web hosting service.
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