My experience with a Webhosting Company

Running a company at 14 is a bit unheard of but I decided I should try making one. I am going to share some tips with you over a few posts on how it went.

 First of all I needed a design and domain. Well I took the quick way out and bought a premade webhosting company (no clients) with a domain and design already for $160 NZD. For most kids this wouldn’t be an option so I would suggest that you make your own design and buy a cheap domain.

Now you need a billing control panel and either a dedicated or reseller cPanel account. I went with a reseller cPanel account and WHMCS for a billing control panel. About a month ago I had a problem with DNS and decided to get a VPS with cPanel… BIG mistake! I bought a VPS with only 256mb of RAM and cPanel was extremely slow. Many services were failing all the time and it was just a nightmare. I was also losing money at that time so I wasn’t too happy.

Now, domains. I can’t believe some people will buy a .com for $19.95 NZD and I go and buy it for $8. A nice $12 profit there.

So after all of this it was a great experience and I will continue to grow my webhosting company!

Nathan

PS. My company can be viewed at www.o2.net.nz

September 7th, 2007 | Posted in Tips | No Comments

Welcome to the New Nathy’s Place

Welcome,

My name is Nathan. After not really updating my blog and my hosting company going down and I didn’t bother to save the files, I have decided to give it a shot again. I prefer to do a blog because it is a bit more “personal”. Now, I couldn’t really make a blog about how to “Make Money Online” if I already didn’t make money online, could I? So if you’re asking, I do make money online!

Some things about me:

  • I am 14 years old :o (no really)
  • I enjoy the internet!
  • I am a PHP/MySQL “Pro” although I have done jobs for quite alot of money.
  • I like to play Table Tennis.
  • I use MSN (doesn’t everyone) - nathan@gamerreviews.info - I’d be happy to chat.
  • I love maths (Algebra is the best)
  • I own a hosting company www.o2.net.nz, a technical articles website www.tech31.com (still under development) and a directory www.fridoz.com

Some blogs I read daily and you should too:

So, I hope you enjoy the blog as well as me and can soon learn to make money online aswell!

Nathan

August 15th, 2007 | Posted in General | 6 Comments