Pay RM 600 for company web hosting

[girl81]

Hi all..I dont know well about web hosting..so i hope all members here can give the opinions.

My boss paid for hosting per year:

Domain name registration fee=RM 100
Website hosting=RM 500
Service CHarge=RM 50

I thought its very expensive compared with others.
Any opinion?
Thanks

[michaelfoo]

Hi,
What you pay is usually what you get.

Without the specifications of your web hosting service, it is very hard for us to tell whether the hosting service is being overcharged. For your information, there are still many companies out there who pay a lot more than RM500, especially when they require special arrangement for the services (Coldfusion for instance and failover protection... etc)

What I don't understand is the RM50 Service Charge...

Thanks.

[girl81]

Originally Posted by michaelfoo

Hi,
What you pay is usually what you get.

Without the specifications of your web hosting service, it is very hard for us to tell whether the hosting service is being overcharged. For your information, there are still many companies out there who pay a lot more than RM500, especially when they require special arrangement for the services (Coldfusion for instance and failover protection... etc)

What I don't understand is the RM50 Service Charge...

Thanks.

Thanks a lot..there is nothing special..same like other cpanel..no additional..last year just 500 Mb then this year up to 1Gb..the 50rm is the charge for this middle man who find the reseller..is it worth using this middle man?bcoz we dont really know the exact charges..

[michaelfoo]

Originally Posted by girl81

Thanks a lot..there is nothing special..same like other cpanel..no additional..last year just 500 Mb then this year up to 1Gb..the 50rm is the charge for this middle man who find the reseller..is it worth using this middle man?bcoz we dont really know the exact charges..

You can forget about the middle man. Just get the service directly from the company

I would not say they are overcharging, but if you are comfortable with the service you're receiving, and most importantly, if your web site has good uptime, it is considered worth it

Thanks.

[girl81]

Originally Posted by michaelfoo

You can forget about the middle man. Just get the service directly from the company

I would not say they are overcharging, but if you are comfortable with the service you're receiving, and most importantly, if your web site has good uptime, it is considered worth it

Thanks.

Thanks a lot..but once my friend told me government web hosting only paying rm100/year and there is no diferent with our web hosting.
I have to know this because im the one who incharged for IT department.Can you give me any onipion..thanks

[michaelfoo]

Originally Posted by girl81

Thanks a lot..but once my friend told me government web hosting only paying rm100/year and there is no diferent with our web hosting.
I have to know this because im the one who incharged for IT department.Can you give me any onipion..thanks

Government paying RM100/yr for shared hosting? You got to be kidding... the government's sites are all hosted on their own servers.

It depends on your company actually. If your company is fine with the current price and service level, just stay with it. I always believe in "What you pay is what you get", you may be able to get the same specifications for maybe RM50? RM100? Don't be surprised if the service is not reliable.

For your information, we have clients who are paying us 4 digits every month just to host a few web sites on their own dedicated servers that are fully managed by us.

RM600/year should be affordable for corporate users

Thanks.

[girl81]

Originally Posted by michaelfoo

Government paying RM100/yr for shared hosting? You got to be kidding... the government's sites are all hosted on their own servers.

It depends on your company actually. If your company is fine with the current price and service level, just stay with it. I always believe in "What you pay is what you get", you may be able to get the same specifications for maybe RM50? RM100? Don't be surprised if the service is not reliable.

For your information, we have clients who are paying us 4 digits every month just to host a few web sites on their own dedicated servers that are fully managed by us.

RM600/year should be affordable for corporate users

Thanks.

Thanks for your info..but im not kidding la..she did told me that..only then i started wondering whether we are paying the right amount for the web hosting...thanks anyway..

[michaelfoo]

Originally Posted by girl81

Thanks for your info..but im not kidding la..she did told me that..only then i started wondering whether we are paying the right amount for the web hosting...thanks anyway..

You're welcome.

Please feel free to ask any questions again if you have any enquiries

Good luck!

[girl81]

Originally Posted by michaelfoo

You're welcome.

Please feel free to ask any questions again if you have any enquiries

Good luck!

Thanks again..i actually have a lot of things to ask but dont know where to start but anyway if i have more questions after this i will ask you again..

[fivio]

Hello there,

Like Micheal Foo said RM 500 is nothing when you need your website online 24/7. The service charge is normally because of middle man charge. By the way, if your company is comfortable with the 'middle man' services, why ditch him ?

For RM 50 yearly payment ,you can ask him anything you want about the hosting Cheap right ? IT expert consult is RM 450 per hour.

However, if the middle man actually purchase a really cheap hosting and make a profit out of it, then you should ask him to change hosting. Your payment of RM 500 should give you a better server hosting than normal ones

Thank you,

[michaelfoo]

Originally Posted by fivio

Hello there,

Like Micheal Foo said RM 500 is nothing when you need your website online 24/7. The service charge is normally because of middle man charge. By the way, if your company is comfortable with the 'middle man' services, why ditch him ?

For RM 50 yearly payment ,you can ask him anything you want about the hosting Cheap right ? IT expert consult is RM 450 per hour.

However, if the middle man actually purchase a really cheap hosting and make a profit out of it, then you should ask him to change hosting. Your payment of RM 500 should give you a better server hosting than normal ones

Thank you,

I somehow have a feeling that the middle-man does not provide technical support. RM50/yr to get sales and provide support? Hey, KKHost.Net would like to recruit you! :P

Thanks.

[genzy]

Originally Posted by michaelfoo

For your information, we have clients who are paying us 4 digits every month just to host a few web sites on their own dedicated servers that are fully managed by us.

RM600/year should be affordable for corporate users
Thanks.

Wow.. 4 digits.. Lucrative business or not?
Have you purchased your own sports car? Your avatar looks like a very cool sports car.

[michaelfoo]

Originally Posted by genzy

Wow.. 4 digits.. Lucrative business or not?
Have you purchased your own sports car? Your avatar looks like a very cool sports car.

LOL, unfortunately, just earning enough from web hosting. I need to pay my employees :P

Nah I don't own that Audi TT, just added it to my avatar because it looks cute. Still driving my old E39.

Thanks.

[fivio]

Hello,

Yes, maybe the middle must handle the billing stuff. No problem. For a company paying RM 50 to ensure that the hosting and domain does not expired is consider cheap. Yearly payment too

Uhmm .. a bit off topic aren;t we.

Thank you,

[girl81]

Thanks a lot for all responses..
Actually this middle man dont know well about hosting..if i ask him any problems related with our hosting he will asked me to wait till he get the answer from the hosting owner.Every year he will send Invoice for price hosting then my boss just pay it.
My boss know nothing about IT..

Last time we use Direct Admin then this year transfer to Cpanel..
So should i ask him for the right price?
Should i ask him the owner phone number so i can directly deal with if i have any questions related with our hosting..
Please Let me know what should i do..Thanks