New host sought...

"Les &/or Claire" <les.clairefrontallobes@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc. wrote:
> >
> > We offer a free hosting package, as well as NO advertisement on your
> > site at all. No banner ads, no text ads.
> >
> > http://www.affordablehost.com/cpanel.shtml
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > --Tina
>
>
> Can I use my own domain name? ie; www.stuffmongers.com?
>
> Les


Absolutely!

--Tina

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Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc. wrote:
>>
>> Can I use my own domain name? ie; www.stuffmongers.com?
>>
>> Les
>
>
> Absolutely!
>
> --Tina

Thanks Tina, i'm taking a look as we speak! :o)
Les



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"Homo sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission
natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep
within ourselves and decide what we wish to become." Edward O. Wilson
Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge

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Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc. wrote:
>
> Absolutely!
>
> --Tina

Nice idea Tina, but seeing as it's free, i'm uncomfortable giving you guys
my credit card details. I might want to upgrade in future, if so, then that
is the time to ask for payment details, there is no need at this time. It's
a lot of trust to put in you. It's the "three month" thing too. What happens
when that's up? Do you start charging unless I renew my free status? Plus,
you ask for an awful lot of contact information. You could get all you need
from my domain registration.

Your sign up raises many questions, asks for a lot of trust straight away
and leaves me inclined to turn down your kind offer.....

Les



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http://www.stuffmongers.com

"Homo sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission
natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep
within ourselves and decide what we wish to become." Edward O. Wilson
Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge

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"Les &/or Claire" <les.clairefrontallobes@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc. wrote:
> >
> > Absolutely!
> >
> > --Tina
>
> Nice idea Tina, but seeing as it's free, i'm uncomfortable giving you guys
> my credit card details. I might want to upgrade in future, if so, then
that
> is the time to ask for payment details, there is no need at this time.
It's
> a lot of trust to put in you. It's the "three month" thing too. What
happens
> when that's up? Do you start charging unless I renew my free status?
Plus,
> you ask for an awful lot of contact information. You could get all you
need
> from my domain registration.
>
> Your sign up raises many questions, asks for a lot of trust straight away
> and leaves me inclined to turn down your kind offer.....


The order/account setup software (ModernBill) that we use doesn't appear to
give a way for us to offer free accounts unless we specify "3 months" any
other term and it wanted to charge .333333. I assure you, the account is
free for as long as we offer free hosting...which has been a very long time.

We don't store credit card information on file, even for our paying
customers. Any information submitted for payment is sent straight to the
bank. I'm not sure why ModernBill is requiring that you submit your cc info
for a "$0" charge...but I definitely will look into it and post back when I
find out.

On another note, thanks for alerting me of this. It did seem a bit odd that
we've been heavily promoting our free accounts and have yet only had MAYBE 6
signups. I'm thinking if the order form is asking for cc info...that would
be a big scare factor. I know it would scare me! ;-)

--Tina

Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc. wrote:
>
> The order/account setup software (ModernBill) that we use doesn't
> appear to give a way for us to offer free accounts unless we specify
> "3 months" any other term and it wanted to charge .333333. I assure
> you, the account is free for as long as we offer free hosting...which
> has been a very long time.
>
> We don't store credit card information on file, even for our paying
> customers. Any information submitted for payment is sent straight to
> the bank. I'm not sure why ModernBill is requiring that you submit
> your cc info for a "$0" charge...but I definitely will look into it
> and post back when I find out.
>
> On another note, thanks for alerting me of this. It did seem a bit
> odd that we've been heavily promoting our free accounts and have yet
> only had MAYBE 6 signups. I'm thinking if the order form is asking
> for cc info...that would be a big scare factor. I know it would
> scare me! ;-)
>
> --Tina

I would think that's the problem Tina, it's what put me off I must admit.
I'm not adverse to online commerce, we are users of E-Bay and shop online
quite a bit. But caution is our watchword when it comes to giving out our CC
/ pesonal information. It's strictly on a "need to know" basis. If you do
manage to sort it out please let us know. I'm sure if you have a quick, easy
sign up for you frre account it will act as a gateway to your pay plans as
peoples needs increase away from the basic free hosting package.
Perhaps if you stick to the info available from a domain whois search
you'll do better. In fact, it would be a good way to a, collect information
about your customers and b, confirm identity.

keep us informed......


Les and Claire





--
http://www.stuffmongers.com

"Homo sapiens, the first truly free species, is about to decommission
natural selection, the force that made us.... Soon we must look deep
within ourselves and decide what we wish to become." Edward O. Wilson
Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge

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"Les &/or Claire" <les.clairefrontallobes@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:2kluj0F41s9bU1@uni-berlin.de...
> Tina - AffordableHOST, Inc. wrote:
> >
> > The order/account setup software (ModernBill) that we use doesn't
> > appear to give a way for us to offer free accounts unless we specify
> > "3 months" any other term and it wanted to charge .333333. I assure
> > you, the account is free for as long as we offer free hosting...which
> > has been a very long time.
> >
> > We don't store credit card information on file, even for our paying
> > customers. Any information submitted for payment is sent straight to
> > the bank. I'm not sure why ModernBill is requiring that you submit
> > your cc info for a "$0" charge...but I definitely will look into it
> > and post back when I find out.
> >
> > On another note, thanks for alerting me of this. It did seem a bit
> > odd that we've been heavily promoting our free accounts and have yet
> > only had MAYBE 6 signups. I'm thinking if the order form is asking
> > for cc info...that would be a big scare factor. I know it would
> > scare me! ;-)
> >
> > --Tina
>
> I would think that's the problem Tina, it's what put me off I must admit.
> I'm not adverse to online commerce, we are users of E-Bay and shop online
> quite a bit. But caution is our watchword when it comes to giving out our
CC
> / pesonal information. It's strictly on a "need to know" basis. If you do
> manage to sort it out please let us know. I'm sure if you have a quick,
easy
> sign up for you frre account it will act as a gateway to your pay plans as
> peoples needs increase away from the basic free hosting package.
> Perhaps if you stick to the info available from a domain whois search
> you'll do better. In fact, it would be a good way to a, collect
information
> about your customers and b, confirm identity.
>
> keep us informed......


Dave (our admin) is actually working on modifying the way ModernBill (the
software that handles our orders and account setup) so that the order will
just go right through without requesting cc info. Hoping to have that
change done sometime in the next several hours.

We're thinking maybe sticking "check/money order payment" as the default
will just let the order go right through. I'd like to stick with
ModernBill, for now, because we literally have 1000s of customer records in
there already.

--Tina

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http://www.AffordableHOST.com - since 1997
Cpanel hosting starts @ FREE for life
Multi-domain hosting starts @ $5.95 mo.
Managed, Dedicated & Colo Servers

> > Can you confirm what server you're on please?
>
>
>
> Server 3

Ahhh that server is run by vagusnet and is nothing /really/ to do with us.
Move to server 1, 2 or 4 and I can guarantee uptime

> Sven, I just tried to read the replies to my parting post in your forum
for
> server 3 but can't reach your site. Is the whole kaboodle down now?

No!

> > Interesting, I run staghosting. We've had no downtime in months!
> >
> > Can you confirm what server you're on please?
>
>
>
> Server 3

Having spoken to Vagus your site was deleted due to non compliance of the
terms and conditions. This might account for the 'downtime'.

"Sven" <jimmy@nospam.invalid.sorry> wrote in message
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> > > Can you confirm what server you're on please?
> >
> >
> >
> > Server 3
>
> Ahhh that server is run by vagusnet and is nothing /really/ to do with us.
> Move to server 1, 2 or 4 and I can guarantee uptime


If you're putting your customers on server #3, then it has everything to do
with you. Your customers don't choose which server you put them on, you do.

--Tina