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I know this is an older post, but I can attest to the greatness of Hetzner. I have a vps running with Arch Linux on it as a webhost and I haven’t had any issues. Today I was actually looking at their webhosting services and I have to say their prices are very nicely priced. I am sure their web hosting service is excellent as well.
I am thinking about putting together some websites for some local businesses to maybe getting a web design/hosting business going. I have been researching some of the web hosting providers that I have used before in the past and wow, they are expensive now. So my thought would be to use Hetzner web hosting as one of the options. Of if I offered a fully managed service, would use Hetzner for that.
The sites would mostly be Wordpress and maybe start delving into other technologies and such. Getting more familiar with Nodebb and others and start growing my knowledge. I don’t think the sites that I have made with wordpress look the best, but part of me wonders if that isn’t imposter feeling that I am having. Time will tell.
@Madchatthew my advice here would be to simply go for it. A number of providers have reseller packages and that’s definitely an area I’d look into if you are offering WordPress etc. Nodebb is a different as it requires a different stack.
You could use the WordPress stack for Flarum provided you had access to composer, which most packages seem to have these days.
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@Madchatthew my advice here would be to simply go for it. A number of providers have reseller packages and that’s definitely an area I’d look into if you are offering WordPress etc. Nodebb is a different as it requires a different stack.
You could use the WordPress stack for Flarum provided you had access to composer, which most packages seem to have these days.
@phenomlab Thank you. I did spend some time working on a mock up for a local restaurant. I found out after I started working on the page that they have an account with square and have their business setup on there. I was going to do some research to see what the cost of square was and compare it to what they could do if they used WooCommerce and a WooCommerce restaurant plugin as well for the menu and ordering online.
I need to do that research to see if they would be better off with the cost of square or if they would come out ahead by using a webhost cost, WooCommerce and plugin cost and that is all they would need to run a site like that. I am gonna work on that today or tomorrow to see the price differences.
I believe even if the WordPress site is a little more spendy, they would have complete control over their website and wouldn’t have to depend on the costs of square and be able to change and do what they want. Those would be some of the sales points that I would use. I would offer a base price to set it up for them and then do an hourly rate for updates and such. Unless they want to send me the new info and update the site for them, then I would need to come up with a monthly amount to charge and allow them so many changes a month.
It would be awesome if I could get 5 to 10 customers starting out and being able to bill monthly. Then go from there.
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@phenomlab Thank you. I did spend some time working on a mock up for a local restaurant. I found out after I started working on the page that they have an account with square and have their business setup on there. I was going to do some research to see what the cost of square was and compare it to what they could do if they used WooCommerce and a WooCommerce restaurant plugin as well for the menu and ordering online.
I need to do that research to see if they would be better off with the cost of square or if they would come out ahead by using a webhost cost, WooCommerce and plugin cost and that is all they would need to run a site like that. I am gonna work on that today or tomorrow to see the price differences.
I believe even if the WordPress site is a little more spendy, they would have complete control over their website and wouldn’t have to depend on the costs of square and be able to change and do what they want. Those would be some of the sales points that I would use. I would offer a base price to set it up for them and then do an hourly rate for updates and such. Unless they want to send me the new info and update the site for them, then I would need to come up with a monthly amount to charge and allow them so many changes a month.
It would be awesome if I could get 5 to 10 customers starting out and being able to bill monthly. Then go from there.
@Madchatthew very interested as to how you got on with this. I agree that WordPress is more intuitive and certainly more popular than Square.
Why not create a proof of concept for the restaurant using WordPress and then showcase it to them?
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@Madchatthew very interested as to how you got on with this. I agree that WordPress is more intuitive and certainly more popular than Square.
Why not create a proof of concept for the restaurant using WordPress and then showcase it to them?
@phenomlab yeah that is what I was thinking as well. I need to work on several options and prices. Then depending on the option, I can include woocommerce and have it connect to their square and they can get all of their data in one place and bring it all together nicely. Then present to them that eventually if they want to cut some of their costs, that they can start slowly moving away from square and move more towards their own system for online selling and credit card transactions.
I used to be in IT, doing everything from building/troubleshooting PCs, Servers, running network cable, and hooking it all together and such. Throughout that time, I have had various websites of my own. I have always enjoyed building websites. I do wish I would have spent more time with learning programming during those years, although I am working on that now. I could work and build custom websites, but when the technology is already there and so many themes and support, and to save on my own time and make things cost effective, I thought that Wordpress would be a good technology to go with, especially for who will be using the site and such.
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@phenomlab yeah that is what I was thinking as well. I need to work on several options and prices. Then depending on the option, I can include woocommerce and have it connect to their square and they can get all of their data in one place and bring it all together nicely. Then present to them that eventually if they want to cut some of their costs, that they can start slowly moving away from square and move more towards their own system for online selling and credit card transactions.
I used to be in IT, doing everything from building/troubleshooting PCs, Servers, running network cable, and hooking it all together and such. Throughout that time, I have had various websites of my own. I have always enjoyed building websites. I do wish I would have spent more time with learning programming during those years, although I am working on that now. I could work and build custom websites, but when the technology is already there and so many themes and support, and to save on my own time and make things cost effective, I thought that Wordpress would be a good technology to go with, especially for who will be using the site and such.
@Madchatthew WordPress still reigns supreme and made even more powerful when integrated with systems such as WooCommerce. However, the market is pretty saturated when it comes to boutiques and development houses offering these types of services, so you’d need to offer something that the existing services do not.
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@Madchatthew WordPress still reigns supreme and made even more powerful when integrated with systems such as WooCommerce. However, the market is pretty saturated when it comes to boutiques and development houses offering these types of services, so you’d need to offer something that the existing services do not.
@phenomlab yeah I had been thinking of that as well and I don’t know that I would have something unique to offer that they don’t. The only thing maybe would be that they can see me in person if they need to discuss something about the website or plans to do something with their site/services type of thing.
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@phenomlab yeah I had been thinking of that as well and I don’t know that I would have something unique to offer that they don’t. The only thing maybe would be that they can see me in person if they need to discuss something about the website or plans to do something with their site/services type of thing.
@Madchatthew uniqueness comes in all shapes and sizes, and it’s not necessarily related to technical skills either. Several clients are also looking for the soft skills too, and that alone can be what clinches the deal.
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@Madchatthew uniqueness comes in all shapes and sizes, and it’s not necessarily related to technical skills either. Several clients are also looking for the soft skills too, and that alone can be what clinches the deal.
@phenomlab very good point and I will have to keep that in mind. I have so much going on right now. I need to make time and get a site for me up, which is going to be very simple because I want to spend time on other people’s sites not my own, and come up with some packages and pricing.
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@phenomlab very good point and I will have to keep that in mind. I have so much going on right now. I need to make time and get a site for me up, which is going to be very simple because I want to spend time on other people’s sites not my own, and come up with some packages and pricing.
@Madchatthew you will definitely need something that can showcase your abilities. Remember, less is more these days and the minimalistic approach is very much preferred over clutter.
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@Madchatthew you will definitely need something that can showcase your abilities. Remember, less is more these days and the minimalistic approach is very much preferred over clutter.
@phenomlab yes I 100% agree with you!
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