cyril_kearney - 6:20 pm on Feb 17, 2009 (gmt 0)

mrrbob,
I see offering web hosting or reselling hosting services as a viable offering for some people. It does provide a stream of revenue.

I decided against this because I see myself as a developer. I don't want the hassle of chasing payments and of offering the customer services needed to do this well.

My primary target is large websites and long projects, often on the client site. The $300-a-site price-point only became attractive to me because of the economy that has business drying up. So for me it is a 'half-a-loaf' is better than none.

If the $300-a-site price-point proves workable. I will hire a lower cost assistant to do much of the work while I go after the bigger accounts.

I am getting a lot of interest in these accounts so my current position of no web hosting is not cast in stone. I am glad that you have related you experience and may reconsider it in the future.