cost to run free host

A free host requires a dedicated server. The
prices vary, you'll have to look around and
find a good deal. The software can be had for
about $300-$400, which is the bottom of the line, no ftp.
I tried to run one a while back and lost
my ass on it. The traffic from them is terrible and my server was too expensive.

Good luck.

the only way you can make it profitable is if you have a huge free host where you can get great deals on bandwith ...

I see running a freehost as like standing in the middle of a bunch of hungry lions with a joint of best beef in you arms.

Makes me wonder how these guys sleep at night with all the problem mail, scam artists and tech problems involved. I can only guess that you would need to know your shit and have some really good people around.

gOOD Freehosting Services Take about 10-15 k Capitol to invest in it at First and to keep the speeds High about 10-20k a month in bandwith




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Stynk Adult Freehost

Where is Lightning on this one?

i think the big problem with freehosts is scalability...

i started my freehost last fall. within a week i have 350k uniques a day. in two weeks i have 650k uniques a day and was number 5 or 6 on the sextracker "site" listings.

it took me a while before i could manage the ads and to make everything work. the sad part is that i was capped at 20mb/s for a month or two when i could of been growing. i just didnt want to dump more money into the thing. luckily, i found something that worked with the ads and have since been able to open up the b/w more. it took me a while to get 47.5 worth of freehost b/w profiting. but, in the end, i guess its worth it.

as for cheaters, yes there are many. they newest thing is a extracting/retrievel program that puts movies into 100 gif files are so. its tough but worth it if you can make the freehost profit. plus, then you have all those webmasters to market to

yeah... bandwidth is the key to running a freehost.. Once you have inexpensive bandwidth then you've gotta find advertisers and deal with the cheating/spam/etc... software is cheap, realistically, and the startup cost CAN be low if you've got a computer laying around and can find a colo facility... I remember I started mine on a T1 Line to my house on a PII 266mhz that I had bought... that was a loooooong time ago in my mind

-- kev

this is interesting more input(s) would be greatly appreciated!

how much bandW is enough for start and ect...

Thanks,
AzteK

i got enuff bandwidth to run a free hsot but i donno how i can make money back. Do vistors actually go and click on banners on top set by the freehost? i know they do... but how well they convert etc....