How hard is it to create a web hosting business?

[Angel Tarragon]

Not that I want to, but I'm genuinely curious.

 

[Thanee]

Well, it's not exactly hard, but it does require a fair bit of knowledge (Unix/Linux, Apache, chroot environments, PHP/Perl, MySQL, SMTP/POP3/IMAP, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, and so on, and so on, and so on) plus a 24/7 standby crew.

Bye
Thanee

 

[ssampier]

As Thanee said it's a lot of work and even more money to get started.

That said there are plenty of places that let you be a reseller for an existing hosting companies. Could be less risk, but the rewards are not as great.

 

[Krug]

It's a highly competitive market. With prices so low out there, it'll be a while before you could get to profitability.