Checklist for opening a hosting company?

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  • YmpkerYmpker OGContent Writer

    @MichaelCee said:
    On the topic of UK incorporation, some other costs to consider:

    • £12 to incorporate a company (can get it free third party)
    • £13 yearly fee to Companies House
    • ICO fee (Mine was £40/year)
    • Accountancy - you will maybe need a local and UK accountant for two sets of accounts.
    • Business banks from high street branches usually cost per month or transaction. There’s a handful of free banks available

    Not sure if that's the case in the UK, but maybe you also need a physical (postal) address in the UK, too?
    There are services that offer to receive postal stuff for you and offer an address, but it's also extra cost to consider.

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  • MichaelCeeMichaelCee OGServices Provider

    @Ympker said:

    @MichaelCee said:
    On the topic of UK incorporation, some other costs to consider:

    • £12 to incorporate a company (can get it free third party)
    • £13 yearly fee to Companies House
    • ICO fee (Mine was £40/year)
    • Accountancy - you will maybe need a local and UK accountant for two sets of accounts.
    • Business banks from high street branches usually cost per month or transaction. There’s a handful of free banks available

    Not sure if that's the case in the UK, but maybe you also need a physical (postal) address in the UK, too?
    There are services that offer to receive postal stuff for you and offer an address, but it's also extra cost to consider.

    That too, had one for about £40/year previously

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  • YmpkerYmpker OGContent Writer

    @MichaelCee said:

    @Ympker said:

    @MichaelCee said:
    On the topic of UK incorporation, some other costs to consider:

    • £12 to incorporate a company (can get it free third party)
    • £13 yearly fee to Companies House
    • ICO fee (Mine was £40/year)
    • Accountancy - you will maybe need a local and UK accountant for two sets of accounts.
    • Business banks from high street branches usually cost per month or transaction. There’s a handful of free banks available

    Not sure if that's the case in the UK, but maybe you also need a physical (postal) address in the UK, too?
    There are services that offer to receive postal stuff for you and offer an address, but it's also extra cost to consider.

    That too, had one for about £40/year previously

    Seems like lots of costs adding up, especially if you are catering to the LE market. Can understand why you'd choose to go the sole trader route now.

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  • @bikegremlin said:
    The legendary: :)

    Globe trotters. :relieved:

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  • greenwebpagegreenwebpage Hosting Provider

    From my experience, if you want to start a hosting company, you need the following things
    You must know how to target your customers,
    To come up with services that fold according to customers' needs
    And to get involved and create in what you do, and the time curve to grow the business is quite long, it's about years

  • edited September 2022

    My first step (one that I'm completed currently) is to put all private clients on my own PX nodes, I'm will put to expire the VMs at different providers. - https://status.amadex.com/

    New customers will go under https://www.virtmach.com/ (custom theme is under construction).

  • BlaZeBlaZe Hosting ProviderOG

    @Amadex said:
    New customers will go under https://www.virtmach.com/ (custom theme is under construction).

    Why Virtmach name? :(

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  • @BlaZe said:

    @Amadex said:
    New customers will go under https://www.virtmach.com/ (custom theme is under construction).

    Why Virtmach name? :(

    Because it's virtual machine, not virual machine 🪗😁

  • @Amadex said:

    @BlaZe said:

    @Amadex said:
    New customers will go under https://www.virtmach.com/ (custom theme is under construction).

    Why Virtmach name? :(

    Because it's virtual machine, not virual machine 🪗😁

    But it's still Virtual Machine isn't it not? :smiley:

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  • BlaZeBlaZe Hosting ProviderOG

    @TheDP said:

    @Amadex said:

    @BlaZe said:

    @Amadex said:
    New customers will go under https://www.virtmach.com/ (custom theme is under construction).

    Why Virtmach name? :(

    Because it's virtual machine, not virual machine 🪗😁

    But it's still Virtual Machine isn't it not? :smiley:

    ^ this

    Can be a branding disaster later on :(

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  • @BlaZe said:

    @TheDP said:

    @Amadex said:

    @BlaZe said:

    @Amadex said:
    New customers will go under https://www.virtmach.com/ (custom theme is under construction).

    Why Virtmach name? :(

    Because it's virtual machine, not virual machine 🪗😁

    But it's still Virtual Machine isn't it not? :smiley:

    ^ this

    Can be a branding disaster later on :(

    Well, I'm no hosting expert, advisor or holic, but I hope all will go well :+1:

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