Free hosting strategy

[charlesgan]

(seem like its the right place to post this here)

i am very new to free hosting service, and its a very tricky business as i seen. Here is what i 'planning'
(not promoting myself, i not yet have this service)...

"100MB of free hosting space, 1GB bandwidth, cpanel, fantastico, pop email, Mysql, PHP for sure, etc etc. But, with ads on footer, no other ads, no forum posting. Will this free hosting be attractive enough?

...and As per your experience or opinion, how many signup will i gain per mth??

[Chris]

I don't know of anyone here who has run a free host. Seems to be an exercise in futility. Low income, hard to compete with bigger companies, huge liabilities.

[mishytka]

I don't think you'll gain much profit from it.

[noe]

I don't think you'll gain much profit from it.

I agree

[Xander]

When I originally saw this thread, I thought the same as Chris. But having seen several niche free webhosts I think it can be indirectly profitable if done right, otherwise you end up competiting with large/established companies which makes it a lot more difficult.

[AndyH]

So many free web hosting companies have come and gone. I think the same is going to happen to yours unless you are doing something totally new.

[Xander]

So many free web hosting companies have come and gone. I think the same is going to happen to yours unless you are doing something totally new.

New free webhosts start ups are just like many other sites which get launched without much research. They usually end up being overloaded with spam or abused by a few people.

[webhostingfast]

New free webhosts start ups are just like many other sites which get launched without much research. They usually end up being overloaded with spam or abused by a few people.

I agree. If you offer free host service it'll easily become another shelter for spam sign-ups..