Alex Melen, Hosting 600,000 Websites For FREE

OK Folks, another great interview for you.

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Interview With Alex Melen – Founder of T35.com

Some fantastic answers – like:

You have been online offering hosting from 1997, what is your top tip for running a successful hosting company in 2009?

Having gone through the high flying dot-com days, the collapse of the dot-com bubble, and now the current recession, I have definitely learned many important lessons. If I had to give one recommendation it would be to keep away from trying to match your competitors blow for blow with all the crazy things they try to do. In the dot-com days, it was over-leveraging yourself and creating unsustainable business models just because your competitors were doing so. In today’s market I have noticed a similar occurrence where the space and bandwidth offered by hosts double on an almost monthly basis, while prices continue to come down. It’s unrealistic to think that you can offer 1 TB of space for just $2/month. I understand the basic concept behind those kind of offerings (hoping that the customers don’t use all the space/bw you offer), but it is ultimately a flawed business model. The way to beat your competitors is to offer something unique instead of trying to see who can offer the lowest price before going out of business. If you have a unique feature or service, you can take the competition off pricing, and while your competitors will be bringing prices down, you can actually increase your prices as you can attract people with your value-added products & services (instead of rock-bottom-pricing).

Interview With Alex Melen – Founder of T35.com

To find out more about Alex and his business then visit www.T35.com

1. scanner says: 2nd, February

   Great interview.

   Amazing to hear he’s got things automated to the point where he’s working only 3-4 hours per day on the business! Impressive, to say the least.