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This is different from the topics here. Feel free to move it if that is appropriate.
Something I've been wondering about for a long time. DA clearly is about twice as good as cpanel, but its market share seems to be sinking compared to it.
I have the misfortune of having to work with CP for a customer. I lost about 3 hours of my time because of cp muck ups. I've been keeping a log and will probably put up at least a few more pages on the topic, but I've been thinking about a whole website too.
Unfortunately I don't want to do it on a volunteer, charitable donation basis. I've been contacting different DA hosts to see if I can get an affiliate link. The answer from the ones I'm most interested in has been 'no, not unless you are a customer.'
Well, no wonder the market share has been sinking. This goes against one of the most fundamental principles of marketing. The more buy buttons you have on the net, the more sales you make.
I am an affiliate for Hostgator, but am not a customer. In fact, with HG, you can use your own affiliate link to buy hosting. I'm always impressed by their marketing and they seem to be doing quite well. A side effect of all their affiliates is that they have people all over the web jumping up and down saying 'HG is the greatest. CP is the greatest.' Affiliates tend to do that, right over their sigs. People see that enough, don't see anyone arguing, and start assuming it must be true.
I do have an affiliate link from my own DA host, but it would be a lot better to have at least 5 or 6 on a site like this, and give people some choice.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for DA to get together with DA hosts, and maybe work on changing their customer / affiliate requirements? It would result in more sales.
At least it would help my new website
Something I've been wondering about for a long time. DA clearly is about twice as good as cpanel, but its market share seems to be sinking compared to it.
I have the misfortune of having to work with CP for a customer. I lost about 3 hours of my time because of cp muck ups. I've been keeping a log and will probably put up at least a few more pages on the topic, but I've been thinking about a whole website too.
Unfortunately I don't want to do it on a volunteer, charitable donation basis. I've been contacting different DA hosts to see if I can get an affiliate link. The answer from the ones I'm most interested in has been 'no, not unless you are a customer.'
Well, no wonder the market share has been sinking. This goes against one of the most fundamental principles of marketing. The more buy buttons you have on the net, the more sales you make.
I am an affiliate for Hostgator, but am not a customer. In fact, with HG, you can use your own affiliate link to buy hosting. I'm always impressed by their marketing and they seem to be doing quite well. A side effect of all their affiliates is that they have people all over the web jumping up and down saying 'HG is the greatest. CP is the greatest.' Affiliates tend to do that, right over their sigs. People see that enough, don't see anyone arguing, and start assuming it must be true.
I do have an affiliate link from my own DA host, but it would be a lot better to have at least 5 or 6 on a site like this, and give people some choice.
Wouldn't it be a good idea for DA to get together with DA hosts, and maybe work on changing their customer / affiliate requirements? It would result in more sales.
At least it would help my new website
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