Still starting out in the freelance game (If anyone needs any WordPress work done, hit me up!) but from the couple projects I've worked on it's been easiest just to have them sign up for a Hosting package through NameCheap, or wherever, then I just have to load the site up and let their hosting provider deal with uptime and updates and security.
It'd be interesting to have some sort of auto-billing connected DigitalOcean droplets. Charge their credit card every month, if it fails try again after x amount of time, suspend the website after y days, if it keeps failing spin down the droplet after z amount of time. That way you only end up eating like 1 months worth of server costs for that one project. That way you can generate another revenue stream for your clients with only some up front time cost setting all of that up.
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I wish I knew more about DigitalOcean processes right now haha, but having some sort of automated fail cycle based on payment does sound pretty nifty. Thanks for the response, I don't think I'll be hosting my own clients based off the consensus here.
Ya, I have no idea how it would work either, all I know is that DigitalOcean has an API, and that Stripe has their recurring billing API. So it'd be connecting those two somehow to manage the droplets.
Definitely easier to just sign them up with someone else.
" you can generate another revenue stream for your clients with only some upfront time cost setting all of that up."
I addressed this in my post, but I think this line of thinking is a trap. If there is an issue with the client's site/hosting, they are going to hold you accountable. There is an additional cost to the upfront time: the risk you take on.
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Still starting out in the freelance game (If anyone needs any WordPress work done, hit me up!) but from the couple projects I've worked on it's been easiest just to have them sign up for a Hosting package through NameCheap, or wherever, then I just have to load the site up and let their hosting provider deal with uptime and updates and security.
It'd be interesting to have some sort of auto-billing connected DigitalOcean droplets. Charge their credit card every month, if it fails try again after
xamount of time, suspend the website afterydays, if it keeps failing spin down the droplet afterzamount of time. That way you only end up eating like 1 months worth of server costs for that one project. That way you can generate another revenue stream for your clients with only some up front time cost setting all of that up.Hey Jack,
I wish I knew more about DigitalOcean processes right now haha, but having some sort of automated fail cycle based on payment does sound pretty nifty. Thanks for the response, I don't think I'll be hosting my own clients based off the consensus here.
Ya, I have no idea how it would work either, all I know is that DigitalOcean has an API, and that Stripe has their recurring billing API. So it'd be connecting those two somehow to manage the droplets.
Definitely easier to just sign them up with someone else.
" you can generate another revenue stream for your clients with only some upfront time cost setting all of that up."
I addressed this in my post, but I think this line of thinking is a trap. If there is an issue with the client's site/hosting, they are going to hold you accountable. There is an additional cost to the upfront time: the risk you take on.