There’s been a buzz about why we chose to take away the ability for anyone to sign up. The easy answer I can give is customer service. We’re not some major corporation with\u00a0investors and money pouring in, as a matter of\u00a0fact, it actually costs more money to offer\u00a0clients hosting than\u00a0it does to select who we want to host. D2-Designs was not built on the premise that we could charge our customers to make a profit. Why even\u00a0have that as a business plan is beyond me to begin with.<\/p>\n
I started the company to have a spot where people could come and get help finding a good host. At the time, we were on a good host, so naturally I pointed many people there. Then I started thinking, why\u00a0instead of pointing people\u00a0away to other hosts and “hoping” they have the same experience I have, I should just start\u00a0my own hosting company and share all the\u00a0features I like. Like not being a flood gate for everyone to sign up on. So I set limits, and got the server and merchant account.\u00a0Here we are now, not big, not a major player\u00a0in\u00a0on-line hosting, just a small\u00a0company offering consultation and hosting with some design work as well.<\/p>\n
As time went on, more and more clients are signing up, great right!? Well not actually, because it seemed that people were signing up expecting a huge corporation to handle every single one of their needs,\u00a0design,\u00a0merchant\u00a0setups, content, etc… Why sure I could do every single one of these, not a problem, except money.\u00a0The clients ending up being low income themselves, not having capitol to pay for such services that I wasn’t offering for free!? So they move on to Godaddy and the likes and are happy now, as I’m told often in e-mails.\u00a0=]<\/p>\n
So after a couple of those experiences, I thought, why not just pick who I want to host, and beyond that, \u00a0why not let my\u00a0current clients pick those for me. I mean,\u00a0my clients know what I’m offering and have already had great experiences here with me, so the advertisement is great. I get to pick based of recommendations from current clients, seems like a win for not only me, but the new client as well.<\/p>\n
In short, D2-Designs isn’t going anywhere, or having issues staying up with current or new clients. We’re just picking who gets to join the family, and I think that’s a great deal. \u00a0I’m sure one day we’ll let anyone signup again, maybe when staffing is right and the price for service is right, but for now, We’ll keep enjoying the clients we do have, and look forward to them helping us in return.<\/p>\n
David D.<\/p>\n
D2-Designs\/Owner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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