New Website Hosting Service from Home Inspector Pro - Need Input!

[whandley]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

I guess no one can say that I'm here just to push my software, 747 posts and Will doesn't know that I am an inspection software programmer as well as an educator. My philosophy has been to just be the as helpful of a person as I can and if people feel like it, they will check out the program or they won't.

I'm going back to Colorado in 2 weeks to do 3 more NACHI.TV shows. One of them will be on SEO and how to get your website better rankings, no matter where it's hosted.

Hey Dominic;

Sorry about that. I've seen the name of your company on your posts and just thought you were a home inspector in Cucamonga. You do seem to know a lot about websites and the like, but so does Mr. Richardson and I think he's a home inspector, (Although his most recent posts indicate he maybe beginning his vendor career).

Thanks again for all your assistance on the subject of SEO, it is very informative and easy to understand.

Happy New Year to all....

[Dominic J. Maricic]

No problem at all Will. One of these days we'll need to get together

[Russell Spriggs]

Will, you are refreshing-
even if it's because you make me feel like less of a dinosaur than I am!

Thanks for being one of the pioneers of our industry.

[Mark A. Timpani, CMI]

Will , I use HIP and do not use it on site. I just do it at home, so keep that in mind.

Dominic, some blank pages are the way to go in my opinion so people can add what they want. We all would not want mirror sites and either would the search engines.

[Kevin A. Richardson]

Like to see:

1. Full report upload service
2. Online scheduling with the ability to sync with software
3. QB intergration
4. Online payment synced with merchant account
5. Ability to capture clients signature in software (tablet users)

I don't ask for much.....

Kevin

[jmcmahon]

Dominic I am Interested in this service my website www.alertinspections.org is my primary site at this time but have secured www.alertinspectionsga.com that I hope to make my primary site in the near future. Please e-mail any recommendations along with fees involved Thanks jmarcusmc@yahoo.com

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Mark, You will have the ability to add unlimited pages of your own.

Kevin, you're talking more about the software than the webhosting, but just an FYI:
1 is done withing Home Inspector Pro, I'm working on it as a separate service for other software users.
4,5, are being worked on right now.
2,3 are on the board but as of right now I haven't figured out how to make the days longer than 24 hours so it's going to be awhile down the line. Scheduling within the websites but not sync'd with our software I am working on right now though.

Jeff, I'll let you guys know more once we've decided for sure but more than likely the NACHI discount will be to waive all setup fees and charge $19.99 am month for the website without report uploads and $35.00 a month with report uploads if you're acutally using our report upload service. Storage costs are actually quite high as each server will run us about $350+ a month and we will be getting quite a few more than we currently have for this project.

Dominic

[whandley]

Originally Posted by rspriggs

Will, you are refreshing-
even if it's because you make me feel like less of a dinosaur than I am!

Thanks for being one of the pioneers of our industry.

Hey Russ;

I've been called a lot of things over the years, refreshing is a first. Speaking of refreshing, I'm in June Lake, California inspecting a small hotel/cabin resort. It's been snowing ever since I got here three days ago. So I've been skiing a little more than inspecting. Man, now I know what you guys in the cold climate areas go through, what a pain in the rear end....

http://www.mammothmountain.com/index.cfm

[Dominic J. Maricic]

Will,

You're extremely lucky! It's just been raining down here. I lived in Arrowhead for 10 years so I guess I got my skiing in, but I wouldn't mind being up there right now!

Dominic

[Russell Spriggs]

Originally Posted by whandley

Hey Russ;

I've been called a lot of things over the years, refreshing is a first. Speaking of refreshing, I'm in June Lake, California inspecting a small hotel/cabin resort. It's been snowing ever since I got here three days ago. So I've been skiing a little more than inspecting. Man, now I know what you guys in the cold climate areas go through, what a pain in the rear end....

http://www.mammothmountain.com/index.cfm

Will, I don't ski for the same reason I don't jump out of perfectly good airplanes (even tho I'm a USAF and USA vet) . . .
Gravity works!!!

[Brian Bassett]

Hi Dominic,

Any updates on when your website hosting service will be available?

[relliott]

I beleive he is ready.
The template are A...s K...ing.
The only limit is your imagination, as there are so many tools you can use .

[rmaday]

Originally Posted by dmaricic

I have been leaning towards making them mostly blank too, I'm just worried that not as many inspectors will sign up as they want to take the easy route. The members here who've read my articles realize why it's important to write your own content, but most people don't.

Perhaps a hybrid of totally blank or totally filled in.
You can have headings and "starter text" to get the creative juices flowing. However I believe that most who use "stock text" aren't looking for an easy way out. Some may simply not be as creative or write as well as others. The fully loaded site gives then a presence. If you advise about the harm in SEO by leaving the stock pages, the HI will have an option to change.
Is it possible to offer different levels of service?

my .02
Rick

[relliott]

I suppose that is like pre loaded canned comments in a report.
Still copies hurt rank.
Perhaps a questionaire could be filled in that then loads it.

[rmaday]

Just looked at the dates of the previous - I'm a little late to the dance again!