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I kinda just had a big argument with a client and I need to vent a little, after setting up a blog on Pair.com on my reseller account, the client rings me and asks which preferred wordpress hosting company did I chose. I asked “what did he mean2 and he pointed me to the wordpress hosting page, at which I laughed out loud.. yep a proper belly laugh, I told him that’s not a recommended list it’s an affiliate list they earn money from those links..
This is where the argument started I pointed out that “some will donate a portion of your fee back—so you can have a great host and support WordPress at the same time.“, It’s basically an affiliate deal, but the client knows best,and wants me to sign up to the host and setup the blog, I say ok, but it’s going to cost another $100 time and effort, or he can set it up and ftp the the site for free… which is what he decided to do.. I’m not going to name the host he went with, but guess what ? it all went wrong and now it’s my fault because it was my idea to use wordpress !! now they want to look at drupal.. I said good luck! and that he should complain to wordpress that their WordPress Hosting deals aren’t that good !
Dave
Mark 1789 days ago
It’s as I’ve always said. “Clients are rubbish”.
Brad McAllister 1789 days ago
http://www.bradmcallister.comlooks like it was one of those days for you too… I had to deal with a couple of unbelievably stupid people today too..
Chris Bartow 1789 days ago
http://www.chrisbartow.com/Client: What technology do you use?
Me: PHP/MySQL
Client: I always preferred postscript.
Me:
Clients that know a little bit about technology are dangerous.
Patrick Altoft 1789 days ago
Joost just got me to switch to media temple for my blog. They seem OK so far.
PaulH 1789 days ago
http://www.assertica.co.ukClient pays you then decides they know best – with the amount you charge that’s shocking!
Josh 1788 days ago
http://www.jaeweb.com.aui was advised that some times you are better off saying good bye to certain clients…..
Doug aka nullvariable 1788 days ago
http://blog.nullvariable.comThe customer knows best is not such an accurate statement these days.
Joost de Valk 1788 days ago
http://yoast.com/So far my experience with MediaTemple has been great, I must say
Funny thing is, they don’t do affiliate deals.
Colin 1748 days ago
http://www.web3graphics.co.ukTo be fair some wordpress hosts aren’t terrible. If they have cPanel/”unlimited” domains it can be good for people on a budget…
Though it is obviously much better to have your own server or a seo/web developer in control
Richard 1529 days ago
http://www.wordpresshosting.getoninter.netHi Dave,
I had an incident with a client not obeying to copyright laws all his images and content for his website he passed over to me and claimed as his content. Were in fact property protected by copyright, i got a very nasty email from the owner on the content and it wasn’t my fault.
Regards,
Richard
Terry 1494 days ago
I have been hosting my wordpress blog with Tigersites. They have all that one click installer stuff and do a fine job and making sure sites are up, etc. I’m surprised it’s not on the recommended list, it should be!
51 Grand 1451 days ago
http://www.51grand.comHuman stupidity is endless..this kind of people are always looking for someone or something to blame. There are plenty of WordPress Hosting Providers out there and people have mixed experience even with the same provider.
I do recommend providers to my clients, but I don`t make any guarantees. Especially with cheap providers. I set up a site with WordPress Hosting Providers (http://www.best-wordpress-hosting.com) just for this cause. I send them to this page and they decide for themselves and I still get a commision. But they don`t blame me when things go wrong.
Learned the hard way:)
BN Softs 1331 days ago
http://www.bnsofts.comHello sir, is there any hosting website, which allow monthly hosting place, not for the whole period.
If i want to host only for 1 month and then start for the second month
naveen 1232 days ago
http://yourliveblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/file-hosting-mirrormaker-remote.htmlTry some free hosting site, Google it. then try paid one.
Ali 716 days ago
http://iClickster.comIts weird that this post is turning up on the first page for wordpress hosting – I guess all thanks to the Panda Update recently?
I’m just trying to figure out why this specific, old post is relevant – but in any case, I agree, clients don’t really know what they want or need – ive had a problem with clients like that – you just need to find the right mixture of client that knows some technical knowledge, so you can communicate better..
Yvette L 540 days ago
http://www.checkfreehosting.com/guides/wordpress_hosting.htmlThis made me laugh, I have to say though that it’s always worth starting out free or budget hosting to see how things span out… But the clients’ always right I guess. Reading the posts I’ve seen some queries about monthly hosting. This list of free WordPress hosts is worthwhile looking at (http://www.checkfreehosting.com/guides/wordpress_hosting.html). After that, you should move up to either budget or VPS depending on your needs.
Just my $0.02