Host your indie business website with Biznik

By Dan McComb

Posted Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Biznik Web Hosting for indie business

It’s official: Biznik has acquired the hosting operations of Static Factory Media. Effective immediately, we are now offering rock-solid web and blog hosting to our members at a great price.

Why are we now in the hosting business? It’s part of our strategy to create a truly valuable service for indie business people. And in order to make that happen, we need income. Up until a couple weeks ago, Biznik was totally free. And basic membership will always be free. But we’re on a mission to add valuable services and additional features to Biznik that will make you WANT to support us, and this is one of them. It’s kind of a radical business model, offering our core service – the indie business social network – for free. But then, you wouldn’t expect anything less than radical from Biznik, would you?

Here’s why we think you’ll want to host with Biznik:

  1. Successful Track Record. We’ve inherited a totally solid and successful service from Static Factory, with many happy customers.
  2. You’re In Control. The hosting tools we give you put you squarely in control of your own account – everything from setting up email accounts, to managing mailing lists, databases – you name it, you control it.
  3. Price. Yes, you can find cheaper hosting. But ours is very competitively priced starting at $12/month. AND you get me on the phone when you need support. Priceless!
  4. Free WordPress Installation. With every account, we’ll install the latest version of WordPress for you, free.
  5. Open Source. Additional open source software can be installed on your account quickly and at no extra charge. Here’s the list of more than 40 applications that are currently available.
  6. Reliable. We’re moving the Static Factory servers to our secure collocation facility in Mill Creek this evening, which means they’ll be on a blazingly fast connection, with even greater uptime.
  7. We know indie business. Biznik understands the needs of independent business people and we’ll be adding even more features as time goes by.
  8. Did I mention that you get my cell phone number for tech support?

I know that moving your domain can be a pain, but most transfers are simple, and don’t result in any down time or lost email. I’ll help you make it as painless as possible.

Sign Up today.

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