GoDaddy Reseller Update

Update as of 9/15/10: GoDaddy, since finishing their grid beta, is a terrible place to host your site. If you want to sell garbage to strangers, you might consider this program, but I can’t in good conscience continue testing the reseller program.

So, as I said in my GoDaddy Reseller Review, I have started a trial with them.  The cost was $199 per year, etc. and I won’t go all back through that here.  I’m simply going to provide periodic updates as to how the program is going.  Having finished my first month, this is a good point as any to start those.

Domain Names Sold:  0
Hosting Packages Sold:  0
Total Visitors: 63 unique visitors
Search Engine Hits:  0

So these numbers are not particularly surprising to me.   Well, the search engine hits are to a certain extent.  I picked a name that people do search for and where there is very little competition, but I, as yet, do not come up in Google when you search for me.

What I’ve tried so far:

I’ve really not overwhelmed the site with marketing efforts.  From past experience, I know that in a crowded field with a brand new site that the way to go is slow and steady.  So far all I’ve done is left some comments with links on do-follow blogs and written and article that I’ve submitted to various article directories.  I’ve also linked to it from several of my blogs, though not this one (terms of service issue).  Admittedly, I thought that would at least get on the front page of Google for my weak keywords, but that hasn’t worked out that way.

Still, I’m not discouraged.  As I said, I knew that this was no quick sort of thing, and I will continue a slow marketing plan for about the first six months and then pick up the pace a little.  Basically, all I have to lose is the $199.  If for some reason I can’t start getting business at renewal time, I’ll simply not renew.

In any event, I’ll pop in next month with a similar sort of update.

Click below to see the specifics from GoDaddy’s reseller program: