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By: Jamie Dolan

Jamie Dolan — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:04:32 +0000

I strongly urge you not to rely on your own server to send out bulk mail. To properly manage it so the messages are not filtered as spam can take a highly experianced admin hours a week. You will likely never even know how many of your messages land in spam folders.

If your not proactivly managing your mail server, I can asdure you messages are being lost to peoples SPAM folders.

Using someone that is a professional mail provider solves most of the issues with spam filters. Aweber is very well known. So is constant Contact. Mail chimp is newer, but has been doing well from what I hear and runs on the cheaper side.

Feel free to contact me if you have questions.

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By: Patrick

Patrick — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:08:47 +0000

I just went through a similar experience when my sites went down for a day. In the end I figure I probably broker even, but I didn’t want to go through that again. So I upgraded from shared to a VPS plan. It costs 5x more per month, but with better customer service and increased reliability. Well worth the peace of mind.

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By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:02:59 +0000

I too will most likely delay too long, in the event that NuHabits takes off. Why? Because I am cheap.

Oh well, lesson learned (for you anyways).

By: Stephen - Rat Race Trap

Stephen - Rat Race Trap — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:04:49 +0000

I have to add that my shared hosting service for my blog has been down for hours now. I think you jinxed me! Just kidding.

By: George

George — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:15:24 +0000

Hi Steve,

As usual, great post! It’s great to benefit from your learning experiences. Thanks!

I don’t know if the money is the biggest issue here. There are some other issues to consider. For example, who takes care of the server? Who will upgrade? Who will maintain and install security patches? Do you have to hire someone if it stops working?

Also, if the server is shared by hundreds of sites, what are the security risks? I had a shared hosting site that was hacked and they placed malicious code on my pages.

Thanks!

By: Eric Hamm | Motivate Thyself

Eric Hamm | Motivate Thyself — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:23:44 +0000

Yeah, that’s one big difference between a blog and a biz site. The worst thing that can happen to a blog is that a reader can’t comment for a 2 minute hickup. Not a good thing, but no big deal. But a 2 minute hickup when someone is trying to input their CC info…VERY BAD! So I hear ya there.

Actaully, I’ve got most of my blogs/websites on one shared server. A good shared server can usually handle 1 fairly high traffic blog along with a few light blogs websites with no problem. But two or more high traffic sites and you’re pushing it. (And by higt traffic I’m talking a few thousand hits a day, not 30 or 40 thousand like zenhabits.) Eric