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Classic sales pitch

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Earthling:
Today got off to a pretty good start - In my mailbox this morning was an email from an existing customer telling me about a friend of a friend of his that was looking for a server, and asking how I wanted to proceed.

So, as this guy is in the UK I write back suggesting he either gives me his number and I'll give him a call, or he can email me and I'll talk through his requirements with him.

So, two cups of coffee later, I get an email with his number, and make the call (Names changed to protect the innocent)

Me: Hi Steve, this is Pete. Dan asked me to give you a call about a server you're looking for?

Steve: Oh great! Yes please!

Me: OK, so have you got an idea of what you'll be needing? Space? Bandwidth? Processor? Location?

Steve: I want a big one that won't go down on me.

Me: That's fine, any idea on specification?

Steve: Not really, but a big one, 'cos they're better.

Me: OK, so where are you currently hosting the site you want to put onto this server.

Steve: Here at home.

Me: At home?

Steve: Yes on my computer at home.

Me: So any idea how big it is?

Steve: Not as big as I would like.

Me: I mean the web site. How much space does it take.

Steve: About 5.5 megabytes, but I want to add a forum to that.

Me: 5.5 megabytes isn't a lot. Are you sure you want a server for this.

Steve: It won't work without a server.

Me: No, I mean, you probably don't need to use a whole server for that size of site. How many visitors does it get in a day.

Steve: Just my friends.

Me: OK, so maybe a VPS or even just a shared hosting account would be sufficient to start with?

Steve: I'm not sharing it with anyone.

Me: No, shared hosting is just a term used to describe the way many web sites are hosted on a share of a server - The space you have allocated to you is just yours.

Steve: Good. I'll have one of those then.

Me: OK, so we could start you out with just a fairly small basic plan, and you could upgrade that as your needs grow.

Steve: Sounds good. When can I have that.

Me: So, how much were you thinking of spending?

Steve: Isn't it free? Geocities do it for free.

Me: No it's not free.

[CLICK]

Me: Hello? Hello?

Time for another coffee?

Douglas:
Hah!  Classic!

Retriever II:
All I can say is .... :D

Crothers:
hahahaha thats great.

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