From Portsmouth and Dover to Aberdeen and the Shetland Islands, our new resellers have got the UK covered. Manchester’s currently in the lead, just like they are in the Barclays Premiership. And while Newcastle trails Liverpool by 25 points football-wise, they’re 2 customers ahead in this week’s HostNine championship.

Of course, *everyone* wins when you sign up for a HostNine reseller plan. You get a great deal, not to mention free ModernBill, Fantastico and SiteBuilder. Your customers get super reliable hosting. And we get the opportunity to work with you – which really means a lot to us!

Paul’s been developing websites since the early ’90s. Now he writes Networthless, a technology blog, SupDad, a parenting blog, and BlogPaul, of course. He’s also the guy behind the Two Cent Blog, where you, too, can chime in – about anything! And he made Twitterami, a neat tool that shows Twitter members’ locations on a map.

Paul says it’s about time that someone caters to his every need. And he doesn’t even have to take us to the movies or buy us presents. If you, like Paul, are a happy customer and you do want to send us gifts, our address is right here

By the way, there are HostNine customers on just about every continent (no North Pole or South Pole, no Antarctica – but check out this Wired article on Antarctic connectivity. They’ve get VoIP and 11 hours of high speed Internet access per day). This past weekend alone, new resellers joined us from 21 different countries, including Australia, Bolivia, Canada (Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario & Quebec), China, the Dominican Republic, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Qatar, Panama, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the UK. Thank you very, very much for choosing HostNine!!

If you’re visiting our site for the first time, we hope you’ll consider putting yourself on the HostNine map. If there are any questions we can answer, please contact us any time. We’re available 24/7/365, by phone, email, IM, live chat… And we’d love to hear from you!

While going through our signup stats, we noticed that 48% of the folks who joined us in March did so using a Firefox browser, versus 45% Internet Explorer. (The remaining 7% were split between Mozilla, Safari, Opera, Camino and Netscape.)

By the way, 77% of the Firefox contingent have upgraded to Firefox 2, while only 46% of MSIE users are on MSIE7. If you’re using an older browser version, you might want to consider downloading Firefox 2 here, or IE7 here.

In terms of operating systems, Windows XP was the clear winner (83%), followed by Vista (5%) and MacOS (4%). The remaining 8% were split between Linux, Windows 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows Me.

Why did we look up this information? Because the more we know about the tools you’re using, the better position we’ll be in to help troubleshoot any problems you might be having.

Speaking of which, are we doing a good job? If you’ve been happy with our service, it’d make our day if you could leave a comment or post a testimonial. If there’s something you’re not so pleased with, we’d love to hear that too, so we can make it right. Thanks!!

We were very flattered when Daryl chose HostNine to host his first WordPress blog. How to Earn Money Blogging was launched less than a month ago, but Daryl’s already reviewed almost 60 tools, resources and monetization opportunities – including HostNine’s affiliate program

What made Daryl decide to give WordPress a try? He says he was attracted to the wide range of useful plug-ins. His favorites are auto Adsense, related posts, smart archive and Google Sitemap creator. It took some work to customize his new blog with the right template and feature set, but as Daryl puts it, the resulting functionality is “totally amazing”. Also importantly, he’s found that blogs with independent domains have access to many more revenue generating opportunities.

Daryl’s now considering the possibility of moving some of his Blogspot blogs over to WordPress – or maybe he’ll start a few new ones. In either case, he won’t pay a cent more for hosting. That’s because most of our hosting packages support unlimited domains!

PS – Do you use WordPress too? We’d love to hear what your blog’s about. If you don’t have a blog but are thinking about setting one up, we’re here to help. Our support team will gladly help sort out any issues you come across, any time!

Last month, Khalid decided to update his company’s brand name, and find a new hosting provider that can accommodate his growth. He spent hours and hours on his research, visiting many web hosting forums and review sites. The goal was to find a web host with “100% positive feedback” from its customers. As Khalid explains, security and law enforcement professionals are extra-selective about vendors they do business with. In order to build a solid reputation within his target market, he needs a super reliable website with maximum uptime.

Khalid’s new site, Elite Kit, was launched on March 25. Last week, he sent us a really nice email about HostNine’s excellent value, fantastic support, and our staff’s 24/7 availability. Thanks, Khalid; that’s what we’re here for! And congratulations on the new site!!

PS – Are you new to HostNine? Tell us about your business so we can introduce you to our other customers!

If you’re a HostNine customer, you may have met Liam through our forum (he is Express). But that’s not the only place where he’s a community leader. Web Hosting Express recently participated in a charity auction for the Great North Air Ambulance; the company donated a web design package that helped raise £1,591! The Great North Air Ambulance provides emergency response across a 5,500 square mile area in North England. On average, its airborne doctors and paramedics can reach a patient in just 8 minutes.

Web Hosting Express is a supporter of many other charities (Red Nose Day and Children in Need are two of Liam’s favorites), who automatically receive a 25% web hosting discount. The company also donates 10% of each week’s sales to non-profits within its customer base. Liam says that when you’re selling a “virtual product”, it’s extra important to build real world connections.

On the other hand, Liam’s also a fan of virtual collaboration. He helped BBC voiceover artist Lynsey Frost get her site up and running within 2 days. No meetings or phone calls were involved; everything was done via email.

Speaking of online communication, Web Hosting Express is looking out for the environment by shifting from paper to electronic invoicing and recycling 70% of the resources it uses. And speaking of invoicing (not to mention account setup and customer management), Web Hosting Express has just become a ModernBill-certified reseller! Be sure to say congrats the next time you see Liam in the forum

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