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2 Web Hosting Tool Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: October 10th, 2024

Looking to create a foothold in the digital landscape with minimal physical overhead? Consider starting a web hosting business. In essence, this involves providing the infrastructure and technologies necessary for individuals and businesses to host their websites on the internet.

By offering a reliable, scalable, and secure web hosting service, you can attract a diverse client base ranging from small entrepreneurs to large enterprises. You'd need to invest in servers, networking hardware, and software platforms, but the returns can be substantial if you manage to build a strong reputation and offer quality customer support.

Exploring partnerships with data centers or using cloud solutions can help scale your operations quickly. It's a business with robust demand, especially as more companies shift online. With technology advancing rapidly, now is an excellent time to dive into the web hosting sector and capitalize on growing internet dependency.

In this list, you'll find real-world web hosting tool success stories and very profitable examples of starting a web hosting tool that makes money.

1. Indifferent Broccoli ($989K/year)

Jake Gaba, founder of Indifferent Broccoli, came up with the idea to start his game server hosting company while on a leave of absence from Stanford's Graduate School of Business. After brainstorming over 100 potential project ideas, he decided to buy an existing business, 7d2dServerHosting.com, for $25,000. He later expanded the business to include Viking Server Hosting for the popular game Valheim, and eventually rebranded to Indifferent Broccoli to stand out in the market and lay the foundation for future expansions beyond game hosting.

How much money it makes: $989K/year
How much did it cost to start: $25K
How many people on the team: 1

I Left Stanford & Bought A Small Website, Tripled Revenue In 6 Months

Jake Gaba tripled his game server hosting company's monthly recurring revenue from $1,600 MRR to $5,000 MRR after buying the business for $25,000, and has since launched new services for Viking and Valheim gaming servers under a distinct and memorable central hub brand, Indifferent Broccoli.

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2. tiiny.host ($180K/year)

Wanted to create a simpler and easier way to host web development projects. He wanted the project to be as easy to use as possible, with as few clicks as possible.

How much money it makes: $180K/year
How much did it cost to start: $100
How many people on the team: 0

How I Turned My Teenage Hobby Into A Profitable Static Web Hosting Service

Tiiny.Host is a web hosting company that's doubled its monthly recurring revenue every three months, amassing 40,000+ users by providing an easy-to-use hosting and file sharing solution, and built up its brand through SEO.

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