Kenya Webhosting Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Hello, I was wondering if anyone could advise me on the following... I would like to offer a free trial of 7 days (I have read the various opinions about free trials and accept that not everyone agrees with them but that is not the issue here). I have used the 2 files available at the hostingbusinessbook website to be able to send reminders and auto delte the account after 7 days I have set up the free account package but now am faced with some confusion If I allow a free trials what do I do about domain names? For instance, if someone is trying to sign up for the free account they are asked to make a choice re domain names. If they elect to buy a domain name does this then become part of the order along with the free hosting? If so, will accepting the order then also process the domain name (I have an Enom reseller account and have made the $100 deposit)? I would rather not have to manually process free accounts so the 'create account automatically after order' would be the preferred option but this would then presumably also process the domain name purchase, as yet unpaid for. So I have to set the free account to manual and process the free account and the domain name at the same time. Secondly, if I decide to avoid the above complications of mixing a free hosting trial package and domain name purchase I could always disable the domain name options with that package. I could then enable automatic account creation on order without having to worry about buying a domain name. How then does whm create the account name without a domain name? What is the simplest option? How do others do it? Why is there an option to not include domain name registration during hosting purchases if it means whm cannot create an account? Many thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenya Webhosting Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Ah, I think I am making progress on this one. If I want to be able to allow a free trial I should set to not show domain name options and then manually provide a username BEFORE creating the hosting account, or sending the hosting account details email. Is that the way forward? Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neobug103 Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 sorry if this doesn't answer your question, kinda skimmed through your post. If you want to have a domain option, simply register a domain like kenyafreetrial.com and then under the 'other' tab for your hosting plan, add that as a sub-domain option they can select. Then they can select to have something.kenyafreetrial.com as their domain so they can test their account without a domain name 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenya Webhosting Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Thank you very much for your suggestion. As it happens I own http://www.yourdomain.co.ke so have used that as the subdomain option and all seems well. Martin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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