> I like the looks of blogware, but unfortunately it doesn't look like I can make use of it. That's too bad :( > As I understand it, I can't purchase blogware for my own personal use, but have to > rely on a reseller to host my blog for me. Sort of. Your reseller would provide you with the Blogware service, support, etc, but it is a fully hosted service, so everything is handled within Blogware. There is no "host your own" option at this point. > I already have a hosting account and an established blog using MovableType that I'd have to > find some way to migrate. Import/Export are the next big things on our list. You might want to check back with us in 60 days or so to see where we ended up. > 2) All of your reseller partners offer more than generous amounts of disk space, > but only a maximum of 2 GB of transfer. My current blog transferred over 6GB of > data last month. Presumably this would make my site unacceptable to your current resellers. Not unacceptable at all. After 2gb, you would need to pay for overages, but the charges are typically very reasonable. > This is a shame as this looks like a really exciting piece of software and it has a lot of features > I'd like to have access to. Is there some particular reason you decided to go with such a limited > distribution method? I think you may be more disappointed with the purity of our distribution model, not its limitations. It has been our experience that end users most prefer to deal with technology suppliers that they can trust. In the past few years, this has been ISPs, webhosters, consultants, VARs and the like. None of these types will buy from us if we horn in their action and sell direct to their potential customers, so...we simply don't do it. In three years this model took us from no where in the domain registration market to number two position. Only the former monopoly sells more than us right now. Anyways, you might want to inquire of your hoster whether they had considered becoming a reseller of our or not (or quite likely, they already are a reseller and haven't started selling Blogware yet). I think you'll find that their support and service will be much better than what we could offer to you anyways ;) Hope this helps! -rwr