April 9, 2007 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Geek Certified (geekcertified.com), a Web site that provides Web hosts and consumers with an objective venue to resolve disputes and rate customer support performance, announced on Friday that it is for sale.
Originally founded in 2004, the Web site currently has nearly 500 certified hosts. The site’s current owner, Minneapolis-based DWC Network, says the site has not charged user fees for the past several years and therefore the company cannot afford to continue to operate it without improvements. It hopes to sell the site to an organization who can continue to operate it as a service to the hosting industry.
“Geek Certified has offered the hosting industry an important service for the past several years,” says Dan Luria, lead developer of the project. “By remaining objective and unbiased, we were able to not only resolve disputes between hosts and customers, but also provide prospective hosting buyers with an important glimpse into the company they were considering doing business with.”
The site also offers free dispute mediation services for Web hosts and consumers, and developed the first-ever Host’s Pledge and Client’s Pledge ? written agreements that help reduce the number of disputes between Web hosts and their customers. An official for-sale thread regarding the site has been posted at WebHostingTalk.com and DNForum.com.
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