Recommend hosting providers - thought I should post this in my own blog also

This blog post refers to: Recommend hosting providers - http://www.boonex.com/unity/blog/entry/Recommend_hosting_providers

The big problem here is that Boonex wants a $100 pay out for every referral that comes from them for a host. 

To make hosting affordable this is simply unachievable. 

There are many out there that have the ability and can without a doubt host dolphin and meet the requirements but the asking price from Boonex for £100 is just simply not right... 

For most hosts and the prices that they charge it would take more than a couple of years to recoup this money that Boonex are wanting for the referral. 

So should these hosts run at a loss in the hope that people that host with them do not jump ship for lets say 3 years minimum to try and get at least the amount that Boonex require as a fee to refer them to that host.

I am very sorry but this is a joke, Boonex like any other affiliate should adhere to the set amount that a site (host) might put in place for affiliates to earn as per agreements that they set in place ( if they don't accept the payout structure of course they don't include that host).

I was involved in a small time hosting service before and would have loved to have been included on the list that Boonex provide, but I could not afford to stump up the required fee that Boonex required to be included. 

I have an email that was received after suggesting that I (as in the hosting service that was set up) be included on the list of hosting services that Boonex prefer or recommend that states: BoonEx would like to receive $100 (+ ongoing commission interest also preferred) commission per referral.

To me and many other well equiped hosts this is beyond affordable.

We (as in the hosting that was set up) configured our servers to host Boonex Dolphin... Just Dolphin, anything else could be hosted but if the requirements for hosting other scripts required more or less than what was on offer (as far as setup of the servers go), More... we could handle, Less or a change in configuration to host something other than Dolphin (which might / might not, whichever the case may be would compromise a dolphin site) would not be welcome on our servers.

So, again I say that what Boonex are requiring from hosts to be suggested as a preferred or recommended host is absurd. 

$100, what could you do with that money, let alone a business that is attempting to  establish itself in the market place.

I am an affilaiate marketer of products ( some successful, some not so very successful) but do I get $100 for referring something to somebody... Not on your life.  For most it is 1 - 20% of the paid amount (ie. the cost of the service or product).   20% being an exception to the rule of affiliate marketing, it would mostly be closer to 1 - 5%.

So, just for arguments sake the $$$$ dollar hosts that are around that Boonex has readily promoted now or in the past, How, even if they are a huge company do they make money off people hosting Dolphin sites with them when they need to pay Boonex $100 for the recommendation (referral).

It is beyond me how they can do this..... and so now I think I shall leave this post as I can not work it out in my mind how any company BIG or small hosting service or company would survive having a payment structure that is what is required from Boonex. 

If any other hosts, or hopeful hosts can shine some light on how they would survive (as a Boonex preferred or recommended host) and have to pay out that kind of money (Remember: BoonEx would like to receive $100 (+ ongoing commission interest also preferred) commission per referral.) then please let me know so I may re-enter the marketplace with an affordable, efficient and Boonex Dolphin optimized hosting service that Boonex would readily promote.