If it seems like it’s been awhile since I’ve done an Ask David post, well…it has. That’s because I didn’t get any questions in my email box. This past week though, I received 3 questions that I can write about.

Question #1 comes from Sean. What hosting do you use?

I currently have 2 dedicated servers. One is with JetNetHost and the other is with Spry. While I have experienced server problems with JetNet from time to time (most of the problems are at the datacenter, so it’s not really their fault), their customer service is second to none. Anytime there is an issue, I get a personal response within minutes and the problem is solved. When they said 24 hour live support, they mean it. Spry, I have never had to deal with since purchase. The server has been great.

Questions #2 comes from Greg of LoLLeR LAN. Do you think the new website DealDotCom.com will be as successful as Woot.com?

I’ll be perfectly honest. I haven’t given DeaDotCom for then 3 minutes of my time. I briefly looked at it and signed up (only because everyone else was). Although I’ve never used it, Woot.com has been around for a long time. While I do think you can make money from both websites, I don’t think DDC will surpass Woot in popularity or be as successful. Woot just has too big of a head start.

Question #3 comes from Richard of Blogger For Life. A while back you made a post about if you need a privacy policy. My question is do you have anything that generates “Terms and Conditions”? I run a website for my wife where she sells Jewelry online and we need a TOS.

I don’t have any tools that automatically generator a T&C for you, but I did find a few samples you can download. One is from BusinessLink, and it’s a UK site so be careful using that in the USA. Another example from Webzonetemplates.

Something else you could do is browse other similar online stores and look at their T&C. Don’t copy it word for word, but adjust it enough so it makes it unique to your site.