Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What do you want?

Right now, we are trying to get a team of part-time volunteers to either get or act as 'point people' for all of North America. This is hopefully just an exercise of friends getting friends so that we have coverage of about two people per U.S. State or Canadian Province.

What are you offering?

You have a chance to make history, profit handsomely and 'do the right thing' for your community.

Everyone who participates in this first phase is being offered their own domain name and hosting for a year. This can be valuable in itself and it is yours to keep. More importantly, if we are successful, people will be offered the opportunity to continue with us in some capacity going forward.
This is hard to follow, but the intention is to make certain that you get more than fair compensation for risking your time and that all you risk is your time. It rewards you for your participation and reduces your risk. Here is one way that is being considered: To the extent that people build 'sweat equity' in a franchise area, they will be given an option to apply that equity towards beneficial ownership of at least one franchise. The 'point people' who are first movers (approximately the first 100) will be able to purchase one franchise outright for a $2,500 down payment, with a balance of $12,500 financed by HushServer. Franchises will be 'market valued' by their revenue stream and full ownership will cost one-half of that valuation in total or $12,500, whichever is LESS (this is in your favor). During the first 18 to 24 months, the $2,500 fee is only to 'lock in' the price at $15,000. You may choose to simply wait until the end and 'flip' your franchise for its valuation price. For those who can't stick with us, you will still gain some compensation (pro-rated to the time you spent) from the eventual sale of the franchise you helped to build.
We can not promise anything at this time, but it is our intention to eventually allow franchisees (and any employees or other relevant 'stake holders') to purchase equity in the overall operation of HushServer at a discount from its value. To create liquidity that would make that equity meaningful, we intend to eventually (over five to ten years) make the HushServer franchisor entity into a publicly traded company.

What are we really doing?

Trantor has been poised for many years to offer web and other Internet related services. In fact, we have done a number of pilots and even have a few normal clients as part of the 'franchise' pilot we are conducting. We intend to build a network of small, part-time, web services franchisees. The untapped market is substantial and if successful, the franchises should become very valuable.

What makes you different?

Everything that we offer is a commodity item, just like the domains that will be given to participants. They can be had from many places. Some places even offer the same thing for less (or so it seems). However, there is no major supplier of our services that offers these services for less and of the top ten, we are only matched by one.
One thing that makes us different is that we *only* offer commodity items that have a second source of supply. Exceptions are some of our value-added services that are unique and products such as the website software. However, any site we create with our own software can be moved to another provider. You own the license for the software we produce and can take it anywhere you please. We do not try to lock people in now, and we do not intend to in the future. We only promote services that provide a net positive return to our clients. We don't (unless driven by a supplier) offer 'specials'. We don't, for instance, insult our old clients by charging new ones less with 'special deals'.
Part of the rationale behind not having 'specials' or competing by selling at unrealistic prices is because we do not want our clients to build their business on an unrealistic base. We sell for less than most of our competitors, but we always sell at a small margin. Should we be unable, for whatever reason, to continue to supply the service, our clients can be comfortable in the knowledge that they can continue with another provider for a price that will not be prohibitively greater than they paid with us.
In general, you get better at what you practice. Our competition has practiced hyping things, developing 'calls to action', creating high-margin products, locking people in, fooling them, etc. They are good at it. However, the Internet allows anyone to compare prices and services and to find out what experiences others have had. It is getting harder to fool people. They are still good at it, but our company does not think that trend will last. That is, we don't think that taking advantage of any member of the community, particularly our clients, is a good long-term strategy.
Our competition lives and dies from quarter to quarter or year to year. They reward quick returns, even if they come at the expense of injuring the long term prospects of the core business. They measure how they fare without regard to the impact they have on the community and environment that surrounds them. Trantor Standard Systems Inc. has taken a very long view and continues to do so. We are a business, but we look to more than the balance sheet to measure our progress
What our company has practiced is finding and offering things of value and finding ways to deliver them at a competitive price. We have practiced doing business fairly with all of our partners, be they vendors, clients or employees. We have practiced building and keeping sound business relationships based on respect and trust.
In the short term, our company has paid a price for its insistence on ethical behavior. We could have saved money (or even made money) by placing risk on first-moving clients. Instead, we elected to fund our research ourselves. We could have skimped on charity. Instead, we elected to create goodwill in our community by donating time and materials to our local hospital, clubs and special community events. That type of capital is not measured on a balance sheet, but we think that in the future members of the community will have much greater knowledge and wield much greater power than they do now. When given the choice between a local company they know has a track record of fair play and an absentee-owned company of questionable pedegree, all things being equal, they will choice the good guys.

What do I need to participate?

• You need:
• To be invited by us or someone in our system.
• You will need a computer and a connection to the Internet
• A spotless reputation, like ours.
• You need a little time you can spend helping out.

Where do we work?

Everyone works from their own offices. Typically, these will be home offices for the foreseeable future.

Do I need special skills?

We are looking for skills that cover the gamut for an enterprise like ours. You do not necessarily need to have any of these skills. We will provide training for anything particular to our systems. Skills we would like to cover are:

• Sales and Marketing
• Franchise Development
• Prospectus Development
• Graphic Design
• Website Design
• Website Management and Maintenance
• Computer Hardware Installation and Maintenance
• Computer Network Management
• Help Desk
• Writing
• Classroom Teaching
• Business Management
• People Management