Reseller hosting is an easy way to make money from the web industry. Though some might think there are technicalities involved, most hosting firms that offer reseller hosting can either directly or indirectly offer the support to the reseller hosting clients. All that reseller hosting entails is the division of a server’s resources, both disk space and traffic (or otherwise referred to as bandwidth). From this allocated disk space and traffic, Reseller’s make their hosting packages from their reseller control panel and can create a new client through this control panel and assign the relevant hosting package to the client.
Your reseller hosting provider should also be able to give you tutorials and any help you may need with using the reseller control panel. Actual server maintenance and software updates are handled by your reseller hosting provider and they manage the dedicated hosting server so you don’t have to. Not only does this give you more time to do more important tasks, but it saves you on requiring the technical knowledge of running a dedicated server. As a part of a marketing plan, you can offer similar packages that other hosting companies are offering at lower rates due to your lower costs. You can also use some reseller hosting programs and GUI control panels that will enable your clients to manage their web resources which will take some work load of you.
Once you have your reseller hosting solution and have created your shared hosting packages that you will offer to your clients, you are ready to start.
Dealing in reseller web site hosting you might have offer more space and bandwidth than a regular shared web hosting plan. Web hosting is very cut-throat trade that your triumph depends on the performance of your dedicated server. Cheaper reseller hosting to win the price war may sometimes be dangerous in case of long time downtime. That is not to say that every reseller hosting provider that is affordable has low downtime, but you should do research into all your narrowed down list of hosting provider choices to avoid a provider that has a lot of downtime.
Offering multiple or even unlimited domain names, parked or add-on, on a shared hosting account can be one of the value added features of your shared hosting packages from your reseller hosting package. Other selling points of your service can be flexible packages in terms of space, bandwidth, other features and price. Giving your clients the option to upgrade space or bandwidth over time, whether at an additional upgrade cost or for free, can also be beneficial to you. A successful client will generally need more of both these resources over time.
Before you dive into a reseller hosting plan, make sure to:
• Choose a dependable reseller hosting service provider that has a good record and has been running for some time.
• Choose a trustworthy reseller hosting service provider that offers flexible reseller web hosting packages in terms of price, space and bandwidth / traffic.
• Choose a reseller service provider that offers a powerful and user-friendly reseller hosting control panel to you as well as a user-friendly control panel to your clients.
• Choose a reseller hosting provider that can handle your queries and perhaps those of your clients fast and efficiently