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Reseller Web Hosting
By admin | November 17, 2007
The area of reseller web hosting is an interesting one for those who wish to create an e-commerce venture, selling web hosting and other related services. Reselling web hosting means that the client contract with a hosting provider to sell their server space under your brand. Reseller agreements can be based on per signups, i.e. one can sell one of a number of hosting packages and pay a certain amount of the fees to the hosting company. Another option involves a carte-blanche approach where the clients pays a set fee and receive certain resources that he are free to resell. Yet another option would be to lease a dedicated server and resell the web space, keeping all the profits.
Advantages of reseller web hosting
It allows a client to earn a potential income. The clients would appreciate the lower costs and convenience of getting all the services under one roof and one can start building a business that brings in recurring monthly income. Another good use of reseller accounts is if there is a network or websites that the person wants to host. Multiple domain hosting can get expensive if one has to get an individual service for each of his web sites. So a reseller hosting plan can either allow one to create his own web hosting business or host multiple domains from one easy to manage place.
Disadvantages of reseller web hosting
If one decides to get into the business of web hosting, he will have certain responsibilities and expenses. For one he will have to provide support for your clients. This could be anything from email support, live chats to phone support as his business grows. Other responsibilities could include ensuring that his clients are adhering by the terms of service and managing the billing cycles. Unless one is reselling from a dedicated server, this is again a shared or virtual hosting service. So all the pitfalls of shared web hosting would apply here.
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