01.22.13
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Way to become a reseller


There are many reasons to consider web hosting reselling, and with today’s advances in web accessibility, reselling has become a viable option for even those of us who are technologically challenged.

The reseller is a storefront for an actual web hosting company. The hosting company owns the actual servers the boxes that we can see and touch, that host websites and make them available to internet users.

Web hosting companies provide the physical machinery, as well as the technical know how to update and repair these machines. The hosting company will be the one who ultimately fixes any issues with the hardware or the software that runs the server.

Reseller De Hosting
Florida, US

The reseller purchases hosting services from the hosting company, and resells those services to their own clients. Depending on the hosting company partner we choose, we may be alloted our own section of the server to resell, as in the case of a Virtual Private Server, or we may simply be purchasing small accounts from the host to resell.

As a reseller our clients will contact us with any technical issues they have, and we in turn will contact our provider for the solutions. Some guides to choosing a hosting partner and reseller package are covered later, but for now, where should we start?

Business-Hosting
Miami Lakes, FL

The biggest factor to keep in mind is whether we want to sell hosting only to clients who have a previous relationship with us, such as someone we design and maintain a website for, or if we will host anyone.
Reseller De Hosting
Florida, US
If you choose to take on hosting clients besides our normal web design clients, we will want to give them some degree of independence.
We will choose a reseller account that allows clients to have their own access to set up email and change their own passwords, so we do not have to do this for them every time. Decide on our market before shopping for reseller packages, and keep our ideas in mind as we begin to look over the plans.
Most hosts offer a choice in control panels, such as Plesk and C-Panel, to help our clients to be able to easily and effectively learn how to create their own email accounts and accomplish other common tasks.