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Reseller Web Hosting

February 1st, 2007

Almost every Hosting Provider offers some sort of reseller web hosting plan. These plans come in all shapes and sizes and are generally presented in a way that emphasizes that particular Hosting Provider’s strengths. Some Hosting Providers have strong e-commerce packages, which include free or discounted e-commerce software. Their reseller web hosting plan reflects this by catering to resellers who wish to resell to e-commerce sites. Other providers may have a simple feature set and their prices reflect low cost solutions. They would cater to resellers who wish to have ‘bargain-based’ web hosting plans

Does the Plan Correspond To Your Customer Base?
Before you go with a reselling plan, check to see what type of customers you wish to cater to. If you already have a customer base, check to see what features they need. Look at your client’s requirements and determine if the reseller plan meets those requirements. If you are reselling web space to e-commerce sites, be sure to get a plan with plenty of e-commerce extras.

What happens if you’ve found the perfect plan, but they don’t have a few options you need? Your best choice is to ask them for it. Many Hosting Providers are adding new features everyday, and if they haven’t added it already, you may be able to get them to add it.

How to Keep Expenses Low
It is a given that you are in the reselling business to make money. Regardless of the scale of your reselling efforts, you always need to consider how much you pay as opposed to how much you bring in. While the initial costs of a reseller plan can be substantial, also consider monthly costs and upgrade costs as well as buying software packages for your clients.

Many Hosting Providers will include discounts for multiple reseller packages. Be careful to not overlook extra savings that can be achieved through paying for a year or more in advance. Many providers will also include discounts for pre-packaged software. By ordering software bundles from your provider you could save a substantial amount of operating capital.

Discounts
As stated above, be on the lookout for discounts and better deals. Always plan ahead: items such as yearly discounts for paying in advance might seem costly at first, but will save you anywhere from 8% to 20% off of your total bill.

Another tactic is to sign up multiple accounts ahead of time so you can take advantage of multiple reseller plan discounts. As usual, if you are not sure if your provider has such discounts, ask. Chances are, if they don’t now they may later.

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