I am reorganizing my reseller account and I was looking for advice on diskspace and bandwidth allocations from my packages.
hm, well. you want to usually make the money back that your paying to resell . so i would separate it into parts cheap enough but efficient for clients. rest is up to you really.
why dont you try VPS.. you will get freedom from disk limit.. you can create unlimited reseller / space /bw under you..
I agree a swell that if he seriously looking into providing Hosting he will want to look at a VPS, it gives him more control over the systems and what's installed, PHP Module's e.t.c However the one thing I don't agree with is him offering Unlimited Resource's only the big companies can get away with offering this realistically because of the large server resources they have backing them as well as their Term's and Condition's. However if you wish to stay with your reseller, you need to work out how much it cost's you including any License's for software, then how much of a profit margin you want. Once you done that then take away some of the resources for backup's and your own site, then divide the remaining resources by for example 10GB and 100GB which would give you 5 account's then divide the $$ answer by 10 and your have the spec's and the price for that account.
do you really think a VPS is worth it? I am not trying to run a hosting company I am simply reorganizing like client starter packages versus ones that have grown if i made a set of three different types of packages what should they be?
Possibly if you know how to administer a server and install and maintain the necessary software. You'd probably be best sticking with your current plan and use the expertise of your host to provide the services you will need to resell to your customers. Someone with a bit of sense!!! If you don't want to spend your time managing the server and software then let your host worry about that and just split up your packages on the system you are using. The depends upon whether the Control Panel you are using supports "overselling". I mean this in the sense that the host gives you 50GB of space, but you can sell 100 packages of 2GB, and then only purchase more diskspace from your host when you have actually used your initial 50GB of diskspace - this is different from a host overselling actual server space. You want to be sure your host isn't overselling too much or you may end up on a spot of bother unless they run a multi-server platform which is supported by their Control Panel i.e. the websites under your account could be spread over a number of different servers but all controlled from the single Control Panel login. Sounds to me like you have your head screwed on. Best of luck.
You can target those looking for cheap hosting for their personal site with the lowest plan, with 500 MB diskspace, 5 GB bandwidth @ $2/mo. You can accommodate 100 users in that! That way, you won't be competing with the biggies who provide hosting @ $3.50/mo+ for first 1-2 yrs...
This is a great answer. What I want to do is to have 3 levels 1) clients just strating out, they do not expect tons of traffic, person al site or blog, 2k vistiros a day 2) a level so if client 1 quicly grows i can just click and change their package 3) sites that rae doing well 20k visitors or more obviously more 1s than 3s what do you think, how should i divy it out
Don't get too worried about it, just have a look around and do what you feel comfortable with. No-one will have the correct answer for you. Your estimate of a client staring out having 2K visitors is way off. Think more along the lines of 2 visitors or 20 visitors. That's more realistic (honestly....it really is!). There will always be exceptions, but the average user isn't going to generate a lot of traffic. The other thing to be wary of is thinking about doing it really cheap and being able to fill up your available resources with lots and lots of cheap hosting users. There are 2 reasons for this. 1. Users require support, and the more users you have, the more time they will take up with support. Most support requests come from new users at the start, then things tend to settle down after the first couple of weeks, but it can be an intense initial period for each new user. Sometimes it's better to have less customers paying more than lots of customers paying a little, even if the total income is the same. That's because less customers = less of your time being taken up which can end up more profitable for you. 2. People who buy really cheap hosting are generally those who don't have a clue. They can't evaluate what is being offered so they go for the cheapest price and expect Rolls Royce service. They may end up taking up a lot of your time and you could spend much of it explaining simple concepts like how to use FTP or set-up an email account....you have been warned. I know it sounds harsh and unfeeling but it is the reality.
LOL I guess you forgot since your last amazing post. I am not trying to make a reseller hosting company. I am simply looking out for clients so I can upgrade them in teirs quickly. I am simply trying to divide my space and bandwith into usable "tiers" of packages. It is only for my clients.
basically how do i divide up DiskSpace 50 GB Bandwidth 500 GB into 3 packages of small but good and hyandles most needs, a bit bigger incase they are more popular and thne like 10 that can handle 10k a day or so
Erm, yes, you're right. I guess I should read my own replies more carefully. I still don't have an answer for you though, but here's a thought. Since they are your own clients, rather than trying to be specific about a hosting plan why not just offer (guarantee?) that you will give them the resources their web sites need for as long as they are hosting with you and it's all part of the price. Also let them know that if they need significantly more space or email accounts than they are currently using - your definition of "significant e.g. extra 1GB of space - then there will be a small charge of X to cover the additional costs, but assure them it will only be a small percentage increase. That probably gives you more scope for making money without ripping them off and gives you a lot more flexibility.