is reseller web hosting a good business

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by Jason1988, Mar 16, 2011.

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    I am interested in getting into this business. I have some ways to advertise that most people wouldn't spend the money for. Has anyone ever been successful in advertising locally? What does it take to be successful in this business?
     
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    Jason1988, Mar 16, 2011 IP
  2. WSWD

    WSWD Well-Known Member

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    I can answer the local advertising question. Yes! It can absolutely work. Local businesses are far more likely to deal with a local company than they are some cookie-cutter national webhost. The ones who won't are only concerned with saving a buck. This is our 15th year in business, and only recently have we expanded our market to start tapping other resources. We have basically done business locally the entire time, and very successfully.

    However, that said, it's not just about local traditional "adveritising." It's about joining the Chamber of Commerce, going to the events, and getting to meet these people. Putting an ad in a local paper isn't going to do anything.
     
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    Reseller hosting is also an inexpensive way for web hosting entrepreneurs to start a company. Most reseller hosting plans allow resellers to create their own service plans and choose their own pricing structure. In many cases, resellers are able to establish their own branding via customized control panels and name servers.
     
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    Reseller hosting provider is good business into the initial start up of the hosting provider industry, Its absolutely good business but you have to capture the local market first while your pricing plan structure is to be fine with other and you have to resemble to give discounts,
    You should gain good customized control and market through it. All the best...
     
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    Local business is pretty much the easiest way to get in the game, contacting local businesses by phone,mail or even knocking on doors and supplying extras like building them a basic site, small stores that aren't franchises that might benefit from it and don't know how to get their store online, setting them with E-carts etc like magneto is extremely simple and can very well be worth your while.
    Though, the international reselling business is a cut-throat business, huge resellers are battling over pennies and as a small reseller its usually hard to make scratch without huge upfront investments or a great business model.
     
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    you should gain the local market but with local market you have to expand your business globally which will give you final output with the acquiring the complete acknowledgement of the specific targets.
     
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    reseller hosting is a lot more work than you probably realize. I'd suggest you just stick to promoting affiliate programs for web hosts, some pay as much as $100 person sign up. Compare that you a few bucks a month you will make per sign up if you create your own reseller hosting company.
     
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    Reseller hosting is definitely a fairly cheap way to make some easy cash online. It definitely depends on how you are approaching marketing though, and how large-scale you want your operation to work. If you plan on just hosting a few friends or supplying hosting as part of a development package - then its a great supplement!

    Good luck with your business.
     
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  9. Jason1988

    Jason1988 Well-Known Member

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    Has anyone used HostClear.com?
     
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    mentos Prominent Member

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    Do you mean their reseller plan?

    Their plan is too expensive,you can get a better spec for the same price at other hosting company.
     
    mentos, Mar 19, 2011 IP
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    wow nice thread jason, helo jason im newbie here!
     
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    i may found a web host company for long term business,
    it's the long tail income.
    web host affiliate program is not stable, why not advertise for other people if you have enough budget?

     
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    Jason1988 Well-Known Member

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    So far Ive looked at HostGator and HostClear, and HostGator was more expensive.
     
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    Reseller web hosting is generally opted for by the small and medium sized businesses. It is a kind of web hosting that is cheap, but provides less privilege to the users, unlike a dedicated server or VPS hosting.
     
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    It can be quite good...

    Try Reseller Panel

    They don't charge anything to setup an account and you can set the prices of what you want all your products to be so that clients can apply for plans themselves or you can setup their accounts for them.

    You can setup a hosting account yourself for ~$100 which includes hosting unlimited domains, unlimited traffic, unlimited email addresses, unlimited mysql databases... the list goes on. Check them out, it doesn't cost you anything to have a look!

    You can also host VPS services, dedicated and semi-dedicated services.
     
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    Reseller hosting business can be profitable if you are experienced enough in web hosting and all marketing steps on how to get more and more clients.
     
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    you can only share shared plans you need a dedicated server and licensing to be a real host
     
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