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What To Check Before Purchasing Reseller Hosting

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by hammadfaisal007, Jan 23, 2013.

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    I am planning to purchase Reseller Hosting. Can anyone suggest me important things to be asked to Host Company before purchasing Reseller Plan?
     
    hammadfaisal007, Jan 23, 2013 IP
  2. concerto49

    concerto49 Greenhorn

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    - Uptime SLA
    - Support hours and real response times
    - Specs of the server
    - TOS / AUP
     
    concerto49, Jan 24, 2013 IP
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    MilesWeb Well-Known Member

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    -Free End user support
    -24x7 Support
    - Domain Reseller account
     
    MilesWeb, Jan 26, 2013 IP
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    samadnet Active Member

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    free billing software
    control panel
    limitations
     
    samadnet, Jan 26, 2013 IP
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    Andy Lippis Member

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    dont forget to read there terms of service.
     
    Andy Lippis, Jan 27, 2013 IP
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    linux7802 Active Member

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    Check the following four major parts before purchasing the reseller account.
    1st) Disk space and bandwidth provided by the hosting provider and make sure that no other limits are implement like database limit, E-mail account and server resources usage like like memory, cpu etc.

    2nd) Check online 24x7 Ticket and Chat boards support.

    3rd) Make sure that web hosting company having forum or blog.

    4th) Check reviews and price comparison with other web hosting companies and then short list the good web hosting company.
     
    linux7802, Jan 27, 2013 IP
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    WSWD Well-Known Member

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    Actually, you WANT to make sure other limits are in place. If there are no memory/CPU limits in place, a single user can monopolize the entire server, causing everything to slow down for the other users. That's definitely not something you want.
     
    WSWD, Jan 27, 2013 IP
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    samadnet Active Member

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    There will have some limits!!
     
    samadnet, Jan 27, 2013 IP
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    CHWH-Admin Active Member

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    Please check following points before you select the provider
    1) Uptime SLA
    2) Read every Reseller Providers TOS carefully.
    3) Please refer latest customer reviews
    4) Check What kind of plans they are providing ( if they are selling unlimited or huge size plan for small price please do not go with that because they will oversell the server resources.)
    5) verify they have 24x7 Technical support
    6) Server location
     
    CHWH-Admin, Jan 27, 2013 IP
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    stardust.x7 Active Member

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    Every unlimited hosting provider has some fair usage policy.
     
    stardust.x7, Jan 27, 2013 IP
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    riteshsanap Well-Known Member

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    I actually agree with CHWH-Admin, that those who provide Unlimited are mostly trying to oversell their server to make profits and that is not good,


    I think HostGator is the best WebHosting Provider though it costs seems high but their service is good
     
    riteshsanap, Jan 27, 2013 IP
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    jeff-ay Active Member

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    No doubt "unlimited" is marketing strategy that always use by host. If you can find a good with who manage their server is proper way, it is workable. Most important is how you rate the host and find out their business and operation model.
     
    jeff-ay, Jan 28, 2013 IP
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    HostGEX Member

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    Support , Uptime , Serverload , Plugins (especially One click Installer). These are the features which a reseller provider should have.
     
    HostGEX, Jan 29, 2013 IP
  14. Axelaris

    Axelaris Peon

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    - Uptime SLA
    - 7/24/365 support
    - Security
     
    Axelaris, Jan 30, 2013 IP
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    sykofreak Active Member

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    If you are searching a good Reselle hosting, these things have to be keep in mind bofore making the purchase:

    - Uptime Service Agreement
    - Support Response Time
    - Server Specifications
    - CDN Availibility
    - Free Billing Software
    - Free Addons
    - Domain Reseller Account
    - Customer Reviews
    - Server Locations
     
    sykofreak, Feb 1, 2013 IP
  16. PersonaNonGrata

    PersonaNonGrata Greenhorn

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    Choose control panel/billing panel
     
    PersonaNonGrata, Feb 3, 2013 IP
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    black.hat Active Member

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    Ask about their support time response rate.
     
    black.hat, Feb 13, 2013 IP
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    quadxnet Active Member

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    Along the same lines...I always recommend people to contact their customer service and ask any questions you may want to know. This allows you to find out any information that might not be posted on their site but more importantly you get an inside look into their service. You can see how quickly they respond, how thorough their answers are and how flat out helpful (or helpless) they might be.
     
    quadxnet, Feb 13, 2013 IP
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    obosor Well-Known Member

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    1) Check terms of service
    2) Check Review about them
    3) Verify they have 24x7 Technical support
    4) Ask about Uptime Guarantee SLA
     
    obosor, Feb 15, 2013 IP
  20. ben.adict

    ben.adict Active Member

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    In terms web hosting reseller that is LIMITED and hassle to managed your sub-accounts, it is better you use VPS + cPanel + ConfigServer Firewall. But if you don't have experience with linux, you are right to start reseller hosting but for only small number of sub-accounts.

    Here is the tips for you.
    1) Company Reputation and backgrounds
    2) Read thier TOS/AUP
    3) Request Jailed shell access (for account backups and transfer to other servers)
    4) Do not be attract marketing tricks like "unlimited disk space/bandwith" becuase everything is limited like memory usage script processes, specially if you have many WP plugins, Ruby on Rails, etc.
    5) Fast support also needed

    NOTE: If you reach more than 20-30 sub-accounts, its better to use VPS, becuase you have a full access of your server, NO HEADACHE because you are the system administrator.

    Thank you
     
    ben.adict, Feb 15, 2013 IP
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