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Arizona Web design · 6 months ago

Thanks for this, some good ideas and tips for the new comers.

Rino · 6 months ago

So true! And this website is amazing

Romi · 6 months ago

wonderful offer but you havent mention Megahoster.info and Deposithost.com that one is most cheapest reseller host in this business

Tim | Primitive · 6 months ago

Good article, although I don't agree with all your host recommendations.

I have had some issues with Eleven2 before, and Site5 have not had a good reputation over the past couple of years after starting off very well.

HostNine are, however, great and I use them myself. HostGator are also pretty good, but I would also recommend InnoHosting and Downtown Host

Zach Dunn · 6 months ago

I've been doing this with clients for the past year or so, and it's worked well so far. My initial concern was that when the host had issues that I'd take heat for it, even though it was out of my control. Fortunately this hasn't been the case yet, but I guess that's the part where you pick a reliable one!

Media Contour · 6 months ago

If there ever is a problem with hosting, do you refer your client to the host reseller or do you attempt to find out how to fix the problem yourself? Seems like it could be time consuming if there ever are any technical issues with the hosting reseller.

Business Website Des · 6 months ago

hey they sound logical...thanks for posting

Robin · 6 months ago

I've been reselling for a while now, it's a great idea - if you're in the UK I'd recommend Clook or UK2

Rick Spooner · 6 months ago

Great tips on adding some extra income. I'm using http:webhostdomainz.com for my hosting. So far they've provided great services and 24/7 support. With the low hosting rates I'm able to save my client's money and still make additional income alongside my web design services.

ian · 6 months ago

yeah i think my biggest concern is dealing with technical support.

why no mention of MT? is there something i should know?

Caitlin · 5 months ago

I work for a web hosting company, and we have a lot of resellers (including web designers and small reseller hosting companies). In general, resellers leave all of the technical support to the hosting company. It seems to work out well for most people.

However, you have to make sure you're reselling hosting from a reliable provider. Recently, a web host's servers got hacked, and about 100,000 sites were deleted (some were recovered, but others are gone for good). The web host offered really cheap hosting, but they didn't back up their servers.

A lot of resellers were really upset because they had a lot of angry customers with deleted sites. Resellers complained that the hosting company was making them look bad, so I guess when it comes down to it, you as the reseller will get the blame.

To sum it up, be very careful about who you buy hosting from when you're a reseller. Hope that helps!

Phil · 5 months ago

Very good point Caitlin. Really pays to do your homework on this one when you're looking around for a hosting company.
Similar thing happened one of my friends before. He had a pretty successful web design company and decided to move into reselling. He didn't do much research into the company he chose and in the end they screwed up big time.

They also failed to backup their data and a lot of his clients sites were lost. Of course they weren't too happy about it and he got the blame. Word got around and not only was his venture into reselling pretty much downhill from there, but his web design wing also suffered from bad word of mouth.

In the end he had to go through an entire rebrand and pretty much start from scratch, save for a few understanding clients. Pretty pricey lesson to learn. Little bit more research would have saved him a lot of cash!

arsha @ brand. build. sell. · 3 months ago

i'm a designer who recently started reselling hosting. my biggest issue is that i was hoping to resell hosting to create a residual and passive income for myself. i have a hostgator reseller account and they have very helpful with setting it up. however is this considered passive income when i still have to provide technical support, problems with accounts or setting up features? hostgator doesn't provide tech support for customers under my reseller plan. so i recently decided to switch to godaddy to try them out.

now i don't really care for godaddy, but what are my other options for wanting to provide hosting but NOT provide hands on tech support for my customers?

sama creation · 6 months ago

thanks

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Aditya Saxena · 5 months ago

I've just started following this blog a couple of days ago and I must say I need not go to any other place to satiate my hunger. What superb post this is!

GoMay · 5 months ago

perfect i was about to run a reseller with Startlogic and i was like there has to be a better way. I've been with them for over 6 years and never had a site go down. THey're offereing packages for referring people to them at 100 a client, and charging a significant amount just for the reseller status..and they'll bill you upfront for the client. I'm thinking about using the HostNine for a reseller add on..since i'm offering, websites, business cards, and tee merchandising with new clients.

GoMay · 5 months ago

dmn man after researching hostnine they've been getting SMASHED in regards to their tech support and up time..hostgator it will be.

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Anonymous · 4 months ago

Eleven2 is a horrible webhost. Not only are their servers unreliable. Their techs are rude (especially the AIM tech) I was actually blocked by their aim tech support rep. What kind of customer service is that?

They also lie big. They advertise 24/7 support. However if you have a problem Friday afternoon, you're not going to get ANY help till at the very earliest Monday afternoon.

Horrible Host. I unwittingly signed up to be a reseller with them several years ago. I pre-paid in full and have not used the hosting at all for the past year and a half. I still own it of course since i pre-paid for it, but I will not be renewing, and no clients of mine will ever be hosted with them.

I've done my best to spread the word about how bad of a host they are, and have seen many others doing the same. DONT host with Eleven2

Web hosting services · 4 months ago

Will there any problem arise when we try to resell the hosting rights?
Is it safe to do?

Phil · 4 months ago

Issues such as what? Any issues in particular you are concerned about?
It's pretty safe once you know what you are doing and you have done all your research beforehand. Knowledge is certainly power in this case.

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James Ballard · 2 months ago

I like the plans that are more affiliate-like which are more commission-based. Been burned too many times being the middle man with technical support issues at odd hours, weekends and/or holidays.

Had many a frantic call from clients using Eleven2 and 1and1. Nothing worse when they are angry with you and you aren't near a computer, or, can't get AIM support to answer.

That being said, I use Eleven2 (which all of my clients hate) however, it works for me as the cpanels are awesome and I can do just about anything with my knowledge (designer, not a coder).

So, until I hire a crew of people to handle up on everything web, I will let my clients use their own hosting (affiliated by me, hopefully).

jb

btw : Great blog and an excellent resource! Keep it up Danny.

Web 2.0 · 2 months ago

Maybe we should start our web hosting company...