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Re: How To Resell Hosting: A Guide For Web Designers

Diana Sempere — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:27:20 -0000

Thank you for the advice! I'm starting to design websites myself and I really appreciate it when I can find an article like this that points me in the right direction.

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Jamie — Thu, 05 May 2011 18:36:41 -0000

Do you have any advice on how to protect your self if the server goes down etc. What terms and clause should we put in the contract?

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Andy Brown — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 06:14:45 -0000

Nice article, I'm already doing this on a small scale for a few of my clients, work really well. The host I use is ThisWebHost (http://www.thiswebhost.com/), they're great, I'm half way around the world in New Zealand and they're support is as helpful and as fast as it would be here.

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James — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:22:36 -0000

I would suggest using a CMS like Joomla, Wordpress, or Drupal... they all have very good extentions for this kind of stuff!

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James — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:20:56 -0000

Thanks for this article! I do a lot of graphic and web design for people and it helps pay the bills. I use bluehost for most of my websites, but I have heard really good things about hostgator. My website is http://www.mastermindesigns...

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Edmanongdo — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 01:42:11 -0000

Hi! I'm Ed and I'm starting a website under construction http://www.networkpinoy.com. Anyone who could guide me do it to minimize editing efforts? What sord of programming codes and niche should I have. I plan to have http://www.networkpinoy.com. as a social network where members could earn bits of income by visiting or joining the membership. Thats what people are looking for these days I think and http://www.networkpinoy.com. is aimed at that. Thanks for suggestions.

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Web 2.0 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:41:10 -0000

Maybe we should start our web hosting company...

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James Ballard — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:28:19 -0000

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).

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

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arsha @ brand. build. sell. — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:12:03 -0000

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?

Re: How To Resell Hosting: A Guide For Web Designers

Phil — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:22:19 -0000

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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Web hosting services — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:07:58 -0000

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

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Anonymous — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:30:29 -0000

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

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GoMay — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:25:08 -0000

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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GoMay — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:01:48 -0000

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.

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Phil — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:43:33 -0000

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!

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Aditya Saxena — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:54:37 -0000

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Caitlin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:10:14 -0000

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!

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Media Contour — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:40:13 -0000

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.

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sama creation — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:39:14 -0000

thanks

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ian — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:51:18 -0000

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

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

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Rick Spooner — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:14:49 -0000

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.