Many web hosting companies also offer reseller hosting service. With reseller hosting, the account owner can use their available hard drive and bandwidth space to host websites for other parties. The account owner pays wholesale prices for the reseller service and then can try to market and sell hosting service to others for a profit.
Typical uses for reseller service may include a web design firm or web developer. They may offer the service to a client since they are already doing other web related work for the client. The resale hosting can also be bundled with other services. Some entrepreneurs may also offer reseller web hosting as an avenue to aggressively market a product, get customers, and generate income. Reseller hosting can also offer a greater degree customization of hosting to best fit the needs of the customer.
Surprisingly, reseller hosting does not usually require a high degree of technical skills. Resellers are typically able to put their own branding via customized control panels and name servers. The reseller host supports the network infrastructure and hardware. The server owner can configure, secure, and update the network.
The account owner has a Web Host Manager that allows them to manage and provide their customers with their own user control panels to create and modify their websites. Reseller accounts also typically come with unlimited domains, sub domains, email accounts, MySQL databases, control panels, FTP accounts, private name servers, free site builder software and support for dozens of languages.
Resellers are responsible for directly interfacing with their own customer base. However, any problems with connectivity, hardware, or software can be forwarded to the server provider for support as part of the resale agreement. Any business or individual considering providing reseller hosting service should carefully review the terms and conditions of what is permissible under their resale agreement.
The cost of reseller web hosting varies based on the company, amount of disk space, and domains that are included with the support. Different levels of computing power and features are offered for an increasing level of cost. One prominent reseller web host has a price of about $25 per month for a basic resale service 50GB of disk space, 500GB of bandwidth, and unlimited domains. On the higher end, a reseller can get 200GB of disk space, 1400 GB of bandwidth and unlimited domains for about $100 per month.
Web hosting is a very competitive business. Profit margins tend to be fairly low. However, as nearly every business and increasing number of individuals need web hosting, there is a growing marketplace domestically and internationally for the service. Web hosting companies offer reseller hosting service to get as big of a footprint in the marketplace as possible with the necessary quality control and contractual limitations for their resellers.
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