Is Reseller hosting right for me?

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Posted by swoopster, 12-24-2007, 12:56 AM
Hey guys. I am the designer of the "My eBay Script" program which is a php program that transforms your website into a profit generating eBay Affiliate Store. Currently people are purchasing my software to install on to their own domains. But I am getting a lot of questions from people who do not know how to go about domain registration and setting up hosting accounts. I would like to be able to sell a service to where they pay for my program and I would host it and set it up for them. I would already have a number of domains and they could request sub domains for their site. By buying a reseller account. Would this allow me to host multiple domains and be able to sublease sub domains and give cpanel access to those and only those who are subleasing? Thanks in advance Swoop
Posted by rv_irl, 12-24-2007, 01:07 AM
Yep that's correct. With a reseller account, you can create multiple accounts each with their own individual cPanel. You can host multiple domains and even subdomains too. You give cPanel access to those you want. Each protected with its own login. You can manage and overview all cPanel accounts through WHM which is provided with reseller accounts that are cPanel based. Easy and straight forward to do You will need to provide support to your clients that request it. Since you are on a reseller however, most things are managed. You can also opt for a host tha uses end user support (they will handle the tech support for your customers branded as your company) or alternatively, you can also look into just being an affiliate. Some offer recurring revenue while others do one time payments. However with an affiliate, the hosting customers will belong to the host and not you .
Posted by TonyB, 12-24-2007, 01:09 AM
To answer your question here a reseller account would indeed allow you to setup multiple domains or a better word would be accounts. You could have domain.com as a cPanel account but also make a.domain.com, b.domain.com all with their own cPanel accounts as well.
Posted by swoopster, 12-24-2007, 01:29 AM
IH-Rameen and TonyB, I noticed that in your signature you advertise reseller hosting. Do you guys own these hosting sites or are you affiliates? When dealing with Page Rank and SEO, I heard that search engines such as Google will give you less points if they determine that all of your sites are coming from the same class C IP space. Does your hosting provide multiple class C space for different domains? So for example, if I had domain1.com and domain2.com, they would be on 2 separate class C addresses. Thanks Swoop
Posted by rv_irl, 12-24-2007, 01:34 AM
I am a co-owner of the one in my signature... As for search rankings. I heard that is a rumour. But I could be wrong. We don't hand out IP's for the sake of it due to ARIN being more right on IP allocation. We ask our clients to provide justification of the IP before we allocate (usually reverse DNS, SSL certificate, nameservers etc.) Not sure about Tony though..
Posted by TonyB, 12-24-2007, 12:07 PM
To answer your question I own Hawk Host (control all the shares). As for the SEO side of things I've heard it to simply be a rumor but obviously others still believe in it. As a result we have customers ordering other resellers to guarantee they have accounts on other C classes opposed to luck of the draw if they ordered another ip.
Posted by 040Hosting, 12-24-2007, 05:23 PM
swoopster as per rules of the webhostingtalk forum affiliate linking is not allowed in the signatures, if someone has a reasonable amount of posts you can be fairly sure that they didn't put a affiliate link in there. You do not need a reseller account for creating multiple subdomains or even add-on domains, a lot of providers offer you unlimited subdomains or add-on domains on your accounts (limited to the diskspace of your main account only, and resource usage). It would limit your customers to a simple FTP only account without a own control-panel, but this could be exactly what some people like. Because resource usage measurement is mostly done on userid's its better to have different accounts set up, also from a security point of view it would be wise to do this. So yes, reseller hosting does the trick for you, but you might be happy already with a normal account if allowed by the TOS of the provider. Good luck with your search.
Posted by swoopster, 12-24-2007, 07:00 PM
So from what you are saying. It looks like my best bet is to get a reseller account. This way the metrics would be there as well as security and account isolation. Thanks
Posted by rv_irl, 12-24-2007, 07:38 PM
Without a doubt, your best bet is indeed a reseller account. Some hosts don't allow reseller to be done under normal webhosting accounts and require you to use a reseller account. That, and for the reason already stated - go for a reseller
Posted by swoopster, 12-25-2007, 03:49 AM
I appreciate the comments and information you guys have provided. I will research your services as well as others to see what all of my options are. Have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Posted by tipsterhosting, 01-06-2008, 06:20 AM
Yep that's correct. With a reseller account, you can create multiple accounts each with their own individual cPanel. You can host multiple domains and even subdomains too. You give cPanel access to those you want. Each protected with its own login.
Posted by redkid, 01-06-2008, 07:46 AM
yes that is what reseller hosting is used for.
Posted by mclanea, 01-06-2008, 08:12 PM
I read your request a couple of times. I don't know who your host is... but if you are going to completely manage that domain for a client (software, register domain, etc) I WOULD NOT suggest a reseller account. I'd do as was suggested earlier. My host allows me to register UNLIMITED domains and UNLIMITED subdomains and virtually unlimited email accounts, etc. I don't know the SEO rules, but if I were you I'd charge my clients a flat fee and completely manage that on my own domain account. You could even have multiple levels and charge one price for a sub-domain under your domain as well as their own domain on your account. In both cases, you could also give clients their own FTP access and email addresses. Honestly, most clients are so low in their knowledge that cpanel scares them off and they end up coming to you anyway. (I do reselling, it's a pain in the butt.) So, just my $.02. Adam
Posted by 040Hosting, 01-07-2008, 02:55 AM
I completely understand what you say there, however as i mentioned above as well you could use a reseller account and do exactly the same as you describe, with the advantage that if suphp is installed the accounts are more secured. If one of the sites get hacked the others most likely stay up, this seems to me a big advantage in your case. On the other side, you could indeed do the job the way you describe as well. It is all in how you use your reseller account, even while users have their own cpanel, it doesn't mean you have to give them access to it
Posted by iHubNet, 01-07-2008, 07:44 PM
for extra info..try to find host who provide end-user support, so you don't have to deal with technical issue by yourself.. simply your clients to contact/email particular your email address or helpdesk and hosts to help them out.. so you and your client can save the time on support..
Posted by swoopster, 01-07-2008, 08:11 PM
That makes complete since. I do not want to have to build up a support team to handle hosting questions. More than happy to deal with supporting my product itself. Thanks for the info. Swoop
Posted by mclanea, 01-13-2008, 11:14 PM
So, what did you decide to do?