The Reseller Hosting

Reseller hosting is a form of web hosting service where the account owner has the ability to use his allotted hard drive space and bandwidth to host websites on behalf of third parties. The reseller purchases the host’s services and after that they sell them to customers. A definite portion of hard drive space and bandwidth is assigned to the reseller account. The reseller can fee a dedicated server from a hosting company.

The reseller is given the agreement to vend a specific amount of disk space and bandwidth to their own customers without renting a server from a web hosting company. The typical reseller might be a web design firm or systems integrator who offers web hosting as an add-on service. Reseller hosting is also a cheap way for web hosting entrepreneurs to start a company.

Most reseller hosting plans permit resellers to create their own service plans and choose their own pricing agenda. In many cases, resellers are able to establish their own branding via customized servers.

List of Control Panel-

Well known control panels are listed below:

Plesk (Windows/Unix)

Webmin (Unix)

DirectAdmin

WHM/cPanel (Unix/Windows)

H-Sphere

Opertaion-

Reseller hosting does not require thorough knowledge of the technical aspects of web hosting. Typically, the data center operator is responsible for maintaining hardware and network infrastructure, and the dedicated owner secures, configures, and updates the server. A reseller is liable for interfacing with his or her own customer base, but any h/w, s/w and connectivity problems are typically dispatched to the server provider from whom the reseller plan was purchased. Being a profitable reseller firm generally involves extensive advertising to get customers. While it is a low-margin business and resellers must devote large advertising budgets to compete with established competitors. Web hosting comes in the biggest online businesses, since every website needs hosting.

Resellers can manage customer accounts through a web interface, usually a

point-and-click “control panel”.

Commonly sold with:

Domain reseller account

SSL reseller account

Free-end user support

WHMCS

SSL for hosting domain