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Reseller Hosting
Whether to go for it or not?
Reseller hosting is one of the online business options. Third parties,
the resellers, will get storage in web server from a web hosting
company. As the name implies they resell the web space provided to them
in the main web server.
Usually it is offered as an add on service by the web designers, web
developers and system integration firms. They act as reseller hosting
providers to compliment their other web related services to add value to
their service. They add more customers by providing reseller web hosting
service.
Reseller hosting is a lucrative business as the resellers get up to 50%
discount on hosting accounts from the main web hosting provider. The
resellers are free to fix their own hosting fee. Some providers even
offer the resellers the freedom of creating their own brand. That means
they can start their own hosting company and start reselling the hosting
space under their own brand name.
In
reseller hosting the reseller is the web hosting provider for the
reseller's customers. The disadvantage here is to get the quick service
in case of any hosting problem. The resellers have to take the problem
to the main web hosting provider and get it solved. The time taken for
the communication between the customer and the reseller and the reseller
and the actual web host provider is the main disadvantage. But it is not
that every time it will take a long time to get the problem solved.
Finding Reseller Web Hosting Provider
The internet is filled with lots of reseller web hosting companies.
Another problem the beginners face is finding the actual web hosting
provider from among resellers. It will be difficult to judge by the
professionally designed website and the availability of a toll-free
number. It is not difficult to design a professional looking website and
some web hosting providers offer their own toll free numbers to the
resellers for co-branded technical support. The reseller name is used by
the main hosting company in providing the support.
It
will be somewhat easy to find out the resellers from their hosting price
and information provided about their company. There won't be much
information on financial background and details on data centers and
their locations. The hosting price will be low, normally below five
dollars per month.
For the customers the main advantage of reseller web hosting is the
affordable price for the hosting plans. You can go for a cheap reseller
hosting service if you plan to host a non-profit website or a personal
website and want to reduce the hosting cost. From the low cost web
hosting service you can't expect a quality backup service. But in the
initial stage if you want to cut down your cost you can go for a
reseller hosting service.
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