| Reseller hosting is a term that most people are not | | | | rather are customized for the reseller. The data |
| familiar with, but probably many people use regularly. | | | | center operator takes care of the network |
| Put simply an individual or business who needs a most | | | | infrastructure and hardware. |
| bandwidth and disk space than the average person | | | | The server owner handles the configuration of the |
| can purchase a chunk of space from a server owner. | | | | system, takes care of security and updates the |
| Reseller hosting is one of the largest on line | | | | server. So the reseller is not required to have |
| businesses. There are many small web design firms, | | | | extensive server knowledge to work in the system. |
| developers, system integrators, etc., who offer web | | | | In some of the programs the reseller is also provided |
| hosting as an add-on for their services. Many start-up | | | | with free templates, billing systems, web design |
| web hosting company provide services that are | | | | templates and software, and twenty-four hour |
| purchased through a reseller hosting program. | | | | support. |
| Other individuals who may enter a reseller hosting | | | | While the cost for the reseller is less for the system, |
| program are people who have a popular domain or | | | | they must do a tremendous amount of advertising |
| forum that uses a lot of disk space. People who | | | | to sell their product. The cost of marketing often |
| have several domains and want to keep them all in | | | | outweighs the benefit of the web hosting savings. |
| one account would find a reseller hosting package | | | | And, they must be able to provide customer service |
| more cost effective and useful that having separate | | | | beyond sales. |
| hosting accounts for each domain. | | | | Many web hosts provide the same control panel to |
| The major companies offering reseller hosting | | | | customers and some are the prices can vary greatly. |
| programs offer different price levels for services. A | | | | But, if the reseller does not provide the response to |
| reseller plan allows an individual to create service plans | | | | customers that is expected they will not be able to |
| and prices that may differ dramatically from the host | | | | sustain a web hosting business. |
| they are purchasing the space from. The monthly fee | | | | It is important before entering reseller hosting that an |
| paid by resellers is very small compared to the fees | | | | individual thoroughly research the advantages and |
| paid for an individual hosting package. | | | | disadvantages of participation and discuss their needs |
| The reseller deals with their customers. In some | | | | with a professional is knowledgeable and has |
| cases the web hosting and panels do not reflect the | | | | expertise in the reseller hosting programs that are |
| name of the company who owns the server, but | | | | available. |