| First of all, what is web hosting? | | | | space and bandwidth you provide, up to 100 GB and |
| Whenever some data is made available on the | | | | 700 GB respectively. As the end user needs no more |
| Internet, it is being hosted somewhere. This "hosting" | | | | than 512MB of disk space and is quite satisfied with |
| is done on a server in one place, which may well be | | | | 12GB of bandwidth, this means that even the basic |
| across the world from the client's computer. This is | | | | plan lets you cater to full 50 users - without paying |
| equally true for free hosts or paid hosts. | | | | anything except what you spend on the reseller |
| Hosting can be done through several processes, each | | | | hosting package. |
| of which has its own pros and cons. Most of these | | | | Setting up user accounts is also an easy task, |
| processes, however, can be understood if you are | | | | especially if you already work online or can be online |
| acquainted with the most basic processes. For | | | | throughout the day. All you have to do is to create |
| example, web hosting can be done - | | | | your customers' user accounts through the Web |
| 1. Through a dedicated server, which is a computer | | | | Hosting Manager control panel, and let them take |
| made available on rent from web hosts. The renter is | | | | over from there. The end user's control panel is called |
| allowed full control over this server, unlike in managed | | | | cPanel, and it allows users to perform all |
| hosting or some other forms of hosting. | | | | administrative tasks easily and efficiently. |
| 2. Through a virtual dedicated server, or Virtual | | | | The reseller is allowed to operate with full autonomy, |
| Private Server(VPS), where the client is allocated a | | | | but gets the benefit of full 24X7 support from the |
| part of the space available on a dedicated server. | | | | host company. Though the exact terms may vary |
| 3. Shared web hosting, which can be paid or free, | | | | according to the host company, usually the hosts |
| where a large number of sites is hosted on the same | | | | provide resellers with free tools that make their work |
| server. Free web hosting usually allows the user much | | | | easier, such as billing systems, templates and site |
| less control than paid options. | | | | builders. If you plan to enter the web hosting reseller |
| 4. Reseller web hosting, where the web provides | | | | business, make sure to choose the host with the |
| packages for clients to sell in bits and pieces, | | | | best uptime guarantee, and hopefully a money back |
| generating a profit that is often huge. | | | | option. |
| Selling web hosting can become an extremely | | | | Always check the features provided by your hosting |
| lucrative career option. All the investment required is - | | | | company, under the heads of Ecommerce, Website |
| a good computer, a hosting plan, a little technical | | | | FTP, control panel, subdomains/POP3/MySQL/FTP, |
| acumen, and time to tend to the business. | | | | and web tools. By providing a combination of |
| Hosting plans can be as cheap as $25 per month, for | | | | reliability, cost-effectiveness and useful features, you |
| 24 GB of disk space and 250GB of bandwidth. As | | | | can create reseller hosting plans that end users will |
| your business grows, you can increase the total | | | | lap up - landing you a sizeable profit in very little time. |