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Six Main Things To Consider when buying a
reseller hosting package
by Abdillahi Abdillahi
Are you ready to start your own web hosting company? The best way to start
your own web hosting company is to get a reseller hosting package from a
hosting company and start your web hosting company instantly without buying or
installing any softwares.But When buying a reseller hosting package, there are
many things to consider . So today this article lists the six main things you
should consider before buying any reseller package .
1: Control Panel and WHW(Web Host Manager)
This one is ranked number one I guess. Make sure you get a control panel ,
Cpanel is the best and widely used control panel for any reseller and non
reseller accounts.WHM(Web Host Manger) lets you easily manage your customers
and hosting business.It lets you set up , delete , monitor web hosting
accounts.
I heard that some companies which offer reseller hosting packages set up
accounts for you . You shouldn't go with such companies because You want to
manage your customers and Your customers want their own control panel where
they can manage their sites. So you need to make sure that you get Control
Panel and WHM with the reseller package you get .Also any account you create
should get its own control panel without paying any extra $$$.
2: Private Name Servers and Dedicated IP address.
These two are very important if you want to keep people from knowing the
original hosting company.If you don't have a private name server then you will
be using the original hosting company's name servers ,e.g.
ns1.hostingcompany.com and ns2.hostingcompany.
You don't want people to make a who is search and find out about that the
original hosting company . In order to hide the original hosting company you
must be able to make your own private name servers. Most of the times
companies that offer reseller packages give you that but sometimes you need to
ask them before making any payment .
Why do you need a dedicated IP address for your site and the sites you are
going to host? Well here is the answer . When you get a reseller hosting
package , you don't get a dedicated IP address instead you will have to use
the shared IP address which the company is using .Even though you can hide
them with your private name servers but it will be easy to find them if the IP
is resolved.
There are many tools out there that can be used to find out such things, so
wouldn't it be better if you were using an IP address that your site and the
sites you host will be using instead of the one which the company and millions
of their shared hosting customers are using? I'm sure it would be.But getting
a dedicated IP address can cost you like $2-$5 per month and as you can see it
worths .After all you don't want potential clients to go the the original
company so make sure you get those two ready for your new hosting company .
3: Quality Customer Support
Well here comes another important one . Once you start a web hosting company ,
it can be very stressful. Clients keep opening tickets . So for that reason
and many other reasons you will need efficient and friendly support from the
company which you are buying the reseller hosting package from .
They must be there for you 24/7 to assist you with any questions you may have.
And make sure they don't charge you any $$ for offering support to your
customers because Some companies do charge extra $$ for offering great 24/7
support for your customers .
4: Branding
They should allow Cpanel and WHW branding. What is this?Well let me try to
explain it. Cpanel and WHWM branding is customising them with your own
graphics using the branding function in WHM(Web Host Manager).
The reason of why this should be considered before buying any reseller hosting
package from any hosting company is that you might need to use your own
graphics for your cpanel and the cpanel of your accounts so for that reason
and many other reasons it is better to make sure whether or not they allow
Cpanel and WHW branding.
5: Established Data Center
Well most of the time web hosting companies have well established data center
. But still you should check and read their network and data center
information, e.g where it is located , security facilities they use, and any
other thing that is needed to know about the data center .
After all you don't want to host your site and the sites of your customers on
a server which is in the living room of someone
6: Acceptable Use Policy(AUP) and Terms of Service (TOS)
This one is also important.You must read the AUP and TOS of the company and
see if they mention anything about resellers.Sometimes companies providing
reseller packages will make you use their AUP and TOS , which means your site
and all the other sites that you are going to host will accept that policy. So
if you want to set up your own AUP and TOS then being with a company that
doesn't allow such thing will be a big problem .
There are many reasons which you should consider this , lets suppose the
company which you are going to get the reseller package doesn't allow adult
hosting on the server but you want to host adult sites ,anysite, for just
building a great client base so as you can see that policy of not allowing any
adult material on the server will lose you many clients and also will make you
look for another company. I think that is one enough reason to read and triple
read the policies of any hosting company that you want to get a reseller
hosting package from .
Conclussion
There you go , These are the six main things you should consider before buying
any reseller hosting package . Now that you know these main things then you
should start searching for the best hosting comapany that will meet your needs
and your client's needs.
About the Author:
Abdillahi Abdillahi is a web designer, founder and president of http://kooshin.com
, a company providing affordable web hosting and web design solutions to small
to medium sized businesses and individuals. For more information , please
visit http://kooshin.com
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