What is a reseller web hosting service?
A web hosting reseller solution is a type of web hosting account, which enables the reseller to set up different subaccounts that can be offered to different clients. This is mainly carried out by supplying the user with access to a master reseller web hosting account, via which he can set up separate hosting accounts availing of the web hosting storage space provided by the reseller plan, for which he pays a given charge. This is much like the shared hosting solution and precisely like it, with most reseller programs, multiple reseller accounts share one single server and do not receive root-level access to the server config files. Such reseller programs are generally not that high-priced. Still, they do prevent the resellers from distributing other forms of hosting solutions except shared packages.
Different types of hosting reseller solutions
Apart from the abovementioned mode of reseller hosting accounts, there are also a few other ways that work just as good. Yet, they vary in terms of the degrees of participation and the amount of cash that each of them involves. As mentioned, the most popular method of selling hosting services offers you restricted opportunities and you risk losing your funds if things don't work out. For that reason, larger hosting service providers such as ResellersPanel.com provide alternative ways of reselling web hosting packages without having to pay for anything upfront, or to even take care of the provision of client and invoicing support. With their web hosting reseller program, the hosting reseller registers free of charge and chooses his own retail prices for the hosting solutions, which are being sold directly from his web storefront. As billing transactions are taken care of by ResellersPanel's staff, the customer does not have to purchase the hosting service in advance. He's just going to receive the difference between the retail and the wholesale price in the form of a commission. The web hosting reseller also has the option to deliver web hosting services such as private virtual web hosting servers, semi-dedicated web hosting server packages and dedicated server plans. More or less, his job comes down to promoting the web hosting service and offering support to the end clients and with hosting corporations that do not demand upfront fees and take care of the invoicing and client support provision, the sole task left for the web hosting reseller will be to advertise his private brand's online storefront. Another possibility will be to set up different user accounts on a private virtual server, or on a dedicated web server. With the majority of hosts, you may receive those two web hosting web hosting services with a cPanel, DirectAdmin, or some other hosting CP, pre-installed on them. That will allow you to set up various shared hosting packages and exert total authority over both the users and the server itself. Also, on a dedicated server, you may set up various private virtual hosting server accounts and sell them to your clients. A single dedicated web hosting server may accommodate thousands of virtual server hosting accounts, based on the server's specifications. This will permit you to sell a wider assortment of hosting solutions to your clients, which will give you more options when advertising your online storefront. Certainly, using a virtual server or a dedicated server for reseller hosting aims is much more costly than utilizing a regular web hosting reseller account. Due to this reason, this opportunity should be considered only in case the reseller has sufficient ability and experience needed to handle a server, otherwise it's advisable to either sign up for a normal reseller program, or for the aforementioned Free Reseller Program offered by Resellers Panel, which requests less dedication from the hosting reseller.