How to start?

kwazi · 18 August, 2009, 09:36 AM

I have been thinking about starting a web hosting reselling website. Any suggestions on how to get started? Which company are the best to go with at a reasonable price?

Will.Spencer · 23 August, 2009, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by kwazi

I have been thinking about starting a web hosting reselling website.

You might want to read Tips on starting a web hosting business!

bogart · 23 August, 2009, 06:34 AM

It seems to me that the market is saturated for hosting. The 1st thing that I would do is to define a unique selling proposition and do a competitive anylasis to see if you can make a dollar.

Andy101 · 23 August, 2009, 12:39 PM

Providing hosting for the masses must be an administrative nightmare IMO.

I only do it for clients of web development where I do everything for them for a fat fee. I don't want them anywhere near cPanel etc.

bogart · 23 August, 2009, 13:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy101

Providing hosting for the masses must be an administrative nightmare IMO.

I only do it for clients of web development where I do everything for them for a fat fee. I don't want them anywhere near cPanel etc.

Flat free or fat fee?

To admin hosting you will need a good billing software.

Andy101 · 23 August, 2009, 16:50 PM

Fat fee mate.

For example, use Supanames in the UK and the hosting plus domain name is for 2 years. After 2 years, your customer is likely to not want their site anymore. So the re-billing software is not an issue. Just email them to pay you for another year of hosting for $100 or whatever.

And you can provide your customer with a generic control panel if they insist on access to it.

I am talking here about making good money from web hosting rather than peanuts by providing all the work of setting up the site and providing hosting to people that don't have a clue what to do and want to outsource everything to make money online.

So you charge them $1000 for a 10-page blog plus domain name, SEO and hosting for 2 years. This is the way to make money from hosting I think.

bogart · 24 August, 2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy101

Fat fee mate.

For example, use Supanames in the UK and the hosting plus domain name is for 2 years. After 2 years, your customer is likely to not want their site anymore. So the re-billing software is not an issue. Just email them to pay you for another year of hosting for $100 or whatever.

And you can provide your customer with a generic control panel if they insist on access to it.

I am talking here about making good money from web hosting rather than peanuts by providing all the work of setting up the site and providing hosting to people that don't have a clue what to do and want to outsource everything to make money online.

So you charge them $1000 for a 10-page blog plus domain name, SEO and hosting for 2 years. This is the way to make money from hosting I think.

Other providing the hosting as a value added service, I don't see how one would make more than nickles and dimes.

Your 1k website is a good rate

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