Does it take much work to resell?

Yes, reselling takes just as much time to be successful as a normal host. The only difference is you dont have to do admin work, but the sales and such is the time consuming part.

xwebdesigner, it depends how much dedicated are you. If you want to make serious money in reselling it is just like running any other business, which will need time and efforts. Since you are a designer I guess you might be considerring reselling just becasue so you can offer web site design, development and hosting - basically from bottom to top. Its not a bad idea since many people prefer to buy all services from one source if possible.

In this case you don't need to spend much time on reselling. All you need to do is find a company which will allow you to resell and keep adding your customers sites in your account/Package. In this case all you need to do is bill your clients. If your client has any problem with the site simply forward that email to your provider.

All the best


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it depends how much dedicated are you. If you want to make serious money in reselling it is just like running any other business, which will need time and efforts. Since you are a designer I guess you might be considerring reselling just becasue so you can offer web site design, development and hosting - basically from bottom to top. Its not a bad idea since many people prefer to buy all services from one source if possible.

In this case you don't need to spend much time on reselling. All you need to do is find a company which will allow you to resell and keep adding your customers sites in your account/Package. In this case all you need to do is bill your clients. If your client has any problem with the site simply forward that email to your provider.


Thats right. It totally depends of how much effort are you willing to pay and what your target aim you want to achieve is.

But usually u need to spend hours replying e-mail to your customers for support and enquiries. You also need some time to promote your site if you want good business.

:) good luck!

To be that little bit mroe helpful. I have spent plenty of 20 hour days over a series of days with OpenHosting in both development, support and sales. It's the end of the spectrum of being very keen with what I do, and even with all these hours there is still plenty to do.

I could see it being possible, if so wanted, to reduce the amount of time to only 2-3 hours a days, pending the amount of support and the number of queries you get, plus how many other support and sales collegues you have.

If you want to head for the big boys.. be prepared to sign a proportion of your life away when getting started. Else relax and just go with the flow...

Geezzz.. i should spell check! :blush:

At least with our company, sales have been very slow, but we work hard to support and retain the customers we have. Our client base is not small, but we get very few support requests. The biggest part of the game is to make sure you are always in contact and available to handle situations quickly when they arise.

Within all honesty, the web hosting industry may not be the best to focus your efforts on solely. The industry is pretty much saturated and brand awareness is hard to build. If you are providing other services, web hosting can be a great addition to create added value.

Support is key in the industry. If a company cannot maintain a high level of service and support, customers will leave.

Best regards,
Frank Rietta

Originally posted by AtlantaWebhost.com


Exactly

That holds true for all mission critical industries. Support is definitely key. Web hosting is by far one of the most mission critical industries. I have never met an industry which was more "intense" then web hosting.

Definately agree with you on that one! Web hosting is a very difficult business. Branding is everything, yet the competition to do so is extremely intense.

An excellent challenge.. I'm loving it everyday.. :)

Looks like I'll scratch that idea off the list

xwebdesigner, didn't mean to scare you. The web hosting industry is a very nice industry. As a designer, you have your foot already in the door (sort of). It should be rather easy for you to attain clients. The majority of your design clients will need you to refer them to a hosting service. If you become a reseller, you won't have to point your clients elsewhere anymore when they ask about hosting services.

Originally posted by vizi
If you become a reseller, you won't have to point your clients elsewhere anymore when they ask about hosting services.

Exactly. Don't become a reseller to come on WHT and post some specials and hope to get clients. Your local area however won't know the difference whether you own a NOC, a server, or are just a reseller. There is money to be made with reselling, just like anything else.

I do Web Designing and offer all-in-one package deal for my clients.

Annual prepaid contract:

1) Free domain name included.
2) Free space to host their site.
3) 5-10 web pages inclusive of co. logo.

Optional and additional charges:
Forums,password protected area, formmail and others.

I have 3 type(small, medium, high usage) of reseller accounts with different Hosts and depending on the client's requirements I usually select the most suitable type to host their sites.

Price range from $500 - 2,500 for simple informative site to an interactive and high maintenance site per annum that I usually charge.