More Disk Space with all Plans
We're pleased to announce that we have upgraded Plan 1 and Plan 2 (see http://www.mchost.com/plans/) from 500MB to 1GB of Disk Space and Plan 3 and Plan 4 from 1GB to 2GB of Disk Space for both current and new customers at no additional cost.

Unlike other reseller providers where you have to buy each of your clients' account separately, the MCHost reseller plan gives you the flexibility to host Unlimited Domains under one single large account and set your own limits on each client's Disk Space, Monthly Data Transfer, POP3 Accounts, FTP Accounts, Subdomains and a lot more!

MCHost Reseller Plan Highlights
- Full access to WHM (WebHost Manager)
- Unlimited Name-Based Domain Hosting
- CPanel Control Panel for each client
- Hosted on a Dual Pentium III Server running Redhat Linux 6.2
- Redundant DS3/OC12 Backbones
- 24x7 Network Monitoring
- 99.9% Network Uptime
- Your own Nameservers (ns1.yourdomain.com & ns2.yourdomain.com)

- FrontPage 2000 Support
- DNS Wildcards
- Unlimited POP3 Accounts
- Unlimited Auto Responders
- Unlimited Forwarders
- Unlimited Mailing Lists
- Remote Access to WebMail
- Unlimited Mail Blockers
- Unlimited Private POP Servers
- Unlimited FTP Accounts

- Server Side Includes
- Web Based File Manager
- Secure Shell (SSH)

- PHP 4.0.3
- Zend for PHP
- Perl Version: 5.x
- CGI, TCL
- Unlimited Subdomains
- Unlimited MySQL Databases
- Private CGI-Bin
- Password Protection
- PhpMyAdmin Access
- Graphical Website Statistics
- Akopia Interchange Shopping Cart

Depending on the bandwidth and disk space you need, the following would be the monthly price:

- 5GB Reseller Plan at $35/month
(includes 1GB Disk Space and hosting for UNLIMITED domains)

- 7GB Reseller Plan at $40/month
(includes 1GB Disk Space and hosting for UNLIMITED domains)

- 10GB Reseller Plan at $55/month
(includes 2GB Disk Space and hosting for UNLIMITED domains)

- 20GB Reseller Plan at $100/month
(includes 2GB Disk Space and hosting for UNLIMITED domains)

You are the webhosting company and all clients are your clients - we remain in the background and fully manage the server for you including software and hardware.

We will also install any additional software you need on the server for you or your clients at no extra cost! and our support team is available to you 24/7.

For more details on our reseller plans, please go to http://www.mchost.com/plans/ and if you have any questions, feel free to reply here or contact me personally anytime at marc@mchost.com

How about extra IPs? Any charge? Any problems?

Can you offer ASP?

There are 2 static IPs included free of charge for your own nameservers. Additional IPs are $5 per month for a block of 10 IPs. We will be installing Chilisoft!ASP within the next 2 months but currently there's only Apache ASP available.

Is there any way for my clients to know that I'm reselling?
Are my nameservers the only ones they see; even when they ftp to their account?
Is your name visible anywhere that my client would see?

As you can tell; having clients know that they are dealing only with me is a big concern of mine. Along with the fact that I don't have to learn how to administer a server :D

Absolutely not!

There will be no server name or domain name mentioned in the FTP or SSH login.
We use the anonymous domain 'dnsvault.com' for anything that can be traced beyond your or your clients domain.

Originally posted by Kiwi
Absolutely not!

There will be no server name or domain name mentioned in the FTP or SSH login.
We use the anonymous domain 'dnsvault.com' for anything that can be traced beyond your or your clients domain.


That's good :)

Even with the phpinfo?

Thanks.

Regards,
Choon

Originally posted by choon
Even with the phpinfo?

Yes. :)

So you have ASP...
but can you tell me what the difference is between Apache ASP and Chili ASP
thanks

ASP was originally designed to work in Windows, not Linux servers. But ApacheASP ( http://www.apache-asp.org/ ) is basically a module that runs ASP code with Perl on a Linux server.

ChilisoftASP ( http://www.chilisoft.com/ ) is a lot stronger than ApacheASP and supports more features.

Hi,
Do you support WAP?

Can I create e-mail @sub.domain.com ? :rolleyes:

Can I create e-mail @sub.domain.com?

Yes I nedd this too.

But more than that I need "sub.domain.com" and "sub2.domain.com" with "sub" and "sub2" being seperate accounts from "domain.com" and each other. They need to be fully configuarable as a domains that have E-mail and all add-ons, but do not have access to each other or the primary "www.domin.com".

"domain.com/~sub" is not what I want at all.

I hae seen this "sub.domain.com" protocol in use in many places on the Net, but I have yet to find a reseller program that offered it.

Perhaps it is only available on certain servers with specific configurations and I need to post this request elsewhere.(?)

Regards,
Steven

We currently don't support WAP, however sub.domain.com and sub2.domain.com can be set-up with a few clicks from within the end-user control panel - including name@sub.domain.com. Those would be separate accounts under your domain, without access to the domain root folder. :)

sorry ... wrong posting :blush:

Kiwi,

We currently don't support WAP Yes you do! :D

The Mime types are automatically set up for WML etc on each account. Or you can use PHP etc, as long as you send the correct Content-type headers.

Ooops, i shouldn't answer posts at 4am. All .wml, .wmlc, .wmls, .wmlscriptc, .wbmp are supported.

:sleeping:

Great! You supported WAP ! :D

How about IMAP? Do your mail server also support itu? :rolleyes:

Originally posted by ben
Great! You supported WAP ! :D

How about IMAP? Do your mail server also support itu? :rolleyes:
Yes, IMAP is supported. What exactly do you mean with 'itu' ?

upss... just typo error.. "itu" --> "it" :D

DO you have plan to upgrade bandwith size for your reseller package? ;)

Originally posted by ben
DO you have plan to upgrade bandwith size for your reseller package? ;)
Yes, we have plans for this in the near future. We will also upgrade all current clients at no extra charge. ;)

"itu" = it too,... also. ;)

<off topic>
It makes me nervous when I see coders writing in this manner. I recently came across a site the had the instructions:

You can tell your custumers that there email adresess are in thier encrypt.php file. They can rest insured that there SECURE in that file. Noone can acess them without the password!

I can take a couple of typos and a broken link or two on a large site, but I have to wonder how these guys can write quality code when they don't even know the difference between they're, their, and there, not to mention to, too, and two...

When a problem is encountered with their "product" they generally say it is a browser incompatibility...
</off topic>

Marc,
If I sign up for one of your reseller plans could I pay extra for a little extra support the first few months? I'm afraid I would be "high maintenance" until I got up to speed. I would like to know what you consider "required reading" for web hosts, etc.

Do you have documentation that I can refer my downline customers to, or would I need to create my own?

Also, have you considered an alliance mit Übersmith? You could install it on request for your small newbies with the upside being that they would likely upgrade once their business got off the ground.

Feel free to E-mail me privately if you wish.

(Du bist schweizer, ja?)

Pretty interesting set up; I checked through your site, (kinda quickly) and didn't see anything about Miva. You wouldn't happen to be running the Miva Empressa Engine, would you? I like the unlimited domain names and subdomains. What kind of machine do these typically run on?

Thanx,

sPoT!

Originally posted by chintz
If I sign up for one of your reseller plans could I pay extra for a little extra support the first few months? I'm afraid I would be "high maintenance" until I got up to speed. I would like to know what you consider "required reading" for web hosts, etc.

There is no need to pay extra fees. Support is included as much as you need and someone has to keep our support guys busy ;)

Originally posted by chintz
Do you have documentation that I can refer my downline customers to, or would I need to create my own?

Yes, we have both WebHostManager and CPanel Manuals and are working on an extensive resellers FAQ as well.

Originally posted by chintz
Also, have you considered an alliance mit Übersmith? You could install it on request for your small newbies with the upside being that they would likely upgrade once their business got off the ground.

Thank you very much for the suggestion, i will look into this.

Originally posted by chintz
(Du bist schweizer, ja?)

Ja, aus Luzern. ;)

Originally posted by sPoT!
You wouldn't happen to be running the Miva Empressa Engine, would you?
Our servers currently don't have Miva installed, this might however be a feature to consider in the future if we receive enough requests.

Originally posted by sPoT!
I like the unlimited domain names and subdomains. What kind of machine do these typically run on?

All servers are at least PIII 930Mhz with 512MBs RAM running Redhat Linux.

Thanx for the info Kiwi; something I'll certianly consider.

sPoT!:D

Originally posted by Kiwi

Yes, IMAP is supported. What exactly do you mean with 'itu' ?

AFAIK, CPanel didn't support IMAP... :rolleyes:
How can make you sure that your packages support IMAP? :rolleyes:

Another question, if my clients check their host IP, which IP would they found? My nameserver's IP or yours? :D

R.T.F.T.

Originally posted by ben
Another question, if my clients check their host IP, which IP would they found? My nameserver's IP or yours?

POSTED PREVIOUSLY IN THREAD

Originally posted by Kiwi
Absolutely not!

There will be no server name or domain name mentioned in the FTP or SSH login.
We use the anonymous domain 'dnsvault.com' for anything that can be traced beyond your or your clients domain.

Originally posted by ben


AFAIK, CPanel didn't support IMAP... :rolleyes:
How can make you sure that your packages support IMAP? :rolleyes:

Another question, if my clients check their host IP, which IP would they found? My nameserver's IP or yours? :D

If they trace your domain, nameservers or your client's domain they will find your IP address. If they trace the servers IP, they will find 'dnsvault.com'.

Originally posted by Kiwi


If they trace your domain, nameservers or your client's domain they will find your IP address. If they trace the servers IP, they will find 'dnsvault.com'.

The real question is: If they trace the Yellow Brick Road, will they eventually find the Wizard??:D :D Couldn't resist.

Actually, my host does the same thing with shared SSL certs; Everything is masked out so no one can find the upline.

sPoT!

Originally posted by Kiwi


If they trace your domain, nameservers or your client's domain they will find your IP address. If they trace the servers IP, they will find 'dnsvault.com'.

And if they know enough to do all the other tracing they will just trace dnsvault.com and find

Registrant:
DNS Vault
PO Box 24059, Lakefront PO
Kelowna, BC V1Y9P9
CA

Registrar: Dotster (http://www.dotster.com)
Domain Name: DNSVAULT.COM
Created on: 11-AUG-01
Expires on: 11-AUG-02
Last Updated on: 11-SEP-01

Administrative Contact:
Wyss, Marc admin@dnsvault.com
DNS Vault
PO Box 24059, Lakefront PO
Kelowna, BC V1Y9P9
CA
(Phone Number Omitted)

Technical Contact:
Wyss, Marc admin@dnsvault.com
DNS Vault
PO Box 24059, Lakefront PO
Kelowna, BC V1Y9P9
CA
(Phone Number Omited)


So what good does half-way hiding do?

Do you want us to use a fake address or what? :D You can't really hide more than that, besides that it doesn't show anything about MCHost.

Yes,
Everyone is going to do a WHOIS on the name server. Give me a break.:rolleyes: And most people wont know the adress/and his name.:rolleyes:

Originally posted by Kiwi
Do you want us to use a fake address or what? :D You can't really hide more than that, besides that it doesn't show anything about MCHost.


It is based on the same mentality as services such as "Live Helper" or an Amazon.com "bookstore".

There is an alternative, however. You could:

Rent a suite
Buy a boat load of servers
Pay for a huge pipe
Get a back up ... just in case
Etc, etc. etc.


As long as the upline is 99 per cent transparent, that is really all that matters.

sPoT!

Just to make sure I understand correctly, "IMAP is supported" means users can access their mailboxes both via POP and IMAP (not just IMAP support in PHP etc). Right?

One more question: Saw a lot of "unlimited" features. Any other charges beside the monthly fees? Any minimum months for payment? How do you charge for over-bandwidth or space?

thx.

Originally posted by Cognigens
Just to make sure I understand correctly, "IMAP is supported" means users can access their mailboxes both via POP and IMAP (not just IMAP support in PHP etc). Right?
Yes :)

Originally posted by Cognigens
One more question: Saw a lot of "unlimited" features. Any other charges beside the monthly fees? Any minimum months for payment? How do you charge for over-bandwidth or space?

thx.
There are absolutely no additional fees or any set-up fees. Payment is month-to-month onless you wish otherwise and additional bandwidth is $5 per GB and disk space is $5 per additional 200MBs unless you upgrade to a higher or custom plan. We will not 'suddenly' charge you for additional resources, but we will notify you once you are close to discuss a possible upgrade.

sorry, one more q about imap: support multiple folders, right? ie. can subscribe to anything in directory. At least one ISP I know only allow IMAP access to main inbox, not other folders.

Originally posted by Cognigens
sorry, one more q about imap: support multiple folders, right? ie. can subscribe to anything in directory. At least one ISP I know only allow IMAP access to main inbox, not other folders.
Yes, and we currently support IMAP, its not enabled yet but i can do this for you if you need it. Not a problem.

Can I have mulitple accounts all using the same nameserver? Or can you configure a plan larger than the Plan 4?

Thanks,
John

Originally posted by wsdhnet
Can I have mulitple accounts all using the same nameserver? Or can you configure a plan larger than the Plan 4?

Thanks,
John
Yes, this is the standard and in fact we recommend you to use your (ns1 and ns2.yourdomain.com) nameservers for your client's accounts. We can create a custom plan for you in any size as well as managed dedicated servers once you grow out of your reseller plan.

Please contact me at marc@mchost.com if you are interested. :)

What is your address and phone numbers? I have searched your site but couldn't find it.

Originally posted by Kiwi
..., however sub.domain.com and sub2.domain.com can be set-up with a few clicks from within the end-user control panel - including name@sub.domain.com. Those would be separate accounts under your domain, without access to the domain root folder. :)

AFAIK, currently, cpanel isn't provide this feature. How can you 'enabled' it? :rolleyes: :D ;)

No address or phone numbers? :confused:

ben: sub.domain.com email accounts are working fine on our servers. :)

Byron:

MCHost Inc.
Suite 101 - 2406 Drought Road
Westbank, British Columbia
Canada - V4T 1P6

Toll-free 800 sales and support phone #'s will be available from next month on.

$5 per 200MB extra disk space? Nice, I thought it was per 100MB, did that get increased recently? Keep up the good work. :)

I've been marketing my hosting company for 24 hours straight now, and not a single signup yet. Ah well, they'll come I'm sure... :yawn:

That happened when they upped the diskspace on all the accounts. I believe they did that just after I told you it was $5/100MB. They're sneaky like that (give you more for your money that is...). ;D

MCHost looks really really good!! Just one question...do you offer TOS/AUPs for the resellers to use? some templates or something? or do we have to write our own? Thanks!

You are free to use our AUP and modify it as you wish. :)

Originally posted by Malev
Kiwi,

Yes you do! :D

The Mime types are automatically set up for WML etc on each account. Or you can use PHP etc, as long as you send the correct Content-type headers.

Malev

How can we use WAP?

How can I create a page for WAP browsers in PHP (sending needed Content-Type headers)?

Is there any place I can view a sample code?

Mac