BEST RESELLER POLL - Which company offer the best reseller plans?

Originally posted by JBIZ718
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These are companies who offer good prices and nice support. I found the company names on this Forum and people are all saying different things about them, both positive and negative, now it is time to get a clear view.

If you have other recomendations then just post the company domain here and we will look at it to see if they have better offers, thanks...

Originally posted by BeCoMe1


These are companies who offer good prices and nice support. I found the company names on this Forum and people are all saying different things about them, both positive and negative, now it is time to get a clear view.

If you have other recomendations then just post the company domain here and we will look at it to see if they have better offers, thanks...

This one was a reply on a question, the question is gone and only the reply is left :)

COME ON GUYS VOTE...

Welcome to the forum!

There is a reason why no one replied to your thread(I wasn't planning to either). But the fact is, comparing hosting companies are not as simple as setting up a poll. There have been many polls set up in the past, and most of us are just tired of typing the same thing over and over again. Why don't you search the forum for previous threads relating to these companies?

You should probably mention why you have a poll. So people can help you.

By the way, replying to your other thread is consider bumping, and maybe against the regular forum rule(it is illegal in the ads forums)

Peter

Originally posted by BeCoMe1
BEST RESELLER POLL - Which company offer the best reseller plans?
Put another way...

I need to buy a car, which is the best car?

What if I told you I have a family of 6?
What if I told you that I only want to spend < $12,000?

'The best' is relative, but the more info you can provide, the better your chances are of finding a match among these or other reseller account providers.

Originally posted by Chicken

Put another way...

I need to buy a car, which is the best car?

What if I told you I have a family of 6?
What if I told you that I only want to spend < $12,000?

'The best' is relative, but the more info you can provide, the better your chances are of finding a match among these or other reseller account providers.

What if I told you that this poll could be an investigation? Mchost.com is recomended everywhere and you hear only positive things about them, maybe they are sponsors of this site (oh yes they are, look at the banner) but maybe they own this forum or they have many friends here who want us to pay attention to them only! Looking at the poll so far (23 votes) it shows that the forum is not only about Mchost.com, this is surely postive and now you can only but respect Mchost.com, but I recommend you all to be critical anyway...

My aim is also to provide people with good reseller offers, to help people, and also to seek help for good reseller offers (I have for sometime written all good reseller offers down)...

And I still believe that we all in all can speak about the "BEST" reseller offer because I think these 3 important questions can be answered by current resellers:

Which company...
-offer the lowest prices?
-offer the best hosting quality (fastest and most reliable)?
-has a good support (availability, reply time and quality of answers or better: the usability of answers in practice)?

We can compare answers and it can tell us about the "BEST" reseller offer or can it?

Did you know that Hyundai and Skoda has highly quality cars for very good prices? So why pay so much for a Mercedes Benz? The look and the name gives us (fake) thougts, thoughts that tell us that we should use more money to get a car that has a better reputation but maybe it has the same quality as a much cheaper one.

So its all about our needs? A family car or a sportscar? What if I told you that we all have different needs and that we therefore in the beginning could need a very broad and general discription to find out which one is the BEST car. What if I dont have any needs? What if I only want to own a car? This does not make sense or what? Maybe you understand my point... I have to tesdrive the car, or ask others about their experiences. The most important one, I think, is to ask them why he has bought that car. Which thoughts has he made before buying this car?

Well if we look at the threads on this forum i have started another one before starting the poll:
"RESELLING, reseller companies and reseller types, what should i choose?".

The "BEST RESELLER POLL" can then make sense, maybe not :)

Shortly it is a different process, you cant say I need this, and which reseller plans suits my needs best? You have to analyze the proces first. I got a good answer from "addaction":

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The A group:

PRO:
- gives your more flexability
- likely have your own nameservers and be transparent

CONS:
- more work and responsibility for you
- more upfront investment

The B group:

PRO:
- the reseller host takes care of the tech things.. you are just responsible for the payments
- less investment

CONS:
- you can only sell what they offer
- less profit
----------------------------------------------------

Oh this is what reselling is about, now I understand my needs... I dont need a Mercedes Benz, I need the BEST car :)

Originally posted by ckpeter
Welcome to the forum!

There is a reason why no one replied to your thread(I wasn't planning to either). But the fact is, comparing hosting companies are not as simple as setting up a poll. There have been many polls set up in the past, and most of us are just tired of typing the same thing over and over again. Why don't you search the forum for previous threads relating to these companies?

You should probably mention why you have a poll. So people can help you.

By the way, replying to your other thread is consider bumping, and maybe against the regular forum rule(it is illegal in the ads forums)

Peter

ckpeter, I have made a nice research I think, I have read all of the threads but I did not get the answer I wanted! As I have mentioned it, this could be an investigation... This is my way of analyzing the reseller opportunities.

I can understand what you are trying to accomplish.

Personally, I don't think this is very practical. First off, many hosts differentiate, so to different people a different host is a the best host. Also, things such as reliability and support are not that easy to measure by number or votes. Add in the fact that host do change(bad->good, or more often, good->bad).

I am not trying to discourage you, but I simply want to remind you that there is no "absolute best".

Peter

you need to define the poll better.

try defineing the poll ais of response time, server outage, billing issues ... then someone will bite. PLus you miss a couple of people

michael

Originally posted by ckpeter
I can understand what you are trying to accomplish.

Personally, I don't think this is very practical. First off, many hosts differentiate, so to different people a different host is a the best host. Also, things such as reliability and support are not that easy to measure by number or votes. Add in the fact that host do change(bad->good, or more often, good->bad).

I am not trying to discourage you, but I simply want to remind you that there is no "absolute best".

Peter

Yes thats true, and a host can be good for my needs and bad for yours... I am glad to have started out a discussion... You are all giving me good inputs.

ANY COMMENTS FROM OTHER FORUM USERS?

This sort of discussion has happened many times. Everytime, the conlusion was inevitably the same: There is no "absolute best reseller".

I appreciate your energy to start a discussion. I just wanted to say that much of the discussion can be found in the search section.

Peter

What if I told you that this poll could be an investigation? Mchost.com is recomended everywhere and you hear only positive things about them

Yeah, if you see here there are 2 or 3 of these companies - especially, mchost and ventures online recommended more than any othe company. If you stop and think for a minute that is because most (or a lot) of the people freqenting these forums are their resellers and you ask them and they recommend them. That's all there is to it.

Originally posted by Gurudev


Yeah, if you see here there are 2 or 3 of these companies - especially, mchost and ventures online recommended more than any othe company. If you stop and think for a minute that is because most (or a lot) of the people freqenting these forums are their resellers and you ask them and they recommend them. That's all there is to it.

Yes thats right, maybe the poll only shows how many resellers each of them has. But the question is still: "Which one is the best" and maybe the one you use as a reseller is not the best...

"Which one is the best"

There is no such thing. No one is the best because "the best" depends upon several things. Like explained before ask "which car is the best?" I dunno, you ask different people and you will get different answers.

Originally posted by BeCoMe1
The most important one, I think, is to ask them why he has bought that car. Which thoughts has he made before buying this car?
I think this is the right track, or at least the most meaningful part of your post. "Which company offer the best reseller plans?" is similar to asking, "Which company makes the best cars?", and you aren't going to get useful replies to this question as everyone will vote for a different car, based on their needs.

A better thread question would be more along the line of what I quoted above. "What reseller provider did you choose and why did you choose them over the others?" You could even lead them with questions to answer (as you did later in the post):

Did you base your decision on any of the following, and if so please comment:
-lowest prices?
-best hosting quality (fastest and most reliable)?
-good support (availability, reply time and quality of answers or better: the usability of answers in practice)?

I think this would get you the info (if I understand you correctly) that you want.

:) I still think we can talk about "THE BEST RESELLER COMPANIES"... Not because it is usefull...

For me as a future reseller, it would be nice to have several companies to choose from, companies current resellers think are the BEST. Then I can look at what they offer and compare them with my needs :)

But why don't you use the search button to find previous discussion?

There has been a lot of discussion that are exactly like yours. There is nothing wrong with the topic itself. But don't you think it would be courteous to find previous discussion, rather than making everyone post things that ultimately will have the same conclusion as the previous ones?

For example, I researched three months, reading previous post, when I was trying to become a reseller. Don't you think it is a bit selfish to expect people to post the same thing over again?

It may not seems that way to you, and that's perfectly understandable. I simply want to make you aware that sometimes a search is better than a post.

Sorry if this sounds too harsh. I do apologize. Its just that lately I have seen a lot of redundent threads. I wasn't even planning to participate in this thread, but I saw your three-posts-in-a-row asking others to post, so I thought I could offer a small bit of advice.

I am sure you will forgive me once you become acquianted with the forum.

Peter

Originally posted by ckpeter
But why don't you use the search button to find previous discussion?

There has been a lot of discussion that are exactly like yours. There is nothing wrong with the topic itself. But don't you think it would be courteous to find previous discussion, rather than making everyone post things that ultimately will have the same conclusion as the previous ones?

For example, I researched three months, reading previous post, when I was trying to become a reseller. Don't you think it is a bit selfish to expect people to post the same thing over again?

It may not seems that way to you, and that's perfectly understandable. I simply want to make you aware that sometimes a search is better than a post.

Sorry if this sounds too harsh. I do apologize. Its just that lately I have seen a lot of redundent threads. I wasn't even planning to participate in this thread, but I saw your three-posts-in-a-row asking others to post, so I thought I could offer a small bit of advice.

I am sure you will forgive me once you become acquianted with the forum.

Peter

I have read many of the threads available here but no one has ever made a poll that gives the opportinity to vote between the most popular hosts here on this forum. People are always talking about the needs (the conlusion is that the best reseller is based on your needs) and I am trying to say that I dont have any needs... I am looking at the quality and price the companies offer at the moment, later I will look at my opporunities and at last at my needs, this is how I want to work :)

You are missing my point.

I think there was a scene from Alice in the Wonderland, where Alice meets a cat at a crossroad, and ask which way she should go.

The cat asks:

"Where do you want to go?"

And Alice says, "I don't know"

And so the cat says,

"If you don't know where to go, then either road is fine".

(disclaimer: I recalled the story from memory, so excuse any errors).

First of all, if you don't have any needs, any host will serve you fine.

Secondly, the central point I have been trying to make is that: "Best Host depends on who you are talking to", which means: "No host is the absolute best host"

Given that, the discussion you are trying to raise is not very useful.

If I may offer you a word of advice: It is very important that you establish your needs before you walk into a market, or else you will not be able to make a sensible decision.

And if you are just researching, like I said, reading the previous threads will have enough for you to get the feel, there is no need for another thread.

I think a better methodology for you would be: 1)Research to get a feel of the industry, 2)establish what you want to be and what you are looking for, 3)then you can walk into the market and buy the right service/support.

Until then, not only is this thread redundent, it also doesn't serve you any good.

For example, if Host A is good at high-bandwidth but has terrible support, many of Host A's votes may be coming from high-bandwidth site owners, but may be your actual need is good support, and since you didn't spell this out in your post, you are getting the wrong information.

Again, I do apologize if I sounded harsh.

Peter

No problem Peter, this is the way I am analyzing the market, I am looking at how people are doing, then I will start reselling. I have not defined my needs yet its too early and maybe I dont want to share everything I have in mind, afterall we are all competitors :)
... just kidding, but its correct that I have not defined my needs yet...

Wohoo... im in the lead. Probably not for long though.

Still shows that you have a lot of fans out there :)

Good work Alan.

Wow! both splashhost and mchost running neck to neck at 16-16, I hope Alan switch on his turbo engine now ...Hehe it's all for fun so don't take it too seriously folks, life is too short.

Anyway, it doesn't matter if splashhost loses, I still have great confidence in Alan and will be with them as a reseller for a long time.

I want to thank all of you for voting and commenting, it has been a plessure, but those who havent voted are still welcome, thanks.

Have you voted? No? Then please vote thanks...

BeCoMe1,
You seems to be posting to either 1)bring attention to yourself, 2)increase your post count.

The topic you want to discuss has been discussed many times in the past, and if your topic has gone old, that means people don't feel that they want to participate, you shouldn't post two posts in a row just to bump the thread up.

At least this is what it seems like to me.

Peter

Originally posted by ckpeter
BeCoMe1,
You seems to be posting to either 1)bring attention to yourself, 2)increase your post count.

The topic you want to discuss has been discussed many times in the past, and if your topic has gone old, that means people don't feel that they want to participate, you shouldn't post two posts in a row just to bump the thread up.

At least this is what it seems like to me.

Peter

Its only to make people vote! To have more voters...
And I dont like that all the reply always say "look in the history a poll like this has been made before" but show me the same poll...
You cant! But even if the poll or topicks are in the history, they are history! Maybe something new came up and the popular hosts arent so much popular anymore!

BeCoMe1,
If anyone wants to vote, they can vote, you don't have to tell them to vote.

If you are posting to bring this thread up again, I don't think that's very appropriate: the thread went down because the people decided that they no longer wants to vote, and it isn't fair for your to post two posts in a row to bump the thread up again. I personally hate to see the thread up again and again.

As for the issue of whether past discussions are more than enough, I have said enough about what I wanted to say, if you still don't get it, than let it be, or reread all the posts I have made in this thread.

I will not be participating in this thread anymore, since all my involvments are off-topic and in any case, you didn't take me seriously. Please, PM me for additional discussion.

Peter

Originally posted by ckpeter
BeCoMe1,
If anyone wants to vote, they can vote, you don't have to tell them to vote.

If you are posting to bring this thread up again, I don't think that's very appropriate: the thread went down because the people decided that they no longer wants to vote, and it isn't fair for your to post two posts in a row to bump the thread up again. I personally hate to see the thread up again and again.

As for the issue of whether past discussions are more than enough, I have said enough about what I wanted to say, if you still don't get it, than let it be, or reread all the posts I have made in this thread.

I will not be participating in this thread anymore, since all my involvments are off-topic and in any case, you didn't take me seriously. Please, PM me for additional discussion.

Peter

Sorry, I did not want to make anyone angry but you misunderstood me, I am not a child who wants to post as much as possible and I dont want to MAKE people vote, if they vote I thank them thats it...

We ask that you not bump the thread (post twice in a row).