This is my first post here, I just registered but I have observed the site for a few months now.

Im pretty new to the details of reseller hosting but:

Lets say you have 100 dollars:

Theres a host out there for 5 dollars a month and then theres one for 25 dollars a month.

The five dollar host is probably overselling but has pretty good features but the uptime and support is a bit less then normal.

The twenty-five dollar host is pretty good at uptime and support but gives less space than the cheap host and has serious rules about overselling.

Which would you pick?
You could get the cheap host for a while, or you could pick the more expensive host and get 4 months of hosting.

Which would you come out on top with in the long run?

What if the cheap reseller could get you to a dedicated server while the more expensive cant?(I think this question is a little awkward.)

I'd go with the more expensive reseller. You'll never regret having more uptime. If you go with the cheapie cheapie, you'll probably end up pulling out your hair due to downtime and frustration. Especially if you are reselling, you will want to have stability, otherwise you look bad.

I would do my homework and find a reputable company that gives me all that I need and matchs my budget... and I would go for quality rather then pinch pennies...

welcome to WHT :)

Hi Ablie and welcome to WHT,

Well if that was me personally. I would get the one that is reliable especially if its the one my hosting company would be using. Do you really want your customers having a crazy amount of downtime? You pay for what you get into days hosting society.

I will say that the one that offers $5 only cares about the money, does not care for their customers. (Opinion)

Hello ablie!

I am as new in WHT as you are. But I have been playing, shopping, experiencing ups and downs with many different hosts before.

My suggestion to you is to get the better quality provider to start with. I am sure many would agree with "you get what you pay for". And since you are going to resell the resources, you don't want your clients to be annoyed with downtimes. Also, when things go wrong on the technical side, with a reseller account (not dedicated server) you don't want to be the only one who deals with it. So you will most definitely need the support to be fast and reliable from the host.

This is just my opinion though, be sure to check out the forums for the views of what most people think!

Good luck! ;)

Thanks a lot for the suggestions, I think I am better off staying with my more expensive host for the time being :P. Im am still setting up my site so I think ill be ready for business in a week or two.

Hello,

I'm assuming you are trying to resell hosting and not using this for your own sites. Unless you already have people lined up to offer your services to, you are better off starting with the $5/mo host and move to a better provider afterwards. You aren't gonna survive by giving yourself just 4 months and no advertising. Just my 2 cents. Good luck.

Originally posted by HostingZoom
Hello,

I'm assuming you are trying to resell hosting and not using this for your own sites. Unless you already have people lined up to offer your services to, you are better off starting with the $5/mo host and move to a better provider afterwards. You aren't gonna survive by giving yourself just 4 months and no advertising. Just my 2 cents. Good luck.

Seeing your sig it is pretty easy to understand why you would say that. :rolleyes:

No one is going to survive reselling an low uptime service, your customers will not stick with you and you cannot build a business on a service that does not have good uptime. Your reputation in this business is all you have, word of mouth is the cheapest and best advertising. Go with the more relaible host.

Now that said the most expensive does not always mean the best so do your homework on what ever host you choose.

Originally posted by Techark
Seeing your sig it is pretty easy to understand why you would say that. :rolleyes:

No one is going to survive reselling an low uptime service, your customers will not stick with you and you cannot build a business on a service that does not have good uptime. Your reputation in this business is all you have, word of mouth is the cheapest and best advertising. Go with the more relaible host.

Now that said the most expensive does not always mean the best so do your homework on what ever host you choose.

Very few if any can make it in this business with $100 and a $25/mo reseller account. You are basically giving him 4 months and thats without any paid advertising. There is no way he can survive UNLESS he already has people lined up to order as I mentioned. If not, it does not make any sense to recommend a $25/mo reseller account on that budget.

Just with any provider, you must do your research. Cheap does not mean unreliable. Knowing how easy it is to do reseller moves, you should start with a cheap reseller and then move up as your business grows. Don't put yourself in the hole to start.

I say go for the one that offers the highest quality, but that doesn't mean highest price. You don't have to pay outragous amounts of money to get a quality host. Compare them on the basis of quality only, don't look at the price. Get them to give you detailed uptime reports and have them explain any downtimes, get info on their datacenters and connections, research all this stuff. Find out about plan features, what you can and can't do etc. Price is not an indicator as to how great a host is, just because you go with a cheap host doesn't mean you will get shotty service.

HostingZoom is right as well, 4 months isn't a really long time, I've spent tons on ads and nearly a month and a half later am just starting to see a slight proffit. If you have no ad campaign at all the time until you turn a profit can be a lot longer yet.

Advising someone to sign up with a $5 host is as useful as advising someone that the chocolate fireguard they are using, will prove to be a great asset.

Simon

Originally posted by IHSL
Advising someone to sign up with a $5 host is as useful as advising someone that the chocolate fireguard they are using, will prove to be a great asset.

Simon

Agreed.

You'll end up loosing clients. Pay the extra money now and secure a good host!

Originally posted by IHSL
Advising someone to sign up with a $5 host is as useful as advising someone that the chocolate fireguard they are using, will prove to be a great asset.

Simon

Due to his circumstance, yes I am advising him to go with the cheaper solution to start. Lower price does not mean unreliability. He still must do his research just as u2mike mentioned.

Are you saying with a $100 budget to start that you are advising him to get a $25/mo reseller plan? Just curious.

If he had a higher budget to start with, I would advise to go with the higher quality but that isn't the case in this particular situation.

How will you win if you can't stay in the game?

I would say it depends. If your web site is just a few pages for you to show your family pictures you can try a cheap host. If you are down for a while, it not a big problem but if you are doing business with your site, you want security. Now I would say that it's not because you use a $5 plan that the host is not good, you can find a good host for this price but do not expect several GB of storage and transfer.

Anyway the big majority of people do not use all their allocated ressources, just a small percentage of them. Even with just 100 200 MB of Storage, you can have a big website.

^I didnt understand anything you mentioned. But thanks all for the insight, it is helping me, even though I have already found a company, but Im a little worried that the server I am using isnt doing so well but Im not going to worry much about that right now.

I chose a more moderate host that worked well for me, actually I got a deal but yeah.

of course the more expensive one

yeah, it would be expensive without the discount.