ive got a question, i might one day start up a web host.

so im wondering do you have to get a Reseller acount from some other website. or is there a different way?

im wondering how other webhosting companies do it, i mean how do they have it, do they have reseller acounts at some other website, or did they do something else?

thanks, sorry if im a complete n00b, because i am with this. ;)

Hello Insane Halcyon,

Welcome to Hosting Biz!

You can start your business with reseller account,
Expand it with Virtual Private Server,
and after it with Dedicated Server...

These are my own step by step experience!

Good Luck:)

You must buy a reseller account from another host, they control the serer and keep it running. With a reseller account you only handle account setup and billing, support etc. nothing server related

Insane Halcyon,

I would strongly recommend writing some kind of plan before starting any kind of business. Starting Reselling does not only involve getting Reseller account from some other company and just selling it.

You should have some knowledge as well. When your customer has a problem, you may be able to fix the simple ones, if it is a problem which requires more access priviledges or knowledge you should then get to the Customer Support of your upstream company, but it will delay the process a bit and you need to keep your customers satisfied.

I would also recommend searching around the Reseller Forum, you will find lots of information regarding the issue and also please note that there are lots of companies who provide the same service you intend to start with and try to think of some strategy which will make your services different from them to gain some competitive advantage.

Kind Regards,

Mike

Insane Halcyon their is not other way to host someones website. You need either a reseller account, vps, or ds to be able to start a webhosting company. Best of luck to you!

Personally IMO. The best way to start a hosting business is with a reseller. Then once you get a good amount of customers/clients, you may upgrade to an server.

thanks for the replies.
what if i wanted to offer hosting plans but they where to host files or images like, for example Photobucket.com ?

what would i need to use for that. and also can you please tell me the basic idea of what an VPS and a Dedicated Server is, Thanks. :)

fine dont answer me :(

anyways one more question, if i wanted to have a URL redirection service like .tk or .co.nr thingy, what would i do for that.

now im sorry for baing such a complete noob at all this, but everyone is at one time, right? and i really apreciate any help you give me, thanks anyways.

heck im probably posting all this in the wrong forums...

yeah, safest way is to start reseller from another co.

Reseller may be a very ewasy way to start.

If you're more adventurous, you can try to invest into your own servers.