When looking into plans for resellers, is there a particular advantage or disadvantage in chosing Linus or Windows?
I saw many hosts offering both and was wondering if some of you already using them could share some lights on it for me.

I assume it has nothing to do with the browser I am running on my computer, right? (that would be too easy...lol)

Any comment on the matter is highly appreciated. Also, if you would suggest one vs. the other (noticed Windows is often more expensive than Linus), what would be the main reason?

Thanks

I believe you meant Linux ;)

Windows is propierty software and you have to pay for it, wheareas Linux is Open Source and free. Thus the fee difference.

If you are using mainly MS technologies (ASP, MSSQL etc.) then it does makes sense to go with Windows.

However, if you use mainly open source technologies (PHP, MySQL etc.) then Linux should be better.

However, either OS shouldn't make much of a difference to you, while my personal preference is Linux.

LOL. Yeah, Linux.
Sorry, it's 5 days I am spending 10 to 12 hours a day in front of the computer absorbing information...I think I need to take a break..

My personal option is you should choose a reseller that can provide you the widest array of products to sell. The last thing you want is you expensive ad dollars to pull in a possible customer and you have to say no I can't host that.

Everyone gets so hung up about the monthly cost or how many megs of space or gigs of bandwidth they forget the cost of either loosing a customer since you don't offer what they need or the quality of service you provide is sub par.

You should also choose a provider that can cover your back. If you are a little new to being a provider you need someone that can answers those question you might need help with.

Originally posted by geocash
Everyone gets so hung up about the monthly cost or how many megs of space or gigs of bandwidth they forget the cost of either loosing a customer since you don't offer what they need or the quality of service you provide is sub par.



Well, yes, normally at the beginning and considering the horror stories one hears about hosting services here and there, I think it's normal for someone - starting on a budget - to try and get an affordable price (not a cheap or "free" service) and a decent amount of disk and bandwith. This in consideration that overusing disk space and/or bandwith can be pretty costly.

I looked at your website and it is well presented but at this time the prices are way out of my range and seemed much higher than the average offer in the market. But it does not mean it is not worth spending all that money. I am just saying that considering that the first time I will have to take a risk anyway, I'd probably want to limit the amount risked.

Just for curiosity what type of budget are you working with? We have specials that are not on our site. Maybe I can get you in on one.

It's not just about having a fixed budget and sticking with it. It's that considering there is not "sure thing" when it comes to hosting services, I might be more tempted to chose a plan that offers, at least on paper, a better value.

I have a list of 16 hosts now, after having deleted some and the range I am looking at, where I have several choices, is about 10 to 15 dollars/month, as I found several offering 3 to 5 GB of disk and 50, in some cases more, GB of bandwith for that price.

I mean, in the $ 30s/month range one could be over 8/80 (disk/Bandwith), based on what I found out in this week of intense researching.

Now, I know that as a host you could tell me "well, it's not just about disk space and bandwith" and I agree with that; but you have to consider the point of view of someone about to get started. Mostly what we can compare is disk and bandwith and of course price.
This because those are the three easy to understand things and they can be utilized for a comparison.

Sure, reliability and support are "must have". But it is impossible to determine that before you start using a host as normally no host in the world will tell you "well, our prices are low but we have to admit we often are down and even more often we don't have a clue of what could cause that, so let's all pray you get lucky with our service. Now click here to sign up as we need some bucks to pay the rent..."

So that's why I believe most of new people in order to somewhat eliminate hosting companies and be left with one to chose, look first to the basic, easy to understand and compare datas like price/disk space and bandwith usage allowed.

And I know that sometimes doing that can lead to wrong decisions, but again, it's going to be sort of a jump in the dark anyway and this is a reason for which many would prefer to start with a low-medium price as unfortuantely, for what I read about the industry, paying a high price does not guarantee you an equivalent degree of service.