My main operations are in Singapore and Hong Kong, trying to phase out USA servers. Now I have a problem. To continue maintaining USA based servers are to sub out by signing as a reseller. Prob is in WHT so much to choose from , been paying attention to this forum for ages. What may seem good for the last few months, may be gone a few months later. How do I choose? Or do I really have to get dedicated servers and spend extra manpower on that : (

Any advice appreciated.

Interesting, I would say you been a pro long time enough to be asking this question.

But I suppose right now, as for your phasing out strategy, you probably need ppl to take care of that part of the the biz for you, wihtout scratching your head much. Try hostingzoom or varhosting. =)
They have end user support. It is possible that leave them all (ur clients) into the hands of these server provider.

HostingZoom has been good for me. Hope it is something good for you too.

Joshua

What may seem good for the last few months, may be gone a few months later.That usually happens if you go with flavour of the month hosts. ;) Don't do that.

I'm sure you already knew this, but sometimes we just need someone to tell us we're right. :)

BTW, what kind of price/data transfer ratio are you looking for?

Have about 100 plus domains left, using Linux without a controlpanel, these are old accounts most since 1998. Pricing I am paying about US$120/mth for them. Space will be more or less 1 to 2 GB, Monthly transfer will not exceed 50GB/mth, prob is that they are scattered about in various servers. Thinking of a way to put inside a central and reliable server. Cost wise is more or less inmaterial, this are good clients, whose prob is they prefer USA hosting while our side is concentrating on South East Asia, main issue is how to move without them lifting a finger. Paying the monthly fees is ok, but the cost of manpower to maintain these scattered accounts is a lot, considering the time differences of 12 hours.

Most Hosters can do the transfer for you if you are looking for a Reseller account, although, you do have to lift a finger as you would need to verify accounts after transfers are complete. ;)

And with the recent changes to DNS Servers, once the Registrar is updated with either; new Nameserver IPs (by Reseller) or new Namservers (by Clients), pointing to the new Server is much faster than before.

Hardest part I see is if you still want these Clients to "not have" a Control Panel. Pretty hard these days to get a Hosting account that does not include a Control Panel of some kind.

Hi boonchuan,

Indeed it is true that you see hosts appear and disappear, I have noticed this myself and ask the same question from time to time, but as Ldcdc already explained, this is most likely just flavor of the month hosts, or startup hosts who realize it’s a little harder than just purchasing a reseller account to maintain a hosting company.

Managing 100 or so domain names without any type of control panel can be a difficult and time consuming operation, and I can understand your frustration as all clients are valuable clients, if you can provide a more streamlined operation you can ensure your clients remain happy.

I would recommend you choose a reseller package, either CPanel or Plesk which allows for unlimited multi-domain hosting, this should allow you to place all 100 or so domains in once central location which you can then manage. From their, your clients will also receive restricted access to a control panel of their own which would allow them to manage aspects of their own domain name and hosting features which you set in the master control panel. This central management should easily reduce the excessive workload you most likely have to work with at the moment.

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to manage the migration of various accounts one hosting company to another, including DNS changes, for this reason it may be best to migrate the accounts at smaller levels until you finally have all the accounts transferred. This should help reduce the workload and pressure for both you and your clients and in the long run provide you with greater flexibility and management.

All I can offer you at this time is the best of luck with this venture. Its nice to see there are hosts who still value their clients.

What may seem good for the last few months, may be gone a few months later.

Man isn't this so true.The kings of today and the slaves of tommorrow!


Try this VPS (a thread in resellers offers.)Shared and Resellers offers (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=367620)

I must say if you need a very reliable provider, Mark at Beachcomber is that.

Cannot beat their support or customer care.