I have seen many different reseller plans. One being buying in bulk (space/bandwidth) and adding those domains to your existing plan, and the other is buying your own reseller account
and sell seperate accounts apart from yours at a low price.

Which is better?

It depends on your needs, if you want more flexibility in what your packages entail buying a reseller account is better

My question was which type of reseller account is better.

Buying in bulk (your space, and add domains to it)

or

Buy a reseller account where the host gives you your space and in return you sell their plan at the price you define but they charge you an extra $3.00 or so for that account sold.

Originally posted by jmc67
My question was which type of reseller account is better.

:eek:

You do know what a reseller account is, right?
A reseller account is what you call an account from which you resell parts to your customers, while a reseller package is a hosting package defined by your reseller-host that you can re-sell for a low(er) fee.

So what tazd9t9 actually meant by a reseller account was what I just defined. ;)

Take care;
good luck :)

So which is the better of the two given they are a bit different?

Like tazd9t9 said, if you want a bit of flexibility in what packages you can offer it is probably best going for an account where you can split it however you wish.

jmc i did understand what you mean, however the question is impossible to answer indefinitely as it depends on you and your company there is no rule as to which everyone should use

They are right, if you want more flexibility, go for a bulk package, if you're not really sure about your company, and don't want to invest more than needed, you could go for the specific package plans and only pay for what you need.

Personally I like the freedom of being able to create my own plans. It's important in the beginning that you experiment with different plans, prices, options etc. You would be surprised how much a small change can increase/decrease your signup ratios.

When you choose "pre-designed" plans, you don't have the option to experiment. That's bad.

Joe

If you buy bulk like I do from www.cyberwings.com you are free to set whatever plan you like and price accordingly.

You can make up different packages or let the customer make up their own package.

Why be limited to what your supplier offers.

jmc67,
When I used to be a reseller I always preferred buying single plans (as I needed them) at a large discount then reselling them at my marked up price. I also preferred working with two resellers who used like control panels so that I could split my business up between two diverse providers to protect my business interest in the event of a large failure.

Ask lots of questions of your future hosting provider and I would suggest keeping a list so you can ask the same questions to all of the providers.

If you decide to go for the bulk type of account then ask what happens if the server resources fill up before you use all of your space and bandwidth.

Normally a host will over sell their server a bit (and this is normal) knowing they can shift customers around at a later date when needed. This is easy to do when they sell you individual accounts but when you buy in bulk you are normally locked into one server for all of your accounts and moving accounts around is very difficult if at all possible.

When you buy separate accounts it gives you a level of flexibility and you can often can get some accounts set up on a different server if needed.

Pros and cons to both but I suggest you ask your future provider lots of questions, the good ones will be willing to take the time to give you open and honest answers.

Good Luck!