Hi,

I run a web hosting company that currently only offers virtual hosting accounts. I'm looking to beginning to offer reselling, but I've a question before I dive in.

Around how many clients does the average reseller have? I'm trying to figure out how many reseller accounts I will put on each server... I don't want the load to get out of control.

Thanks!

Hey Avail,

This really depends.. I have seen resellers with over 100 accounts and some with just a couple of accounts. The guys with 100 accounts prefer reselling since it keeps costs down with really no stress.

I think you should start off, and then depending on the server loads, limit the number of resellers per box.

Kunal

It's not necessarily the number of accounts. The kind of accounts matter as well. For example, one of my resellers has about 50 accounts, yet they use fewer resources combined than some individual accounts. I don't think there's really a magic forumula -- you just have to be continually involved in your servers and work to keep them in balance.