I'm looking for reseller hosting on linux with php4 and cpanel with unlimited accounts and cost less than $100 per year.

Can you help me ?

Hosts that offer this kind of deal with most likely be extremely oversold, unreliable, or will have bad support. I would up your budget a little.

how much do u think ?

$200 to $300/yr, but even then thats still in the cheap category. How much disk space and bandwidth were you expecting to use?

Hosts that offer this kind of deal with most likely be extremely oversold, unreliable, or will have bad support. I would up your budget a little.

That is completely unfounded. What have you based that on? The OP provided no information as to what specifications they need so I don't how you can jump to the conclusion of such hosts are going to be grossly oversold and unreliable with bad support..


Nikola, could you let us know what your webspace & bandwidth requirements are?

That is completely unfounded. What have you based that on?

Reseller hosting with unlimited accounts for less than $8/mo? That speaks for itself.


EDIT: Looking at the plans you offer, the cheapest you offer for Unlimited accounts is $25/mo.

I need about 5gb space and not huge bandwidth.
I'm doing web design and want to offer hosting for my clients. Thay have usaly small sites.
I don't need unlimeted accounts but 30-50 is ok.

Reseller hosting with unlimited accounts for less than $8/mo? That speaks for itself.


EDIT: Looking at the plans you offer, the cheapest you offer for Unlimited accounts is $25/mo.

What has that got to do with anything? Just because I don't offer it at a lower price, doesn't mean it's not feasible?

The resources sold can easily be low enough to render the account limit useless.

I need about 5gb space and not huge bandwidth.
I'm doing web design and want to offer hosting for my clients. Thay have usaly small sites.
I don't need unlimeted accounts but 30-50 is ok.

5GB is too much for $100 a year.. You need to push your budget up much higher than that..

Ok. Tell me what can i get for $100

nikola8,

There is an offers section where you can search for offers that meet your criteria. You can also search this forum for inexpensive resellers. Some solid resellers with BUDGET accounts are ResellerZoom and Budgetresellers (not sure if they will meet your price though).

Do you really need a reseller account? You may want to look at shared hosting that allows you to host multiple websites.

Do you really need a reseller account? You may want to look at shared hosting that allows you to host multiple websites.

Yep, just make sure to remember that cPanel does not offer true multi-domain hosting.

nikola8,

check this link http://www.resellerzoom.com/cheap-reseller-hosting.shtml

I believe fastnext had such a plan where they would make a pretty big discount if you'd pay for the whole year in advance. You could get a good reseller for about 5$/mo. I'd be reticent about reliability tho...

I don't believe what you can find a reliable reseller hosting with your current budget. If you can increase it when I recommend Hostdime. Good luck.

nikola8,

check this link http://www.resellerzoom.com/cheap-reseller-hosting.shtmlHe should be aware though that Resellerzoom is serious when describing those packages. There is a difference between their budget packages and the other packages they have.

That is completely unfounded. What have you based that on? The OP provided no information as to what specifications they need so I don't how you can jump to the conclusion of such hosts are going to be grossly oversold and unreliable with bad support..

Sorry, I have got to agree with the original comments - you cannot get reliable reseller hosting for under $100/year - the support alone would make this package a money loser. You are either compromising quality of service, quality and availablility of support or all of the above. The actual amount of resources required is irrelavent in this situation..

If you are selling hosting to clients that you are also doing design for, there is no reason to get an $8 reseller account. Charge your customers appropriately for hosting and act as a 1 stop shop for them. Putting their websites and email on a really low end budget account will just end up hurting your design business over time. Do you really want sub par hosting services to affect your design revenue?

Sorry, I have got to agree with the original comments - you cannot get reliable reseller hosting for under $100/year - the support alone would make this package a money loser. You are either compromising quality of service, quality and availablility of support or all of the above. The actual amount of resources required is irrelavent in this situation..

How can the resources supplied be irrelevant? It is directly relevant and directly relates to the cost..

It is perfectly possible to offer great reseller hosting with superb uptime for $100 per year.. Take BudgetReseller.com for example, or Axishost.com.. Both providing reseller solutions at sub $100 while providing excellent uptime.

How can the resources supplied be irrelevant? It is directly relevant and directly relates to the cost..

No, its not - I would say that the providers successfully doing it, use those lower end packages as lost leaders to gain customers. There is no profit margin in a sub $100/year reseller account. Simply put, the support demands along with the very high server resource utilization (compared to shared hosting) from resellers are just too high to turn a profit from those margins.

If a company feels they need to run a lost leader to get customers in the door, that is their perogative - doesnt mean those packages in particular are profitable - though, if they are savy enough, they can turn those lost leaders into profitable clients by providing reliable service and having the clients grow to larger, more profitable accounts.

No, its not - I would say that the providers successfully doing it, use those lower end packages as lost leaders to gain customers. There is no profit margin in a sub $100/year reseller account. Simply put, the support demands along with the very high server resource utilization (compared to shared hosting) from resellers are just too high to turn a profit from those margins.

If a company feels they need to run a lost leader to get customers in the door, that is their perogative - doesnt mean those packages in particular are profitable - though, if they are savy enough, they can turn those lost leaders into profitable clients by providing reliable service and having the clients grow to larger, more profitable accounts.

The point I was trying to make is that it is perfectly possible to offer reseller hosting for $100 a month and still make a profit.
For example, if you supply say:
100mb
5gb
unlimited accounts
$8 per month..
Where is the loss?
Whether anybody would actually buy that, it shows that a price of $8 for reseller hosting is possible while making good profit. Regardless if they upgrade or not.

But I understand your point, I'm simply saying that the comment of "all hosts offering at that price have bad support and bad reliability" is not an accurate statement to make.. I think we both agree on that :)

so, what is your suggestion for me.
which one to choose for start.
i dont have expirience in selling hosting and just need it to offer to my clinets.
is $150 enough or $250 or $2500000 ????

I would say:
5GB webspace
100GB bandwidth
With a budget of $20 -> $30 is suitable for you

So your budget should be in the bounds:

$240 <= [YEARLY BUDGET] <= $350

100mb
5gb
unlimited accounts
$8 per month..
Where is the loss?

The cost of space and bandwidth is irrelavent really when considering the total cost of running a reseller hosting business. $8/month wont even cover the cost of your support.

Well, I know there are plenty of people in the hosting industry who consider that there are certain minimum prices for shared and for reseller hosting that actually make sense. The actual values however, will certainly depend on their particular experiences and target market. It may very well be that small and inexpensive reseller hosting packages are mostly used by everyday people rather than true hosting resellers, and thus their needs (and consequently costs for their provider) will be considerably closer to those of a shared hosting customer. Also, each provider will have its own level of quality that is considered "OK".

There will never be an absolute minimum figure that everybody will agree to (it's getting pretty clear even from this thread), which is why I will say that prices aside, it is time tested (1-2+ years) business models that one should go after. :)

But I understand your point, I'm simply saying that the comment of "all hosts offering at that price have bad support and bad reliability" is not an accurate statement to make.. I think we both agree on that

There will never be an absolute minimum figure that everybody will agree to (it's getting pretty clear even from this thread), which is why I will say that prices aside, it is time tested (1-2+ years) business models that one should go after.

Fair enough Dan and stealthdevil

i use knownhost's KH Pro reseller plan (5gb disk / 40gb bandwidth, unlimited accounts) which works out to be about $120/year.

i've only been with them a month but have been very, very pleased (see review thread in this forum) with their service.

I think the point has been made that there are different "needs" for different people. I know that I'm one of those people that for my own reasons use a reseller account vs a multi-domain shared. I normally do not use all the resources assigned to me and since I can typically handle (figure out after pulling some hair) most issues myself I rarely use support resources.

Now I would more then likely be find on a "budget" reseller as long as the resources met my needs. That doesn't mean that someone who is on a tight budget and has actual customers who will use more resources will be happy with the same "budget reseller" account that I use.

I sometimes think that a good percentage of "unhappy customers" are just people that had unrealistic expectations on a "budget" account.

nikola8: try to get a good handle as to how much resources your customers will require. If you can do this it can save you some headaches and hassles in the future and it will help you get a realistic idea as to what level of service you will require. Also have you thought about support for your customers hosting accounts? Will they contact you?

DB9: I had forgotten about Knownhost, also a very good provider of budget reseller accounts.

I'm making small web sites (for small private business) and usually don't need specials features.
Most of my sites are less then 5mb....most are html...
I just don't want to see some of client sites down more than one day, and that support don't answer on my tickets more than 24hours...
thats all...

nikola8,

Do your clients require a control panel or just a means to update their website files? You needs are fairly modest (as long as they aren't going to be pounding the bandwidth) and you may not need a reseller account.

Have you taken a look at the host offers forum on WHM?

maybe thay dont need cpanel, but need something where can make new email accounts

maybe thay dont need cpanel, but need something where can make new email accounts
To create new email accounts your client need to have control panel

If you are selling hosting to clients that you are also doing design for, there is no reason to get an $8 reseller account. Charge your customers appropriately for hosting and act as a 1 stop shop for them. Putting their websites and email on a really low end budget account will just end up hurting your design business over time. Do you really want sub par hosting services to affect your design revenue?

I have to agree with CartikaHosting why jeopardize your web design company name for the sake of saving a few dollars?


I'm making small web sites (for small private business) and usually don't need specials features.
Most of my sites are less then 5mb....most are html...
I just don't want to see some of client sites down more than one day, and that support don't answer on my tickets more than 24hours...
thats all...

Ever the reason more to raise your budget, nothing worse than having a problem and your provider takes a day to respond and another day to get the problem fixed. Think of it from your clients side, what's the point of having a web site if it's not available when a potential customer comes knocking?