Thinking of getting a RESELLER package from one of these providers.

I am seeing a huge difference between their reseller packages.

Both have fairly good reviews.

Please help me comparing their low end reseller packages


would really appreciate this

THanks:)

Moved to reseller forum.

I've had a reseller account with Dotable for a little over one year and am quite satisfied. The few minor glitches that have occurred were resolved promptly.

Since I have never used Hostgator I can't really comment on their service. They are a huge company compared to Dotable so that could be a consideration if you prefer one or the other.

Its the Price difference in the packages --- that has the most impact on setting up the prices for my hosting packages.

anyone?

TIA

Its the Price difference in the packages --- that has the most impact on setting up the prices for my hosting packages.

anyone?

TIA

I can only use this overused comment: "you get what you pay for" If you want a budget host, Hostgator is still rated pretty good. If you want quality hosting at a fair price, Dotable is one of the best. It's your decision...good luck with whoever you choose.

Its the Price difference in the packages --- that has the most impact on setting up the prices for my hosting packages.In comparing the two, note that Dotable allows overselling on their accounts, so you can really use the allocation they give you - to me this is equivalent to at least doubling the effective disk space and transfer.

In any case, if the cost of your reseller hosting account has such a significant effect, your prices are too low. My suggestion: Offer good service and reasonable allocations at a fair price and you should find that the main component of your cost is your own time.

www.dotable.com is run by "Aussie Bob", who started www.httpme.com

He is a very good guy, and runs a solid and reliable business. Be sure to check out the www.dotable.com forums and see the testimonials of happy customers.

Having low prices is not everything. In my opinion, it is better to pay a little more and have better service, more reliability, a good community of fellow resellers, etc.

Just my 2 cents.

www.dotable.com (http://www.dotable.com) is run by "Aussie Bob", who started www.httpme.com (http://www.httpme.com)

He is a very good guy, and runs a solid and reliable business. Be sure to check out the www.dotable.com (http://www.dotable.com) forums and see the testimonials of happy customers. I am sure Aussie Bob runs a good show but I just hate that he uses a forum for the whole site. To me it is to hard to read about the hosting packages and looks like a lazy way to setup a site.

One thing I would look at too between hostgator and dotable would be location. I always go with US located business so there is no timezone problems, holiday schedules and so on.

I am sure Aussie Bob runs a good show but I just hate that he uses a forum for the whole site. To me it is to hard to read about the hosting packages and looks like a lazy way to setup a site.
Having a forum platform as the site doesn't have anything to do with being "lazy". That's rediculous and I resent that insult. It has been my experience that this platform facilitates a smoother interaction between us and our clients. The model was pioneered with httpme and I have continued the model with Dotable.

I can't believe that anyone could find it harder to read about our hosting packages, because of the layout.
One thing I would look at too between hostgator and dotable would be location. I always go with US located business so there is no timezone problems, holiday schedules and so on.
Most of our clients come from the US. We hosts never work standard 9 - 5 hours, so it's incorrect to assume that because I am Aussie based, that no support is handled outside Aussie working hours.

I agree with Aussie, its not a lazy way, infact its different, Thats what makes them unique.

I am sure Aussie Bob runs a good show but I just hate that he uses a forum for the whole site. To me it is to hard to read about the hosting packages and looks like a lazy way to setup a site.

One thing I would look at too between hostgator and dotable would be location. I always go with US located business so there is no timezone problems, holiday schedules and so on.

Absolutely not true. On both counts.

1) What has location of Aussie Bob to do with the support offered by his company? Why not test their support by submitting a ticket at "US times" and see what the real-life response is, instead of making a silly assumption?

2) Having a forum-based website is actually less "lazy" then a static website that never changes. Consider that hostgator has to put up their site once. Then it can sit there forever. With dotable forums, you can see immediately if there are active customers, what kind of "tone" the company has with its customers, how support responds, etc...

If you have trouble understanding the plans offered by dotable, then you are in the wrong industry. My opinion is their plan listing pages are very clear and concise. And you can ask questions in their pre-sales forum for everyone to see/respond if you have any.

Dotable being one of the reseller accounts I have I can tell you that they have excellent support. While it may be "different" then the typical hosting website I actually like the forum format. I've never had any issues finding any information that I wanted about rates and such while I was researching.

As far as pricing I consider Dotable to be one of the better priced high quality reseller hosts out there.

[QUOTE=foobic;4454384]In comparing the two, note that Dotable allows overselling on their accounts, so you can really use the allocation they give you - to me this is equivalent to at least doubling the effective disk space and transfer.

In any case, if the cost of your reseller hosting account has such a significant effect, your prices are too low. My suggestion: Offer good service and reasonable allocations at a fair price and you should find that the main component of your cost is your own time.[/QUOTE

does overselling option really equivalent to double disk space as well as transfer -- that is the big obvious difference i saw between hostgator and dotable . So i am thinking should i go with dotable who offers overselling but higher price/bandwidth/disk space when compared to Hostgator aluminium plan.

anyone who would like to have their say on this are most welcome.

Thanks

The benefit of overselling-enabled (or "actual use method" if you want to be politically-correct ;)) reseller accounts depends on what plans you decide to offer and how much of their allowances your clients use.

Example: Say you have 10 clients each on a plan with 0.5GB space and 10GB transfer allowed, and your total actual use is 1.5GB space and 30GB transfer (ie. your clients on average use 30% of both).
On a reseller account with overselling enabled, a 2.5GB / 50GB plan would work, without overselling enabled you'd need a 5GB / 100GB plan.

Remember though, since you don't directly control your clients' usage this is something of a gamble. I'd be very surprised to see average usage more than 50% of the allowance but it could happen, in which case you'd have to upgrade your account.

In any case, if the cost of your reseller hosting account has such a significant effect, your prices are too low. My suggestion: Offer good service and reasonable allocations at a fair price and you should find that the main component of your cost is your own time.Now there's a nugget of wisdom right there! The focus should be on things like uptime, quality and responsiveness of support, other things that should ensure a long and fruitful collaboration with the reseller hosting provider. The space and data transfer per dollar (overselling enabled or not) should not be the main reason for choosing between providers, if you plan to resell hosting (unless of course you really think all other things are equal). Dig deeper, until you find the subtle traits that make one provider, the best for your business.

I am sure Aussie Bob runs a good show but I just hate that he uses a forum for the whole site. To me it is to hard to read about the hosting packages and looks like a lazy way to setup a site.

I've been looking around for a new reseller account and I would like to say that I find the forums format for Dotable extremely refreshing. So many providers have no forums, let alone open ones right off the front page.

Just as impressive is the publication off the front page of third party uptime stats for the last two years - http://status.dotable.com/ - which don't look doctored. I've never seen such transparency.

And my support submissions were handled personally within half an hour by the head of the tech department.