What is the benefit of having a dedicated ip with your reseller account or even a shared account for that matter?

The only reason for shared hosting is really for SSL. You don't need a dedicated IP otherwise. You may need dedicated IPs for nameservers I'm not sure. I know you will need 2 but I think other resellers can use those IPs for their nameservers also maybe.

A dedicated IP does serveral things. 1 it lets the Search Engines know you are serious. I hear rumors that some websites on a shred IP can effect your ranking. I'm not sure about that. It may also keep your email flowing. I think the spam lists look at the IP so if one of the sites on your shared hosting is sending out spam and gets black listed on one or more of the spam lists you might find your email blocked.

If you need to use SSL for e-commerce site to secure transaction, you need dedicated IP.

Its just an extra ip address that you can use to setup different things on your account such as a mailing dns.

1 it lets the Search Engines know you are serious.
Really? do I have to wear a tie too?

I hear rumors that some websites on a shred IP can effect your ranking.
That's a myth.

It may also keep your email flowing. I think the spam lists look at the IP so if one of the sites on your shared hosting is sending out spam and gets black listed on one or more of the spam lists you might find your email blocked.

Emails go through the shared IP even if your site have a dedicated IP.

To the OP, other than for SSL, nameservers and anonymous FTP, there are not real advantage of have your dedicated IP, it's a valuable resource that should be used carefully.

That's a myth. Indeed it is.

it's a valuable resource that should be used carefully.IPv6 can't come too soon. :)

I get asked a lot about providing IP's for SEO purposes and ever single time I send them to:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/myth-busting-virtual-hosts-vs-dedicated-ip-addresses/

I would love to explain to AtlantaNAP that I let people have IP's for search engine optimization purposes...

SSL is the only real need for a dedicated IP in todays hosting environment.

Not rDNS and not DNS, not to "mask" who your reselling for... etc.

I get asked a lot about providing IP's for SEO purposes and ever single time I send them to:

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/myth-busting-virtual-hosts-vs-dedicated-ip-addresses/

I would love to explain to AtlantaNAP that I let people have IP's for search engine optimization purposes...

SSL is the only real need for a dedicated IP in todays hosting environment.

Not rDNS and not DNS, not to "mask" who your reselling for... etc.

Google declared that they do not consider dedicated/shared IPs when ranking.

Also, email servers bind to the server's main IP, a dedicated IP will not change the IP of the mail server.

Isn't that what I just said?