I have been reading from WHT from sometime long.but i joined today.
i am looking to get into the webhosting industry.

which will be the best way to start?

resell dedicated server fom another company an use one server for shared, reseller and VPS hosting?

or lease hardware , colocaate it and sell own servers?

is it useful to colocate at a different place than your country as i a based in india and wan to colocate to different places.

Research, business plan, etc etc, it takes a long time...

i know. i am not going to start tomoroow. but was asking about the best possibble way to start

Are you good with managing servers? What skills do you bring to the table. That might be able to help us on recommending something.

1. Research
2. Buisness Plan
3. See a solicitor/Lawyer
4. Start with a reseller
5. Register company domain and design the site
6. Decide on your niche market

Thats a basic idea to get started

yes. i can manage servers.have 5+ experience with them.

There are many ways to start, a lot of it though depends on your business plan and what kind of budget you are working with and how big you want to be and what kind of services you really want to provide.

For quite a few, to dip into the web hosting industry most start off with a reseller account with another provider. This will give you the "hands on" experience required to better manage your web hosting business and get a better idea on what goes on behind the scenes.

Again this really depends on what you really want to do and also based on your own personal skills and budget.

For quite a few hosts its far easier to first rent then colocate as you get bigger as you have to factor in many different things. While co-location may seem cheaper there are other factors that do raise the price up like hardware replacement, and then you have depreciation, etc.

If you have a good size budget to work with, then of course that opens more doors allowing you to do more things. Just don't forget you have to advertise as well, so make sure to include that in your plan ;) "To make money, you have to spend money."

I would recommend starting with a VPS and resell dedicated servers for a reliable company. That is how a lot of my friends got into the industry. I would also recommend taking your time when writing, as it is very obvious that you are not using proper grammar. The majority of potential clients want to see professionalism in a boss and his/her employees.

I think you should start of with a reseller account then move to a VPS then to dedicated.

first I would recommend you to decide what EXACTLY you want to do. Upon this you can take further actions. Believe me, I started opening up my business without thinking about it and it was not a lot of success

Don't forget, especially since you have a tech background, that you need to identify customer markets to serve. In other words, research and decide on a marketing plan to reach some market segment or segments that you can serve profitably. The servers are important, too, but without customers, the hardware doesn't matter much.

The best way to start... is to start. Jump right in! But don't market yourself as something you're not.

If you have a personal website, I'd recommend moving it to your own dedicated server (look for something around $99/mo). At the very minimum, that will force you to deal with typical issues as they come up in the real world (spam, brute force, patching, installing apps, doing backups).

If you count your server cost as tuition, and spend some time hosting your own sites (and the sites of your friends/family), then you can quickly figure out what you don't know well enough.

A training-wheels reseller account will let you start hosting websites, but it's not going to teach you much.

Your mileage may vary, but I prefer the Rambo learning strategy -- parachute into the thick of it and fight your way out.