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ARULKS
08-24-2002, 12:51 AM
Dear Forum Members,

I am new to WHT and reselling. I would like to provide industry standard, proven and cost effective solutions to my customers and like to have ‘complete’ anonymity to establish my brand identity. I request your expert advice and suggestions to find the ‘right’ resellers who could provide all or any of the following requirements at the best reseller rates.

I would like to have the following in my plans:

1. Choice of both Windows and Unix (or Linux) platforms.
2. Server should be hosted in one of the top data centers in the US.
3. Technologically superior network, hardware and software configurations.
4. Flexibility to scale-up as my business grows.
5. Easy to use and powerful end user and admin control panels. Multi-level reselling and brandable control panel is a plus. Extensive online help manual is a must.
6. Integrated billing manager and usage monitor.
7. MySQL, SQL Server, Access database support. Oracle is a plus.
8. Leading shopping cart solution (StorefrontNow, SoftCart). I would prefer to outsource, but would not like to pay any upfront fees.
9. SSL Certificates (VeriSign, Entrust).
10. Payment gateway (VeriSign, CyberCash)
11. Merchant Account to accept all major credit and debit cards (Discount Rate < 2.5%, low monthly fee, low per transaction fee. No setup fees. No application fees. No other fees.) Electronic check processing.
12. Java, JSP, ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion, FrontPage support.
13. Domain name registrations and free transfer.
14. Excellent toll free and online technical support 24x7x365.
15. And much more.


I would like to deal only with the service provider or their Master Resellers (First level). Any help or suggestion in this regard will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance.

arulks@hotmail.com

Vortech
08-24-2002, 01:11 AM
H-Sphere is the only one that supports both windows and unix in the CP if thats what you are looking for. May want to try a search for hosts with H-Sphere support.

ARULKS
08-24-2002, 08:45 AM
I have gone through various reselling plans and have now shorlisted a very few. Your Matrixreseller.com is in the top of my list. But, I also need JSP, Java Support which your guys told me currently not supporting.

Vortech
08-24-2002, 10:24 AM
I don't want to make this an ad but we don't support JSP at all and not plans to as its just to unstable for us to want to deal with.

akashik
08-24-2002, 11:35 AM
Originally posted by ARULKS
Choice of both Windows and Unix (or Linux) platforms.
MySQL,
SQL Server,
Access database support.
Oracle is a plus.
Java,
JSP,
ASP,
PHP,
Cold Fusion,
FrontPage support.

...And much more.

Bearing in mind as a reseller you'll need to provide support for all that. If you're new to reselling you might want to start a little more 'vanilla', and work your way into offering more. Disregard if you know all those products already of course.

Greg Moore