What is the best way to go when starting a hosting website? I want the best possible spending/earnings ratio. I have seen some free reseller hosting, but the earnings are tiny. So I am willing to spend money as long as my potential earnings are worth the work, what can I expect with a average quality site when starting up a hosting website?

What is the best way to go when starting a hosting website? I want the best possible spending/earnings ratio. I have seen some free reseller hosting, but the earnings are tiny. So I am willing to spend money as long as my potential earnings are worth the work, what can I expect with a average quality site when starting up a hosting website?

I'll be totally honest with you.

Hosting is not easy, you will not get rich quick, and it can take 2~3 years before hosting starts paying your bills if you put in all of the work and effort necessary. Oh, and it *IS* a *LOT* of work - it's not easy like you would imagine.

As for quality, it depends on who you go with if you start out on a reseller - and I honestly suggest that you do start with a reseller unless you are an experienced system administrator. If you start out on a VPS or a Dedicated you could quickly find yourself overwhelmed with the technical aspect of web hosting instead of the customer-service side of things.

As Michael said, if you are an experienced admin... I would suggest a VPS. One advantage to a VPS is that you could potentially sell reseller hosting as well.

No doubt about it, it's alot of work. And it will require most of your life to grow a successful hosting business. I wish you the best of luck!

Thanks for the help :D

I'll be totally honest with you.

Hosting is not easy, you will not get rich quick, and it can take 2~3 years before hosting starts paying your bills if you put in all of the work and effort necessary. Oh, and it *IS* a *LOT* of work - it's not easy like you would imagine.

As for quality, it depends on who you go with if you start out on a reseller - and I honestly suggest that you do start with a reseller unless you are an experienced system administrator. If you start out on a VPS or a Dedicated you could quickly find yourself overwhelmed with the technical aspect of web hosting instead of the customer-service side of things.


I TOTALLY agree! Start small and take your clients with you!

You will produce a good strong stable and loyal community!

I would strongly suggest creating a business plan and sticking to it. If you think that grabbing a reseller account, VPS or dedicated server is going to pay off without any sort of plan, think again!

How much money are you willing to invest? There are expenses, when you start to grow, that not only include the servers, networks, etc. but also personnel, advertising, etc.

Are you prepared to wake up at 3 AM when your server crashes?

Some food for thought. I wish you the best if you decide to get into hosting, but ensure you have a plan before you do so.

Free reseller hosting?? Where did you find that?

i think you must go for managed vps as reseller hosting depends a lot on the company you have brough from and u have limited control start with managed vps

I'll be totally honest with you.

Hosting is not easy, you will not get rich quick, and it can take 2~3 years before hosting starts paying your bills if you put in all of the work and effort necessary. Oh, and it *IS* a *LOT* of work - it's not easy like you would imagine.

As for quality, it depends on who you go with if you start out on a reseller - and I honestly suggest that you do start with a reseller unless you are an experienced system administrator. If you start out on a VPS or a Dedicated you could quickly find yourself overwhelmed with the technical aspect of web hosting instead of the customer-service side of things.

I agree. If you want to get involved in the web hosting business you better have a lot of money saved up because it's not one of those you get rich overnight schemes. Webhosting is an actual business where it takes effort and sacrifices must be made. If you have experience with servers then a VPS would be highly recommended because you are also able to sell reseller accounts as well which generate a decent amount of money. If you don't have experience you can start with a reseller and in the future just upgrade to a VPS.

With free reseller hosting anything is a profit... can't complain about that (lucky you) :D

I would suggest two options. Start as a Reseller or VPS owner. I would suggest to go for reseller plan till your hosting business gets recognized or noticed by the people. Once you start to get sales then upgrade it to vps. Once your requirement exceed from the current VPS environment then go for dedicated servers. One small step at a time is the best option for hosting business.

I would suggest two options. Start as a Reseller or VPS owner. I would suggest to go for reseller plan till your hosting business gets recognized or noticed by the people. Once you start to get sales then upgrade it to vps. Once your requirement exceed from the current VPS environment then go for dedicated servers. One small step at a time is the best option for hosting business.

Good Advice

Best way - managed vps + RoR hosting and similar soft.

Are you prepared to wake up at 3 AM when your server crashes?
What if it were a managed server? Would you still have to wake up at 3 AM when your server crashes?

Most owners that I know, even though they may have a team, would wake up if the server crashes. You don't want to be a absentee owner. You need to get in the trenches and get dirty. Even if you have a management team, it's your responsibility when the server goes down and even if you can't add anything to get it back up, you should be in the thick of things.