Hi all

I am starting up reseller web hosting biz based in India I have been doing webdesignin for last 2-3 years. I have opted for Hostgator Aluminum reseller plan (but not finalize yet). I need your advice whether to go with Hostgator or choose some other Host as my selling is personal website with 100-200mb and 1 gb DT enough coz they are less or moderate vistior. one more concerned is paying in US$ as I have to pay extra 2-3% of CC for forex Charges.Their is a local hosting company with which I am hosting 4-5 website but price is high i.e $25 PM for 12.5 gb where as hostgator give 24 GB so I am not able to decide yet Kindly give advice & suggestion

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HostGator is a pretty good choice for a start-up reseller. Recommended and reputable provider :)

thanks Jonathan for response. Have you reseller in India??

Are you looking for resellers based specifically in India? I don't think HostGator's have their servers based in India if that's what you're lookin for.

Are you looking for resellers based specifically in India? I don't think HostGator's have their servers based in India if that's what you're lookin for.
No I am not looking for resellers based in India. I was just asking whether you have any clients in India who are using youre reseller acc

Their is a local hosting company with which I am hosting 4-5 website but price is high i.e $25 PM for 12.5 gb where as hostgator give 24 GB so I am not able to decide yet Kindly give advice & suggestion

Not to detract you from Hostgator, I know that they're great, but when making the comparison you should make sure that you take into account the fact that HG doesn't allow overselling on its reseller accounts, which effectively makes them a bit more expensive than providers that do.

India is a big country in terms of population, I would think every established host has a client from India here and there (although there are some exceptions where hosts don't allow certain countries to sign up) - and Hostgator is a good company to start with since they don't oversell their reseller packages but as Dan said, they also don't allow you to oversell which limits you to how much space you can promise others.

India is a big country in terms of population, I would think every established host has a client from India here and there.
I totally agree with you.

MNEC, a hosting provider in India may give you the benefit of local support but make sure you sign up with a reputable provider.
Check if reseller package supports overselling feature, which usually has less disk space & quota resource because the quota is actual usage.

HTTPME.com and innohosting.com, I have reseller accounts with them both. No problems so far. I am sure everyone here will agree they are great, esp HTTPME. :)

Why don't do the search for the web hosting within India?

I think HostGator has one of the most stable networks you will find. They are great however they are also abit pricey and your plan as based on alloted space and not actual use.

I would sugest going with a smaller company. The reason why is that at hostgator i feel like im just a customer and they dont care about me.

based on alloted space and not actual use.

Could anybody explain thin is Layman term pls

deathbypie I'm really sorry that you feel this way. We care greatly about all of our customers! I'm the owner of hostgator and I care so much that I'm personally available to every single one of our 200,000 customers. I hope you don't mind but I'm sending you a pm now to see if I can assist you.

thanks!!

-Brent

MNEC I will suggest, first decide how much resources you need, do you really need tons of space and traffic. As you said you are hosting moderate sites, so sit down and calculate how much resources you actually need and then search for a suitable host.

About overselling/allotted space/actual usage, if overselling is enabled you can sell more than what you have been allotted and your account will be monitored for actual usage, if overselling is disabled, your account will be monitored for allotted space. So say you have a 10 Gb account and you created 1 Gb plan, with overselling disabled you can sell only 10 such accounts but if overselling is enabled you can sell more than 10 accounts as your actual usage will be monitored not what you have allotted in total.

HostGator, like many other hosts, has a money back guarantee. You really won't be risking anything giving them a try. You could publish a couple sites, test their support and connectivity, and see if they fit your needs before migrating all your sites.

thanks everybody for response I have short listed hostgator for now will post the exp with them soon I am still open for reseller option if someone is accepting INR

thanks everybody for response I have short listed hostgator for now will post the exp with them soon I am still open for reseller option if someone is accepting INR

Most of the hosting companies from India will accept payment in INR, through cheque, cash or online bank transfer, but most of them won't be able to match HG plan and pricing.

Startup with a cheap plan with limitations on disk space and bandwidth and try increasing to higher plans :stickout:

Why don't do the search for the web hosting within India?

Thats not a problem if seeking an alternative reseller provider out of India