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06-08-2009, 02:21 AM #1Newbie
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List Of Reseller Hosting With/Without Enduser Support
Anyone have a quick list of reseller hosting with end user support and then an opposite list also?
List like so please:
With End User Suporrt:
Reseller 1
Reseller 2
Reseller 3
Without End User Support:
Reseller 1
Reseller 2
Reseller 3
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06-08-2009, 03:49 AM #2Disabled
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InnoHosting is the only reliable and reputable company that I know of that offers end user support. As for without end user support, pretty much any other reseller.
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06-08-2009, 04:30 AM #3Web Hosting Master
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I think any reseller company can offer you end-user support, the question is what you need to pay for it, some will give you a bargain others might not advertise the option but can offer it as an add-on.
I think you should look for the reseller partner(s) you want to work with, and go from there to see who can deliver what and for which price tag.
Being a reseller is most and for all finding the true partner for your company, they will manage the most important part of your business.
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06-08-2009, 04:34 AM #4Retired Moderator
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To add to the list, Cartikahosting and Eirca also offer end user support.
Resellers without end user support very common. Just visit the advertising forums and you'll find a good number of them.
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06-08-2009, 07:19 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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06-08-2009, 09:46 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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End user support vs reseller support?
I think you raise a very good point igxhost. Of course a reseller is expected to give the end user support, that is after all what an end user expects, and the whole reason the reseller is entitled to buy bulk services from a hosting company.
The problem is when the hosting company cannot be contacted and the reseller is making a claim to support end users, where you are merely contacting your host for the support, each time they have a problem. Of course the end user does not care where the support comes from as long as the support addresses the issues.
Take for example these, in my personal opinion, useless 24/7 Help Desks that make the end user feel more comfortable, but can't actually do anything, as in the recent case with mirni, when her scripts went bad. I would not count these as serious support.
I think the whole question of exactly what constitutes end user support and what is expected as reseller support, of which the reseller is merely relaying information to the end user. This needs to be first clarified.
To me, it would be a more interesting question if knucklesmcfly were to ask whether the hosting company was offering a serious SLA to resellers rather than some canned response 24/7 Help Desk only able to placate the end user with promises to have an Engineer look into it (the he returns from his day job). I have now found that this is code for one-man operation. Of course this all depends on what is in the SLA and how much the hosting compnay will charge you to support your end users for you.
The further question I would pose is: can we afford to risk our business to part-time hosting companies who rather than offer reseller support, but force resellers and end users alike to use these phoney canned response support desks?
To me, the most important consideration with a host is whether the compnay is operated and staffed full time with support people who have access to the reseller's space (which in turn implies whether the end user can be supported by the host).
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06-08-2009, 12:12 PM #7We do WordPress!
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I don't think that it's expected that a reseller host would support it's resellers' users. An add-on maybe, a free service for some, but that would create a huge infrastructure internally to be able to support that. If a company had 50 resellers and each of the resellers had 50 end-users, that's potentially 2500 tickets that could come in.
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06-08-2009, 02:42 PM #8Location = SoapBox
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This seems more like burdening a legitimate company with unnecessary procedures just to ensure they arent a part time business..
The real answer here is to research a company before purchasing and ensure they are a legitimate top level hosting company, vs a hobby business, etc..
Some whitelabel hosting providers offer actual phone support to reseller end users. Offer actual technicians to answer support tickets (ie the same ones that answer their own support tickets ), etc..
An SLA around support is almost impossible. Some questions can be answered and resolved on the spot, others require some time to resolve, others yet require infrastructure changes that may or may not occur 6 months to 24 months down the road. SLAing support is nearly impossible - and any SLA that is written would accommodate circumstances where senior staff, etc need to be engaged..
I am not against what you are saying, I just do not think an SLA will in any way act to protect a reseller consumer from shoddy white label support practices..www.cartika.com
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06-08-2009, 03:29 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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06-08-2009, 03:36 PM #10Location = SoapBox
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I know we do -
others would be
- mosso
- hostopia
- fasthosts
Microsoft offers a specialized hosting service as well in a white label capacity and seems to offer end user phone support for it
http://www.microsoft.com/hosting/cat...9-14f8e661daca
Oh yeah and i need to put a good word in for cartika hosting. a great host amazing support and have nothing bad to saywww.cartika.com
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06-08-2009, 03:45 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Weeding out parttime hosts
Well it is quite difficult to tell whether they are a registerered business operating part time, and filling in their absence with white label support practices. Or whether they are a committed full business with their own support.
The real answer here is to research a company before purchasing and ensure they are a legitimate top level hosting company, vs a hobby business, etc..
I am not against what you are saying, I just do not think an SLA will in any way act to protect a reseller consumer from shoddy white label support practices..
If the SLA burdens the business then suggest a way to weed out the parttimers that create an impression of being a large organisation?
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06-08-2009, 03:53 PM #12Retired Moderator
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Beachcomber has a sticky ad in "reseller hosting offers" offering end-user support.
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06-08-2009, 04:01 PM #13Location = SoapBox
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This is where we disagree - I think it is easy to find out..
Disagreement is healthy :-)
The web is great for being able to paint a picture of a large organisation. If a reseller has an urgent issue you either have to deal with these useless white label support desks or wait for the partime business owner to get home from the day job.
end of the day, a good company is a good company.. many resellers run absolutely SOLID businesses and provide a model that an upstream simply cannot support.. lets say specialized application support, or website design services they may offer, etc, etc, etc...
If the SLA burdens the business then suggest a way to weed out the parttimers that create an impression of being a large organisation?
Over to you.
Find out how a company operates, research a company you are interested in working with, look for things on their website that actually shows you how large they are, etc, etc, etc..
There is zero substitute for research unfortunately... no one is going to force a company to put - hey, we are a reseller on their website - and although I like your thinking - a support SLA wont help differentiate anything either..
sorry for sounding like a broken record - but, research, research research its the only viable answerwww.cartika.com
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06-08-2009, 04:02 PM #14Location = SoapBox
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06-08-2009, 05:09 PM #15Newbie
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If it's keeping the cost down providing my own user support should not be a problem. Unless my reselling exploded and I had thousands of customers.
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06-08-2009, 06:54 PM #16Newbie
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With or without enduser support
Wow, lots of good stuff here! I think resellers should cover 'Level I' support for their users and avoid the host-provided support. Some issues are of course too big to tackle, but many are too small to go through the host-provided support to waste time with. As a reseller, I think it's your ability to address some of those smaller issues more quickly that'll give you the edge.
It's nice to have the option to pay a premium to jump the queue and get your issue resolved immediately, too. It's a good safety net. Not sure how common that is, but know that Superb.net does that for sure... and you can call Superb and deal with techs by phone, too.
A support SLA would be great, but I think in many cases you're stuck with canned responses, especially since there are so many variables involved with support.
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06-08-2009, 08:37 PM #17We do WordPress!
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I agree. Level1 and level2 support issues should be handled by the reseller as they are quickly resolved. Level3 stuff sometimes can be handled by the reseller but most likely will need full ssh access to rectify.
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06-08-2009, 11:24 PM #18Newbie
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The problem with jumping in and trying to do too much yourself and biting off more than you can chew is it can eat away so much time! You can get lost in something for hours that was minutes worth of (experienced) tech work... hehe, I guess there's no guarantee the tech you get working on it will be any better though!
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06-09-2009, 02:11 AM #19New Member
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You could also look into one of the many godaddy reseller resellers out there. Most people undercut godaddy's prices and they allow you to offer whatever you want. examples would be infinityreseller