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04-27-2005, 06:35 AM #1Junior Guru Wannabe
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pro's and con's for reseller
what the advantage of getting a areseller account? im thinking of getting one as i want to run a couple of projects using about 5 or 6 seperate domains and hsoting. i would prefer to have them all under one host and the easiest and cheapest way i though was using a reseller account. do you think this is the best way to go?
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04-27-2005, 09:19 AM #2Web Hosting Master
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Sounds like you answered your own question by listing a few of the advantages of a reseller account. Being able to allocate your space to different projects as required you can probably save yourself some money over paying for a shared account for each individual project.
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04-27-2005, 10:22 AM #3Aspiring Evangelist
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Hi,
Reseller Plan has the following advantages too:
* your unique hosting plans
* storage space and bandwidth are shared among users - many users only use a very small amount of space and bandwidth despite they sign up a higher plan.
* like running your own hosting company.
* create hosting accounts by yourself.
* etc..
Good luck!
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04-27-2005, 11:01 AM #4Junior Guru
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General Pros and Cons of a Reseller account:
Pros:
+ Very affordable
+ Create virtual accounts quickly and easily
+ Have access to pre-installed software
+ Account is managed (don't have to worry about server administration or security patches)
+ The easiest and cheapest way to start a hosting company
Cons:
- No root access
- Inability to install/run certain software
- Account is under a shared environment / resources are shared• IceStorm.com - Top Provider of Web Hosting, Reseller Hosting, and Cloud VPS Plans.
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04-27-2005, 11:05 AM #5Retired Moderator
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do you think this is the best way to go?
One thing to weigh carefully is the risk of having all your sites down at the same time, which can be a nightmare.
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04-27-2005, 11:37 AM #6Web Hosting Master
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For his purpose, dont' you think a shared multi-domain account is cheaper.?
He just want to host multiple sites.
Generally a shared account is cheaper than a reseller account.
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04-27-2005, 12:37 PM #7Eternal Member
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Originally posted by hellind2
For his purpose, dont' you think a shared multi-domain account is cheaper.?
He just want to host multiple sites.
Generally a shared account is cheaper than a reseller account.
what the advantage of getting a areseller account? im thinking of getting one as i want to run a couple of projects using about 5 or 6 seperate domains and hsoting. i would prefer to have them all under one host and the easiest and cheapest way i though was using a reseller account. do you think this is the best way to go?
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04-27-2005, 01:46 PM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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thanks for the advice guys i think i prefer the idea of the reseller and it would give me the option to sell hosting if i ever want to.
how does the add on domains work ive not come accross that before?
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04-27-2005, 05:07 PM #9Retired Moderator
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how does the add on domains work ive not come accross that before?
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04-27-2005, 07:15 PM #10Junior Guru Wannabe
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would that worj the same as web forwarding or would it keeo the name of the domain in the addres bar as if u were on that domain all the time?