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[PongGod]

The more I read on the forum, the more I'm beginning to consider a reseller plan. Basically, I'm an ASP.NET/MS-SQL developer and I foresee myself developing (and possibly managing) a relatively small number of websites for people who likely have neither the technical skills nor desire to get too involved with maintaining their websites. So, I need to be able to host multiple domains, have multiple databases, and probably multiple FTP accounts.

The obvious advantage of reseller accounts, as I understand them, is that they give you the ability to provide the website owner (my customer) the tools to manage their site in more or less the same way they could if they directly set up their hosting account with GoDaddy or whomever. But, if my customers end up being people that don't want to mess with any of that, then this capability is not important. However, after looking at ResellerZoom.com, which I saw recommended in another thread, it seems the sheer capacity of resources available, e.g. unlimited databases, 200 domains, make it worth the slightly higher cost.

Any insights on this matter are appreciated!

- Robert -

[RSNET-John]

Robert,

The main advantage that a reseller account provides over a shared account is the ability to offer each customer their own control panel just in case they want to change something without contacting you. All of their domains can still be fully managed by you, etc.

Also, most hosting providers do not allow reselling of their shared services, so you'll definately need to purchase a reseller account if you plan on offerring customers hosting services through yourself.

[PongGod]

Originally Posted by RSNET-John

Robert,

The main advantage that a reseller account provides over a shared account is the ability to offer each customer their own control panel just in case they want to change something without contacting you. All of their domains can still be fully managed by you, etc.

Also, most hosting providers do not allow reselling of their shared services, so you'll definately need to purchase a reseller account if you plan on offerring customers hosting services through yourself.

Just to clarify, I have no interest in reselling shared services. I merely want to develop some sites for others with the expectation that I would most likely be taking responsibility for routine maintenance of those sites. But, to accommodate the cases where a client wants to have some degree of involvement with content update or whatever, the reseller route is starting to look like the wiser choice.

- Robert -

[Softsys Hosting]

I agree Robert... You will be offloaded of some simple tasks like creating email addresses/etc. for the clients as they will be having the control panel they can play with to accomplish their tasks..

Cheers,

[realvaluehosting]

Also, most hosting providers do not allow reselling of their shared services, so you'll definately need to purchase a reseller account if you plan on offerring customers hosting services through yourself.

Sorry I don't agree on this with you. We have 100s of shared hosting clients who buy another shared hosting plans for their clients and friends. This way they don't have to pay recurring charges every month like they have to pay if they buy a reseller account.

What's the issue in this? Why a company won't allow this