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Choosing the best reseller hosting plan

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Unlike shared hosting, reseller hosting allows you to create sub-accounts of your main account, and offer web hosting accounts to your friends and family, or even resell web hosting to your customers. You will be easily able to create your own plans, bill your own customers, and no one will ever know that you are reselling another company, when using our services. Our reseller hosting plans are completely anonymous. As your silent partner, we will be constantly working in the backend, providing you with the tools you need to succeed in your reseller web hosting venture. Our duties include monitoring your server, performing software and system upgrades, securing your server against malicious attacks, and assisting you whenever you need any help. This way, you will be able to concentrate on finding clients for your reseller hosting business.

However, choosing the best reseller hosting plan has never been an easy task, especially for users looking to start their first reseller hosting business. Unlike experienced resellers who are able to know how much space and bandwith they need, new resellers are unable to predict their usage. Users new to reseller hosting are particularly unable to tell how much disk space and bandwidth they will be using.

If you are new to the reseller hosting business, then it is unlikely that you start consuming a lot of diskspace and bandwidth from the first time, as our experience shows. Most of the time, users do not use all of the resources allocated to them. Moreover, all of our reseller hosting plans allow you to oversell your resources. In other words, you will be able to sell as much disk space and bandwidth as you want, and we will only charge you for the resources you consume.

Because of the reasons stated above, it is unlikely that you start consuming a lot of disk space and bandwidth from the first few days. Therefore, I personally suggest that you start with our smallest reseller hosting plan. You could always upgrade to the next plan, without any downtime, not even one minute! Your customers will never notice.

On the other hand, if you are an established business looking to enter the webhosting market, you might want to opt for a higher plan. Our reseller hosting plans are very affordable, and are next to nothing for an established business. This way, you will ensure that you are instantly able to scale for your customer demands, as you never know when business comes your way, especially if you have an established brand name, and all the marketing/sales channels are already in place.

As for our experienced users who need a lot of resources and have no problem managing their own servers, our dedicated servers plans offer the same features available on our reseller hosting plans, but are much more flexible, as each aspect of the server could be customised by the user. These dedicated servers are unmanaged, and include root access to the server. The choice of control panels include cPanel control panel, DirectAdmin and the powerful webmin system administration software.

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Choosing a domain name for your reseller hosting business

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Hello,

As you might know, Courtix Hosting started as a company with one reseller hosting account, and grew to a company with over 10 servers till date, and we’re still growing. Now it’s the time to give our customers a helping hand! We will be writing a series of reseller hosting articles, which will help you build your reseller hosting company from the ground till top.

Here are some of the articles which will be included under our reseller hosting tutorials:

  • Choosing a domain name for your reseller hosting business
  • Choosing the best reseller hosting plan
  • Setting up your domain reseller account with Courtix Hosting
  • Setting up an SSL Certificate on your reseller hosting website
  • Configuring Your Reseller Hosting Account from Webhost Manager
  • Setup Private Nameservers for your reseller hosting plan
  • and more…

First thing to do when you want to start a reseller hosting business, is to choose a domain name. Choosing a domain name is the most important step in setting up your reseller hosting business, as it would be really hard to switch to a different domain name later on.

From our experience, the best reseller hosting domain name is a domain which satisfies the following conditions:

  • Short and Easy to remember: Your reseller hosting domain names should be easy, short to remember, and should not cause any misspellings.
  • Register additional extensions for your domain: Sometimes, it is useful to register the .net, .org , .info versions of your domain name, in addition to the .com version. The idea is to safeguard the goodwill your domain commands.
  • Register related domain names: Let’s say you operate a company called Anyname Hosting, you might want to register anynamehosting.com , anyname.com, anynamewebhosting.com, etc. If you do this early in your business’ lifecycle, you can save a lot of litigation money when you have grown into a large business.
  • Register a catchy domain name: A catchy domain name intrigues people and invites them to visit your reseller hosting website. For example, flyingball.com makes visitors think about how a ball could fly, and they enter your website into their browser, because they want to know how a ball could fly.
  • Brandable: If you are marketing a product or supporting a cause, then your domain name should be brandable. Brandable means that it should stick into the heads of the people who see it. A brandable domain name should also reflect your website’s identity, i.e. resellerhosting.com should sell reseller hosting, not light bulbs! :)
  • Do not use dashes or numbers: Using these characters may confuse your clients and make your reseller hosting domain name harder for them to remember.

Ideally, all of the above points should apply for your domain name. However, not all of them will apply most of the time. Just make sure your reseller hosting domain name includes the word “host”, “webhost”, “hosting” , or “webhosting”, that will do the trick, and help you fare better with search result rankings as well (courtixhosting.com , for example).

That’s all for today, happy reseller hosting domain shopping. :)

We hope this reseller hosting domain shopping article is helpful. Our next reseller hosting article will discuss choosing the best reseller hosting plan to start your hosting business and grow.

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The Rise and Progression of the Web Hosting Industry

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Web Hosting Services

Part – I

To have a website is no longer considered to be a gimmick. It has become more of a requirement. Businesses of all sizes from across the globe have a website these days, it is not just limited to the developed nations like the US and England but also developing nations like India and Brazil and third world countries like Pakistan and Vietnam.  A website was more or less a way to share information over the internet before the eCommerce boom in the late nineties, when many web masters and businessmen made fortunes by exploring an untapped treasury. With all the news and publicity these men made, it didn’t take long for the common man to notice the opportunities in eCommerce and jump in the internet bandwagon with their own ideas. Home businesses saw a new rise with housewives and (more…)

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The Importance of Prompt Support and a Satisfied Customer for a Reseller

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Reseller Web Hosting Explained

Part – III

To beat the competition, the best thing you can do is to listen to your customer’s feedback and act upon it to improve your services. Make sure you pay special attention and provide easy access for your customers to reach you (owner) directly. Some customers can be really difficult but for your own benefit, pay more attention to customers who complain the most. Try and maintain a personal relationship with them and encourage them from time to time to not just report problems that they are facing with their hosting account but to probe the features and test the service to its capacity. This will not just help you improve your service but also build a rapport with customers as someone who listens to them and strives to provide them with the best. In the long run this simple practice will (more…)

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Things to Know About Reseller Web Hosting

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Reseller Web Hosting Explained

Part – II

Considering the complexity of internet, it is not as complex as the general notion is to become a reseller. Software automate most of the day-to-day reseller account management tasks and with amount of people writing about web hosting, a simple Google search will fetch you all the help you will need to do it all by yourself. However, if you are a total newbie to reselling web hosting account you can start with learning from everyday tasks in managing your own web hosting account, try and understand how to permanently fix recurring problems that you face, find out what could make the service better or what new feature or software can be a great help and other things like that as these are the problems your clients may be going through with your service too. Learn from your own experiences and (more…)

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Reseller Web Hosting Explained

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Part – I

Web hosting is one of the most exciting businesses over the internet as it has a lot of scope for aspiring entrepreneurs. As a new business, web hosting is simple to setup and requires a fairly small initial investment compared to any other business. You need not be an IT expert to manage your web hosting business as the software made available to you automate everyday tasks such as managing your account and billing thereby making it is as simple as pointing and clicking the available options. Most of the critical web hosting business processes such as server management and support can be outsourced to professionals and BPO companies that specialize in the web hosting sector. So practically, to start a web hosting company all you have to do is (more…)

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How to find Best Reseller Hosting

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

In the first two parts of this series of articles, the decision to select a web hosting company for a reseller business is much more difficult than the decision to select the best reseller hosting for you. This is one decision that can make or break your own company even before you hit the break – even point. Marketing sells best reseller web hosting same as any other business, top of the line companies spend a lot of money or marketing campaigns and offer very lucrative deals. Some web hosting companies offer all inclusive packages and make it as simple as marketing for you to start your own web hosting company by signing up for best reseller hosting. A few top of the line web hosts offer $50 worth of Google Adwords credit free to get your campaign started. However, there are a few more important criterias you need to keep in mind in order to find the best reseller hosting deal that meets your requirements, consider these –

Server – The server your reseller account is on can make a critical difference between you and your competitors. It is best to compare the quality of server and other hardware to zero in on the best reseller hosting solution. Contact a web host’s sales department and ask questions if you are unable to find the information on their website but make sure you know the hardware your reseller account will be hosted from.

Network – Preferably Tier 1 carriers, check for the carriers your hosting company is signed with and their network up time in the recent past. Make sure you also run a check on how the carriers fare in the area your hosting company’s servers are located in, quality of service provided by ISPs differs from area to area. Overselling is a clever idea to make maximum profits out of limited resources, however make sure that your web host has the resources to support your growing business and offers the flexibility to add resources as and when required.

Scalability and upgrade options – You should be prepared to expand your business by adding resource or upgrading to a professional package from a starter package. The best reseller hosting packages are highly flexible and have the ability to grow with your growing business. Flexible packages save you from the hassle of moving your account when the need to upgrade arises.

Software – For the success of a reseller business you need the software to manage your business efficiently. WHM is the leading software to manage your reseller account, the best reseller hosting accounts will feature WHM as the control panel. Your hosting company should also provide you with a set of useful features that you can offer to your customers. If you plan to offer unique features or services, find out if there is an option to add software and features to your control panel and offer the same selectively to your customers.

Easy sign up – Ensure that the sign up process is not complicated or confusing. Sometimes web hosts try and add charges like setup fee and additional features which you may not really need, so carefully check the amount to be paid before you make the payment. Look carefully while you sign up and however you design your own website, make sure that you have a simple and straightforward sign up process for your customers.

Some of the best reseller hosting packages are offered to you by Courtix.

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Are There Any Best Reseller Hosting Options Available for You

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

As explained in the first part of this series of article, starting a web hosting business is the easiest way to expand your online business or start a side business. With the advent of business process outsourcing, you can outsource critical technical aspects such as server administration, network management and customer support. There are a number of service providers, individuals and freelancers in these fields whose services can be used by individuals or small web hosting companies that can not afford to hire full time staff in order to provide professional service to their customers.

Support tickets are answered for as less as $1 per ticket by experienced professionals or you can hire the services of support teams from third world countries for less than $20 per week. Server administrators for top web hosts usually have nothing to do apart from monitoring server status and stats, so a lot of them offer to keep an eye on your customers’ accounts at marginal costs and provide support if something goes wrong. With such options available, anyone can start their own web hosting company without worrying about the intricate technicalities involved. You can even hire someone to market your company or web hosting packages and pay them only when they get you a customer, this way you don’t have to pay anything upfront and not a buck until you are in business apart from the cost to get your reseller business up and online. However, handling a business a demanding as web hosting might not be everyone’s cup of tea, below are a few points you can ponder on to know if you can become a reseller-

Own Multiple Domain Names? – If you own a business that owns multiple domain names you should consider purchasing the best reseller hosting account you can find to control your domain names from one location. Additionally, you can also begin selling web hosting and domain names and increase your profits by working a few additional hours per week.

Designer or Developer? – Perhaps you are a web designer, developer or a web master and offer your services to clients who already have a web hosting account. You can consider offering web hosting services to your customer for their new and existing projects. If your clients love your work they may want to try your web hosting service as well hoping you will be good at it too. You can carry the goodwill from your work to make some money from web hosting.

The nerd everyone looks up to for help with computers? – So you are the guy everyone calls up when something goes wrong with their computers and you also surf the internet a lot to know how it all works. Many might have sought your assistance to purchase domain names and set up a website too, you are in luck to make some money on the side by opting for a best reseller hosting and begin offering web hosting accounts to friends, family and other prospective clients.

Hobbyist? Many web hosting companies offer best reseller hosting for those who do not want to be in the business of reseller web hosting but need a reseller account to manage all the domain names they accumulate as a hobby.

I hope this was helpful if you were not sure whether you should opt for reseller hosting, in the next part of this series of articles we will go through a few tips to remember to pick the best reseller hosting plan.

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Best Reseller Hosting – An Overview

Friday, June 12th, 2009

Best reseller hosting is hard to find, this article tries to simplify the concept for you in two parts, firstly, provide a general overview of reseller hosting and in the second part provide tips on how to select a reseller package.

With billions of websites and trillions of dollars involved, web hosting is one of the most lucrative businesses online. New and experienced businessmen from across the globe are coming up with new web hosting ideas and concepts hoping to capitalise on the demand for best reseller hosting services. Concepts like personals web spaces, blogs, family albums and wedding sites have become so popular that even common folks are looking for hosting solutions. Such concepts have helped the demand go up gradually over the past two decades, a few top of the line companies boast of over 100,000 customers. Innovations like shopping carts led to the rise of eCommerce and software like Word Press and RSS created a niche of their own luring in millions of users from across the globe to create a website or a blog and jump in the internet bandwagon.

Many entrepreneurs saw the opportunity here and made the best reseller hosting packages work magic for them. Some large companies also offer master reseller packages which can be used to resell best reseller hosting packages to other businessmen interested in offering reseller web hosting too. There are a few cases in which a couple of college students collaborated their skills in marketing and server administration to start a web hosting company, some of them started by offering hosting packages with personalised, one- to -one support which is very popular among individuals and small businessmen who do not know much about the technical aspects of web hosting and need someone to assist them as and when required. These small companies sign up for a best reseller hosting plan and start selling their services to those looking for a support staff that goes the extra mile. The support staff of large companies is known to handle only a predefined set of support queries and anything that falls outside their purview is dismissed as unsupported leaving some people stranded with technicalities that may have only taken a minute or two to address.

Small companies offer low cost and budget services, their prices for best reseller hosting service start from as low as $5 per month and go up to hundreds of dollars depending on the scale you are looking to operate on. Some of the best reseller hosting offers from top of the line web hosts makes it easy for anyone to start a web hosting company with a very small capital investment. As you grow bigger, you can sign up for master reseller plans and expand your business. Another option is to start small with the best reseller hosting plan you can afford but offer all the services to give the impression of a medium to large scale operation and add resources as and when the need may arise. Make sure the best reseller hosting you have signed up for from a master reseller or web hosting company is scalable and upgradeable as you will dearly need flexibility when your customer base starts expanding.

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