A reseller is simply a person or company that resells another company's products. To resell web hosting, some of the considerations you must make include:
a. What will separate you from the rest?
b. What plans do you want to offer?
c. Will your website be custom-designed, or do you have a template that you will use to get going quickly?
d. What billing software will you use?
e. How will you attract new customers?
f. How will customers be supported?
In the web hosting business, there are generally two ways that web hosting reselling is done:
1. The reseller purchases a "reseller plan" which allows them to host many accounts under a single "master account", for a set recurring fee. This is the most popular reselling method for experienced web professionals and businesses because after recovering the small recurring fee, the reseller keeps all of the profit from new accounts. This type of plan includes an additional software package called WHM (web hosting manager) with accounts that are using the cpanel control panel. WHM allows the reseller to set up new customer accounts, custom packages and plans, manage space, data transfer, and other features independently.
2. For less experienced resellers, or those who do not wish to be involved in support or other considerations, another option is to become affiliate partners of a major hosting company like MediaCatch LLC. With an affiliate program, resellers simply get a "cut" of the profit from all sales that they generate. In this case, all support, billing, etc. are done by the parent host company, usually under their own name. For more information on our affiliate program, or to sign up, go to: http://secure.mediacatch.com/affiliates/
MediaCatch LLC offers both types of accounts for resellers of hosting accounts. For more information on our reseller plans, go to: http://www.mediacatch.com/reseller.php
MediaCatch also offers a "turnkey" reseller website for selling domain registrations. This means that by simply following the instructions to add your branding information, pricing, etc., you can have a domain registration website up in a matter of minutes. For more information, or to sign up, please email sales@mediacatch.com.
Still have questions? Please contact sales@mediacatch.com, and one of our sales representatives will be happy to help you.
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