Reseller hosting is the process by which the account holder has the ability to use his own hard disk space and bandwidth from his own hosting account to control multiple domains. He can then sell this hosting along with domains to third-party companies, organizations and other website owners. Essentially, the reseller host owns a large amount of bandwidth and hosting at a wholesale price and is able to resell parts of the same services. It is by far, the easiest way to sell hosting; as opposed to start out building servers, control panels, CRM's, etc... Buy eventually, it's quite common for very large resellers to take their clients and break off on to their own.
Sometimes, the reseller may consider getting exclusive use of the hosting instead of reselling the package in chunks for smaller profits. In either case, the reseller only has a pool of bandwidth and disk space to work with that decreases with each new website that is added on the account.
Some Reseller hosting companies include value-added services in addition to Reseller hosting such as web design or other Internet systems integrations. These particular companies tend to cater to small businesses and companies in the early stages. Someone who controls a reseller account will have the freedom to create his own pricing plans, services, and in some cases even software. The more flexible reseller hosts even grant you the ability to customize your brand and control panel, with some limitations./p>
To become a reseller you have to have a basic knowledge of the principles that are involved in basic Web hosting. All of the aspects involved in Web hosting, including nameservers, disk space usage, accumulated web traffic, and common server maintenance will most likely be under your control. As the Web hosting manager, you will be responsible for all of your customers' problems that arise. Since you are 100% responsible for finding customers, you may also have to do some marketing to recruit customers to signup with you. These plans would most likely include enticing bandwidth, pricing, and customer service offerings.
The quality of support should probably by your biggest guide in shopping for a cheap Reseller hosting company, as this what separates the success of most hosts today.
