Reseller hosting

What is reseller web hosting?
Reseller hosting is a type of hosting in which the account holder maintains a reseller web hosting account (a master account) on a shared server and typically sells sub-accounts to clients. Resellers usually act as intermediaries in that they sell disk space and bandwidth allocated to them by their host.

The majority of web hosts that aren't using reseller accounts themselves offer reseller web hosting.

 

Who uses reseller web hosting?

Reseller hosting is most commonly used by those who want to start their own web hosting company. Reseller web hosting accounts provide a relatively inexpensive way for newcomers to the industry to offer web hosting services.

People with more than one website also often have reseller accounts but for their own use. Reseller accounts allow the account holders to adjust the amount of disk space and bandwidth allotted to each site and to manage all their sites via one control panel login.

 

Advantages of reseller hosting

• As with shared web hosting, account holders can choose a package size to meet their needs and upgrade or downgrade when necessary rather than using an entire server.
• The web host is responsible for server maintenance.
• Account holders can access all of their and their clients' sites via one control panel.
• Account holders can assign and modify the available disk space and bandwidth available to all the sites on the reseller account.
• Reseller account holders can earn revenue as a web host.
• With private nameservers or private label reseller hosting, resellers can create their own brand without the appearance of being a reseller.
• New web hosts can enter the market with low startup expenses by using a reseller account.

 

Disadvantages of reseller hosting

• Reseller hosting plans are more expensive than shared hosting plans, so they're cost-effective only if the allotted space is used.
• If the servers are down frequently or there are other problems, resellers lose credibility with their clients.
• If resellers have to change web hosts, the change can cause inconvenience to the resellers' clients as well as to the reseller.

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Contents

• 1 What is reseller web hosting?
• 2 Who uses reseller web hosting?
• 3 Advantages of reseller hosting
• 4 Disadvantages of reseller hosting