Making money

amandeep · 05-21-2006, 11:30 AM

hey all ,

I want to make money reselling web hosting. I see two paths:

Be an affiliate and get money from simple referrals.

Be a reseller and buy services and resell them.

If I become a reseller, what do I do, spend $15 a month on 5 gigs of space, and resell the 5 gigs into two or three "chunks" each sold at $20?

replies appreciated .

John Scott · 05-21-2006, 06:52 PM

I would recommend the affiliate route. Reseller hosting is a horrible business model; time consuming and hardly profitable.

silvermoon · 05-22-2006, 12:08 AM

Hi,
That's the basic reseller idea. You buy the larger chunk of space, bandwith etc and then resell it it in smaller chunks. You'll still need to provide support to your customers so your choice in a host can be important. And you do want to know a little about hosting yourself, though some of the hosting details will be left to the person you host with. Find a home for your online business.
silvermoon

WebzPro · 05-22-2006, 11:24 AM

We have some very successful resellers some that have been with us since we opened our doors for business.

To be a successful reseller you have to a dependable host for one. You will have to base your business on quality service, hosting features not the amount of space and bandwidth you sell. Reselling can teach you some valuable lessons in running a business. It allows you to come up with a business plan, execute it and try to succeed.

Do your research on reseller hosts. The last thing you need is to buy into a fly by night host trying to make a quick buck. The best way to avoid support issues to be with a reliable host that delivers a quality environment that is stable. Stable servers that are well maintained is the key to having simple support issues.

Next, if you have never had a reseller account and are unfamiliar with them, don't just go out get an account and open for business. Get a small reseller package to start, get to know how to use the features, control panel and practice all the basics till, your comfortable. Research billing systems, support desks and find the one that best fits your needs. You might find that you don't want to do this after all. At least you investment was small and you did not take on any clients and have to disappoint them in the process.

There are many other things that go into it, those are just a few things to chew on.

Sabeur · 05-23-2006, 08:39 AM

I think its too late to start hosting now, you would stand a better change in making money if you do webdesign services with it.

shahab6 · 06-05-2006, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabeur

I think its too late to start hosting now, you would stand a better change in making money if you do webdesign services with it.

True you rather do webdesign and offer your own website hosting.

megamoose · 06-11-2006, 06:21 AM

I personally wouldn't get into the buisness. There are so many other web hosting companies that it is quite hard to get a lot of customers, IMO.

Mark

hostingoption · 06-17-2006, 08:17 AM

I think both idea is good,

if you have own site and you add the affi. on your site and get money

For reseller - if you are looking for local town hosting order, there is no need for website, but if you are traget the global you need a website for that.

Swizi · 06-21-2006, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by amandeep

hey all ,

I want to make money reselling web hosting. I see two paths:

Be an affiliate and get money from simple referrals.

Be a reseller and buy services and resell them.

If I become a reseller, what do I do, spend $15 a month on 5 gigs of space, and resell the 5 gigs into two or three "chunks" each sold at $20?

replies appreciated .

The way I see it is you expect to make money for doing very little as a reseller, just selling the space and that is all, there's support to include, there's managing your clients, it's not as simple as selling the space and sitting back.

I suggest you go for the affiliate option until you re-think about the reseller idea.

labrocca · 09-09-2006, 01:25 AM

Steer far away..very far. It's cut-throat business with very low margins that get eaten up by customer issues and support. It's doubtful even as a reseller you did well that you would make more than $500-$1000 a month and that's consider success...

Affiliate programs are great. If you do sign up a lot of people and feel that you can simple retain those clients for yourself then go for it. However to start an affiliate program works well. You can offer many options to end-users yet have no hassle with the actual hosting itself. You just sign them up and take your commission.

Angelus · 09-11-2006, 10:19 AM

How about buying a large chunk of space at a reliable host and then offere small chunks but localy, at your country where hosting is expensive?

p.l.u.r.

**ToddW** · 09-12-2006, 02:00 AM

Sure - local customers are great.

Angelus · 09-12-2006, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ToddW

Sure - local customers are great.

But do you think they will bring money?

p.l.u.r.

**ToddW** · 09-12-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Angelus

But do you think they will bring money?

p.l.u.r.

People you deal with in person and that become customers are more likely to pay more for web hosting, and design than those you find online looking for such things.

People who are online already are kind of "in the know" and most likely are shopping around for "the best deal". I'm not saying you can rip-off local people but they are more likely to pay mroe for your service since they are not in the know as much and more likely they trust someone/company more if they can see them in person.

Angelus · 09-13-2006, 12:50 PM

I agree with you but I don't know so many people who need hosting

p.l.u.r.

p.s. sorry for hijacking this thread, I'm going to stop now

CJ Jefferson · 09-21-2006, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by John Scott

I would recommend the affiliate route. Reseller hosting is a horrible business model; time consuming and hardly profitable.

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Originally Posted by Swizi

The way I see it is you expect to make money for doing very little as a reseller, just selling the space and that is all, there's support to include, there's managing your clients, it's not as simple as selling the space and sitting back.

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Originally Posted by labrocca

Steer far away..very far. It's cut-throat business with very low margins that get eaten up by customer issues and support.

Great advice for amandeep with which I wholeheartedly agree. There are far easier ways to make money on the web than becoming a reseller.

DataFeedFile.com · 09-21-2006, 01:04 PM

I recomend the affiliate marketing industry also, it is vast and enourmous market.

Join affiliate networks like CJ, Linkshare and ShareASale.

Start making money...

bwb · 09-28-2006, 06:57 PM

I wanted to throw in my suggestion that reseller hosting can be very profitable IF you do it correctly. Just like the affiliate industry you do not compete in the general market, find a niche and focus on that and charge a premium.

So if you are passionate about counter strike gaming you could start a hosting service focused on that niche. Host counter strike gaming clan sites, bundle free coutner strike clan templates and software that is all ready to use, offer options such as game servers, etc etc. Plus if you do something like genalogy you know what script they are using to do that, you can tweak your hosting, less problems, no chaos of everyone using tons of insecure scripts, or even make it a service like basecamp.

Or another example, if you are really interested in genealogy you could start hosting geared at that industry and at familes piecing it together, hire someone to build a really awesome script to creat a family tree along with proof, images, etc...

Niches also make advertising much cheaper, better conversions on those ads, better word of mouth as your product is unique, and you don't have to provide 24/7 support and all that stuff generic general hosting provides cause you don't compete against anyone in lots of the niches.

And better then affiliate stuff you get a recurring fee and the value of having a relationship with a client, from which you can upsell and use later. Affiliates don't usually do that as much.

maze · 09-29-2006, 01:40 AM

If you check the stats then you will notice only porn sites earning a lot of money. Second shopping site. Reseller is just like you are selling your ass for them and get nothing. Better get a real job and better use of time.

bwb · 09-29-2006, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by maze

If you check the stats then you will notice only porn sites earning a lot of money. Second shopping site. Reseller is just like you are selling your ass for them and get nothing. Better get a real job and better use of time.

Why would you post this, this doesn't help at all and isn't true, did you even read my post?