What is a reseller web hosting service?
A web hosting reseller service is a kind of hosting account, which allows the user to create separate subaccounts that can be offered to various clients. This is chiefly accomplished by furnishing the user with access to a main web hosting reseller account, via which he can create different hosting accounts availing of the web content space offered by the web hosting reseller package, for which he pays a given fee. This is much similar to the shared web hosting service and just like it, with the majority of reseller programs, lots of hosting reseller accounts share one and the same hosting server and are not bestowed with full root access to the server config files. Such reseller hosting programs are usually not that expensive. Still, they do deter the web hosting resellers from distributing other forms of web hosting services apart from shared hosting packages.
Different types of hosting reseller solutions
Apart from the already mentioned method of reseller hosting accounts, there are also several different ways that work just as fine. Yet, they contrast with respect to the degrees of participation and the amount of resources that each one of them requires. As stated above, the most popular method of reselling hosting solutions gives you restricted options and you risk losing your investment if things don't go well. This is the reason why, larger hosting vendors such as ResellersPanel.com offer alternative ways of selling hosting accounts without having to purchase anything in advance, or to even be involved in the provision of technical and invoicing support. With their web hosting reseller program, the web hosting reseller signs up free of cost and defines his own personal retail prices for the web hosting packages, which are being offered directly from his web storefront. Because billing transactions are taken care of by Resellers Panel's team, the client does not have to pay for the service upfront. He's merely going to receive the difference between the retail and the wholesale price as a commission. The web hosting reseller also has the option to distribute web hosting services like virtual web hosting server plans, semi-dedicated web hosting accounts and dedicated hosting accounts. More or less, his role involves popularizing the hosting service and offering support to the end clients and with hosting vendors that do not require upfront deposits and tackle the billing and customer support provision, the only task left for the web hosting reseller will be to popularize his personal brand's online storefront. Another option will be to set up different accounts on a VPS server, or on a dedicated hosting server. With most companies, you may obtain those 2 hosting hosting services with a cPanel, DirectAdmin, or some other CP, already installed on them. That will enable you to set up different shared web hosting packages and exercise total control over both the customers and the server itself. Besides, on a dedicated web server, you may set up different virtual server accounts and sell them to your clients. One dedicated hosting server may stash 1000's of VPS server hosting accounts, depending on the server's specifications. This will enable you to offer a wider array of hosting solutions to your customers, which will offer you more options when popularizing your online store. Certainly, utilizing a VPS web server or a dedicated server for web hosting reseller purposes is much more expensive than using an average reseller web hosting user account. So, this possibility should be contemplated only on condition that the hosting reseller has enough understanding and practice required to manage a web server, otherwise it's recommended to either opt for a standard reseller hosting program, or for the aforementioned Free Reseller Program courtesy of Resellers Panel, which requires less commitment from the hosting reseller.