RESELLING, reseller companies and reseller types, what should i choose?

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Posted by BeCoMe1, 12-26-2001, 11:07 AM
I have looked at many of your postings and I have also looked at many reselling reviews on hosting directories. My research has resulted in several hosting reseller companies and reselling types and I would like to know: 1 - Generally which reseller company is the best one? and... 2 - Generally which type of reselling is the best one? Or which one is best for what kind of a purpose? There are 2 main types of reselling: (A) A reseller plan with a defined amount of space, traffic and fee and you define your ownplans to resell (like www.mchost.com). (B) Reselling defined plans (like www.venturesonline.com). In my research I have found these companies: Type (A) www.mchost.com, www.splashhost.com and www.ecommercediscovery.com Type (B) www.venturesonline.com, www.diatone.net, www.www-www.hosting.net and www.ewsnl.com. I am interested in your experiences with these reseller types and companies. Which company and type do you recommend and why? Thanks. Also: I would be glad if you could provide me more nice resellering offers/types/company names.
Posted by Schumi3, 12-26-2001, 11:34 AM
check out www.downtownhost.com they have similar plans to venturesonline.com (they are what you call plan b) and have a great support!
Posted by addaction, 12-26-2001, 11:55 AM
If I understand your classifications correctly.... The A group: PRO: - gives your more flexability - likely have your own nameservers and be transparent CONS: - more work and responsibility for you - more upfront investment The B group: PRO: - the reseller host takes care of the tech things.. you are just responsible for the payments - less investment CONS: - you can only sell what they offer - less profit Hope this helps... Another reseller host that does both and I can recommend is: http://www.hostroute.com/
Posted by BeCoMe1, 12-26-2001, 12:29 PM
addaction, you have some nice points but both group A and B are provide you with your own nameservers for transparency, thanks for the reply.
Posted by BeCoMe1, 12-26-2001, 12:33 PM
Schumi3, downtown.com are more expensive than the companies I have provided. That type of reselling (B) give less profit (according to "addaction") so costs should be very low for group B reselling... Any resellers out there who can tell us about their experiences with the reseller companies I have provided you on the top?
Posted by BeCoMe1, 12-26-2001, 12:37 PM
Does group A resellers handle all the tech support? As far as I know group B resellers does not...
Posted by Chicken, 12-26-2001, 01:34 PM
In general, you are responsible for supporting your clients (applies to both groups), unless otherwise stated.
Posted by BeCoMe1, 12-26-2001, 03:46 PM
Oh yes thats true, i mixed up
Posted by NelsonT, 12-27-2001, 12:53 AM
I suggest that you add hostmatters.com to your list for type B reselling. HostMatters.com give you full support to your business. As I know Annette do provide you with "Superior service. Sensible price.". That's my conclusion of 5-years hosting experiences. For me, I use type A for my own sites and most little sites of customers, and type B for general customers who need more bandwidth and space.
Posted by JustinH, 12-27-2001, 03:26 AM
Choosing between the two is kind of hard but I see it this way: With type A there is more "opportunity" to make more money since probably 95% of clients probably use under 500 megs. But, for example, you offer a package with 6 gigs and get 2 clients that both use 6 gigs. That's 12 gigs of space, and most type A reseller plans start at this amount. That could kinda hurt you. With type B your income is guaranteed (unless you give 30 day guarantee, chargebacks ect.). Even if Joe Blow user signs up and uses 15 gigs a month, the type B company pays for the bandwidth, not you. So it's pretty much deciding what fits you the best. Do you have the startup capital to afford a type A reseller package? Or do you want to go for the less risky and *possibly* less profit with type B company. We can't answer for you, but personally I'd prefer type B. Plus I do like VenturesOnline (although they don't allow you to point domains to sub-domains which is REALLY annoying). That's my $0.02
Posted by MotleyFool, 12-27-2001, 08:46 AM
I have been a Plan A reseller pack with Alan of Splashhost for the last 2 months and I have had absolutely no problems at all... I prefer plan A because it gives you the freedom to make your plans and make deals where you think the customer can bring business I have sold 50mb plans for 60$/year paid in full, 30$/year paid upfront for 3 pop3 emails and have also given away 20mb plans free! All in all, my customers are utilsing only 3-5% of allocated space and less than 5% of allocated bandwidth. So while there is room to oversell, I am not going to do that and with the recurring revenue and some sharing I am moving to a dedicated server soon [but I will still keep my reseller space as a fallback until I am really comfortable with the server - maybe 3-4 months more - you can never afford to let down a customer] For managing the risks in Plan A, [a] dont oversell - so there is no risk really [b] judge your customers and accept sign up - business sites are very good as customers Just the fool's opinion though - take it for what it is Cheers Balaji
Posted by JustinH, 12-28-2001, 02:19 AM
Wow... I'm really impressed by your professional attitude, can't say I'm going to be jumping for joy to sign up with your company. Besides being unprofessional that comment was totally off-topic... Back to the point... It's hard to say the "best" however it is up there, though Ventures Online (http://www.venturesonline.com) is also high up there.
Posted by Chicken, 12-28-2001, 03:41 AM
Comphosting, some hosts (despite multiple warnings), seem unable to comprehend that we do not allow board-spam on the main forums and that all advertising must be limited to the advertising forums. Regrettably, Webdude has repeatedly violated the forum guidelines here and JinkinsBeans was a planted post, submitted after another post was removed. Please continue on with the thread... sorry.
Posted by BeCoMe1, 01-02-2002, 06:10 PM
No problem

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