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David Walsh is an editor and music enthusiast that loves everything technological. He maintains his personal blog and admits to be somewhat of a besserwisser - but only sometimes. David is also very much into web related stuff like web development and hosting.

Make Money with Reseller Web Hosting – Or Not?

Some people claim to make a fortune from Reseller Web Hosting without any effort. Even though this sounds good I for one don’t believe it. Of course, there’s money to be made but just because you’ve invested money in the web hosting business it doesn’t equal that you’ll see any return on it.

“Get rich quick” schemes are nothing but just schemes but if you invest some time and effort on marketing and run your Reseller Web Hosting business the correct way the chances are there. With this blogpost I would like to terminate two myths about Reseller Web Hosting.

The first one that I wish to terminate is the myth that one doesn’t have to have any knowledge about the hardware. It simply isn’t correct – understanding the hardware is a must if one wishes to be really successful. If you don’t have this knowledge you won’t be able to provide your clients with quality web hosting services.

The other myth that has to go away is the one that says that this type of business is all about clicking a few buttons. Nothing could be further from the truth. Again, if you want to provide good services to your clients you have to know more about web hosting than just how to click buttons in cPanel. You should be able to fix issues that arises (sooner or later they will) without all too much effort. Become knowledgeable before thinking that you can make a killing from this business and don’t believe all the myths that are out there.



This entry was posted on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 8:38 am and is filed under Control Panels, Blogroll. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “Make Money with Reseller Web Hosting – Or Not?”

Jamie Lynn Says:

June 23rd, 2008 at 10:17 am

Thanks David! I have discussed this with some of my friends that really think it’s that easy. Most hosting campanies promote their reseller packages as something that was sent from God, i couldn’t disagree more. I also think that the hosting companies own brands could get hurt if they continue this way. However, I think that reseller web hosting is good for web designers and Internet consultants. Those that it was initially invented for.

Toto web Hosting Says:

July 9th, 2008 at 2:46 am

Nice post,is a very complicated theme of discussion. I this the best way is to make a good marketing off you reseller plan. With a good marketing there can be a good profit.

MIkael Jokela Says:

July 18th, 2008 at 7:48 pm

I agree on Jamies statement, the reseller-package are a good thing for designers and stuff, not really an option for a “Hosting Company”…..

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