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Posted by philman213, 06-25-2004, 09:25 PM
Okay I know just about nothing about reselling, even though I know alot about other stuff. What exactly is reselling? Is it like purchasing from a web host, except im a way, in bulk, and then selling that chunk of space to others? Thats my only guess.

Posted by Lubby, 06-25-2004, 09:27 PM
You purchase space from a host which you can break into smaller chunks and sell to your own clients usually for a profit.

Posted by philman213, 06-25-2004, 09:29 PM
Why not just have a web hosting business and make profit off that?

Posted by Lubby, 06-25-2004, 09:40 PM
Many hosting companies do that... Just have a reseller account. It is defienetly not a get rich scheme.

Posted by mediopia, 06-26-2004, 12:08 AM
Hello philman213, ... if you have the right strategy it can be ... the irony, however, is that it takes quite a while to get it right Coming back to the question: reselling basically enables you to start off without actually investing substantial capital in infrastructure and relying on a more experienced host (the host you buy the reseller account from) to maintain it. Be positive, persistent and determined and you will see every thing will turn out well for you. With best regards,

Posted by Marque, 06-26-2004, 12:21 AM
Well said mediopia. If you're looking to getting into the web hosting business, reselling is a great way of doing so to start. I've known several people that went from reseller to dedicated servers and now have 10-12 servers of their own. In the beginning, it just takes time and alot of work. If you are thinking of getting into reselling, just make sure that you go with a host that is very helpful and has great uptime. Large outages could kill your business before it even starts.

Posted by hbm-sam, 06-26-2004, 06:52 AM
You pretty much got it there. However, as a reseller, the key is to add value to your service as well. Sam

Posted by deticatedhosting, 06-26-2004, 08:29 AM
What I hae learned is to help the customers out and if you have a reseller acount give them all the help and advice that you can because if they suceed then so do you.

Posted by Hostivo, 06-26-2004, 01:32 PM
Good advice, what they have said is pretty much the truth.



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