Reseller webhosting
can be a great way to earn some extra money on the side
for your business or even a full time job once you get
into it. Though this can be a great way to do business,
it can come with some un-foreseen downsides, headaches
and a whole lot more. Not to say that you can't be successful
at it, but you must first take the steps to assure that
down the road it doesn't ruin your business.
An important part when dealing with reseller hosting
is that some of the control has been taking out of your
hands. This is important because you have to trust in
the company you are doing business with and this limits
to some things you can do. I speak from personal experience
on this, the worst thing you can face when reselling
hosting is having a great amount of downtime. If you
ever want to have some bad emails from your clients,
choose a host that doesn't have good uptime.
How much uptime and downtime you have is really not
for you to decide, as you are not the one looking over
the server. The company you are going through may not
be as professional as you and they figure what is a
few hours of waiting to get your site up, Right? Wrong!
The worse thing I have seen is clients sites going down
and when you go to that company's website who you do
business with, all you think is oh my, their site
is down too and I can't get in touch with them . This
can cause allot of headaches for your and your clients,
it can even cost your business.
The best thing to do before going with a hosting company
is to get a list of reference sites if you can, to see
if they go down. Also watch the company's site you are
planning to go with and see if it ever goes down. If
so, how quick does it come back up? Another great thing
to do is ask around, if the company has good or bad
service, then there will be people out there to comment
on this, trust me. Also don't be afraid to email those
people who had a problem with that hosting company and
ask them what exactly happened.
Also when dealing with a company, make sure they offer
a good list of services and features that you can offer
to your clients. Check with them to see how flexible
they are with different scenarios as well as adding
on new features. Remember a good company with go the
extra mile to show you that they can be trusted.
Anthony
Jewell has over 6 Years experience in the Web &
Graphics World. You can visit my business at http://www.logo2d.com/ |
