What is a reseller hosting and how useful is a reseller hosting?

Reseller web hosting is a low cost or cheap hosting type. Reseller is a person who purchases some thing and then resells it to end user while making sure that he makes a profit on the sale. Similarly a web host reseller is a person who purchases hosting plan/s from the hosting company and then resells it to other users by self becoming a host. The profit for the reseller lies in either the discount or in the commission he gets from selling a reseller hosting account.

Reseller webhosting is similar to shared hosting. The only difference is that in reseller hosting program a third party buys or rents a web server from a web hosting company at cheaper cost and self becomes a web host.

Web hosting reseller accounts are useful for Start-up Web hosts, Web hosting companies that need to expand, but are not ready for a dedicated server and  Individuals with medium sized forums, who need a larger than average amount of bandwidth and disk space.

Each web hosting resellers offers packages and control panels that is unique to them

Webhosting resellers offer different reseller hosting packages and reseller hosting plans. Reseller web hosting plans varies according to the web hosting reseller’s resources and customer demand. Normally web hosting resellers offer cheap reseller hosting plans, shared, dedicated, or co-location web hosting plans etc.

Different hosting resellers also offer different control panels for their customers. Mostly you will find cpanel hosting resellers but some resellers provide plesk, ensim, H-Sphere and several others.

Top reseller hosting companies

There are several hosting companies that support reseller hosting accounts. Some of the top companies offering reseller hosting packages are as follows.

Resellerspanel
There FREE reseller hosting program offers complete automation for your web hosting business. They provide the hosting service, the billing and the 24/7 technical support to your clients. You have the freedom to set up your own prices and thus maintain full control over your profits. In addition, as a reseller you have full access to your clients' accounts and to detailed statistics of all your sales.

HostGator
Their resellers have the ability to host UNLIMITED sites. As a reseller you create your own packages and prices. Being a reseller is completely anonymous allowing you to act as an independent hosting company. Your customers won't know that you are reselling their hosting unless you tell them. Their control panel supports 23 languages, and has over 52 scripts that can be installed instantly. (fantastico) HostGator's reseller hosting plans allow you keep 100% of the money you collect.

Vortech Hosting
6 years and counting! Vortech Hosting has the largest H-Sphere Reseller Cluster in the world today. Join their growing community of Resellers and Web Developers and see why their customer satisfaction and service are second to none!