There comes a time when the internet bug hits us all
and we tend to acquire a wealth of domain names and
web sites to feed our frenzy.
We start out with the best intentions, set up a personal
home page with a few details about ourselves, then
create more for our family, then our business and
before we know it we have several domain names and
web sites spread across several web hosting companies.
A more convenient approach would be to set yourself
up with a reseller account with one hosting company.
Most people assume that to have a reseller account,
you need to be in the business of selling hosting.
This is not true. Anyone can set up a reseller account
and enjoy the benefits of saving money and also having
the convenience of only dealing with one company for
all your hosting needs.
I'll take my hosting reseller http://www.HostingRevolution.com
as an example. They provide a very competitive reseller
account priced at $35. Their Reseller's Package allows
you to host 100 Domains. You are allowed to give every
Domain you host up to 20GB's of monthly transfer and
up to 2.5GB of storage.
Previously I had over ten domain names and associated
web sites that were costing me around $5 - $10 a month
to host. The average months hosting costs were around
$50 - $60. Therefore, by setting up a reseller account
and transferring my domains and web sites over to
my reseller account I made an instant saving of $15
a month.
Now, another extension of this would be to start
selling hosting to your friends, after all, you have
a reseller account. So if you have ten friends, ask
them if they would like web hosting on your server,
maybe offer it free to them and ask them to recommend
your services to their friends, these can then become
"paying" customers. Now YOU can get people
to pay for hosting and make back the monthly reseller
fee. Just sell ten accounts for $3 a month and you
have instant income of $30 to offset the $35 reseller
fee you are paying. So you get hosting for $5 a month
for as many domains and sites as you like.
So, with the reseller account you have helped yourself,
helped your friends, and possibly started making money
as well.
