Reseller Hosting - What You Need To Know About It And Its Advantages

Even before you can decide that something is good

, beneficial or advantageous, it is imperative that you first know what it is. Thus, before you the advantages of reseller hosting can be discussed, you need to know first what reseller hosting is all about.

Simply put, resellers are hired by companies that provide web hosting as their main service. With millions of customers that require web hosting service, the providers sometimes don't have adequate manpower to handle all the needs and attention required by the customers; hence, web hosting providers rely on resellers to take care of some of the needs of these clients.

Resellers that are assigned to clients are usually in the same locality. This way, they are able to maintain contact with each other faster; thus, communication and service run smoothly. When taken as a whole, these resellers are part of the hosting provider's main service. They occupy a part of the bandwidth of the hosting company and in turn offer smaller portions to individual customers. These resellers have better manpower compared to the principal hosting agency.

They are able to cater to the needs of each client even if they handle numerous customers. Some of the services that these resellers typically provide are web designing, programming, some database works and domain registration. These are only some of the services that the hosting agency find difficult to deliver to the clients at times.

The hosting agency will most likely retain and personally cater to the larger businesses and corporate clients. Then, the "smaller" clients, who are actually larger in number, are assigned to the hosting retailers or resellers. These hosting agencies gain a lot by using the resellers, because they can focus on the needs of the big corporate clients; while at the same time, still take care of needs of the small clients. And they do so without moving an inch - the reseller does this for them.

As you can probably guess, profit share for resellers are relatively small and sometimes become an issue. However, this is compensated by the small risk that a reseller assumes. First, a reseller does not have to put up a large amount of investment in order to do its web hosting job. There's very minimal expenditure on the part of those that engage in reseller hosting.

This in turn, benefits the smaller clients because they can avail of web hosting services with minimal cost, as it costs much lower to go to a reseller than directly go to the principal hosting agency. The great thing about it is that the hosting agency always sees to it that the reseller has ample market share and can compete in that market.

With that in mind, if you are one of the smaller companies that require web hosting, it is better for you to get the services of a reseller hosting because it is more efficient and cost effective. You can have a website with minimal cost. In addition, you get all the benefits of personalized services with more features and even some freebies.

by: Garen Arnold

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