subject: Double Your Income As A Web Developer By Offering Cpanel Hosting [print this page] You can easily double your income as a web developer by providing more products and services to your existing clients. Think about it - you are already working hard on the clients' websites. So why not offer something else like Cpanel hosting to increase your income? Here is what you can do.
Step 1: Sign up for a reseller hosting account.
Step 2: Provide competitive pricing.
Step 3: Set up the order page and support page.
Step 4: Start letting your clients know about your new service.
Step 1: Sign up for a reseller hosting account.
A reseller account can cost anywhere from $25 a month upwards. This is a small fee to pay to start offering hosting services. You don't have to worry about servers, racks, bandwidth, etc. Everything has already been setup nicely for you. A reseller plan offers special features in your control panel. Such tools will help you with account management. You don't get these tools with a normal shared hosting plan.
Step 2: Provide competitive pricing.
Once you have an account, it's time to think about pricing. The type of packages you want to sell depends on you. In other words, you have to create the packages from the ground up. You know your clients best. How much server resources do they need? What sort of plan will benefit them most? Also, make sure you price your packages competitively for higher customer retention rates. If your charge exorbitant prices, and you make a mistake, clients are less forgiving. They will sign up with someone else. But if your prices are affordable, they are more likely to stick with you.
Step 3: Set up the order page and support page.
You need a minimum of 2 pages to start accepting orders - an order page and a support page. The order page can be integrated with your Cpanel account, so that account creation is instant upon payment completion. Alternatively, you can choose to activate accounts manually upon payment verification. E.g. some clients sign up and start sending out spam mails immediately. Manual activation can help prevent that from happening.
The support page doesn't have to be too fanciful. It can be a simple one page contact form. The important thing is that clients must be able to get the assistance they need when required.
Step 4: Start letting your clients know about your new service.
Finally, talk to your clients and inform them of your new services. Let them know that it's a win-win situation for everyone because you can get work done faster since you have direct access to the servers. You are also more familiar with the server environment, and that leads to less programming errors. Clients want their work to be done well, and done quickly. When you help them see the benefits, they will sign up with you.
