subject: Steps To Become A Web Hosting Reseller [print this page] Nowadays, many companies as well as individuals are trying to become a web hosting reseller. This profession has gained popularity because this type of web hosting service enables you to have a Internet based business of your own by selling the web space that you have, but without the troubles of technical problems or financial investments for your equipment.
The first step towards this mission is to decide what sort of hosting solutions you want to offer to your clients. Some resellers want to offer only hosting solutions for a lower price and gain money. Other resellers have various designs in mind and they make plans accordingly for showcasing the designs and make money. However, the best resellers are those who know beforehand what the prospective clients want and design their plans accordingly.
After you have decided on what you want to offer the next step is to decide how you want to offer the same. You can either be an agent partner which means you have a partnership with a web hosting service provider and then resell the services provided by them, by finding the customers. You can also go for private label where by your customers will not know whose services they are buying and would think that you are real reseller.
After these two steps now you would need to research the web hosting providers and the plans offered by them so that you can fulfill your wishes. For doing the same, you need to do some research based on references.
After this step the next one is to hire designers and built the websites depending on the wishes of yours. This way your website will be created for hosting.
When the site creation is completed, you would go for proper advertising so that all the potential customers become interested n your site. You can do the advertising by submitting the website to various search engines, have the link of your website to other sites and banner advertising. But before advertising you should know whether these will be beneficial for you and whether they fit into your budget.
