| It's been touted as one of the easiest ways for | | | | over the years, literally tens of thousands of |
| the somewhat-web-savvy individual to make | | | | people, who have the exact same ideas that you |
| money on the Internet - reseller web hosting. | | | | do, jumped on that wagon, and unfortunately, the |
| Supposedly, all you have to do is purchase a | | | | wheels fell off from it. |
| reseller hosting account, find clients, and watch | | | | Now, this isn't meant to completely discourage |
| the money roll in, month after month after | | | | you from pursuing the 'make money via reseller |
| month. We all know what the hype says in this | | | | hosting' opportunity, but if you hope to make it |
| situation - reselling web hosting accounts is a | | | | work for you - you have to do something that |
| no-brainer business opportunity. However, can the | | | | other mainstream business owner hopefuls |
| reality of the opportunity live up to the | | | | haven't already tried. You have to differentiate |
| expectations that the hype produces? | | | | your offers! |
| Before you dive into the great money-maker of | | | | There are ways to make money with a reseller |
| reseller web hosting, there are a couple things | | | | hosting account, but the newcomers who are |
| that you need to know. First off - it isn't quite as | | | | succeeding in this market are not relying on |
| hassle-free as it's hyped up to be. See, even if | | | | reselling web hosting services alone - they are |
| you do manage to obtain hundreds of paying | | | | tacking on supplemental services. For instance, |
| clients for your branded web hosting services, | | | | some are offering website design services, and |
| you still need to support your clients. At the very | | | | then subsequently offering website hosting |
| least, this means that you either have to hire | | | | packages to their clients. Or they cater to a |
| people to handle your support requests, or you | | | | specific segment or niche market. Others are |
| need to dedicate your own time to the cause. | | | | taking needed services, such as shopping cart |
| Now, as a reseller, you will not likely have root | | | | systems, affiliate management systems, and |
| access to the server, so in a lot of cases, you | | | | credit card processing and combining them with |
| have to be the middleman between your clients | | | | website hosting services to offer to the public. |
| and your web hosting company when support | | | | Unfortunately, the viability of running a profitable, |
| requests surface. | | | | no-effort reseller hosting business out of your |
| The second area is probably where you're going | | | | bedroom or spare room just isn't likely anymore. |
| to run into the biggest obstacles -- getting clients. | | | | So, while there are ways, even today, that you |
| See, when bandwidth and disk space was just | | | | can make money reselling web hosting, you're |
| starting to come down in price several years | | | | going to be hard-pressed to be able to make |
| back, that may have been a good time to jump | | | | money through offering hosting services as a |
| on the reseller web hosting bandwagon. However, | | | | stand-alone service. |