How to become a host for other sites.

I don't know much at all about webhosting apart from the fack I pay my hosts a certain amount and my sites are online.

How would you go about starting your own hosting company, what would you need to buy?

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On the technical side, you would need to get either a reseller account, a VPS, or a dedicated server.

On the business side, you would need to make a plan for how to find customers for your business, and then execute that plan, including marketing, advertising, pricing, and more.

And you need to come up with a support plan, to help your customers and potential customers with their questions and problems, which can come at any time day or night.

If all this sounds like a lot, you might want to consider instead becoming an affiliate of a hosting company. You put links on your site or on forum posts where allowed, and when customers follow your links to the hosting company and buy service, you get commission.

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I definitely recommend starting off with a Reseller account. That way it gives you a feel for the business, and you dont have to worry about things like hackers, learning a new operating system, and arnt responsible for the hardware (not to mention the initial investment)

Once you outgrow (or make enough $), you can upgrade as your needs require

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And starting it with a partner helps you much.

Thanks for the great advice guys. How much would a reseller account cost me - I am sure it would depend on the size. Can you suggest any hosts that offer this service?

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Reseller packages are priced based on which and how much of the following you want:

• quantity of disk space
• bandwidth
• a ClientExec or similar license (software to manage your customer accounts)
• technical support for your customers from the host's staff (branded to your name)
• presales support for your customers from the host's staff (i.e. answering presales questions)
• private nameservers (e.g. ns1.yourcompanyname.com)
• dedicated IP addresses
• SSL certificate so customers can enter credit card information securely
• domain name registration (if you don't already have one)

If you'd like more info, let me know.

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Check out www.knownhost.com, their packages start from US$ 10 a month for the basic reseller package. It would be advisable to get a reseller account from one of he domain registrar as well to ensure you can also sell domain names to your customers apart from the standard hosting services.

You need either a reseller/VPS/Dedicated:

Reseller: your hosting will be placed on a shared server together with other resellers or shared plans
VPS: Virtual Private Server: You will get a partitioned part of a server, you get more resources
Dedicated: You own complete server