Hello everyone....I have a few clients who want a website for their business/organization. My hosting company has reseller accounts and they have the affiliate account. Currently I an an affiliate. But I was just wondering if upgrading to a reseller is really worth the bother. I really only want to resell hosting and domain names to my clients and not to just anyone who visits the site.

Can anyone offer any solutions to this issue? I know that as a reseller, the people I am hosting will come to me with issues with the server and other questions. I havent a clue about the technical stuff.

Thanks in advance for all the input.

I think you answered your own question If you're not ready to deal with the tech side of a server then better to act as an affiliate.

We have two dedicated servers (we also host only for clients and of course our own sites, although we did recently start hosting for members here at the forums too ) and let me tell you, if my darling husband and business partner didn't know what he was doing, well...let's just say there's no way I could handle it on my own.

Apache what? Mailserve huh? Dedicated IPs and SSLs and things I cannot even pronounce much less manage...

I commend you for expanding your services and finding ways to continue to grow your business...if it's really something you want to do you could always consider bringing someone into your team who does understand servers and hosting and the like and you could learn alot in the process to boot!

But yes - running a server takes a lot all on it's own and there's even more work involved when you introduce the 'client' variable

Good luck in your endeavor and keep us posted on what route you decide to take!

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