Reseller hosting is a form of web hosting wherein the account owner has the ability to use his/her allotted hard drive space and bandwidth to host websites on behalf of third parties. The reseller purchases the host's services wholesale and then sells them to customers for a profit. A certain portion of hard drive and bandwidth is allocated to the reseller account. The reseller may rent a dedicated server from a hosting company, or resell shared hosting services. In the latter case, the reseller is simply given the permission to sell a certain amount of disk space and bandwidth to his own customers without renting a server from a web hosting company he signed for a reseller account with.The typical web hosting reseller might be a web design firm, web developer or systems integrator who offers web hosting as an add-on service. Reseller hosting is also an inexpensive way for web hosting entrepreneurs to start a company. Most reseller hosting plans allow resellers to create their own service plans and choose their own pricing structure. In many cases, resellers are able to establish their own branding via customized control panels and name servers.

Reseller hosting account control panel called Web Host Manager. WHM is where you go to create your customer accounts. After filling in their account information you click "create." This will instantly set them up with their very own control panel called cPanel. This is where they will go to administer their website. Once they are logged into Panel they can create subdomains, email addresses, change passwords, and much more without requiring any help from you or us.Reseller hosting does not require extensive knowledge of the technical aspects of web hosting. Usually, the data center operator is responsible for maintaining network infrastructure and hardware, and the dedicated server owner configures, secures, and updates the server. A reseller is responsible for interfacing with his/her own customer base, but any hardware, software and connectivity problems are typically forwarded to the server provider from whom the reseller plan was purchased. It should be noted that being a profitable reseller firm usually involves extensive advertising to get customers. While the monthly fees with major hosts are only a few dollars a month, it's a low margin business, and resellers must devote large advertising budgets to compete with established competitors. However, web hosting is one of the biggest online businesses, because every website needs hosting.

It would be ridiculous of you were to become a reseller of web hosting plans that are too pricey for you to make any profit from your mark-up. There’s no point in it. It’s essential that you pick a hosting company with affordable plans so you can end up making a profit. Host Gator’s plans are set at perfect price points for you to do as you please and they offer a great many valuable bonuses.Now for what it will cost you to become a reseller of Host Gator hosting plans - Host Gator’s standard Aluminum reseller hosting package costs 24.95/mo and includes all the toys and trinkets you’d want with reseller hosting; large disk space/bandwidth, Private Name Servers, Free Billing System, Free Templates, 24x7 Support, Instant Backups, Site Builder, 99.9% Uptime Guarantee, Free Set-up and a 45 Day Money Back Guarantee. You will have the ability to sell all of their prize winning, feature laden plans under your own brand at your own prices.