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Just as the name says reseller hosting is for those who want to resell web hosting space services for others. This is a great solution for web designers or developers to provide clients with an initial place to host the project during and
after development, with a reseller plan this can be done easily and at really low cost and the customer won’t have to worry about finding a host.

The server administration is still provided by hosting provider so you have to act as a middleman for customer support issues related to hardware and software configuration or failures which might take a lot of time on your part as you have to contact the provider and work out the problems and sometimes even fix them all on your lone sum. You don’t have to be a unix or linux expert because an additional easy to use web based control panel is provided which includes options to manage/create/delete accounts and packages such as the users bandwidth and disk storage.

The accounts that are setup with the resellers main account control panel are the same as standard single site hosting plans which is basically shared hosting. This is a great inexpensive option for those who want multiple domain’s since you can setup each site on its own panel and be able to keep your sites in separate locations with separate logins and giving you neat and clean domains. All sites will have their own control panels and statistics letting you track each account individually so say if a customer is about to go over bandwidth setting you can easily let them know to upgrade or do something to control usage.

Advantages:

Cheap

Add and use multiple domains with separate logins and control panels

Includes many or all features of a shared host - PHP,MYSQL,ASP,etc

Disadvantages:

Shared system environment and resources

No administrative privileges

Have to support your clients if there are any errors

Reseller hosting is a great way if you want to resell shared hosting accounts for profit. In my opinion you should only open a reseller account if you are going to actually be reselling the accounts and be ready to support your customer base. If you’re thinking to go with reseller accounts for your multi domains for the price your best bet is go and get a VPS so all your sites run smooth.