Which reseller account?

Progenix Oj101

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I'm looking at picking up a reseller account and I've been comparing the various option, but there are so many out there that I'm having a hard time deciding on one. These are the ones I'm considering, but I'm open to other suggestions as well.

EliteHost reseller1 - Up to 50 domains for R 170/month, limited to 10 GB disk space (average 200 MB/account) with unlimited traffic. Local.
GoDaddy Pro - Unlimited everything for R 240/month. White-label storefront provided, end user support provided by GoDaddy.
Bluehost R2-US - Unlimited domains, limited to 50 GB disk space and 1 TB traffic for R 333/month tied to exchange rate. With 100 accounts, average 500 MB/account. With 50 accounts, average 1 GB/account.
GreenGeeks Sprout - Unlimited domains with cPanel, limited to 80 GB storage (on SSD) and 800 GB traffic for R 396/month tied to the exchange rate. With 200 accounts, average 400 MB/account. With 100 accounts, average 800 MB/account. With 50 accounts, average 1.6 GB/account.
Justhost Pro - Unlimited everything for R 381/month tied to the exchange rate. $ 300 in marketing extras, free domain, dedicated IP address with SSL, CDN included.
HostGater Aluminium - Unlimited domains, limited to 50 GB storage and 500 GB traffic for R 396/month tied to the exchange rate. Client management and billing software included, up to 30 free website transfers within the first 30 days, 4,500 website templates and 400 brandable instruction videos included. With 100 accounts, 500 MB/account. With 50 accounts, 1 GB/account.

I'm leaning heavily towards GoDaddy (quite heavily towards them) for their unlimited everything at a low price, the included storefront and them providing 24/7/365 support to end users; GreenGeeks as I know for sure that all accounts include cPanel (I'm unsure about the other resellers) and high amount of storage; or HostGater for the included client management software (again, unsure if the other resellers supply any - it's not easy to find out without contacting each of them which I have done).

Any recommendations? Any on that list I should stay the hell away from even if it's one I'm leaning towards? Any not on that list I'm stupid for not considering?
 
I found GoDaddy to be very slow in South Africa, their hosting servers are either in the US or Europe if i remember correctly.
 
BradleyKZN said:
Stay away from Hostgator, bluehost and justhost as they are owned by EIG. http://researchasahobby.com/full-list-eig-hosting-companies-brands/

Godaddy has way to many issues from what I have heard.

I personally recommend:

jaguarpc.com
domains.co.za

JaguarPC has a ton of additional extras which you will find useful, free .com domain, free billing, free dedicated SSL certificate
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What's wrong with EIG?

Yours is the second strike in as many posts against GoDaddy, so I'll drop them off the list.

Domains.co.za is very expensive compared to the competition.

Jaguarpc looks very competitive - do they offer end user support or a white label storefront? I'm connecting to their live support now...
 
EIG servers are massively slow. I found a 50-70% speed decrease when they bought hostgator.

Are you basically looking to start a store front(hosting company) that runs itself?
 
BradleyKZN said:
EIG servers are massively slow. I found a 50-70% speed decrease when they bought hostgator.

Are you basically looking to start a store front(hosting company) that runs itself?
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OK thanks.

No, just something that doesn't need a storefront to be developed by me.
 
[XC] Oj101;16844997 said:
OK thanks.

No, just something that doesn't need a storefront to be developed by me.
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What you need to keep in mind, is that some places will give you free billing and management software which comes in very handy when you start growing. JaguarPC also allows you to sell reseller hosting packages to your clients which will give you an additional revenue stream with little effort.

Developing your own storefront by editing HTML or using the default WHMCS frontend could save you in the long run.
 
BradleyKZN said:
What you need to keep in mind, is that some places will give you free billing and management software which comes in very handy when you start growing. That comes in handy from the get-go. JaguarPC also allows you to sell reseller hosting packages to your clients which will give you an additional revenue stream with little effort. Isn't that the idea of ALL reseller packages?

Developing your own storefront by editing HTML or using the default WHMCS frontend could save you in the long run. I didn't know it has a default storefront, is it any good?
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[XC] Oj101;16846009 said:
What you need to keep in mind, is that some places will give you free billing and management software which comes in very handy when you start growing. JaguarPC also allows you to sell reseller hosting packages to your clients which will give you an additional revenue stream with little effort. Isn't that the idea of ALL reseller packages?

With normal reseller packages, you can sell hosting to clients. With a master reseller account, you can sell hosting to customers as well as reseller accounts to customers. Not many other places offer this.

Developing your own storefront by editing HTML or using the default WHMCS frontend could save you in the long run. I didn't know it has a default storefront, is it any good?
Not really, but it is something and is fully functional. I recommend styling it. You could also buy a theme that includes both html and WHMCS template.
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Thanks for the clarification on the first point, and the second point makes life easier. If there's something to begin with it's a LOT easier than starting from scratch.
 
[XC] Oj101;16850201 said:
I think you've sold me on JaguarPC. Now give me your referral link so I can sign up :p

Edit - fekking hell, they pay a $65 referral fee o.0
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Thats a heck of a lot of money :/
 
BradleyKZN said:
I dont know if you have signed up yet, but here is the link

https://clients.jaguarpc.com/aff.php?aff=376
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I was waiting for your referral link which I could use as a thank your for the assistance :)

Has anyone had any experience with buyshared.com? Their packages are 1/10th the price of their competition. Everything says stay away but I can't find bad reviews. My instinct is to steer clear anyway.

BradleyKZN, could we chat via PM/Skype/WhatsApp? I have a three or four more questions. I'll probably pull the trigger on JaguarPC this afternoon.
 
Domains.co.za reseller account.

[XC] Oj101;16841153 said:
I'm looking at picking up a reseller account and I've been comparing the various option, but there are so many out there that I'm having a hard time deciding on one. These are the ones I'm considering, but I'm open to other suggestions as well.

EliteHost reseller1 - Up to 50 domains for R 170/month, limited to 10 GB disk space (average 200 MB/account) with unlimited traffic. Local.
GoDaddy Pro - Unlimited everything for R 240/month. White-label storefront provided, end user support provided by GoDaddy.
Bluehost R2-US - Unlimited domains, limited to 50 GB disk space and 1 TB traffic for R 333/month tied to exchange rate. With 100 accounts, average 500 MB/account. With 50 accounts, average 1 GB/account.
GreenGeeks Sprout - Unlimited domains with cPanel, limited to 80 GB storage (on SSD) and 800 GB traffic for R 396/month tied to the exchange rate. With 200 accounts, average 400 MB/account. With 100 accounts, average 800 MB/account. With 50 accounts, average 1.6 GB/account.
Justhost Pro - Unlimited everything for R 381/month tied to the exchange rate. $ 300 in marketing extras, free domain, dedicated IP address with SSL, CDN included.
HostGater Aluminium - Unlimited domains, limited to 50 GB storage and 500 GB traffic for R 396/month tied to the exchange rate. Client management and billing software included, up to 30 free website transfers within the first 30 days, 4,500 website templates and 400 brandable instruction videos included. With 100 accounts, 500 MB/account. With 50 accounts, 1 GB/account.

I'm leaning heavily towards GoDaddy (quite heavily towards them) for their unlimited everything at a low price, the included storefront and them providing 24/7/365 support to end users; GreenGeeks as I know for sure that all accounts include cPanel (I'm unsure about the other resellers) and high amount of storage; or HostGater for the included client management software (again, unsure if the other resellers supply any - it's not easy to find out without contacting each of them which I have done).

Any recommendations? Any on that list I should stay the hell away from even if it's one I'm leaning towards? Any not on that list I'm stupid for not considering?
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After a LOT of chatting with their support (like 30+ live chats), it seems JaguarPC won't quite cut the mustard for me :( I'm really disappointed as they seemed awesome, but the big problem for me is they don't offer reselling of .co.za domains. I've also had a few potential clients tell me they'd prefer to have local hosting so that should our international links go down like they did a few years ago their sites won't be affected.

This means the most convenient and logical thing for me is to look at local reseller hosting, and I've very quickly narrowed it down to either Elitehost (I'm already a customer on a normal hosting package and happy thus far) or domains.co.za.

Both seem to offer great packages, with Elitehost offering decently cheap packages which are great for starting off but domains.co.za offers unlimited packages. It's late and I've just spent around four hours researching and simply don't have the energy to fire off a bunch of support emails right now - do either offer WHMCS or similar included in the package?

Finally, which should I go for?
 
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