Becoming a webhost resller

1 points by darrelld ↗ HN
Does anyone have experience being a webhost or a webhosting reseller? I'm interested in doing it for passive income.

A few questions: - Where do I start? -Do you have a recommended provider for reseller services? - How many hours per week do you spend on it?

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I run a German based webhoster for like 2 years.

I have to say, that you dont do such thing for a passive income. Its hard work. We had 24/7 support (customers want this kind of service). Also we run our own servers. This is because you dont want to tell a customer: Sorry, the downtime is forced because XYZ has crash his servers.

But anyway. Eleven2 (https://www.eleven2.com/reseller-hosting/) has nice reseller plans and managed servers.

You have to spend around 1 hour a day, e.g. to answer ticket requests, setup new accounts or servers.

If you seriously want to start a webhosting company, learn how to administrate a linux server and to use cpanel the right way. A administration panel isn't the answer for all kind of server administration.

-Mumu