Reseller hosting is the provision of web hosting services to third-party companies that in turn act as web hosts for other organizations – acting as the host for the client site and serving its pages to users. Many resellers augment their hosting packages with Web design and management services in order to provide additional value to their clients. The reseller is typically responsible for the billing and support of their own customers. There is a wide collection of companies that offer reseller packages to entrepreneurs.

To start profiting from reselling web hosting it is essential to conduct some homework. The main and first consideration must be the stability and reliability of the hosting the companies are going to be reselling. The agent need a host that has good uptime, check their uptime statistics on their homepage (which shows over 6 years of historical data). Also, it’s a good idea to check with existing clients too, read testimonials from several of their resellers; and contact them if they wish to know their business conduct, portfolio, and client list.

Many hosting resellers will find advantages in switching to a Windows server hosting environment over Linux. While Linux is a very popular hosting platform, Windows offers multiple advantages as well as providing support for the same technologies as Linux. For this reason, Windows based solutions are great resalable products.

With providers such as Reseller Choice, Windows Reseller hosting is really an all in one solution. Holding multiple accounts in order to keep up with customer requirements is no longer a necessity as Windows hosting enables the provider to host any type of applications right alongside each other.

The Windows environment allows hosting of an ASP.Net application with an MS-SQL backend database and a PHP blog with MySQL on the same web site.

Consolidating all accounts into one has a number of benefits including cost savings, better customer tracking as all customers use the same interface, reduced support load and costs as the need to have employees knowledgeable in many interfaces/technologies is no longer a necessity.

There is a tremendous opportunity for hosting providers to partner with Microsoft to transition from mass-market hosting into higher-margin managed services to deliver compelling new solutions to their customers. Partnering with a reseller that offers the Microsoft Windows platform, affords hosting businesses many opportunities to grow by catering to wider audiences without losing their existing Linux customer base.

Selecting Windows Reseller Hosting allows resellers to tap into the latest technologies available and add them to their portfolio of services. Offering higher-margin managed services such as Exchange 2007 with Windows Mobile and ActiveSync, Share Point, CRM, etc ultimately increases a hosts profit potential as the market for these types of services has been growing at rapid rate over the past few years. As more companies look to outsource their IT needs, Microsoft based hosts will see their customer base expand and their income spread over a wider range of products making them a more viable business.