Re: FN-FORUM: Query re. web hosting reselling

date posted 11th October 2006 11:17

Hostgator, like most hosting services offer hosting plans only, this tends
to include mail services too.

be aware that if you offer connectivity services to your clients, you will
be the first port of call when something goes wrong, i wouldnt bother
offering any kind of connectivity plan, let the client sort that out for
them selves and simply offer site hosting and email. This is what i do.

regards
Ash
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Libby" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:42 AM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Query re. web hosting reselling


>
> Hi Peter and Ash,
>
> I have had a look at Hostgator - it does seem to be very good. However, I
> do
> have one question - being a newbie (! - I was thinking of a previous
> posting
> from someone about this :-) ) - in terms of hosting websites for clients,
> are you also providing the means to connect to the Internet as well, if
> they
> need it? Or is it simply a matter that you recommend another service to
> fulfill this requirement, or work on the basis that they already have a
> connection, but no online presence? The only reason I was thinking of this
> was that I wanted to be sure of the extent of the services offered under a
> reseller plan - so far, I have noticed that most do not indicate anything
> regarding connectivity, and that their services are limited to just
> hosting.
>
> Is this a common practice? I guess this is just me thinking outside of the
> box; it occurred to me late last night that Hostgator being a US reseller,
> I
> was wondering what normal practices were for connectivity, or whether
> freelancers / web designers would not necessarily provide connectivity,
> but
> just the hosting for clients...
>
> Any comments are more than welcome - thank you so far for your help,
>
> Alex.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL REMOVED] [EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Peter
> Lewis
> Sent: 11 October 2006 10:27
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Query re. web hosting reselling
>
>
> Another +1 for hostgator. I've been with them for over 2 years and had
> nothing but good things to say. Because of their unlimited domains on
> normal hosting, I've got lot's of clients hosted there, and these sites
> have
> only gone down twice in the last 2 years. But they've been extremely
> quick
> at getting it all working again.
>
> The reseller accounts are an even better service, so should be more
> reliable.
>
> I've had no issues with speed, and there's oodles of space and bandwidth.
>
> My only negative is that I can't use PHP5, but I've got another account
> with
> Dreamhost to satisfy that.
>
> Peter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Libby [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Sent: 10 October 2006 22:09
> To: FN-FORUM / [EMAIL REMOVED]
> Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: Query re. web hosting reselling
>
>
> Hi Ash,
>
> Thanks for this - wow! If these guys are anything near as good as you say,
> then I could be very interested. I have had a look, and need to consider
> this further, as it is part of my grander plans (so to speak).
>
> Thanks for the recommendation - I will let you know what happens...
>
> Alex.
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> www.hostgator.com are based in the US and offer a reseller package for
> about
> $30 a month, a bargain if you ask me, i have a single hosting acount with
> them and i run about 10 sites from it with no issues, service is top
> notch!
>
>
>
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