Web Hosting Reselling As A Work At Home Business
By Scott Lindsay
Web hosting reselling is becoming more popular as an option for making a little extra money from home, but most people are unaware of the idea, and what’’s involved in making it a success. With the large amount of competition in this growing field, you need to be the very best to make this a successful venture.
Web hosting reselling is exactly what it says - the selling of web hosting services that you have previously purchased. You, as the reseller buy a reselling account from a qualified web host and then sell small chunks of the resources (server space) to your own clients at a profit.
It might seem easy enough, but there are challenges in this field of sales and service. The first challenge is finding clients, and this of course will mean advertising your services.
There are many methods of advertising, both online and offline. One of the easiest is placing advertising posts on forums that are relevant to the service that you are offering. Many of these will allow signature link advertising. By taking the initiative to post even in general chat threads you may get your business name and URL noticed.
Other online advertising methods include the use of banner and link exchange programs. You should also optimize your website for search engines through the use of keywords and meta tags.
Offline, you may try and sell to family, friends, or other people you meet during your life experience. Business cards may be useful when recommending your service to other people, as they are clearer and reduce the risks of misreading the URL. They are also less likely to be thrown away than a piece of scrap paper.
Assuming your advertising manages to bring in visitors to your website, you still have to convert them from prospect to customer. Reselling is not uncommon. Expect competition to be stiff.
A word of caution would be appropriate. You will have to pay for your reselling account no matter whether you make enough sales to cover its costs or not. Thus, if you are unable to make any sales then you incur a loss that month for the cost of your reseller account. Making sales is essential. If you are to break even or make a profit you”ve got to be better than the competition.
Customer service and support could be a determining factor for some clients. If they perceive your service to be strong in client relations they may use your service even if it costs slightly more than the service they currently use.
You might also offer peripheral services. If you have the expertise you may offer to help design a website for an extra fee or could even consider combining web hosting and site design services. Your monthly income from reselling will be smaller compared to the design income, but if they host with you then you are likely to be the first person they think of when needing to make changes to their site.
Success in reselling is a very real possibility if you are able to successfully market yourself, and if you are able to think outside of the box.
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