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Choosing the Right Web Hosting Package for Your Business

June 9, 2010 - 12:05 pm No Comments

Do you have a number of websites hosted in different hosting accounts?  Do you know that webmasters of today can have hundreds of websites hosted under one single hosting account without spending too much on hosting? 

If you ever wonder how in the world they do that, the answer is simple. This is made possible by using one of the Shared hosting features called “add-on domains.”

Today, many web hosting companies will offer you one or more free add-on domains with the hosting account you purchase from them.  More often, a web hosting package allows you to have unlimited add-on domains, which means you can host any number of websites within your hosting account without paying additional fees. This is one way to inexpensively run several websites without spending a lot in hosting.

Signing up under a reseller hosting account is also a great way to host multiple websites on one account.   At the same time, a reseller account will allow you to sell web hosting accounts to other webmasters.  A reseller account running under Linux environment is provided with a Web Host Manager which you can use to set-up individual accounts for every customer.   Within the Web Host Manager, you can add, modify and delete individual hosting packages that you want to sell.  You are also free to set your own price, the space, bandwidth limit and the number of domains that can be hosted per hosting package.

If you decide to use it for personal use, it allows you to set-up an individual control panel for every domain name that you have.

Selling website hosting is also a great way to make money.  That is the reason why a lot of online entrepreneurs already entered the web hosting business.  A reseller account sometimes comes with many great features like unlimited email accounts and subdomains.  The features that you get will depend on the kind of reseller plan you sign on with.

Hosting using Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and Dedicated Servers are also some other types of hosting that enable you to get more control over your hosting account and both types supports multiple domain hosting plus a lot more advantages than the shared hosting.   

A Virtual Private Server for example, can be useful if you want to run an e-commerce site, host multiple domains, set-up an intranet and others.   

Hosting under Virtual Private Server, unlike the shared hosting, would enable one to own and manage the hardware and all one have to do is to rent space and internet connection from the data center.   Virtual Private Server is also called co-located server and is a very wise alternative if you are outgrowing your shared hosting plan.

The dedicated server on the other hand, is a single computer server which aims to support one’s every need in a network.   With a dedicated server, one can install and configure any program he wants.   It is normally more expensive than a virtual private server plan and since you are in control of the server, you are also responsible for its installation and maintenance.

A dedicated server is designed for those who are experienced in administering their own network but can also be for those who are willing to learn.   

Signing-up for a dedicated server hosting plan will allow one to fully customize or build his own dedicated server.  One can also just choose and pay only for the features he needs.  One advantage of having your own dedicated server is it doesn’t put you on the risk of the server being congested because of other people’s bandwidth unlike the shared hosting.

So before you sign-up for a web hosting account, it is important that you evaluate first your needs and then decide what kind of web hosting plan that fits for you.

How To Set Up The Backend Of Your Web Hosting Business

June 4, 2010 - 12:07 am No Comments

This tutorial applies primarily to “Newbie” resellers using
the cPanel hosting platform.

How to Set Up Your Backend

What is a backend?

I’m sure many business people and “scholars” have much better
definitions of this than me, but I like to think of it as the
guts of the business that make things run behind the scenes.
When I think of a backend as it pertains to web hosting, I
consider the following elements:

-Billing system

-Order processing

-Support system

-Accounting and recordkeeping

Billing system

As you contemplate your billing system, the first piece of
information you should look at is what types of payments are you
going to accept. Hopefully, you’ve already outlined this in your
business plan. Will you take Paypal, or will you accept credit
cards through your own merchant account, or will you accept
checks and money orders by mail? Accepting payments by mail
significantly complicates your business, so I would suggest not
accepting payments by mail, or if you do—only accept annual term
payments.

The easiest payment system to implement, and my recommendation,
is to use a third-party payment processor such as Paypal or
2Checkout. These third-party payment processors allow you to
accept credit cards, debit cards, and e-checks securely through
their web-based system. They also allow you to create
automatically recurring billing, which is the most powerful
billing tool that all resellers should implement. Rather than
having to bill your customers each term (month, quarter, etc),
the third party payment processor will automatically bill your
customer on their due date, based on the terms of the
subscription that you created. In other words, if you create a
$10/month subscription, it will automatically charge your
customer $10 on the day they sign up, and then it will charge
them $10 on the same day of each subsequent month. This is a
huge timesaver, by automating the billing process you can
eliminate the need to bill your customers at all.

If you do wish to send your customers a formal bill, or if you
aren’t using automatically recurring payments, there are several
software programs that can help automate the process for you.
The ones specifically designed for web hosting that I would
recommend are WHMautopilot, Lpanel, and Modernbill. There dozens
of other billing programs available, but I recommend those ones
because they also have auto-setup scripts and various
client-management features built in to them, which we will
discuss next.

Order processing

This part of your backend can basically be broken down into two
options: manual processing, or automated processing. Manual
processing is pretty much self-explanatory. Your customer places
an order and pays using one of your available payment methods.
When you receive the order and payment, you go into your Web
Host Manager (WHM) and set up the client’s account, and then
send them a welcome email with the pertinent information. Using
this method there are a few different ways you can set up your
order form to collect the information you need. The most
important piece of information you need is the domain name. If
you use only Paypal as a payment processor, Paypal has a form
tool which will allow you to collect up to two form fields along
with each order.

For example, you could set up your form so that the customer
types in their domain name and username along with their order.
When you receive the order confirmation from Paypal, this
information will be included. Another method is to simply use a
form mail script. This is easily implanted using a two-part
order form. In the first part, they type in their applicable
information and click “submit”, thus emailing you the form. When
they click submit, they are then redirected by the form mail
script to your payment page. The third method is to use a
shopping cart application which integrates the collection of
data and payment processing. The advantage of manual order
processing is it can help reduce the possibility of fraud and
abuse because each order is screened by you as you process it.

Automated order processing saves a lot of time for the
reseller, and also creates a smooth ordering process for the
customer. Automation is a huge key to building a successful
online business, and this is one form of automation that I would
highly recommend. An automated order processing program collects
the pertinent data from your customer, directs them through
their online payment, and then interacts with your web server to
set up the account and then sends out a welcome email to your
customer.

The programs I would recommend are WHMautopilot, Lpanel, and
Modernbill. I am certain there are several other equally viable
software programs available as well. The risk of automated order
processing is the potential for fraud, and abusers such as
spammers signing undetected. However, I would say the benefits
of automated order processing typically outweigh the risks. If a
customer on the other side of the world orders at 3:00AM, they
don’t have to wait for you to wake up and check your email. Your
program will go to work for you and set up the account. On top
of performing all of these tasks, it also creates a nice
customer database which can be used for billing and a number of
client administration tasks such as suspending accounts,
performing server checks, etc. Just make sure you manually
review each order after it has been set up. This will help catch
fraudulent customers before they have a chance to run their
malicious activities (like spamming) on your server.

Support system

Your solution for a support system depends largely on your own
aptitude and preference. If you are familiar with the web
hosting platform (such as cPanel) and with basic server
administration tasks, you may wish to support your customers
yourself. This is especially true while your business is in the
startup phase with only a few customers, or if you intend to
keep your customer base small. If you choose not to be your own
support tech, there are a few alternatives. The obvious one is
you could hire a support tech to work for you. While this is
often the most ideal situation, most startups can not afford to
hire an additional person initially.

A more affordable solution may be to outsource your technical
support to a company who specializes in providing support for
web hosting companies. Many outsourcing companies are located in
technologically advanced areas in low-cost countries such as
India. Outsourcing to an overseas company can be a very
cost-efficient solution, but can also result in additional
problems and challenges so you want to make sure you adequately
research your solution before making any commitments.
Outsourcing companies typically offer one or more pricing
solutions including per-ticket, per-customer, per-server, flat
fee per month, or per representative hired.

There are also other creative support solutions available. One
solution I’ve seen work with success is creating a community
forum where customers can help each other, guided by more
experienced moderators and administrators. A host can offer free
hosting to moderators in exchange for their help in running the
forum. Other forms of bartering have been done successfully as
well. For example you could provide free hosting in exchange for
5 hours a month of answering trouble tickets in your helpdesk.

As for the support options themselves, again hopefully you’ve
outlined this in your business plan. Are
you offering email only, or a helpdesk, live chat, or telephone?
Email and telephone are self-explanatory; if you’re even
considering starting your own business I’m sure you know to use
email and the telephone. Live chat is a nice option if you
decide to use it, however you need to be diligent in being
available or it could be counteractive. Have you ever seen a
site that offers live chat, but the operator is never available
during business hours? I think it shows a lack of
professionalism, and I rarely buy from such companies. On the
other hand, if you run it properly it can be a valuable tool
that helps you get customers problems resolved in one chat
session rather than a back-and-forth email or support ticket
conversation. To run live chat you could simply post your IM
screen name (handle) for one of the popular IM platforms such as
AIM, MSN, or Yahoo. The other method would be to use a web-based
chat client from a free download, or on a subscription basis
from a chat provider.

Regardless of whether you offer any other methods of support,
the one method I will strongly suggest is an online helpdesk
where customers can submit trouble tickets. There are several
free helpdesks available, as well as more powerful applications
available for purchase. The helpdesks I would recommend are
Kayako or Perldesk, both available on a monthly or yearly
subscription. Some client management programs such as Lpanel
also have a functional helpdesk integrated into them. It is best
to choose a helpdesk that supports email piping. In other words,
you can send an email to support@yourcompany.com and it
automatically opens a helpdesk ticket. Then when you answer the
ticket, it also sends an email reply to the client, who can then
reply from within their helpdesk account or by replying to the
email.

Accounting and recordkeeping

This side of the business can easily be overlooked by
enthusiastic startups, and is often the less-favorable task for
creative entrepreneurs. However, a solid accounting and
recordkeeping system is essential to the long-term survival of
your business. If you use an automated system such as
WHMautopilot, Lpanel, or Modernbill, it will automatically keep
track of much of your financial information which is a useful
tool and database.

However; regardless of whether you use one of those programs, I
would suggest keeping an offline record of your customers and
financials. This could be done through an accounting application
like Quicken, or with a customized database in Access, or using
a simple spreadsheet (which is my preferred method) in a program
like Excel. I personally prefer Excel for its simplicity. Your
records should include the following information at a minimum:

-Customer name

-Domain name

-Billing Due date

-Subscription ID number

-Price

-Size of plan

-Email address

In addition to your customer information, it is good to keep
track of your overall finances using at a minimum a general
ledger and P&L (profit and loss) statement. These documents are
much simpler than you may think; in fact if you know how to
balance your checkbook you’re almost there. Your general ledger
is basically a list of all the expenses and revenues for the
month. Again this can be a simple Excel spreadsheet.

Your expenses would include any expense related to the business
such as your reseller account, advertising costs, support costs,
Paypal or merchant fees, etc.

Your revenues are the money that you receive from your hosting
clients.

You can then add up your expenses and revenues for the month,
and if your revenues exceed your expenses, you made a profit! A
P&L statement simply summarizes the information from your
general ledger in a format used by most businesses to gain a
good overview of a company’s financials in one page. I’m not
going to give you an Accounting 101 class here in this e-course
because you can easily find a lot of information about P&L’s and
accounting on the web.

If you’ve done your accounting each month, your taxes should be
a breeze, especially if you remain a sole proprietor with no
employees. All you need to do is take the information from your
year-end P&L statement and fill out a schedule C (profit or loss
from a business). NOTE: This is NOT official tax advice. I am
not an accountant, and you should consult your tax adviser
before filing your tax return.

Regarding business status, the simplest type of business with
the least amount of paperwork is a sole proprietorship. Another
way to simplify your business and paperwork is to avoid having
any employees. You can avoid hiring employees by only using help
on a contractual basis (in other words they are a contractor vs.
an employee). There are several restrictions in this regard (you
can’t set a contractor’s hours, etc.), so it would be best to do
some serious research and/or consult an attorney before making
any contractual or employment arrangements.

Cpanel Hosting for Effortless Online Business Management

June 2, 2010 - 9:56 pm No Comments

When searching for your web hosting service provider, verifying if they offer cPanel is essential. cPanel or control panel would be the GUI or the graphical user interface, which is considered to be one of the best and most functional tools in the industry of web hosting.

It provides the end user with a more convenient and easier way to manage his website. It is a software that makes website administration, which includes the setting up and maintenance of web programs, a breeze. cPanel comprises of a set of web programs, which makes the more difficult jobs doable by even the novice end users.

Through the pictorial interaction of the web server and its webmaster, who is the one who creates the various features of their web server’s Internet presence, things like creating mailing lists, emails and blogs are made simpler.

The interface of the cPanel operates on a couple of Linux platforms, which are RPM-based through port 2082 or port 2083 with the authentication and the login done on a separate web page.

Logging into and using the different programs can be done prove to be straightforwardly. If you need a blog, a bulletin board made using PHP or a content management system, setup is fairly effortless and quick.

Since cPanel has made website administration a lot easier, it has been made the industry standard. It works even better when Fantastico scripts are used with it. It sets off a multitude of tasks, like MySQL table creation for different programs, removing the manual importing of scripts created by third-party vendors that are in the market today. Together, cPanel and Fantastico are able to streamline the process for the end user in setting up software and other applications.

cPanel has efficiently combined the scripts and programs that which used to operate separately. cPanel was able to standardize these programs and scripts, which made webhosting and setup a uniform package for users.

Because of this, cPanel has become an essential part of any web hosting service package that webmasters should check for before purchasing a plan.

However, there is a disadvantage for using cPanel. Since it is widely used, it has become the method of phishers and hackers that create scripts that run and command it to setup unauthorized sub-domains that will be able to gather information from innocent victims. This method is referred to as phishing, and the user must always look out for signs of these when utilizing the cPanel.

Besides this drawback, the benefits and advantages with regard to ease-of-use and the convenience of setting up programs, definitely overshadows the concern regarding phishers and hackers.

Without a doubt, cPanel is the best way to go for web hosting. It is able to provide the user with everything he needs to set up and maintain a website successfully and effortlessly.

What is a Dedicated Server and How it Can Help Your Business

May 31, 2010 - 6:25 pm No Comments

If you have an online-based business then you might have signed up with your hosting company by using a basic or starter plan where you share all of the system resources with other websites which were installed at the same machine, as your online operation grows and becomes more profitable you will feel the need to upgrade to a more capable server which will allow you to have greater transfer speeds, more bandwidth, more disk space and better stability.

Dedicated servers provide everything we have described above, these are usually more expensive than virtual accounts because you are renting a machine exclusively for your sites, this means that no one is going to be taking away or using your system resources which may slow down your operation so, the first thing that you will notice when you switch from a virtual account to a dedicated account is that your sites will load a lot faster than before but, the benefits don’t end there, lets mention some of the basic features which make dedicated servers so desirable.

More real bandwidth:

If your website has started to grow to the point that it has been using a lot of system resources and slowing all the sites which were installed on the same machine as yours and it might be time to move to a dedicated machine, the bandwidth allowance that you get on a dedicated account is the true number which will definitely differ from what you were getting on a virtual account in other words, some virtual accounts offer unlimited bandwidth however, “unlimited” is not a truthful statement because you cannot send unlimited traffic to your site without crippling the server and affect the rest of the accounts installed on the machine. Using your own server you will be able to send as much traffic as needed without having to worry about your site getting shut down because of your bandwidth usage.

Premium support:

This is also a very useful feature that you will get with your dedicated account because you’re now obviously paying more, with virtual accounts it is very hard to get hold of your support team and the basic medium for communication among you have the support team is a ticket system which is not very efficient if you need things done immediately. If you have signed up for your own server it is very common to have access to an instant chat application where you will be able to get ahold of your support team almost immediately, this feature is simply priceless.

Top of the line processing units:

With starter accounts did not get to choose the type of processor that your sites are going to be using, they might be using an outdated Celeron processor for all you know, with a dedicated server you choose the processor architecture as well as the amount of RAM and network switch port speed that you require. New processors which will handle your scripts in an efficient way include the Pentium 4 hyper threading CPU, the new quad core or dual core processors as well as the latest 64 bit AMD CPUs. You can also configure the amount of RAM that will be installed in the server, they usually range from 1 GB all the way to 8 GB.

The features mentioned above are actually very basic, some hosting companies will provide you with special scripts and security measures in order to protect your content, such systems include a content delivery network or CDN as well as SSL security certificates, contact your favorite hosting company for more details regarding these exclusive accounts.

Web Design Companies – How to Choose the Right One for your Business

February 13, 2010 - 3:07 pm No Comments

Your website is your company’s calling card on the internet so you need to have one you’re proud of and does the job it’s meant to, and offer pleasant viewing for your browsers which can only be achieved with quality web development. That means getting a professional web development company to develop your site and create web based solutions for your business. But before approaching a web design company, you should clarify your requirements. Here’s how you do it.

Firstly, you must establish your goals. What’s the purpose of your web site? Are you selling products, displaying your portfolio, announcing your services? What do you want your visitors to do? Put yourself in your visitor’s shoes. What do they expect to find at your website?

Next you have to set your budget. Having these figures in hand at the beginning can help in your negotiation with the web design companies. But don’t reveal your budget. Always get quotes based on your needs first. The first thing you would probably do if you live in Liverpool is, go to Google and search for web design companies in Liverpool. Take the advantage of the global reach of the internet and search for web design agencies in UK. Also take into considerations if you have any technical staff you employ, would you need to do the maintenance of the sites yourself? If you do not have the staff, then web based solutions could be the right option for your web development, which are offered by many web design agencies in the UK, how would you find these companies? Just do a quick search in Google for web design agencies UK and it should bring up a long list of web design agencies in the UK. But then it is down to you to single out the right company for your web development needs. However, you could do a more specific search for certain areas like web design companies Manchester , which would be more local so you can go to see your web development company when you may need to. Web design companies in London would tend to be more expensive compared to the rest of the country

Establishing your goals in this way allows you to clearly explain your requirements to the web design agency that you choose. In fact, these are the same types of questions that web development companies ask at the start of any project. Having the answers readily at hand means you have a better chance of getting the site that you want. Plus, the information you gather from these questions can help in choosing the right web development company.

Finally we come to the all-important step of choosing a web design company. Remember that building a website involves the separate skills of design and development. You need a company with expertise in both web design and web development. And if the firm has business skills, then better still, as you will find if you search for web design companies in Birmingham, they have a lot of al round skills in web development and offering web based solutions.

In fact the ideal web design and web development firm should also offer SEO consulting and marketing advice. Searching for web design companies Leeds would give you less choice of web development and SEO, however, if you searched for web design companies Manchester or web design companies London, you would find more companies with mixtures of different skill sets to make your web design and web development project successful, also the firm should be knowledgeable about the fast-changing world of ecommerce and be able to offer solutions such as database integration, content management, and shopping carts, for example. A firm that has this all round knowledge will be able to come up with ideas and advice that lead to total development solutions. So how do you find your dream design firm?

The first thing to do is to make a shortlist of website design and web development companies and check their online portfolios. See if their designs look like they’d work for your concept. Is the layout clean and easy to navigate? Is the image of the company presented well and is the website’s purpose immediately clear? Be wary of designs that are heavy with flash animations, or feature graphics but little text. This suggests the design firm values form over function which is ineffective if you’re trying to sell something. Check if the company has offered web based solutions in the past, ask if you can speak to any of their client who have had web based solutions and web development done from them. Remember, you want to find one firm that can handle both the design and development aspects of website creation. Finally, you should ask for customer references. Then, get in touch with existing clients and ask about their experience with the web design company.

It’s not easy to find the right website design company for your needs. But if you follow the above guidelines, you’ll be able to find the right web design agencies UK for your business. You can find web design companies in all of the UK’s major cities such as Manchester, London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds.

Cheap Hosting Resellers – Starting your own internet business

February 10, 2010 - 7:42 am No Comments

Are you having problems in starting an internet business? Perhaps you have purchased Internet business package few months ago but you have not manage to do any sales?  There are many ways to do internet business like writing and selling your own e-book, create products, or find the appropriate product for sale on the internet.  Another option is to be a cheap hosting reseller.

A hosting reseller has been given the right to sell the product (in this case, web hosting) at a recommended retail price.  The reseller actually has to buy a number of hosting accounts upfront.  These accounts can be easily divided into smaller accounts and later put up for sale to the end users.  Since the reseller sort of buy the accounts in ‘bulks’, he gets a cheaper price as compared to the price imposed on the end user.

However, either you are going to be a cheap hosting reseller or an end user, do consider the package before purchasing a plan.  Always remember that users are looking for the best deal that is not only cheap but offer quality product.

Some of the things to consider are the disk quota, bandwidth, speed, total uptime and the operating system used.  Disk quota refers to the space available for the users.  Bandwidth refers to the amount of data entry and exit from the website, including the uploading and downloading of file either done by you or the visitors.  Speed involves the transfer rate while the uptime determines the availability of your website.  Less uptime means that there will be certain time that your website is not accessible.  The operating system (usually it is either Linux or Windows) determines the applications that will be used.

If you plan to be able to sell well, you should do some research on what people are really looking for besides cheap price.  If you can offer better solution, you have more chances to succeed.

Are you having problems in starting an internet business? Perhaps you have purchased Internet business package few months ago but you have not manage to do any sales?  There are many ways to do internet business like writing and selling your own e-book, create products, or find the appropriate product for sale on the internet.  Another option is to be a cheap hosting reseller.

A hosting reseller has been given the right to sell the product (in this case, web hosting) at a recommended retail price.  The reseller actually has to buy a number of hosting accounts upfront.  These accounts can be easily divided into smaller accounts and later put up for sale to the end users.  Since the reseller sort of buy the accounts in ‘bulks’, he gets a cheaper price as compared to the price imposed on the end user.

However, either you are going to be a cheap hosting reseller or an end user, do consider the package before purchasing a plan.  Always remember that users are looking for the best deal that is not only cheap but offer quality product.

Some of the things to consider are the disk quota, bandwidth, speed, total uptime and the operating system used.  Disk quota refers to the space available for the users.  Bandwidth refers to the amount of data entry and exit from the website, including the uploading and downloading of file either done by you or the visitors.  Speed involves the transfer rate while the uptime determines the availability of your website.  Less uptime means that there will be certain time that your website is not accessible.  The operating system (usually it is either Linux or Windows) determines the applications that will be used.

If you plan to be able to sell well, you should do some research on what people are really looking for besides cheap price.  If you can offer better solution, you have more chances to succeed.

Increase Your Web Design Business Revenue

February 8, 2010 - 4:19 am No Comments

Web designers and developers are the heart and soul of the Internet. If you have skills in web design or web development you can make a growing income on the Internet. The secret to making money with your web design and development skills is to include web hosting in your web design or web development quotes or standard packages.

You can make up to $50 per month per site, hosting your client sites. This is much easier than you could imagine. You don’t need to get a dedicated server and you don’t need to worry about trying to compete with web hosting companies. Most people think about just getting a web site up, and the first people they think of is web designers. Terms with “web designer”get more searches per day than terms with “hosting”. People are looking for web designers to get their sites on the Internet.

Web designers and developers can incorporate the sale of hosting into their web development and design projects. As a web designer you can bill your customers for the hosting fees within the design and then host the account for a year or on a month to month basis. You will be surprised at how much extra income you can generate from your web design customers.

Providing hosting for your web design clients will give you greater assurance that your customers will come back to you to make changes or update their site. This allows you to keep generating income from your work and customer base. Let’s look at some numbers, and how billing for hosting on top of your web design work can make you some serious money. Let’s assume you get paid $500 – $1000+ for a site design. If you charge your client for hosting as well you could generate up to $50 extra per site, per month in hosting fees. You could make up to $1100 to $1600 per site, per year instead of just $500 or $1000 per site. With 100 clients this could equate to $110,000 or $160,000 per year instead of $50,000 – $100,000 per year. On top of this, remember your client is more likely to come back to you to update and maintain your site which means more money for you, for easy work.

With a little effort and focus you could generate a very healthy income in your web design business. With tools like Joomla, WordPress and other highly customizable content management systems you can make the hard work incredibly efficient so you can focus solely on the design. There are a huge amount of free, powerful web applications, content management systems and shopping carts you can quickly install in your reseller web hosting account and produce a design style for very quickly. There are also a myriad of ready to run, specialist applications written in ASP, ASP.Net and PHP that you can bolt on to your customers site, customize the design for and really impress your them. With these easily installable web applications you can very quickly impress your customers and raise the value of your web design fees – and the fact that they are specialist customized web applications you have put together, your web design customer will be happy to pay your hosting fees.

For your design business you don’t need anything fancy, you don’t need dedicated servers or specialists billing or server management systems. You can utilize the cost efficiencies of shared hosting to maximize your profit. One way to do it and a lot of designers do this, is get a new shared hosting account for each site they design and charge the customer more than they pay.

The better way to do it and really maximize your profit is to get a reseller hosting account where you can host all your customer sites in the one hosting account. This works out much cheaper than getting a separate account for each customer site. A good reseller account will give you far more room to move and even greater cost effectiveness which means even more profit and less effort.

Getting up and running with a good reseller hosting account is easy and incredibly affordable. For just a few hundred dollars per year you can host 50 or more sites. A quick search on reseller hosting will give you plenty to choose from. In our experience Windows hosting reseller packages are a good idea as a Windows reseller hosting account will give you the freedom and choice to run ASP, ASP.Net as well as PHP sites with MySQL or SQL Server databases. Linux hosting offers the cheapest hosting solution available but does not support ASP or ASP.Net.Net applications. For an extra few dollars a month you can get Windows hosting and dramatically increase your options for your web design customers from a wider array of available web applications and freely available code in ASP and ASP.Net.

With Windows hosting you can use all your favorite web design tools and you’ll have the vast resources of Microsoft development products like Visual Studio at your disposal. As a reseller looking at Windows hosting accounts make sure the host offers Multiple IIS sites and not just unlimited domains. To properly host multiple sites on Windows each site needs to have it’s own entry in IIS (Internet Information Server – the Windows web server). Many hosts say unlimited domains and what they really mean is running unlimited domains on one site. All you get with unlimited domains on one site, is your multiple domains show the same site or requires you to write code to detect the domain and redirect to a directory. This is not a great way to run your customer sites.

With each site having it’s own entry IIS means you can have separate application settings, assign it to different application pools and maintain separate log files. This means you can have more control, more flexibility and produce a much better solution for your client. Being able to put your customer sites in separate application pools means that if one of your customer sites get’s busy or some crazy bug causes a problem it will isolate it to just that site and you wont end up with all your customers screaming at you that their sites are down.

After 12 years working on the internet. Through booms, through busts, good times and bad times web designers and developers quietly rule the web. Businesses needing a web site look for web designers first and in our experience they really don’t want to know too much about hosting. As a designer you can save your clients from the complexity and confusion of hosting and make money from it. To make money from hosting your client work you really don’t need to leap out and set yourself up as a web hosting provider with billing systems, hosting plans and support systems and processes. Start off by hosting all your sites in one reseller hosting package and you’ll be surprised at just how much extra money you can make for very little effort. The best thing of all you can keep your focus on why you became a web designer – designing web sites!

Web Designing Is Significant For Every Business

January 21, 2010 - 8:06 pm No Comments

The contemporary world is focused on the nucleus of web designing. Web designing is a skill and with experience can enhance any business with effective websites. Business owners need not take pain of comprehending web languages. This is because web designers are available on hire to convert trade ideas into constructive web sites. With the initiation of the internet, the challenge for web designers has gained impetus. However, technology development has created great growth options through web designs to businesses. For more details go to: www.thedesignbuild.com Web designing is significant for every business and web designers have become an indispensable part of web designing, thereby enhancing business. Web designs project information through a window of its business and availabilities. In fact, each web site is tailor made as per client’s requirements. Businesses can hire a company focused in web designing or a freelance custom web designer to attain services… Mostly, web designers outline a sketch and upload it that includes sketches and navigation techniques. Later on approval, web designers pursue creating graphics, flash animations and HTML codes.

Web designers go hand in hand with business owners. A web site that is custom designed assists in offering an edge over the challengers in attracting prospective and potential customers. Mostly, web designers provide maintenance as well as updating services. This helps in gaining better results and reduces business operating expenses. So finding an affordable as well as effective web designer is imperative. The main motive in employing a web designer is to develop a website that is user friendly, quick, search engine friendly, captivating and updated. This is the key to make good and best impression. Owing to web designing, there are different types of web designers. The freelance designer, professional web designers, student web designers and part time enthusiasts are some of the web designers ruling the web designing industry.

Freelance web designers are good as they work independently and this gives them an opportunity to bring out their creativity. Most freelance web designers are preferred as their pricing is affordable due to non-operating expenses. For can visit to: www.onlinepublishingsite.com Freelance web designers will be focused on making your site success as it is a pedestal to their success as well. They can actually create a client base only through such successes. With benefits there are certain drawbacks such as they remain semi skilled and for petty reasons also the work gets affected.

Professional web designers come with a heavy budget, but they assure perfection in their services. This is possible because each part of your web designing such as sketching, designing, presenting, graphic representation, etc is given to various people and is then merged to give a perfect combination. As many people are involved the quality is met within the schedule time. They provide after sales support which is essential. The pitfalls never can be ruled out such as they are expensive and secondly you are just another customer.

Student web designers are surely cheap and will work willingly with dedication to prove their efficiency and to gain a worthy portfolio. But the problem here is they have restricted resources and experience, no after service, and you will be forced to work with them. Part time enthusiasts are people who have enthusiasm to work and hence dabble with projects in the anxiety of making money. But will have very less respect for you, your product and service.

An Opportunity for Cash Advance Loan

November 18, 2009 - 4:27 am No Comments

What are you going to do when you have an urgent need but at the same time no cash available? There some choices for this situation. You just ignore it then see what happens or you ask for loan to someone or a financial institution such as a bank. As there are some choices, you have to prefer which is suitable for you. If you want to have a loan, then you have to look for a lender that offers low interest rate.

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Faster Way to Get Payday Loan

November 18, 2009 - 4:24 am No Comments

Someday we all will be faced with some unprecedented expenditure in which various needs of ours existed. Due to many unpredictable things in the future, we should take some alternatives for troubleshooting. As a matter of fact, we sometimes can’t bear the problem alone by mean we should come to someone else for help. Usually, for our financial problem, we can come to lending company through which some kind of loan offered for us.

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It is time to get a relief by using this web’s facilities only. There is some easy features trough which some important aspects of payday loan explained. What is left? You should log on this web as soon as possible.

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