Advantages and disadvantages of having a reseller account
Advantages
- You can have more flexibility with your web hosting accounts.
- You can save money.
- You can earn more revenue at little cost to yourself.
- You can focus on customer support and leave technical support to your web host.
- Your web host, not you, absorbs server maintenance costs.
Disadvantages
- Your service is only as good as your upstream provider. If the server is frequently down, for example, you may lose clients.
- If you ever have to change web hosts, the move will be an inconvenience for your clients as well as for yourself.
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About the author: Chris K. is a Technical Executive Writer for Website Source, Inc. http://www.websitesource.com. His established writing skills coupled with experience in the web hosting industry have provided internet professionals with marketing, product and service ideas for many years.