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Can anyone recommend a reliable Reseller Hosting account?

by JulieJ
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I need to set up a number of hosting accounts for clients and had HeartInternet.co.uk recommended to me but most of the reviews I have read are not good.
Please could anyone recommend a good, reliable reseller host?
It needs to be Wordpress friendly and have good support and upload time.
I am based in the UK, as are most of my clients - not sure if that makes a difference?
This is a new area for me so not really sure what else I need to check for in a reseller account.
Any info would be gratefully received!
#account #hosting #recommend #reliable #reseller
  • Profile picture of the author arttse
    Hosting Zoom | Web Hosting, dedicated server, dedicated hosting, cpanel dedicated server, cluster hosting, dedicated servers

    They are cheap, have excellent customer support and offer great benefits/features.

    No affiliate link.
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  • Profile picture of the author money2k
    Hostgator is the way to go. Excellent service and support. I would say most IMers are using Hostgator.

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    • Profile picture of the author JulieJ
      Thanks guys, much appreciated
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    • Profile picture of the author Titanphil
      I agree, Hostgator is very Wordpress friendly. Very easy to set up.
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      • Profile picture of the author stuffgalore
        To Julie.
        I am a Beginner from way back, but recently I had to give up my Shared Hosting to go to a Reseller account. (It was not easy). I was recommende to go to HeroeHost In India). All I can say is that they are one of the BEST in the business. With all my questions, I am thinking of sending them all a container of Valium. But they have always answered and helped fantastically.
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  • Profile picture of the author zimzalabim
    Julie,

    I'm UK too and currently have a reseller account with United Hosting unitedhosting.co.uk - I've been with them for a few years and am very happy. In my experience a great service and (if you are unlucky enough to need it) paractically instant support.

    Direct URL above - not affiliate links.

    Yours,

    Andy.
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    • Profile picture of the author JulieJ
      Thanks, will check it out.
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      • Profile picture of the author Austin.W
        Hi Julie,

        I would actually like to recommend Heart Internet, I switched to them 3 years ago from Fasthosts and they have never let me down.

        Their Tech Support is quick and very helpful.

        They also have one click Wordpress install, myphpAdmin + lots more one click installs.
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  • Profile picture of the author sober
    Web Hosting Services, Reseller Hosting, and Dedicated Servers by HostGator period.
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  • Profile picture of the author rkcc4
    Originally Posted by JulieJ View Post

    I need to set up a number of hosting accounts for clients and had HeartInternet.co.uk recommended to me but most of the reviews I have read are not good.
    Please could anyone recommend a good, reliable reseller host?
    It needs to be Wordpress friendly and have good support and upload time.
    I am based in the UK, as are most of my clients - not sure if that makes a difference?
    This is a new area for me so not really sure what else I need to check for in a reseller account.
    Any info would be gratefully received!
    Hi Julie

    There was a good thread on here the other day comparing Bluehost and Hostgator, search for it because it had a lot of feedback.

    Ulitimately it depends where you intend to be in 6 months or a year. Will you be creating a single WP blog or running hundreds of domains?

    Whatever you do keep your registration and hosting with different suppliers so you can move in a heartbeat. Any TLD can be pointed to any supplier just by changing the nameservers.

    What you need to be careful of is hidden costs, for example WHOIS privacy, some charge, some are free for a year and some free for as long as you have the registration.

    You will see from that other thread that you can pay from around $4.90 a month started with shared hosting and just move up when you need to. You can use Pingtools to test the performance of your site.

    Most providers use the Cpanel with Fantasico which installs in a few clicks, Dreamhost have their own version called one click install that is even easier. They do this for about 20 applications (Joomla, Drupal, WP, Moodle etc) and even have an API so developers can put their own apps up.

    I recommend them to friends starting out but I promote Hostgator commercially because it makes commercial sense.

    Now if you are setting up hosting accounts for clients and you are providing a managed service for their domains and sites, then checkout dreamhost, with your one account you can create unlimited domains, SQL and everything. They make the transition from shared hosting to dedicated or private virtual server as easy as pushing a button and dragging some sliders.

    If you have a client who wants some control you just create a user, assign them permissions to do the things you want for the domains you allocate. You retain access control but they have all the things they need. If your client wants control over domain registration most suppliers allow you to create sub accounts and push the domain to those accounts, so you can register for them and then hand it over if required.

    If you want to develop a close relationship with your clients this is the way to go, if you become a reseller with another provider you are effectively handing over your client for a small commission. If they go bust all your clients are in trouble, so always go with a big US based company with 99.9 uptime. You could always provide a monitoring service with a business continuity package to include rebuilding on another host within a period defined in an SLA.

    If you want to check out DH I can set you up as a user for one of my domains for a few days. PM me if you need that.

    I am not an affiliate for DH nor would I make a commission from a recommendation without declaring it. As I explained in the other thread DH are not geared up for recruiting affiliates, every customer can create coupons up to $97 or pocket the difference if they create a smaller voucher, I tend to just pass on their $97 discount or offer people a $50 code that supports my favourite charity.
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  • Profile picture of the author Audrey Harvey
    I use EZPZ, based in the UK. I've had no downtime and when I've needed support, they've been right there.

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    • Profile picture of the author JulieJ
      Thanks Warriors - lots of great info here!
      Will look into them all!
      Much appreciated
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  • Profile picture of the author suemax
    Hostgator for me. They are cheap, widely used and their Hostgator Chat facility is marvellous. They talked me through setting up my reseller account.
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    Master Resale Rights are so versatile, and these are educational, too. All kinds of IM material. Read, sell, break up into articles, combine into bundles, and there are 250 of them, complete with MRR, here for a bargain price! I'm even throwing in the sales page. Only £37 for Warriors. http://www.250mrrproducts.com

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    • Profile picture of the author turbot
      (I have had 15 years experience developing websites and used many many different hosting companies over the years. If you are in the UK, btw, I especially recommend that you *avoid* Fasthosts).

      By far, the best hosting company I have ever used, also based in the UK, are Vidahost. They are, for my requirements, spectacularly awesome. Brilliant service, ultra-reliable, super fast response to all requests, friendly and efficient.

      If other webhosting companies have been a source of unease and headaches for you (as I have experienced many times) - you may discover that Vidahosts approach to and provision of webhosting services will at first soothe your woes by working well, and then, with a foundation of confidence, let you can get on with doing stuff that makes you money and makes your clients happy.
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