Client Creation..not working?

[Clp]

Hello, I wanted to add a client to my reseller hosting.
Now apparently RC and WHMCS work together on this..

But I wanted to add a client myself.

I went into WHMCS admin area - I went to Clients - Add new client.
I typed the information..
Gave them a product (for free, I need to test to make sure everything works before having people actually pay)

I got them on the server (I guess?)

But am I supposed to also add them in Reseller Central?
How does it work for automated? This is not making sense to me.

I'll get it eventually. Thanks for your help

[ManBearWaffle]

They have to sign up for it to be automated. You can adjust the settings to automatically create the account when a user orders, after the first payment, and you can choose to manually do everything. Make sure you set up WHMCS to integrate with RC. You can find a guide on these forums some where.

[Clp]

Ok now let me just make sure of a few things. I keep posting this but I keep feeling like I'm doing something wrong.
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I made my reseller main account and choose the Illinois server since I live in Wisconsin.

In Reseller Central, I created 3 packages - Basic, Intermediate, and Advance plans.

I created a feature list for both. Put each with a plan, got the cPanel themes right, all of that.

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Now I downloaded WHMCS, I installed it - /clients was the url.

In WHMCS I went to Configuration-Add New Server-
I typed in Server1 for server name.

I added my private name servers (do I just change the name servers in the Client Area to be my private nameservers or is there more to it?)

I also chose 'ResellerCentral' module and added user/pass that was shown in the Client Area of HostNine.

I then went to Configuration- Products and added my Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced plans again-- did the pricing, all of that stuff.

I set up the cron job.

Is that all I have to do for the client to buy the product and Get the same packages as I had in RC with the feature list, cpanel theme, and space/bandwidth -- PLUS the features I added for it in Reseller Central?

And for domains, I go to a registrar, pay them money, and then I can use them to sell domains - they take the money out of the balance funds thing and I get paid from the customer, correct?

I just need answers to all of that... thanks a lot for your help!
(Just making sure I got this right)

[jrawly]

yep - all seems fine.

You need to make sure you have put your API key in the module tab of your product. You can get this from Reseller Central -> Account Settings,

[Clp]

I create an API key? It can be anything?
It's blank and I can't type in it :/

[jrawly]

click the generate API button in Reseller Central - this is NOT in WHMCS

[Clp]

Thanks. And one more thing, what is the API key for?

[jrawly]

to access the API - without it you can't