Questions on pricing, reselling, upgrading

[JimmyJ]

Hi guys,

I've had a quick look around the forum to see if these questions are answered elsewhere and as far as I can tell they have not been. My apologies if these are questions you get all the time - I'm pretty much new to all of this!

1) Reselling - how easy is it to sell hosting space to others? If I buy the cheapest reseller package, are there templates/software/scripts etc included to help me re-sell that space? I know a bit of HTML but my web design skills aren't good enough to design an e-commerce site!

2) Pricing - If I am re-selling space, are there any upper or lower limits on the prices I can charge? For example, if I wanted to charge someone $0.50 a month for 25GB of storage and 250GB of Data (not that I would want to!), would that be possible?

3) Although I will start with the lowest priced reseller option I can foresee me wanting to upgrade soon. I have read that this is possible, and all you have to do is pay the difference between the two pricing schemes. Do I have to have been a member for a certain amount of time or could I upgrade after day 1?

Thanks in advance

[henson]

Originally Posted by JimmyJ

Hi guys,

I've had a quick look around the forum to see if these questions are answered elsewhere and as far as I can tell they have not been. My apologies if these are questions you get all the time - I'm pretty much new to all of this!

1) Reselling - how easy is it to sell hosting space to others? If I buy the cheapest reseller package, are there templates/software/scripts etc included to help me re-sell that space? I know a bit of HTML but my web design skills aren't good enough to design an e-commerce site!

2) Pricing - If I am re-selling space, are there any upper or lower limits on the prices I can charge? For example, if I wanted to charge someone $0.50 a month for 25GB of storage and 250GB of Data (not that I would want to!), would that be possible?

3) Although I will start with the lowest priced reseller option I can foresee me wanting to upgrade soon. I have read that this is possible, and all you have to do is pay the difference between the two pricing schemes. Do I have to have been a member for a certain amount of time or could I upgrade after day 1?

Thanks in advance

I hope reselling is not an issue. I'd like to do that too!

[kobra]

Originally Posted by JimmyJ

For example, if I wanted to charge someone $0.50 a month for 25GB of storage and 250GB of Data (not that I would want to!), would that be possible?

You better check the allowances for the reseller packages as selling 25GB to one user for $0.50/month will put you at a loss every month

[JimmyJ]

Oh I know, if I was selling that it would make me bankrupt very quickly. What I mean is - can I fully customise the pricing structure I want to set? Or are there limits to how cheaply/how expensive a price I can set/ are there limits to how much data and storage I can offer one person?

I was just using that as an example, obviously I would never sell that much for that little!

[kobra]

What I mean is - can I fully customise the pricing structure I want to set?

You can price as you think your audience will allow
Most resellers provide some value added services and price accordingly
Trying to offer general hosting is a hard market, especially as a reseller

are there limits to how cheaply/how expensive a price I can set

Same as above -

are there limits to how much data and storage I can offer one person?

You are only limited by the quota you have throgh what you have purchased
So if your plan purchased has 25 GB - don't offer a plan with 50GB