CAn you really earn good money as a reseller?

Just wondering about this cuz there are so many web hosting resellers about. are you guys actually earning $$? how long did it take??

It's possible to make money reselling anything, it's all about how you market it.

simple math really...

pay $50/mo, host 5 people @ $10/mo you made
your money back already.

the key to everything is marketing and persistance.

dont expect to break even immedietely - imo a successful business begins to turn a profit after six months. smaller reseller accounts are generally easier to make a profit with.

next is marketing, and your niche. What service can you provide that is unique and that will be attractive especially to a certain group. having a niche lowers the amount of potential customers but increases the turnover rate dramatically.
expect to spend atleast $20 per month on advertising to break even soon (your budget is also dependant on how much profit you could stand to make).

My friend owns reseller, but he hasn't made any money. I'm helping him turn it around and make some money, since he hosts my sites.

It is possible. It is a lot easier if you're a web designer and can host your clients.

it sounds easy enough.
Was thinking of starting on being a reseller.

preferably In australia, but server space is pretty expensive too...

whats really nice about reseller is if you set it up right and get a good host your basicly selling there space + alot of profit, all my packages are worth the dollar amount of there mb, so the bronze cost me 1.50 bucks a month to support ^^ i love it!

now most ppl do reseller cuse they dont want to spend 60 bucks month on a server so they do 10 or 20 to get them selfs started up.

// sorry if this is consider spamming for my site just wanted to explain how nice resellers are ^^

//mod edit - sorry, but that was definitely spam. you can
provide great info and reasons to the advantages of being a reseller
without promoting your own programs.

sorry , spoof. I had to edit your post.

no problem, now how would i show that with out spamming? cuse its really good info sorta ^^ lol

thanks for the feedback guys. does the reseller have to bother about the server aspects of web hosting?
Ie. if customers complain cuz of downtime, it comes right at me.., is that right?

It rather depends how you want to do the reseller stuff - you can get a bulk bunch of space, email boxes and all that stuff which you can then seperate out to your customers and you charge your customers whatever you want, the main company just charges you a set amount each month regardless of how many sites they hosted (up to their maximum allowance).

On the other hand, you can have a case by case reseller account. The main company sets up the control panel account (and give you the username/password etc) and after that its up to you what they do under that site. You can delegate control to your customer, or not, depending on your choice. The main company bills you and all contact for the site is through you, not direct to the main company... Usually at least, if an ongoing problem means that it makes more sense for the main company to speak direct to the customer.

I'd tend to say the second option is the better idea for people who are only interested in putting a couple of casual sites up for other people occasionally as the up front payment would be nothing, whereas the first option they'd have to start paying straight away.

Well at least thats how my business operates. I am pretty sure others do to.

alot of host hate when you send your customers to them, there not paying for the service.

I am set up as an affiliate of startlogic.com. When I design a website, I make them host through startlogic and I get $80 of the $90 they pay for a full year of hosting. Sometimes I charge them the full $90 for hosting, and other times I will host it for like $50. It depends on the client and their demands. I guess this isn't really being a reseller, but I make money off of selling their space!

you are not a reseller in that example, you are
simply their affilliate. That's not the same thing...