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| Posted by badjuju, 01-11-2003, 11:09 PM |
| Hi All,
I'm trying to decide on what path to follow. I have a couple people whose sites I've designed. They're currently paying about $49.95/mth. I just got a gig for 2 more web designs and web hosting needs.
My question is I've spent the past week checking out other sites for inexpensive hosting and I want to know if it's a good idea to purchase a reseller account from httpme - they seem to be a fave on this board.
I have no experience with reselling, but I'm technically savvy. The way I see it, I might as well create a reseller account for $25/mth , move the 2 existing accounts to mine and charge $24.95/mth and create additional accounts.
I was going to start with Plan1 for $25/mth and see how it is. What do you guys think?
Also, the only things I dislike about httpme is no ssh/telnet access and no shared ssl. I know the security reasons, but some ppl just like to know that it's there when/if they need it.
Please advise.
Thanks.
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| Posted by merconline, 01-11-2003, 11:38 PM |
| Your decision to get a Reseller account is ok, you can manage them nicely and save $ also.
Reselling/ creating accounts with your Reseller accounts is very simple.
I'd not say httpme is fav. on this board, though quite popular
Other popular is voxtreme, you can try to find out abt them also.
good luck!
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| Posted by UH-Matt, 01-11-2003, 11:41 PM |
| There are a lot of other posts below this one with some reseller host reviews / comments, scroll down
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| Posted by badjuju, 01-12-2003, 12:12 AM |
| Thanks for your responses. I've gone through several pages for review and narrowed them down to dathorn, nocster.voxtreme, httpme and mchost.
After some more research, I'm down to 3 - httpme, nocster and voxtreme.
My only reservation about voxtreme is I can't tell where they are based. I'm in the US and their site only has email support.
Also, does anyone know about payment options? If my clients decide to purchase a package, is paypal integrated?
Thanks.
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| Posted by Aussie Bob, 01-12-2003, 12:17 AM |
| Matt, Tony and the chaps from Voxtreme are an excellent host and a good buch of chaps too. They have helpdesk and forum support.
No. You will need to intergrate a payment solution for your business. Reseller accounts are just the supply for your clients. You need to setup billing, sales, support etc...etc...
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| Posted by badjuju, 01-12-2003, 12:34 AM |
| Thanks for your quick response Bob. I'm highly impressed. I only wish you offered SSH/SSL (SSH mainly).
One more thing, companies who do not offer SSL state it's for security reasons. It seems so many people offer this. Is this really needed or is this a marketing ploy. I understand the need for SSL with payments but if you have something like Paypal setup, would you really use the shared SSL provided by your webhoster?
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| Posted by merconline, 01-12-2003, 12:58 AM |
| Voxtreme are based in US, yes, they are nice guys. u can visit their forum to dig out more ans also search here more
If u have paypal sort of setup, u should not need the shared SSL.
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| Posted by Aussie Bob, 01-12-2003, 05:08 AM |
| Shared SSL is not a professional solution for e-commerce. You need your own SSL certificate if you're serious about e-commerce. Would you prefer your payment link to look like - https://notyourdomain.com/~someuser/file.html or https://secure.yourdomain.com ?? It's all about presenting a professional image.
If you use Paypal, then you send the client to PayPal's secure ordering page. No need to have SSL on your own site then.
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| Posted by AussieHosts, 01-12-2003, 05:47 AM |
| Depends on what "notyourdomain.com" is. If it is well known and full of consumer confidence, it might be better. A lot of software registration/sales is handled in bulk in this way.
https://secure.yourdomain.com could be a self signed or a resold certificate. More secure?
Cheers
Gary
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| Posted by Aussie Bob, 01-12-2003, 06:07 AM |
| Which SSL certs do you use, Gary?
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| Posted by AussieHosts, 01-12-2003, 06:31 AM |
| Comodo for our own. Considering reselling them one day...at least the ones we initially paid for.
Gary
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| Posted by luxfx, 01-17-2003, 01:43 PM |
| Can I ask your reasons for dropping mchost from your list? I've been looking myself, and mchost is one of my favs that I've seen. I'd like to know what turned you off though, in case I missed something.
thanks!
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| Posted by HotRod, 01-17-2003, 02:00 PM |
| www.freessl.com has an offer of a free SSL certificate for 1-year. www.codomogroup.com (mentioned above) charges $50/year. I haven't used either, but having your own certificate doesn't seem too expensive if that's what you want.
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| Posted by mdrussell, 01-17-2003, 02:01 PM |
| As Bob pointed out a shared SSL certificate wouldn't be the most ideal solution for an e-commerce site. People can argue that the shared hosting environment is not suitable either, however.
Shared SSL is very useful if you are wanting to secure signup forms and basically any other forms that are used to get information (not necessarily credit card information) for visitors to your site. A lot of our clients find shared SSL very useful.
Thanks for considering us btw - and thanks guys for the recommendations and kind words
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| Posted by Aussie Bob, 01-17-2003, 02:09 PM |
| Not a problem. Voxtreme are a great host and a great bunch of chaps.
There, I said it Tony - now do I get a ride in your boat??
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| Posted by mdrussell, 01-17-2003, 02:14 PM |
| I'm not sure Tony has his boat anymore... you'd have to ask him
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| Posted by vox-fred, 01-17-2003, 07:38 PM |
| I think he still has it, but it's not as fancy as Bob's or so I heard
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| Posted by Aussie Bob, 01-17-2003, 11:43 PM |
| You mean this boat? We take delivery in 2010.
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| Posted by merconline, 01-18-2003, 10:04 PM |
| eh! u ppl have turned this thread from Webhosting Vs. Reseller to boat Vs. yatch
can u all come out of water?
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