Some days ago I wrote about making money without spending a dime but today I will be starting a new series along the MMO topic. The online business idea for today is reseller hosting which I believe can help you make a lot of money with minimal initial investment and support mechanism.

What is reseller web hosting?
Reseller hosting is a business model whereby your web hosting account resources (disk space, bandwidth, cpanel like tools, software etc) can be shared with your own customers or third parties to help host their websites.

How can the reseller hosting business work for you?
The money making opportunity that I would like to discuss here can work very well in nigeria where web hosting is still an expensive thing due to localization. I am talking about $4 or 5 for very basic hosting services unless somebody opts for hosting abroad.
Now if you are able to provide quality hosting services for something like $2 per month, there will be a lot of blogs and mini websites that will be interested in your services. Now let’s calculate what it takes to run such a reseller business.

1. Find a good reseller host provider

You can find excellent reseller hosting services. They will provide you all technical infrastructure for disk space, bandwidth, email accounts,website design, maintenance and billing management of your own customers.

2. Brand name & website for your hosting service
Next, you need to have a website where you provide your hosting services. You need to have basic interfaces to promote your services, offer your packages etc. Rest of the things (e.g. billing modules) will be provided by the hosting service. If you are providing very cheap hosting service, you may not need to provide customer support. Otherwise, you may need to provide contact information for support. By the way, if you are a blogger, you can even offer these services on your blog itself. I know this part sounds difficult, well its very easy as all you need will be provided.

3. Create your hosting plans
Here we are talking about splitting your $20 per month reseller plan into something like 50 or 100 slices whereby you charge your customers $1 to $3 per month.
An example is given below.

Your investment
Your premium reseller package: $20
(Note: There are much cheaper options available)

Your returns
Please note that you can get up to 240 clients that fetches up to $480 pm on an investment of $20, just charge 2$ monthly and you good to go.

The tricks of the reseller business model
The following are the tricks and challenges for the reseller hosting online business model.
Go local

A lot of people who are exposed to unlimited good quality shared hosting for $5 or $7 per month may ridicule this idea. But to be frank, there are 1000s of people who pay big hosting charges in their local currencies every month – either due to their lack of awareness or they want to pay in local currencies only and want to be in touch with the local people.
Cheap service, good quality

Of course, nobody can provide unlimited bandwidth and disk space for a $1 or $2 service.
Offer attractive packages without support

Minimizing the customer support effort is the key to make a good margin in the case of reseller hosting business. You have to make the offers at very cheap prices with a disclaimer on no customer support. You can add a premium for email or phone support but even in this case it works out cheaper.
Low initial investment

You can start with one reseller account and keep upgrading it or go for additional accounts (recommended) as your business grow.
Challenges
Hosting is steadily becoming cheaper and cheaper especially due to dropping hardware prices and increased bandwidth availability. Hence at some point, it is going to affect your margins. But in developing nations, it is going to take five or ten years before hosting services are available at dead cheap prices.

Which we hosting provider has the cheapest reseller bargains.

Brand_new: Which we hosting provider has the cheapest reseller bargains.

You will need to check google for the cheapest but resellerpanel offers 2.5$ monthly

demoreon:
You will need to check google for the cheapest but resellerpanel offers 2.5$ monthly

Is it unlimited domains? That means you will have to design ur website where people can place orders from but it won't be automated.
Like customers will make payments to you and you will in turn fulfill their orders for them after confirming such payments.
Am I correct?

Brand_new:
Is it unlimited domains? That means you will have to design ur website where people can place orders from but it won't be automated.
Like customers will make payments to you and you will in turn fulfill their orders for them after confirming such payments.
Am I correct?

Everything is automated, go to there website to get more details

demoreon:
Everything is automated, go to there website to get more details

But they don't have Naira on their currency list and that would be a big problem here in Nigeria.

Brand_new: But they don't have Naira on their currency list and that would be a big problem here in Nigeria.

No website has naira on its currency list

demoreon:
No website has naira on its currency list

That's not true because I know one that has but their price is not competitive enough so I suggest you should do your research well before conclusion.

Brand_new:
That's not true because I know one that has but their price is not competitive enough so I suggest you should do your research well before conclusion.

Give one website that has naira on its list,I don't use resellerpanel, I only pointed at it cos you requested for the cheapest. Aiit its obvious you good with google, try get more info.

@demoreon: I registered with payoneer but they are demanding for the scan of my national id or drivers' license. What if I don't have? The alternatives? Thanks for being there for us.

haruna1970: @demoreon: I registered with payoneer but they are demanding for the scan of my national id or drivers' license. What if I don't have? The alternatives? Thanks for being there for us.

If you can't provide the alternatives then you get no account intl passport cost abt 14k,try get one, I heard drivers licence is abt 3500 nt too sure but you need a verification Id to proceed.

demoreon:
If you can't provide the alternatives then you get no account intl passport cost abt 14k,try get one, I heard drivers licence is abt 3500 nt too sure but you need a verification Id to proceed.

I'm just asking. I have national Id.

haruna1970: I'm just asking. I have national Id.

National Id can be used, jst scan and send it to them.

demoreon:
Give one website that has naira on its list,I don't use resellerpanel, I only pointed at it cos you requested for the cheapest. Aiit its obvious you good with google, try get more info.

smartwebng.com
whogohost.com
and many others that charge in naira.

demoreon:I need that package on domain flipping please. Any help will be appreciated thomfitz@ymail.com

CarlosDopipi: demoreon:I need that package on domain flipping please. Any help will be appreciated thomfitz@ymail.com

check ur mail

demoreon: check ur mail

plz i need the package on domain flipping also. My mail address is timothyonwuzulike@yahoo.com

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Knaruto: plz i need the package on domain flipping also. My mail address is timothyonwuzulike@yahoo.com

Osaenoma: @ Demoreon, pls kindly help me with the package. andy200ic@yahoo.com

Chk ur mail

@demoreon: plz i need the package on domain flipping
also. My mail address is harunanosiru@yahoo.com

haruna1970: @demoreon: plz i need the package on domain flipping
also. My mail address is harunanosiru@yahoo.com

I haven't heard from your regarding fiverr.

@demoreon: {I haven't heard from your regarding fiverr.} Its not working for me. I am confused.

haruna1970: @demoreon: {I haven't heard from your regarding fiverr.} Its not working for me. I am confused.

Send a mail to me

All it takes is your determination to succeed in this business, have a website built for you, determine your price, then drive traffic to your business. That is it.

You can make lots of money by doing this business on a large scale provided you have the know how. Proving Hosting Services is one business that I know will last for a very long time to come and it will keep generating recurrent revenue for you till death. Its one of the internet business model I will advice people to consider.

emailguru: All it takes is your determination to succeed in this business, have a website built for you, determine your price, then drive traffic to your business. That is it.

You can make lots of money by doing this business on a large scale provided you have the know how. Proving Hosting Services is one business that I know will last for a very long time to come and it will keep generating recurrent revenue for you till death. Its one of the internet business model I will advice people to consider.

That's what I call passive income ...work once nd d money keeps spinning

demoreon:

That's what I call passive income ...work once nd d money keeps spinning

Please I am interested in material on domail flipping and comprehensive material on this reseller hosting, my email is iykecollins@gmail.com, thanks 4 d info

Me too pls. I'm interested. Rebekaholayemi@yahoo.com

Iykecollins:
Please I am interested in material on domail flipping and comprehensive material on this reseller hosting, my email is iykecollins@gmail.com, thanks 4 d info

tablet_girl: Me too pls. I'm interested. Rebekaholayemi@yahoo.com

Check your mails

Hello, so sorry. Could you send it again? Couldn't find it. Thank u so much

rebekaholayemi@yahoo.com

tablet_girl: rebekaholayemi@yahoo.com

Chk ur box