So you've come to the realization that
each time you surf a website, there is a server delivering
up the pages you're viewing. Now your mind shifts to thinking
about whether moving those pages across the Internet creates
real revenue. The short answer is yes. The web hosting industry
generates hundreds of millions of dollars a year and employs
thousands of people. Their around-the-clock focus is to make
sure corporate and personal websites worldwide are up and
running for web users. Web hosts make the web possible.
Getting into the web hosting industry and
becoming a web host is increasingly easy to do. There are
several stages that most online entrepreneurs go through on
their web-hosting path to success.
The first stage, usually having the lowest
capital investment, is reselling basic plans through an existing
hosting company's reseller platform. Here a reseller subscribes
to a hosting plan offered by a web host. Once you have bought
this reseller plan, you can then subdivide the space you receive
and start to host websites for businesses and individuals.
Most reputable web hosts have some form of online control
panel that makes managing your clients accounts easy. They
can also refer you to a merchant account provider that will
enable you to collect online credit card payments from your
customers. Some top-quality providers of reseller hosting
can be at the HostIndex.com Reseller Hosting Showcase - click
here link it here http://www.creativewebsols.com/reseller-web-hostings-prices.htm
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The second stage is to progress into purchasing
dedicated servers. In this environment, your web hosting business
is not competing with other shared resellers on a hosting
company's server. This being the case, the speed at which
you can serve up your client's pages will increase. The basic
idea at this second reseller level is to purchase a dedicated
server and then load it with reseller software, such as Plesk
or Cpanel, which enable you to manage your hosting clients.
Many vendors of dedicated servers now offer low-cost servers
that can enable you to enter the web hosting business often
for only about $100 a month. Creativewebsols.com has a list
of reputable providers of dedicated servers who can help you
become a web host. click here. http://www.creativewebsols.com/dedicated-server.htm
to open our list of dedicated server hosts in a new window.
The third stage is to become a full-fledged
Internet hosting company. This usually requires the largest
investment of capital. Your company will either rent physical
space in an existing Internet Data Center (and place your
servers there) or build your own data center. HostIndex.com
recommends most potential web hosts start at either stage
one or two in order to reduce the business risk associated
with a high-cost investment.
At each stage, you must consider what you
bring to the web hosting industry. There are thousands of
hosts. What is going to be your competitive edge? Will it
be fast-response time, setting up a local office where clients
can walk-in, or simply being good at online marketing? It's
important not just to consider what reseller level you want
to be at, but develop a full-fledged business plan. Advice
on building a business plan can often be found at a local
government office that promotes entrepreneurship.
Also, if you are considering becoming a web
host and buying a reseller plan to get started, you should
follow the web hosting industry to become more familiar with
it Creativewebsols.com
congratulates you on thinking about becoming your own web
hosting company and entering the potentially lucrative world
of online commerce. Read through our online web hosting articles
and check out some of the companies listed in our various
showcases. If you do, you'll become much more confident about
web hosting and the likelihood of your success in this industry. |
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