Reseller hosting provide account owners the ability to resell hosting with their own plan and pricing structure. The reseller purchases the hosting services wholesale and sells them to their clients, for a profit. Reseller hosting is also an easiest way to start a hosting company with low cost. Most reseller hosting plans allow resellers to customize their own hosting plans and choose set their own pricing structure. The resellers are able to market their own company and establish their own branding.

Reseller hosting can be a good income stream, either for those who are web designers, developers or programmers and those who want additional income, or those who wish to make a business entirely from such plan. It can also be a positive for a growing hosting company, as they have someone who is selling hosting on their behalf.

Reseller hosting does not require advanced knowledge of the technical side of web hosting. Usually, the host providers from where you get your reseller account is responsible for managing the network infrastructure and hardware maintenance, they are also responsible for server management and any configuration, security, and updating the server on regular basis, you need not to worry about these aspects.

A reseller is responsible to manage their own customer base, however any hardware, software and connectivity problems are typically forwarded to the hosting provider from whom the reseller plan was purchased. web hosting is one of the biggest online businesses, because every website needs hosting so the future of reseller hosting is immense.

With Hostnine.com reseller hosting you can set your own packages/prices, and customize your name server/customer control panel as per your need. Get up and running for under $25 with the complete web hosting solution, which includes a FREE merchant account/domain reseller account, FREE WHMCS billing software and FREE cPanel control panel. In addition, also you get a FREE website builder with 300 professional templates and Fantastico free scripts installer, which allows you to set up many open source scripts such as shopping cart, blogs, forums, surveys, classified ads systems etc… at no additional cost.

If you are expecting to sell a maximum of 5 to 10 items online, you might be fine with a small hosting account however if you are expecting to sell hundreds of items per day you will definitely need a larger account like dedicated server since you will need a secure connection for financial transactions.  A secure connection enable your website address with https before it so that your customer should feel secured while providing important information like credit card while making payment.

To create a secure site you’ll need dedicated IP and SSL, or a Secure Sockets Layer certificate, which will be installed on your website for a small fee once you have meet the terms with the requirements for the certificate.

For processing and managing financial transactions on your web site t you will need payment gateways by which you can deal with your financial transactions and direct your customers to them for payments. There are many payment gateways are there like PayPal 2checkout, Moneybookers,Google checkout which you need to set-up on your site for getting the payment from your clients.

To sell products and establish a business entity to conduct business online, you will need the best ecommerce software that you can find. These are scripts which are installed in your hosting account providing a shopping cart to your web site and will allow your customers to navigate your site easily. If you are using oscommerce or zencart, you can easily install them through your Fantastico script installer via your cPanel hosting account.

Shopping carts arrange your products into categories that make easier for your customer to select a product that he wants to buy. Shopping carts help you to calculate the prices and impose the tax and shipping costs which automatically set as per the international standard. However you should make sure to create a secured ecommerce site to protect your  customers’ sensitive information during online transactions.

Integration of Attracta’s SEO tools into HostNine’s cPanel interface and immediate customer provisioning through a single click opt-in process, will help HostNine customers maximize search engine traffic through better SEO, including regular automated XML Sitemap submissions.

“Access to easy-to-use and high-value SEO technology is critically important to our customers, who are often confused about how to rank highly in Google. Fortunately, Attracta demystifies many of the key SEO tasks our customers need to do,” said HostNine Operations Manager Ben Gabler. “Helping increase our customers’ search engine visibility is another example of our commitment to providing the latest technology to help ensure their online success.”

“We’re delighted to collaborate with HostNine and provide their customers with simple and effective SEO tools to improve their search engine rankings,” added Attracta Vice President of Channel Sales Rich Murphy. “Integrating our cPanel plugin and distributing our SEO technology helps HostNine build out its hosting platform and technology so it can stand out in the hosting market and continue its aggressive growth.”

What does Attracta’s search engine visibility technology do?
Attracta’s service helps websites optimize their SEO activities by evaluating them based on Google’s Webmaster guidelines. After each site is scored on how well its content meets the Guidelines, Attracta provides tools to easily make measurable improvements, including automated XML sitemap submission, common SEO error identification, local search submission and link building options. This helps websites and blogs boost search engine visibility, targeted site traffic, and sales.

How can HostNine customers get started?
The Attracta service is fully integrated into HostNine’s hosting platform and available to customers through a cPanel plugin. There is no software to install; customers simply click on the “Get In Google” tool in their cPanel, and manage their Attracta services and SEO tools using a feature-rich online dashboard. Customers with large sites, or those seeking more frequent XML Sitemap submission and additional SEO features have a variety of inexpensive upgrade options.

About Attracta
Attracta provides automated search engine submission and optimization (SEO) services to more than 85,000 websites of all sizes. Attracta’s innovative web-based technology helps increase search engine visibility and site traffic by analyzing sites based on Google’s SEO Guidelines, and providing remediation assistance, including automated XML Sitemap and Local search submission and resolution of common SEO errors. Attracta sells its services directly, and through a reseller channel of web hosts, site developers, and agencies. Founded in 2009, the company is headquartered in Napa, CA. For more information, visit www.Attracta.com or 888-317-3994.

About HostNine
Since inception four years ago, HostNine has focused on providing awesome cutting-edge hosting products at fantastically low prices through a global network of servers in premier datacenters around the world. HostNine is committed to continually evaluating and improving our product line and your services – ensuring that we’re always firmly ahead of the competition, and even more importantly, providing our clients with everything that they need to be successful. A central strength of HostNine is Reseller Central, a cutting-edge reseller platform developed by HostNine, for HostNine’s reseller network. Reseller Central enables the seamless management of clients, and the ability to sell cPanel (Linux) web hosting in over 10 locations around the world. For more information, visitwww.hostnine.com or call 877-251-HOST

HostNine, a leader in Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Dedicated Servers, and Virtual Private Servers, announced today the launch of its new corporate website and upgrades to its entire line of hosting services.

The new website, which has been in development for nearly six months, is significantly broader in scope than the previous site. It now better showcases HostNine’s worldwide hosting offerings, which includes access to servers in four international cities. The new site also features more intuitive navigation, faster loading pages, and a more vibrant color scheme. Visitors using a screen reader or other mobile device will be able to more easily access content on the site.

“We focused a lot of energy and resources on the redevelopment of our website. As a hosting services provider, our website is our global doorstep, and we took into consideration a wide variety of customer feedback as we created the new design,” said Ben Gabler, operations manager, HostNine.

HostNine also introduced sweeping upgrades to its line of hosting plans. Worldwide shared Web hosting now starts at $3.95 per month and includes unlimited disk space, unlimited bandwidth, and cPanel/Fantastico. Users can choose from server locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Asia.

Reseller Hosting from HostNine is now available in five levels. The first level starts at just $19.95 per month and includes 50GB of disk space, 500GB of bandwidth, and a wide-variety of value-added features, including the award-winning Reseller Central platform (available on all Reseller Hosting plans). Reseller Central is available exclusively to HostNine customers and provides resellers with unprecedented control of the reseller environment through a single, easy-to-use interface.

“After more than four years in the business, we have developed a keen understanding of what our customers want, and how the industry is changing. From new trends toward virtualization to a greater emphasis on the Mobile Web, we understand the importance of staying competitive and at the forefront of the industry, and today’s hosting plan upgrades are a clear example of our commitment to staying ahead of the curve. Above all, however, our customers demand the utmost commitment to customer service, and that remains stronger than ever at HostNine,” said Dan Maret, general manager, HostNine.

Dedicated Hosting and VPS Hosting plans have also been upgraded, including a wide variety of options and more generous allotments of hosting resources.

To learn more about HostNine, please visit http://www.hostnine.com.

About HostNine

HostNine, LLC is an industry leader in web hosting, reseller hosting, virtual private servers, and dedicated servers. Running all Dell PowerEdge servers located throughout multiple data centers around the world, HostNine provides a 99.9 percent network uptime guarantee to its customers.

We have some exciting news for the HostNine affiliate program!

We have TRIPLED commissions! The standard commission is now an incredible $75/sale. Refer your friends, family, co-workers and website visitors today and start earning great income today.  Can you refer 10+ sales per month? We have a VIP program available for even higher payouts and other benefits. Contact us today at affiliates@hostnine.com if you can send 10+ sales per month and we can enroll you in our VIP program!

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We also have a new set of banners available to you showcasing our new plan. We’re seeing great results with these new banners from affiliates. Simply login to your affiliate account to receive the tracking code for these new banners. Login here with your username and password: http://www.hostnine.com/affiliates/login.php . Please let us know how it’s working for you!

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Shared:

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1 month 1 cent coupon, coupon code: 1cent
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Reseller:

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Thanks again for making the HostNine affiliate program so successful! Please contact us and let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you.

Regards,
HostNine Affiliate Team
affiliates@hostnine.com

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With version 3 of Reseller Central near completion we decided to start releasing some screen shots of our new and improved product. With Version 3 our clients can not only expect a full rewrite of the client-side code but they will find dozens and dozens of new features making life easier then ever! In my upcoming posts you will get a chance to see our new product and hear about the all-new features in store!

Below you will find the new header / quick search bar allowing you to easily search through available functions, domains, packages, feature lists, etc

Below you will find the new list accounts page where you will find a few new features making it easier then ever to manage your accounts.

*Note: The links seen such as Modify, Suspend etc appear when you mouseover a domain in your list accounts page.

Want to discuss Reseller Central v3? Feel free to do so at the following location: http://www.hostnine.com/hosting-forums/version-3-feedback/
Stay tuned! More to come!

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The $5,000 HostNine Affiliate Contest has begun!

Beginning February 1^st, 2010 the affiliate with the most sales between February 1^st, 2010 and April 30, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST will win a $5,000 cash bonus (in addition to the amount already earned through standard referral commissions). 2^nd place will be awarded $1,000 and 3^rd place will receive a bonus of $500.

The winner will be announced July 1^st, 2010 once all sales have finalized.

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We are excited to announce the re-launch of our affiliate program! We have increased payouts, provided additional high conversion creatives and dedicated affiliate support.  You can earn up to $100/Sale! We have affiliates making thousands of dollars per month simply referring friends, family and website visitors to HostNine!

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Win $5,000 referring clients to HostNine! Beginning February 1st, 2010 the affiliate with the most sales between February 1st, 2010 and April 30, 2010 at 11:59 PM EST will win a $5,000 cash bonus (in addition to the amount already earned through standard referral commissions). 2nd place will be awarded $1,000 and 3rd place will receive a bonus of $500.

The winner will be announced July 1st, 2010 once all sales have finalized.
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If you haven’t done so yet, please simply visit http://www.hostnine.com/affiliate-program/ and sign up today as an affiliate for FREE! It costs nothing to join our affiliate program and you can begin earning immediately!

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We’re here to help you. If you have any questions about signing up, how to refer users to HostNine or ways you can increase your earnings simply submit a ticket or email affiliates@hostnine.com for assistance.

Thank you for your continued business and referrals. We look forward to working with you as an affiliate!

Regards,
HostNine Affiliate Team
Taylor Hawes
HostNine Affiliate Manager
affiliates@hostnine.com

Hello Affiliates,

Thank you for your continued participation in our affiliate program and your referrals!

We wanted to let you know we have a new set of banners and creatives available for you to place on your website. These banners are already seeing great conversion rates! Place these new banners on your website and start increasing your sales today.

Simply login to HostNine LLC – Affiliate Program with your username and password and go to the left side of your control panel. Click on Banners and you will be able to scroll through both our old and new banners. All of your old banners and links will continue to work normally as well. We have numerous creatives available for both shared and reseller hosting.

A tip: many sites see a very large conversion rate increase by simply placing a powered by banner on their website in a prominent location. This lets your website users know who you’re using for web hosting. We have a great new powered by HostNine button now available for you to place on your website.
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Please let us know if you have any questions, we’ll be happy to help you! Thanks again for your referrals. We look forward to seeing the great results from these new banners!

Regards,
Taylor Hawes
HostNine Affiliate Manager
affiliates@hostnine.com
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