Thanks for the info. Since I'm relatively new to this, any information based on personal experience is definitely welcome. =)
--Anne John C. Bland II wrote: >Anne, I'm no hosting expert but I've done the reseller thing many times >over. In my experience most hosts don't have an automated billing feature >other than charging them the discounted rate which defeats the purpose of >you being a reseller unless lowering your customers costs is the #1 concern. >Crystal Tech lets you bill your customers or they can bill them but it will >be the hosting rate X discount rate (where applicable). > >It was a HUGE pain to bill everyone monthly and most of the time I would be >5 months down the road for the past 5 months, in our former biz. So, in our >new biz we aren't even touching hosting unless its on our ded server and we >are automatically billing the client. We had a merchant account with the old >company but most clients didn't want an automatic payment. Since we aren't >concentrating on that being a revenue stream anymore, all sites hosted on >our server will have to be billed automatically. > >So, either grab the merchant account and do your own billing or pray for a >host that has a sweet reseller setup. :-) > >On 11/7/05, Anne Girardeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Thanks for the information. I checked out both >>xtreme-host.com<http://xtreme-host.com>and >>hostnexus.com <http://hostnexus.com> and they both look like good >>possibilities. My biggest concern, however, is that neither seem to have an >>automated e-commerce component that could take care of maintaining >>subscriptions and handle billing. Granted, what I'm asking for may be fairly >>"pie in the sky" and quite possibly doesn't exist. However, if anyone does >>know of such a service, please let me know. >> >>Also, any overall recommendations for ColdFusion hosting would be greatly >>appreciated. Currently, my CF VPS with Apollo Hosting is wonderful but it is >>extremely expensive at about $120 per month. Therefore if anyone knows about >>a service that offers the flexibility without the expense, that would be >>awesome! >> >>Thanks so much, >>--Anne >> >> >> >> >>>I am hosing with Xtreme Hosting, http://www.xtreme-host.com/. I >>>don't >>>do the reseller stuff, but I have been pleased with their regular >>>hosting. Their reseller accounts start at $17/mo for Linux and >>>$18/mo >>>for Windows. >>> >>> >>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Anne Girardeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:50 PM >>>>To: CF-Talk >>>>Subject: ColdFusion Reseller Accounts >>>> >>>>Anyone know of a good ColdFusion reseller service? The >>>>reason why I ask is because I'm currently working on a couple >>>>of projects that both need hosting. Now, I currently have a >>>>VPS with Apollo Hosting and could, in theory, host these new >>>>sites on my VPS. However, I personally don't want to deal >>>>with the hassle and expense of getting an internet merchant >>>>account plus have to worry about manually sending monthly >>>>invoices if I can avoid it. In other words, something >>>>relatively inexpensive and automated would be ideal. But I >>>>also want to be able to easily administer and keep track of >>>>accounts. Any information and/or suggestions regarding this >>>>would be greatly appreciated. >>>> >>>>Thanks so much, >>>>--Anne >>>> >>>> >>>[INFO] -- Access Manager: >>>This transmission may contain information that is privileged, >>>confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If >>>you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any >>>disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained >>>herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you >>>received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the >>>sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic >>>or hard copy format. Thank you. A2 >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223622 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
