Linux Reseller Hosting Start-Up Guide
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This document provides instructions for starting a reseller hosting business using ResellerClub's reseller hosting services. It outlines how to sign up for a reseller hosting account, purchase hosting packages, manage hosting accounts through WHM/cPanel, create custom packages, install WHMCS billing software, and set up branded nameservers. Contact information is provided for getting help or support.
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- 1. RESELLER HOSTING Startup Guide - Linux
- 2. Table of contents Features of Reseller Hosting Plans and Pricing Sign up for Reseller Hosting Reseller Hosting is for Everyone How to start Reselling immediately Set price Add slabs and set Telescopic price Display it on your SuperSite Purchasing a Reseller Hosting Package Add a Customer account Purchase a Hosting Package Activate your order Purchasing directly from your SuperSite Manage your Hosting Package Access your WHM and cPanel account Change Name Servers Brand your Name Servers Basic account information Create a custom package Create an account WHMCS Installation through softaculous Help Guides Contact Us
- 4. Features of Reseller Hosting Host Unlimited Domains, Email Accounts, MySQL Databases and more. WHM access to split packages and specify your own hosting parameters. Provision unlimited cPanel accounts. WHMCS, an all-in-one client management, billing & reporting solution for online businesses provided for FREE. Comes along with Softaculous: A great auto installer with many scripts. It is fast, easy to use and installs all scripts in just ONE STEP. 7/20/11
- 7. Sign up for Reseller Hosting 7/20/11
- 8. Sign up for Reseller Hosting Change the status to “selling”. Note: by default your status will be “selling” for Reseller Hosting 7/20/11
- 9. Reseller Hosting is for everyone! You can choose to: 01 02 Resell packages to your Buy Reseller Hosting Customers & Sub packages yourself and Resell Resellers Custom packages to your Customers 7/20/11
- 10. How to Start Reselling Immediately! 7/20/11
- 11. Set Price for Reseller Hosting 7/20/11
- 12. Add slabs and set Telescopic Price Give discounts to customers who buy for longer tenures. Example: When your customer purchases for 1 month, he will be charged Rs. 1551/m, but if he purchases for 3 months or more, you can give him a discount by charging him less. However, if you do not wish to use Telescopic Pricing for your Customers, you may set the same Selling price as the 1st month for all other months 7/20/11
- 13. Display it on your SuperSite 7/20/11
- 14. Display it on your SuperSite 7/20/11
- 15. Display it on your SuperSite Just drag and drop the plans that you wish to display on your SuperSite. Do not forget to reload cache at the end! 7/20/11
- 16. Purchasing a Reseller Hosting Package 7/20/11
- 17. Add a Customer Account 7/20/11
- 18. Purchase a Hosting Package
- 19. Purchase a Hosting Package [email protected] INR 999 INR 11988 7/20/11
- 20. Activate your order Select Execute the request (s) but: Keep the Invoice – if you wish to remind your customer that he/she needs to pay you Cancel the Invoice – if you purchased a package for yourself and do not wish to get payment reminders. 7/20/11
- 21. Purchasing directly from the SuperSite Customer directly comes to your supersite and either logs in or creates a new account He can then buy any product and then proceed to payment. You can integrate various payment gateways to collect online payment from your Customers. 7/20/11
- 22. Manage Your Hosting Package 7/20/11
- 23. Manage your hosting package Search for your Reseller Hosting order from the home page of your Control Panel You will now be directed to the manage interface for this particular order 7/20/11
- 24. Access your WHM and cpanel 7/20/11
- 25. Change Name Servers Here, you would find the list of Name Servers you need to set for your domain name Alternatively, if you wish to retain the Name Servers of your domain name instead of using ResellerClub's Name Servers, you would need to add the DNS Records listed on this page, on your existing Name Servers. 7/20/11
- 26. Brand your Name Servers Add Child Name Servers This is not a compulsory step and you can seamlessly use the white labeled name servers for any sites hosted. However, having branded name servers will be helpful in creating a brand for your hosting business. In case, your domain is registered with us, you need go to the domain order detail and click on Child name servers Enter the Name Servers and IP address. Once registered, you can use these Child Name Servers in turn ns1.testwebhosting.com as name servers for registering other domain names. ns2.testwebhosting.com 7/20/11
- 27. Brand your Name Servers Add A records There are multiple ways of obtaining the required IP to create child name servers: You can 01 ping the primary domain name of your reseller hosting package or ping any one of the white labeled name servers. You can even obtain it by logging into your cPanel or WHM account. Once you have created child name servers then you will also need to create corresponding 02 A records from your DNS management interface. If you are managing your DNS from your Reseller Hosting package then you can add the A records by logging into cPanel or by accessing the edit DNS zone feature within WHM. Please note: if you wish to have 4 branded name servers then you will need to create 4 child name servers and correspondingly 4 A records. 7/20/11
- 28. Brand your Name Servers Enter your branded Name Servers into WHM Login to your WHM >> Home>> Server Configuration>> Basic cpanel and WHM setup. ns1.testwebhosting.com ns2.testwebhosting.com 7/20/11
- 30. Basic Account Information Here is the account that was created for the primary domain when you ordered for this package. testwebhosting.com [email protected] Your primary domain is assigned a preset list of limits and settings called a "Package" . You have the ability to create different custom packages via WHM to assign to different accounts. 7/20/11
- 31. Create a Custom Package Starter 7/20/11
- 32. Create an account Starter You can select which package has to be assigned to which account. Here we have assigned the starter package (Created in the earlier step) to this account. 7/20/11
- 33. WHMCS installation through softaculous 7/20/11
- 34. WHMCS installation through softaculous You can now install WHMCS with just one click. You need to enter a valid license key to install WHMCS. You can obtain that by contacting your account manager. 7/20/11
- 35. That’s it! You are now all set to Kick-Start your Web Hosting Business! 7/20/11
- 36. Help Guides Cpanel Guide: To help you get familiar with Cpanel http://manage.resellerclub.com/kb/servlet/KBServlet/faq1582.html WHM Guide: To help you get familiar with WHM http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WHMDocs/WebHome 7/20/11