cPanel Reseller Web Page Hosting

The cPanel web hosting reseller mode of operation functions by slicing cPanel hosting server(s) into predefined reseller accounts, which are later promoted as individual reseller accounts. Each single cPanel reseller web space hosting plan is administered by the WebHost Manager (WHM) management user interface. WHM is the place where the reseller sets up the shared web hosting accounts marketed on behalf of his own trademark. Here are the standard stages a regular cPanel-based web space hosting reseller must undergo:

1. Pick a billing/invoicing software system

In order to collect payments from their clients, the resellers have to acquire an invoicing software platform connected with the cPanel/WHM software. The most popular invoicing systems for cPanel and WHM are ModernBill, WHMCS, ClientExec and AWBS.

2. Set up a merchant account

A merchant account for credit/debit card payments is required. Preferably issued by a bank (Bank of America, HSBC, Barclays, etc.) or some sort of an invoice system (PayPal, WorldPay, 2CheckOut, etc.). Without the merchant account, the reseller will not be able to accept any credit/debit card payments from his site hosting customers. This merchant account must be opened inside the chosen invoice system by the earnest reseller.

3. Create a domain name reseller account

If you will be offering domain name registration and transfer services to your clients, you have to create a domain reseller account with some domain name registrar and to connect it inside the billing platform.

4. Create the shared web site hosting plans

The cPanel reseller hosting business operating model permits the reseller to promote shared hosting accounts exclusively. Utilizing the WHM device, the wholesale site hosting supplies need to be sliced into smaller packages.

5. Choose the price tags for the shared webspace hosting accounts

Now is the time for the reseller to choose the price tags for the promoted shared webspace hosting accounts. While accomplishing this, it's good to pay good heed to the fact that inside the billing system (which is distinct from cPanel and WebHost Manager, i.e. a third login location for the reseller so far and 2nd for the clients) the clients will be able to have a peek at their invoices (due or paid) and the earlier transactions made, i.e. this is the Billing Manager for the exalted cPanel web hosting customers too. cPanel has more or less 150 sections inside (the client must learn promptly), but does not include any Billing or Invoice Manager. Can you believe that?

6. Set the price tags for the domains

The customer interface offered by cPanel also does not support very vital domain name procedures, such as registrations, transfers, renewals, parking, DNS registrations, DNS record modifications, etc. So, this billing software system is also providing a place for the passionate cPanel website hosting clients where they can execute some (still, not all) of the aforestated critical domain name administration and handling procedures. So, now is the time for the reseller to pick which top-level domain names (TLDs) will be offered and to select their corresponding registration, transfer and renewal price tags.

7. Append a technical support system

Another thing that lacks in the client interface provided by cPanel is a customer support section (a client support system). Based on the billing software the reseller has chosen already, a ticket platform is either available or not. If it is not added, the reseller has to find a technical support platform and to install it somewhere. Somehow the shared web site hosting clients should be aware of its presence.

8. Connect the order wizard with the site

Finally, now is the time for the reseller hosting web site itself. There the shared web page hosting packages and domains can be obtained by the prospective clients. The whole site must work in perfect correspondence with the invoicing processor. This means, within the site, the order wizards and the order pages need to be connected properly.

Let's summarize the login locations available with the cPanel-based web space hosting reseller accounts. There are at least two and maximum four locations to log in to, which can be very baffling for the resellers and chiefly for the customers.

(1) cPanel (for the reseller website); (2) WHM; (3) the invoice software platform; (4) the customer support platform (this is in the case that the payment software system does not already contain it - some do, others don't).

Login places for the passionate cPanel web site hosting customers:

(1) cPanel; (2) the payment software platform; (3) eventually the client support platform.