What Are The Benefits And Weaknesses Of Selecting A Reseller Account Over A Dedicated Server?

In terms of UK web hosting, a reseller is an individual or company who sells web host accounts. Because of this UK reseller hosting will more often than not obtain a reseller account from a UK web host. Because a UK web host takes care of the network and server maintenance and is able to provide some technical support to you, it is vital that you choose a reliant and efficient host. Some basic technical knowledge is required by the reseller, for example the ability to administer POP accounts, register domain names for customers, edit domain records, as well as knowing the basics of HTML and script languages. With a dedicated server however the list of knowledge required increases dramatically as you will be required to manage and maintain the server unless you choose the rather more expensive option of a managed dedicated server. This then requires the extra cost or effort of employing someone who can manage your server for you or you yourself learning how to manage and maintain a server.

It is almost always cheaper to obtain a reseller account than a dedicated server. UK reseller hosting is always controlled by the reseller without a middleman allowing the reseller control over the price, content and features. When maintaining a reseller server a customer account is controlled using a control panel. There are basic control panels and more in-depth panels. The more advanced control panels are able to offer more features than their more basic counterparts but equally are more prone to technical difficulties. The UK web host provider should be able to offer account upgrades whenever the reseller wants, which means the reseller has flexibility in controlling the size of their business and how much they want to invest in it.  

Using a reseller account to start up or run your hosting business is a great idea as it reduces the dependency on large capital to set up a hosting facility. The host does not show the UK web host as the provider, rather it shows the reseller as the host for the resellers customers. This allows the reseller to adjust the pricing in accordance with what he needs to charge to make a profit all without losing customers to the UK web host. They are also able to further tempt customers by including options such as web site design if they have the skills. With a dedicated server however there are not the advantages that come with having an invisible web host.

Being able to assign bandwidth or adjust how many resources a single website is able to access is just one of the benefits of using UK reseller hosting. A reseller can also resell virtual private servers. If your UK VPS reseller package is fully redundant and comes with a automatic failover you are able to offer more dedicated uptime than a dedicated server.

There are many advantages to the reseller accounts, not only are you able to start up for far less than a dedicated server costs to start up and are able to be a UK VPS reseller with minimal investment and great flexibility in the packages sold.