Your story sounds a lot like mine. We apparently started our businesses, around the time. I agree it took a lot of courage, and I am proud of you for persevering through the up and down moments as a host. And yes, I'm still at it-the cash flow side of hosting allowed me to restart my "PC Break-Fix" business again. I now promote and sell my services to a variety of customer types. I'm a US Army veteran and had to start my hosting business as if I were in a war, because, the industry was so crowded but I survived, as it appears that you did too. Good Luck JixHost. Wish you much success going forward, see you at the top!
And just like that out of my curiosity I have ended up hear, learned something new and have been to your website. Funny how it all works but I understand now.
All this is inspiring but I Dont know how about the techy aspects. I just want to know where is the best place to buy reseller account, somewhere they will help me when I have issues
How easy is it for someone to begin in the web hosting industry with 0 experience in servers or anything related? I understand business but I'm not familiar technical stuff such as this so I'm curious
This was great to listen to since I've just kind of dived off into the deep end, but what you talked about is exactly what I'm doing. Starting with a small reseller account and offering hosting to my clients as I build websites for them.
I have limited coding knowledge and would like to build a hosting business. I have seen others with no coding build small businesses and generate good income. How can I do this?
You just need a reseller hosing account which costs about $15 from a host that will help you with your clients, like with JixHost... they will help you with your client issues, if needed.
Hello, Your tutorials are very informative. To resell shared hosting I need - reseller webhosting. To resell reseller hosting I need - Master reseller Hosting. What do I need to start reselling VPS servers and dedicated servers?
Thank you so much for sharing the tough times, details and successes of your story. I am starting web hosting business on the side as I've been doing web sites for many years and never offered hosting for my clients before but have decided to go for it. I've been hesitant but it helps to hear stories like yours. Thank you!
Hi Jose, and thank you very much for this inspiring video. ... I want to learn about Cloud web hosting: how can I learn? ... I see books about every subject, but not about this.
I just moved all my servers out of my office to my house. Already ordered a dedicated Fibre line to the house. I was thinking it would be cool to host local companies servers on my connection. To do that I would need a second dedicated line. I have an it company that would support me that I have hired for my agency. What else would i need do you think because marketing and a good back up connection? I am getting a larger generator put in to power the house and then some when the power goes out. I was planning on having that as a back up to solar with tesla batteries. What do you think?
Is it possible for an individual to start Game As a Service company. ....... Suppose if this service is functional to about 200-500 online players would a single AMD threadripper processor suffice . ...... Is the learning curve very steep!!!
How did you teach yourself on how to secure your servers? Did you already have background knowledge or was there a lot of learning along the way? This is my biggest fear. I'm worried about the security side, as I'm just a web developer, not a server admin (yet).
Hi! I just discovered your channel and is giving me the motivation that I need. I just established my own hosting company and created my legal company, however is very difficult to get clients. Still, I am searching for it as I just started. I see a lot of competitors in the market. thanks for your time and videos!
You are awesome. Very simple... Great start with you. I'm really happy to subscribed your channel. I'm also running a web hosting service in India past 1 year. Your words are true, its from your experience. Its a great advice to secure our clients backups. Thankful to you Sir.
Why you recommend jixHost like is it your hosting company or someone else if it is someone else then why do not you recommend your company to us to open reseller account. i like you video and seriously the way you explained you nailed it .
Hi, encouraging video! I am thinking of entering the business! What's the best domain/hosting reseller account I can start with? What do you recommend?
Great video and great insight. I am from Malaysia and is interested in starting web hosting business. Is it possible for us to collaborate? I am very tight on budget especially on the Covid19 pandemic. This pandemic has open my eyes to venture into online business which will still go on despite the lockdown anywhere. However I had very limited understanding or knowledge on this subject and since you had the idea of do's and don't of the business, it would be great that we can work together and I dont have to reinvent the wheel.
Thanks for sharing! It's very inspiring to see the success story of someone who has done the same thing that I've started. (now I'm running 2 dedicated servers.)
Quite an achievement. I remember our first dedicated server and the feeling I had. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comment section below.
Hey i have just started my business last month but unable to get clients, am running Facebook ads also can you guide how can i get clients in the start?
@@WebsitePlex great I really want to get started asap. I have the skills but no direction to start. Can you please give me just a starting point of how to actually start the business?
First open a reseller account and register a domain with a web hosting provider such as JixHost, then start on your website using one of many free templates of your choice. Then open a PayPal account so you can accept payments. You're up and running now, this was our first setup years ago.
Thanks sir for sharing your precious adventure and experience! How is it possible to make shared hosts out of a VPS? Does it need Linux coding to share resources or I can do it with a GUI like WHMCS? And last but not least, is a single cPanel installed on the single VPS enough or I have to buy multiple licenses for each host? Thank you in advanced
Hi, You would need to buy something like virtuzzo or similar to have containers. Yes, there's licensing involved pee container as well as a control panel like cpanel for each.
How do you handle support regarding hosting ,means problems like site down ,or virus attack or hacking . Can a single person handles such problem's of 100000 clients . How many times such type of problem's could occur in 100000 clients .
Can you give me an idea of which hosting forums to participate in or which sections of the forums could benefit from expert help in ways that convert into hosting clients? I looked up a list of forums and the couple that I checked seemed to be for already established web hosts.
Hello, I came across your videos while I was just surfing through youtube and was wondering if you could give me some advice on where or how to learn about this business as I have no knowledge what so ever on this. It's very interesting, thanks so much for any advice
Nowadays, advertisements with video tutorials on RUclips has become a mean to attract a large number of users for hosting companies. Every big company has put 100s of video tutorials with their brand logo on RUclips. I know a small sized company who bought video tutorials from demotiger and use it in it's knowledgebase and also on RUclips. There are millions of viewers of tutorials on RUclips.
Hi, nice video, and i look forward to following your advice. By dedicated server, do you mean, you have the server physically installed in your house or facility?
Hey man thank you for the video. I'm planning on starting a web dev agency and i also thought of starting a small hosting business with it for my clients! Any ideas on starting a web dev agency by the way? How would i advertise it? Don't think forums will work for that... Anyway, thanks alot!
I still would do forum posting as it's free and still helps your business website rank better in search engines, yes the old school seo blah blah is still valid for.the most part. Aside from that RUclips videos on your craft should work well too as today's internet shoppers come to expect more interaction and credability then simply reading what's written on a website. Anyhow adding webhosting is a natural addon given your work and it's how we got.into the business.
@@WebsitePlex Okay thank you so much for your reply! I will reserve around an hour per day minimum to just go around forums and help developers and post there. Thanks again. Very much appreciated!
hi sir.im literally dont have any idea how web hosting business works.Seeing this video gives interest to learn more when it really feels good to earn money in this kind of field.hope to hear your advice
If I use a wordpress website for my front end and whmcs for my back end and do not change my whmcs template and connect the two through links does that reduce clients trust in the business?
It will only impact the most demanding of clients. Also, you may not want to host this subset of clients given the extreme effort required in trying to satisfy this subset without ever accomplishing it.
I need your advice master. Actually, I am new in web platform I am working right now as a freelancer. Recently I have started to work on web development. I had started with one guy and my client is growing day by day. I don't want my clients to go for other web hosting companies. I have only right now 7 clients. Can I provide hosting to my clients? Thank you.
Hello Harsh Yes, you can. You can also offer to provide free support to your web customers IF they host with you only. This will give them a strong incentive to stay with you.
Great video and great insight. I was womdering do you think that it's still possible to make a living at web host reselling. I have a nice budget of working capital to get started, but didn't want to waste time nor money if this business model is overly saturated already. Your thoughts and insight would be appreciated. Thanks again for your time.
Yes, you can still make a living doing it as I do. As for working capitol, you don't need it. Theres no need to be in the red, even initially so keep your money in your bank and use the money your clients pay you to scale from a $6 reseller plan. I have another video on this channel on how I scaled JixHost with less then $100. Thank you for your question.
Hi sir, I am truly impressed with the way you shared your experience. I have been developing websites from last 4-5 years and have 300+ worldwide clients. Now, I am also planning to start a web hosting as a side business so that I can refer my own hosting to my upcoming clients and I can earn a better profit too. How can I start? Please suggest. Thanks
Great Video! what would you recommend for a scaling web hosting business as far as managing dns for domains. i think the your progression is the natural one from shared to vps to dedicated. If you have a multiple websites and client domains hosted all over the place what would you do for that?
Hello, Great video! Thank you for all the tips. I have gone to various web hosting sites and they sell hosting for shared, VPS, & wordpress. Is it good to start with that variety of options?
thanx for your all infromations . i want to know how you promote your company in forums?? . as you know lot of forums now they dont accept affiliate link . thanx
@@WebsitePlex im thinking to be a webhosting resseler and i have learn lot of things from you thanx for you. i have just one question how much can i post every day in forums to get clients??
Great video but please fix your whmcs, its either not running your crons, your server creds are not correct, or you have auto activation turned off. I just purchased a subscription from you but my account is still pending. You advertise instant activation so.....
We had temporarily turned off auto activation as we were receiving orders using fraudulent payments which were surpassing the automated checks. Your account has been approved/activated and the manual approval process we are now doing takes about 4 - 6 hours. Thank you for your patience.
@@WebsitePlex Thank you so much. I am a web developer working as a freelancer on Upwork and Fiverr that is why I need hosting and I am very serious with web hosting business for my clients.
Typically you should profit about 30 percent of all revenue. As with support, you have to be clear with your clients whats the scope of hosting support you'll provide. Many will assume because you're the host, you'll also be the webmaster as well.
I have been considering starting a web host business but was unsure with there being so many already if they was any more room in the market for another one. What's your opinion on this?
Hello Matthew, clients tend to be quite transient and host hop until they find one the resonates to their specific needs. By simply posting in web hosting forums you'll be sure to get clients. Just be smart and scale your costs, meaning start small and grow as needed this way theres no risk for you and always remain profitable.
Hi @JixHost, I stumbled upon your channel through youtube search looking to hear out opinions on starting a web hosting business. I would like to ask you why do you think small-to-medium web hosting businesses will prevail when we have cloud computing giants like AWS, Google Cloud, Rackspace, Microsoft Azure, etc. I mean is there a possibility that, given these players having rich and sophisticated automation tools and hundreds of services, the client would prefer on-demand/metered/pay-as-you-go type of hosting plans as opposed to a static, monthly rental servers.
Hi, yes the advantage going with a small to medium host is that you would recieve personal service, often customized solutions for your clients. That is something the big players are not willing to do. Understand that many clients do not know completely what hosting is and can offer them and would want someone who can help them so that they are comfortable.
Thanks for sharing your experiences and advice, im just starting out myself but mainly use wordpress for clients, as for my hosting site its coming challenging and using whmcs. I have no understanding of CSS. (some html) so its making my limitations of creating a look/feel for the platform. Did you automate your business from the start? or did people call you to get setup manually? etc?
Thanks for your question Gareth. When JixHost first started, we manually setup everything as we wanted to scale costs according to growth. As time went on, we needed automation and did so accordingly as our budget allowed. The idea is to never spend more then you profit so scaling is paramount. If you start with a handful clients, you do not need any automation nor will you have a budget to do so.
JixHost Thank you for replying, how did you manage your payment plans in the beginning? As now I like the idea of whmcs for auto billing etc so I don’t have to worry once its setup.
@@garethslade1229 In the very beginning we only used "PayPal Subscribe" buttons on our website. If we would get an email from PayPal for a new subscription or a cancellation, we would manually create or suspend an account at the end of its billing cycle. It was a super manual but super cheap and effective way. Since it was a low client count, it was not that difficult to do.
JixHost Tank you for replying to my questions. Huge help and now planning on using just whmcs stand-alone it offers more as a platform instead of a Wordpress and keeping them separate.
Thanks for the video, it's super helpful. I like the idea of building slowly. I would have to use forums as the way to sell hosting but I'm based in the UK. Should I concentrate on UK customers with a UK brand or is international better?
John, I'm glad you found my video helpful, thank you. I feel you should target internationally. If you host with JixHost, you could activate the included cloudflare and basically resolve from over 155 locations globally thus making location based hosting obsolete.
What about domain names hosting and domain websites which GoDaddy was the leader at one time are you into this? Who offers the best domains resell package?
Go with a cloud reseller account like what JixHost offers then scale to a dedicated server when and if needed. This way you can start without investing / risking alot of money on a dedicated server.
No satellite service is needed. It's a subscription based business, such like customers pay their cell phone provider mo they fornserveice they would also pay their webhosting bill monthly for their webhosting bill. If customers have or want a website, they will need webhosting service.
Good question Myra, In my experience Facebook did bring us several clients but was not the most effective platform. Remember, potential clients want to see stability and availability so everything helps together synergistically.
I think, that could be a good idea if -- you open an account just for the web hosting business -- - a place specifically where ppl can go, and customers can go as well. Maybe you can setup with paypal on there so existing customers can pay right from there ..... Like I said, it has possibilities .... Oh- - that is my opinion
I'm sorry your chat came in after hours as we are in the U.S.A. If you want to inquire about hosting or have a question, our help desk is open 24/7/365. You are also free to ask any general questions here in the comment section for which I'll personally answer. Thank you.
@@WebsitePlex Hey! Thanks a lot. I liked your all videos, the way you have explained everything is very nice. Now after watching your videos I am planning to start very soon.
@@banaras Thank you, if there's anything you need to know, please feel free to ask below in the comment section. If you would like to see future videos, please like and subscribe to this channel.
@Jixhost thanks for such an informative video. I want to start hosting my customers websites by becoming a hosting reseller. But honestly what puts me off is not knowing how to integrate WHMCS, my website and the payment gateway/merchant account. I really get lost into what's is first. I could really do with a step-by-step tutorial in how to go about all this. Do you have any videos with such information? Thank you
@@juliocastilloz Hi Julio. Its not as complicated as you may think, you would add the cart links from whmcs to your websites check out buttons and add the payment gateway of your choice including PayPal to the admin section of your whmcs. If you want to do what I did, which includes a decent website and integrates whmcs nicely for you for around $100, this can be found here -> www.zomex.com/clients/aff.php?aff=827
Thanks for the video, I have a small server at the moment and I'm curious how or if I can connect it to the rest of the internet to host my client's websites by myself on my own server for next to no cost. Edit: is this possible and if so how?
Hi, yes it is possable to do this if your internet service provider allows it, most dont. It's best to ask them about any restrictions they may impose before attempting it. Other then that dont expect great performance as the out bound data speeds are usually much slower then inbound for consumer internet packages.
Yes, but it's very expensive. It will e cheaper for you to lease a server from any datacenter that includes the bandwidth as they purchase data in large volumes with contracts so the per user pricing is substantially cheaper.
I hope you are aware that this means that your server will need to be online 99.9% of the time. You cannot go offline because of a blackout or you are moving house or the hard disk has crashed etc. It is not a simple task.
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Your story sounds a lot like mine. We apparently started our businesses, around the time. I agree it took a lot of courage, and I am proud of you for persevering through the up and down moments as a host. And yes, I'm still at it-the cash flow side of hosting allowed me to restart my "PC Break-Fix" business again. I now promote and sell my services to a variety of customer types. I'm a US Army veteran and had to start my hosting business as if I were in a war, because, the industry was so crowded but I survived, as it appears that you did too. Good Luck JixHost. Wish you much success going forward, see you at the top!
Thank you Edward and thank for your service. It's a rarity to meet someone who truly understands.
Well this is great I have learnt a lot .. Getting extra driver, this is one of my major fear.
And just like that out of my curiosity I have ended up hear, learned something new and have been to your website. Funny how it all works but I understand now.
Should i buy a Server like a physical tower server and do home Hosting or buy a VPS in Germany and The U.S
The problem with home hosting is that it really hard and expensive if even possible to get a solid bandwidth connection, up and down stream.
All this is inspiring but I Dont know how about the techy aspects. I just want to know where is the best place to buy reseller account, somewhere they will help me when I have issues
Buy from www.websiteplex.com
We all will help you.
How much RAM is needed in a VPS to Start a Hosting Bussines
2gb to start, then scale up accordingly.
should you have redundancy backups (raid) or remote backups (to another remote server) ? or both?
Raid is sufficient for most unless you want historical
How easy is it for someone to begin in the web hosting industry with 0 experience in servers or anything related? I understand business but I'm not familiar technical stuff such as this so I'm curious
It's easy if you go with a webhost that's willing to help new people in the industry, such as JixHost
This was great to listen to since I've just kind of dived off into the deep end, but what you talked about is exactly what I'm doing. Starting with a small reseller account and offering hosting to my clients as I build websites for them.
If you have any questions, please feel free to post them down below.
This was very helpful and an awesome story! I may switch my hosting company Zunded to your host! Congratulations on your achievements.
If you ever need any help, please let me know.
sir starting a web hosting business in 2021 is it worth it ?
Yes
Hello!! Can you Please let me know how you have done the marketing for your hosting Company?
I have a few videos on that in this channel
@@WebsitePlex Can you Please share the link...
I also wanna start a webhosting company
I have limited coding knowledge and would like to build a hosting business. I have seen others with no coding build small businesses and generate good income. How can I do this?
You just need a reseller hosing account which costs about $15 from a host that will help you with your clients, like with JixHost... they will help you with your client issues, if needed.
Hello, Your tutorials are very informative.
To resell shared hosting I need - reseller webhosting.
To resell reseller hosting I need - Master reseller Hosting.
What do I need to start reselling VPS servers and dedicated servers?
You're correct, and for vps and dedicated you simply resell them individually.
Which is best to have your own real servers at home or the cloud?
Cloud, not at home for sure.
Thank you so much for sharing the tough times, details and successes of your story. I am starting web hosting business on the side as I've been doing web sites for many years and never offered hosting for my clients before but have decided to go for it. I've been hesitant but it helps to hear stories like yours. Thank you!
My pleasure
I’m really learning a lot here ima subscribe!
Hi What was your hosting company and do you host with SSL, I’m looking for starter
JixHost and yes we host with SSL.
Hi sir
Could you please help me how can we market our websites to get mote clients
Hi, I have a few videos about that on our channel.
@@WebsitePlex thank you very much
Hi Jose, and thank you very much for this inspiring video. ... I want to learn about Cloud web hosting: how can I learn? ... I see books about every subject, but not about this.
Subscribe and stay tuned for more.
I just moved all my servers out of my office to my house. Already ordered a dedicated Fibre line to the house. I was thinking it would be cool to host local companies servers on my connection. To do that I would need a second dedicated line. I have an it company that would support me that I have hired for my agency. What else would i need do you think because marketing and a good back up connection? I am getting a larger generator put in to power the house and then some when the power goes out. I was planning on having that as a back up to solar with tesla batteries. What do you think?
I think its a good hobby and a way to learn, however commercial clients that pay have an expectation of being in a true data center.
Appreciate your story brotha!
My pleasure!!
Hello, I'm from Brazil and I wish to start a hosting business, could you answer me where do you host your clients? Do you have your own server?
Yes, we do. They are in the USA.
@@WebsitePlex Hi is not clear if you own webshosting VPS or you bought from some also out there ,can you explain it please thanks
Do you use WHMCS to manage your clients?
Yes, we now use whmcs.
Magnificent Video!I really love it! It helped me a lot!
Is it possible for an individual to start Game As a Service company.
....... Suppose if this service is functional to about 200-500 online players would a single AMD threadripper processor suffice .
...... Is the learning curve very steep!!!
Its possible if your host is willing to assist you. If not, then its difficult if you don't know exactly what you're doing.
How did you teach yourself on how to secure your servers? Did you already have background knowledge or was there a lot of learning along the way? This is my biggest fear. I'm worried about the security side, as I'm just a web developer, not a server admin (yet).
I went with a web host like JixHost that helped me with my clients issues and server management.
Hi! I just discovered your channel and is giving me the motivation that I need. I just established my own hosting company and created my legal company, however is very difficult to get clients. Still, I am searching for it as I just started. I see a lot of competitors in the market. thanks for your time and videos!
Thanks for watching!
You are awesome. Very simple... Great start with you. I'm really happy to subscribed your channel. I'm also running a web hosting service in India past 1 year. Your words are true, its from your experience. Its a great advice to secure our clients backups. Thankful to you Sir.
Thank you
subscribed, i really looking forward to learn about this business.
Why you recommend jixHost like is it your hosting company or someone else if it is someone else then why do not you recommend your company to us to open reseller account. i like you video and seriously the way you explained you nailed it .
Hi, I do own JixHost. If there's anything else I can help with or clarify please let me know.
great message. thanks very much for sharing your experience with us
Hi, encouraging video!
I am thinking of entering the business!
What's the best domain/hosting reseller account I can start with? What do you recommend?
If you don't want to put an initial sum of money for a domain reseller, then go with JixHost
Thanks for the inspiration, i'm think about start a hosting business from home as well but I'm unsure of how to go about it since i'm not tech savvy.
My pleasure, if you have any specific questions, please comment them here and I'll answer them so all can learn from them.
Great video and great insight. I am from Malaysia and is interested in starting web hosting business. Is it possible for us to collaborate? I am very tight on budget especially on the Covid19 pandemic. This pandemic has open my eyes to venture into online business which will still go on despite the lockdown anywhere. However I had very limited understanding or knowledge on this subject and since you had the idea of do's and don't of the business, it would be great that we can work together and I dont have to reinvent the wheel.
If you have questions, feel free to post them in the comments area so we could all learn from them.
If i want to buy reseller from you of 20gb space. How much can jt cost ?
Hi, $14.99/month
Thanks for sharing! It's very inspiring to see the success story of someone who has done the same thing that I've started. (now I'm running 2 dedicated servers.)
Quite an achievement. I remember our first dedicated server and the feeling I had. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comment section below.
I just started a reseller account. Looking for ways to get my first sale. The forums idea is great. That was still early internet days.
Create on IG, Facebook and RUclips, traditional forums have evolved on platforms such as on facebook.
Hey i have just started my business last month but unable to get clients, am running Facebook ads also can you guide how can i get clients in the start?
Hi, I have a few videos on this channel that will show you how without spending any money.
I am interested in starting a website design and host reseller business. Do you believe the industry is over saturated?
I think it's still lucrative. You should offer your own website clients hosting. Both businesses will help one another synergistically.
I'm into AWS cloud computing.
Can I start a web hosting business using cloud skills?
Yes, you certainly can. Hosting has evolved ed to the point where many clients have specific needs and requirements.
@@WebsitePlex great I really want to get started asap. I have the skills but no direction to start. Can you please give me just a starting point of how to actually start the business?
@@WebsitePlex Thanks for replying!!
First open a reseller account and register a domain with a web hosting provider such as JixHost, then start on your website using one of many free templates of your choice. Then open a PayPal account so you can accept payments. You're up and running now, this was our first setup years ago.
@@WebsitePlex Appreciate it!
I take it that I'll find clients in forums and fb groups, possibly LinkedIn?
Do you have like coupon specials on start-up, and why others can offer a cheaper price than you? Is there a cost to transfer new domain names to you?
20jix is a coupon code that you can use.
Thanks sir for sharing your precious adventure and experience! How is it possible to make shared hosts out of a VPS? Does it need Linux coding to share resources or I can do it with a GUI like WHMCS? And last but not least, is a single cPanel installed on the single VPS enough or I have to buy multiple licenses for each host? Thank you in advanced
Hi,
You would need to buy something like virtuzzo or similar to have containers. Yes, there's licensing involved pee container as well as a control panel like cpanel for each.
@@WebsitePlex Thanks for your help
How do you handle support regarding hosting ,means problems like site down ,or virus attack or hacking . Can a single person handles such problem's of 100000 clients . How many times such type of problem's could occur in 100000 clients .
Hi, a single person can not support 100000 clients. It's reasonable to say one person can support a few hundred though.
How many people are there at your company ?
Can you give me an idea of which hosting forums to participate in or which sections of the forums could benefit from expert help in ways that convert into hosting clients? I looked up a list of forums and the couple that I checked seemed to be for already established web hosts.
I believe webhostingtalk is one of the most established ones that have been around for a long time.
@@WebsitePlex Thanks for the reply. I did visit this forum first but I was unsure in which sections I could find people who might have questions.
Hi very detailed advice, but am interested in web hosting can you put me through?
If you like this channel and it's content, then you will like JixHost as your web hosting provider.
Hello, I came across your videos while I was just surfing through youtube and was wondering if you could give me some advice on where or how to learn about this business as I have no knowledge what so ever on this. It's very interesting, thanks so much for any advice
Hi Joshua, I have a few videos on this channel on how to get started and what is needed to begin, continue and grow.
Important Video! You're doing all great videos lately.
Hi, I wanted to understand what would it take to move 20 websites to a new hosting platform?
Opening a support ticket with JixHost so they could move them for you.
Nowadays, advertisements with video tutorials on RUclips has become a mean to attract a large number of users for hosting companies. Every big company has put 100s of video tutorials with their brand logo on RUclips. I know a small sized company who bought video tutorials from demotiger and use it in it's knowledgebase and also on RUclips. There are millions of viewers of tutorials on RUclips.
Hello Sir, i like your videos, pls how can i reach you, i need to ask some questions.
How can I help you?
Hi, nice video, and i look forward to following your advice. By dedicated server, do you mean, you have the server physically installed in your house or facility?
No, start with a reseller account from a web host such as JixHost and scale up accordingly as needed.
Hey man thank you for the video. I'm planning on starting a web dev agency and i also thought of starting a small hosting business with it for my clients! Any ideas on starting a web dev agency by the way? How would i advertise it? Don't think forums will work for that... Anyway, thanks alot!
I still would do forum posting as it's free and still helps your business website rank better in search engines, yes the old school seo blah blah is still valid for.the most part. Aside from that RUclips videos on your craft should work well too as today's internet shoppers come to expect more interaction and credability then simply reading what's written on a website. Anyhow adding webhosting is a natural addon given your work and it's how we got.into the business.
@@WebsitePlex Okay thank you so much for your reply! I will reserve around an hour per day minimum to just go around forums and help developers and post there. Thanks again. Very much appreciated!
hi sir.im literally dont have any idea how web hosting business works.Seeing this video gives interest to learn more when it really feels good to earn money in this kind of field.hope to hear your advice
It's best to ask a lot of questions, this is how I learned initially. The real learning happens when you actually do it.
@@WebsitePlex thank you sir.il implement your advice asap.
If I use a wordpress website for my front end and whmcs for my back end and do not change my whmcs template and connect the two through links does that reduce clients trust in the business?
It will only impact the most demanding of clients. Also, you may not want to host this subset of clients given the extreme effort required in trying to satisfy this subset without ever accomplishing it.
@@WebsitePlex thank you !
Hi Jix, very good video. How can i sell a domain? may i have your email.
If you host with JixHost, you can sell them to your clients as well through their client area.
Great video.. I had almost the same experience as you.. and now I know that I'm not alone. Thank you for your great video.. 👍
Good Video!I really like it! It assisted me a lot!
I need your advice master. Actually, I am new in web platform I am working right now as a freelancer. Recently I have started to work on web development. I had started with one guy and my client is growing day by day. I don't want my clients to go for other web hosting companies. I have only right now 7 clients. Can I provide hosting to my clients? Thank you.
Hello Harsh Yes, you can. You can also offer to provide free support to your web customers IF they host with you only. This will give them a strong incentive to stay with you.
Great video and great insight. I was womdering do you think that it's still possible to make a living at web host reselling. I have a nice budget of working capital to get started, but didn't want to waste time nor money if this business model is overly saturated already. Your thoughts and insight would be appreciated. Thanks again for your time.
Yes, you can still make a living doing it as I do. As for working capitol, you don't need it. Theres no need to be in the red, even initially so keep your money in your bank and use the money your clients pay you to scale from a $6 reseller plan. I have another video on this channel on how I scaled JixHost with less then $100. Thank you for your question.
Hi sir,
I am truly impressed with the way you shared your experience. I have been developing websites from last 4-5 years and have 300+ worldwide clients. Now, I am also planning to start a web hosting as a side business so that I can refer my own hosting to my upcoming clients and I can earn a better profit too. How can I start? Please suggest. Thanks
I suggest you open a reseller account with Jixhost for about $19 a month. This is how we started.
Do you allow adult sites in the reseller program?
Yes, legal adult content is permitted.
Great Video! what would you recommend for a scaling web hosting business as far as managing dns for domains. i think the your progression is the natural one from shared to vps to dedicated. If you have a multiple websites and client domains hosted all over the place what would you do for that?
Just 1 website and 1 domain, that's all you need. It's best to build a brand rather than scattering different sites and domains.
Hello,
Great video! Thank you for all the tips. I have gone to various web hosting sites and they sell hosting for shared, VPS, & wordpress. Is it good to start with that variety of options?
Start with offering hosting accounts and reseller accounts.
Hello sir, i need your help i want to know start hosting business need to create company first or not
We did not initially incorporate, however when we had established ourselves we proceeded to incorporate.
Great information, you seem like an honest guy, wish you lots of success 😊
Thank you.
He seems because he is
Celebrated Video! Very interesting and informative video.
Thank you
did you use blesta or whmcs? because blesta seems almost useless.
I use WHMCS
Keep the info coming
Do you have time to speak in person about this I’m trying to start my own web hosting and game server hosting business
It's best to ask or discuss in the comment section below so others can learn from our discussion as well.
thanx for your all infromations . i want to know how you promote your company in forums?? . as you know lot of forums now they dont accept affiliate link . thanx
You promote on forums by making quality postings and responses. You're allowed a signature for each posting which includes your website link.
@@WebsitePlex im thinking to be a webhosting resseler and i have learn lot of things from you thanx for you. i have just one question how much can i post every day in forums to get clients??
You can post as much as you'd like, as long as it's not spammy. You should add value to your posts so people want you to be their host.
@@WebsitePlex thanx you very much
your website is on wordpress ???
No, it's not wp
Whats your income from the website now?
I can't publically discuss its earnings as I may consider to sell the business.
good strategy and motivational, going through the same now and its my second month
Keep it up
Definitely trying to
Do you think I can start a business now in server hosing?
are I am to late???
Yes, you can you're not too late. The hosting business evolves but the need is still there.
Is it possible I can call you and have a talk about this?
I am from Europe ( The Netherlands )
i am from India . How many employees are there for you Now.? Good Info
Thank you for sharing that wisdom
You are so welcome
Thank you this is very encouraging. In my infancy and troubleshooting currently. Definitely keeping in touch and following your journey.
Glad to hear that Mark, if you ever have any questions feel free to post them. I'm happy to help.
Great video but please fix your whmcs, its either not running your crons, your server creds are not correct, or you have auto activation turned off. I just purchased a subscription from you but my account is still pending. You advertise instant activation so.....
We had temporarily turned off auto activation as we were receiving orders using fraudulent payments which were surpassing the automated checks. Your account has been approved/activated and the manual approval process we are now doing takes about 4 - 6 hours. Thank you for your patience.
Hi, Thanks for the video. I have a question, Which hosting company is best for the reseller account?
I believe you will be happy with JixHost
@@WebsitePlex Hi Thanks am checking your website, before your comment. Thank you so much again
@@WebsitePlexKindly I need Promotional Code, if you have
@@webdev6926 Try promo code 20jix , this should take 20 percent off of your order.
@@WebsitePlex Thank you so much. I am a web developer working as a freelancer on Upwork and Fiverr that is why I need hosting and I am very serious with web hosting business for my clients.
Thanks for the video!
Hi how much you made a month now ? How many people out there to handle 100000 website problem's .
Typically you should profit about 30 percent of all revenue. As with support, you have to be clear with your clients whats the scope of hosting support you'll provide. Many will assume because you're the host, you'll also be the webmaster as well.
I have been considering starting a web host business but was unsure with there being so many already if they was any more room in the market for another one. What's your opinion on this?
Hello Matthew, clients tend to be quite transient and host hop until they find one the resonates to their specific needs. By simply posting in web hosting forums you'll be sure to get clients. Just be smart and scale your costs, meaning start small and grow as needed this way theres no risk for you and always remain profitable.
Thank you so much! I'm sure we all appreciate your content and contributions to the forums.
It's my pleasure. Feel free to make any specific topic requests in the comment section below.
Hi @JixHost, I stumbled upon your channel through youtube search looking to hear out opinions on starting a web hosting business. I would like to ask you why do you think small-to-medium web hosting businesses will prevail when we have cloud computing giants like AWS, Google Cloud, Rackspace, Microsoft Azure, etc. I mean is there a possibility that, given these players having rich and sophisticated automation tools and hundreds of services, the client would prefer on-demand/metered/pay-as-you-go type of hosting plans as opposed to a static, monthly rental servers.
Hi, yes the advantage going with a small to medium host is that you would recieve personal service, often customized solutions for your clients. That is something the big players are not willing to do. Understand that many clients do not know completely what hosting is and can offer them and would want someone who can help them so that they are comfortable.
JixHost I see, you have a point there!
@jixhost, can you make a video on how how the pricing works with reseller providers ?
@@RihanPereira Yes, thanks for the suggestion. Look out for it within a few days.
I am thinking of joining GoDaddy reseller has anyone made any money from GoDaddy
My opinion is that it's not a good choice as it will be hard to compete given their higher prices.
Better join smaller/ medium level of hosting companies.
Thanks for sharing your experiences and advice, im just starting out myself but mainly use wordpress for clients, as for my hosting site its coming challenging and using whmcs. I have no understanding of CSS. (some html) so its making my limitations of creating a look/feel for the platform. Did you automate your business from the start? or did people call you to get setup manually? etc?
Thanks for your question Gareth. When JixHost first started, we manually setup everything as we wanted to scale costs according to growth. As time went on, we needed automation and did so accordingly as our budget allowed. The idea is to never spend more then you profit so scaling is paramount. If you start with a handful clients, you do not need any automation nor will you have a budget to do so.
JixHost Thank you for replying, how did you manage your payment plans in the beginning? As now I like the idea of whmcs for auto billing etc so I don’t have to worry once its setup.
@@garethslade1229 In the very beginning we only used "PayPal Subscribe" buttons on our website. If we would get an email from PayPal for a new subscription or a cancellation, we would manually create or suspend an account at the end of its billing cycle. It was a super manual but super cheap and effective way. Since it was a low client count, it was not that difficult to do.
JixHost Tank you for replying to my questions. Huge help and now planning on using just whmcs stand-alone it offers more as a platform instead of a Wordpress and keeping them separate.
Thanks for the video, it's super helpful. I like the idea of building slowly. I would have to use forums as the way to sell hosting but I'm based in the UK. Should I concentrate on UK customers with a UK brand or is international better?
John, I'm glad you found my video helpful, thank you. I feel you should target internationally. If you host with JixHost, you could activate the included cloudflare and basically resolve from over 155 locations globally thus making location based hosting obsolete.
@@WebsitePlex Thanks. Another question for you - how do offer customer service for the periods when I am on holiday and cannot take calls?
@@johnhiggins2780 You would only do ticketing. Phone and chat support will help you get more sales, but are not mandatory.
Thoughts on Godaddy Reseller?
It's better to go with a hosting provider like JixHost. As for Go Daddy, I would only use them for domain registration, not hosting.
That *pling* 0:58 triggered my ADHD..
Hmm, not sure how that got in there as my videos are unedited. Sorry about that.
@@WebsitePlex Absolutely no worries! :) Great video anyways.. :) Just my ADHD had to tell you.. heheheh :) Have a nice day/nite man! :)
What about domain names hosting and domain websites which GoDaddy was the leader at one time are you into this? Who offers the best domains resell package?
It depends who you want to give you support. GoDaddy is dine first domains but you'll get more complete support if you vuy them from your host.
I want to start my own web hosting business , so which one you recommend to choose VPS or dedicated server or linux cloud
Go with a cloud reseller account like what JixHost offers then scale to a dedicated server when and if needed. This way you can start without investing / risking alot of money on a dedicated server.
@@NN-cw1eu So which service you recommend and i will use namehero reseller Corporate WHMCS do you recommend me to use this plan or ?
@@WebsitePlex Thanks for the advice , please do you recommend me to use namehero reseller Corporate WHMCS do you recommend me to use this plan or ?
@@sondosa.9051 Use Jixhost and have your own whmcs, always have your billing software separate from the host.
@@WebsitePlex Thanks will do
How do those servers work?
Does those servers need satellite for higher data broadcasting?
And how do you earn money from clients data usage?
No satellite service is needed. It's a subscription based business, such like customers pay their cell phone provider mo they fornserveice they would also pay their webhosting bill monthly for their webhosting bill. If customers have or want a website, they will need webhosting service.
Is facebook marketing a good idea for web hosting business. Can we get clients out of it? Please advise
Good question Myra, In my experience Facebook did bring us several clients but was not the most effective platform. Remember, potential clients want to see stability and availability so everything helps together synergistically.
@@WebsitePlex Thanks alot
I think, that could be a good idea if -- you open an account just for the web hosting business -- - a place specifically where ppl can go, and customers can go as well. Maybe you can setup with paypal on there so existing customers can pay right from there ..... Like I said, it has possibilities .... Oh- - that is my opinion
@@Impulse_Photography I would agree.
no one answers the live chat :(
I'm sorry your chat came in after hours as we are in the U.S.A. If you want to inquire about hosting or have a question, our help desk is open 24/7/365. You are also free to ask any general questions here in the comment section for which I'll personally answer. Thank you.
@@WebsitePlex Hey! Thanks a lot. I liked your all videos, the way you have explained everything is very nice. Now after watching your videos I am planning to start very soon.
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@Jixhost thanks for such an informative video. I want to start hosting my customers websites by becoming a hosting reseller. But honestly what puts me off is not knowing how to integrate WHMCS, my website and the payment gateway/merchant account. I really get lost into what's is first. I could really do with a step-by-step tutorial in how to go about all this. Do you have any videos with such information? Thank you
@@juliocastilloz Hi Julio. Its not as complicated as you may think, you would add the cart links from whmcs to your websites check out buttons and add the payment gateway of your choice including PayPal to the admin section of your whmcs. If you want to do what I did, which includes a decent website and integrates whmcs nicely for you for around $100, this can be found here -> www.zomex.com/clients/aff.php?aff=827
Thanks for the video, I have a small server at the moment and I'm curious how or if I can connect it to the rest of the internet to host my client's websites by myself on my own server for next to no cost.
Edit: is this possible and if so how?
Hi, yes it is possable to do this if your internet service provider allows it, most dont. It's best to ask them about any restrictions they may impose before attempting it. Other then that dont expect great performance as the out bound data speeds are usually much slower then inbound for consumer internet packages.
@@WebsitePlex ok, thanks, in that case, do you know of any ISPs that do allow it?
Yes, but it's very expensive. It will e cheaper for you to lease a server from any datacenter that includes the bandwidth as they purchase data in large volumes with contracts so the per user pricing is substantially cheaper.
Ok thanks! I'll keep doing research to find all of the budget options I have.
I hope you are aware that this means that your server will need to be online 99.9% of the time. You cannot go offline because of a blackout or you are moving house or the hard disk has crashed etc. It is not a simple task.