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However, you don't need to be a reseller to buy a
reseller hosting plan.
Reseller accounts are usually slightly more
expensive than regular hosting accounts, but they will allow you to host
different domain names without incurring in the add-on domain fees,
making more efficient use of your space and bandwidth.
You want to choose a reseller account that
offers:
- no limit to the number of domains you can
add.
- the possibility of hosting your main website
free, without using any of the space and bandwidth in your hosting plan. If you
are a reseller, your main website will be your business website, and the space
and bandwidth will be reserved for your customers. If you are not a reseller and
just want to manage different websites, you can designate one of your domains as
your main website (usually the largest and/or most popular, since you won't
accrue any space or bandwidth for it).
- the possibility of upgrading to another plan
without any penalties or fees.
To find out how much space and bandwidth you
will need, first determine how many sites you are likely to host, how many pages
each site may have, and how many visits will those sites most likely have. If
you plan to host 10 sites with 20 pages each, at an average of 50KB per page and
100 page views per site per day, you will need 10MB of space (10 x 20 x 50KB)
and 1.5GB of bandwidth per month (10 x 100 x 50KB x 30).
As far as pricing is concerned, there are
reseller accounts costing as little as $10 / month up to several hundreds (or
even thousands). It all depends on your requirements and the hosting company you
choose, so shop around to get the best possible deal in terms of cost and
reliability.
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