Re: Hosting reseller question

Lisa,

You can sign up as a "WARP" agent for Verio (www.verio.com) for a one-time 
fee of $100. I did this a couple years ago I receive a check every quarter 
for commission on my client's hosting services. This is a win-win-win for 
me, my client and Verio. As a WARP agent I can offer clients 6 months free 
hosting if they pre-pay for a 24 month contract. (they pay only 18 months 
of the 24). They can only get this deal through a Verio WARP dealer. Verio 
does all the billing, etc. and provides the 24/7 tech support, I just set 
up each client and then get the ongoing commission for as long as they stay 
a Verio client.

Most clients don't know how/what to do to set up hosting anyway, and I 
offer this as a value added service. For no charge (for my time) to the 
client, I establish their Verio account (in their name, not mine), domain 
name if needed, and e-mail POP/Forwarding, etcetera. I also give them a 
temporary home page with their company logo and an e-mail link. The clients 
like this as they don't have to do anything, it's all taken care of. I just 
get their credit card number to establish the Verio account and it takes 
about a half hour to set it all up for them. I typically get the web 
development business as well, of course.

hth...

mb



At 01:49 PM 6/7/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Can anyone give me an idea about reselling hosting and domain names? How
>does it work? Is it worth it or is it more hassle than it's worth? Currently
>I just give my clients recommendations for hosting and then they set it up
>themselves. I've thought about just setting them up with a host and domain
>name myself, then billing them for it, but what about technical support
>issues?
>
>TIA,
>Lisa
>........................................................
>: Lisa Bradshaw
>: Web Designer/developer
>:
>: Crescendo Web Design - http://www.web-design-cs.com
>:......................................................:

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