Anne, I'm no hosting expert but I've done the reseller thing many times over. In my experience most hosts don't have an automated billing feature other than charging them the discounted rate which defeats the purpose of you being a reseller unless lowering your customers costs is the #1 concern. Crystal Tech lets you bill your customers or they can bill them but it will be the hosting rate X discount rate (where applicable).
It was a HUGE pain to bill everyone monthly and most of the time I would be 5 months down the road for the past 5 months, in our former biz. So, in our new biz we aren't even touching hosting unless its on our ded server and we are automatically billing the client. We had a merchant account with the old company but most clients didn't want an automatic payment. Since we aren't concentrating on that being a revenue stream anymore, all sites hosted on our server will have to be billed automatically. So, either grab the merchant account and do your own billing or pray for a host that has a sweet reseller setup. :-) On 11/7/05, Anne Girardeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the information. I checked out both > xtreme-host.com<http://xtreme-host.com>and > hostnexus.com <http://hostnexus.com> and they both look like good > possibilities. My biggest concern, however, is that neither seem to have an > automated e-commerce component that could take care of maintaining > subscriptions and handle billing. Granted, what I'm asking for may be fairly > "pie in the sky" and quite possibly doesn't exist. However, if anyone does > know of such a service, please let me know. > > Also, any overall recommendations for ColdFusion hosting would be greatly > appreciated. Currently, my CF VPS with Apollo Hosting is wonderful but it is > extremely expensive at about $120 per month. Therefore if anyone knows about > a service that offers the flexibility without the expense, that would be > awesome! > > Thanks so much, > --Anne > > > > I am hosing with Xtreme Hosting, http://www.xtreme-host.com/. I > > don't > > do the reseller stuff, but I have been pleased with their regular > > hosting. Their reseller accounts start at $17/mo for Linux and > > $18/mo > > for Windows. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Anne Girardeau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 7:50 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: ColdFusion Reseller Accounts > > > > > > Anyone know of a good ColdFusion reseller service? The > > > reason why I ask is because I'm currently working on a couple > > > of projects that both need hosting. Now, I currently have a > > > VPS with Apollo Hosting and could, in theory, host these new > > > sites on my VPS. However, I personally don't want to deal > > > with the hassle and expense of getting an internet merchant > > > account plus have to worry about manually sending monthly > > > invoices if I can avoid it. In other words, something > > > relatively inexpensive and automated would be ideal. But I > > > also want to be able to easily administer and keep track of > > > accounts. Any information and/or suggestions regarding this > > > would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks so much, > > > --Anne > > > > > > [INFO] -- Access Manager: > > This transmission may contain information that is privileged, > > confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If > > you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > > disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained > > herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you > > received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the > > sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic > > or hard copy format. Thank you. A2 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:223443 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
