Pricing Structure

[savagemic]

Are there any plans up for maybe updating the pricing structure?

I understand that we are all in business to make money but it's becoming so hard to compete with sites such as Host Gator, GoDaddy and the like because of there cheap hosting plans.

I understand that Resellers Panel offers a ton of features and I'm not looking to become a millionaire off of reseller hosting plans but I can't sell something that's twice as much money with half the features. It's just impossible from a marketing and sales perspective.

Does anyone else feel this way?

Look forward to the responses.

[ms2134]

Yes, i have thought about this myself.

Hostgator is an OK???? Website Host.

But they oversell. Resellers Panel do not tend to oversell as much as the other hosts and are more stable than many website hosting companies.

Look at it from the customers view. The website hosting forum just started and can be discussed there...

http://onlinecommunity.cis-webhosting.com/

~ Mike

[savagemic]

I'm not suggesting that Resellers Panel oversell. In fact I applaud them for not overselling.

But I do think that the pricing could be improved especially in today's economic times where price for hosting is a major factor in people switching hosts and signing up for new host.

I was hoping to hear from someone within resellers panel on this issue.

Thanks,
-Michael

[J.L.H.C.]

Actually RSP is overselling massively. Their offer is no different to those massive unlimited oversellers. You shouldn't expect fast servers with quality and stable set ups with this kind of business model.

Whenever some clients think they can use up all the resource allocated, they will most likely overload the server before RSP can even suspend them and this causes downtime for you even if it is just for a few hours.

[savagemic]

Why are you here?

Clearly you don't use Resellers Panel.

As you are the CEO of www.aspirationhosting.com.

Excuse me for being rude but in every thread I have created you have gone out of your way to give no useful response.

[J.L.H.C.]

I am not giving a non-useful response but I am telling you what is the truth. If you do not want to accept my comments it is fine but they are just some facts that you need to get it right.

[wjleong]

Actually RSP is overselling massively. Their offer is no different to those massive unlimited oversellers. You shouldn't expect fast servers with quality and stable set ups with this kind of business model.

Whenever some clients think they can use up all the resource allocated, they will most likely overload the server before RSP can even suspend them and this causes downtime for you even if it is just for a few hours.

Yes,they oversell massively.
As far as I know,each server they host about 500 different accounts or even more.

Now 99% of the hosting companies are overselling their server resources,doesn't matter what is the size of the company,large firm like hostgator,or small like any guy start his hosting business from a single server.

Why are you here?

Clearly you don't use Resellers Panel.

As you are the CEO of www.aspirationhosting.com.

Excuse me for being rude but in every thread I have created you have gone out of your way to give no useful response.

Different opinions doesn't mean that is not useful comment.

I think he just want to explain to you that you have no way to avoid overselling in order to offer such cheap hosting,unless you do not overselling and absorb all the loss,and this is really crazy...

Back to your fist post,I don't think the price can be lower,even few bucks.
This is already very cheap.
However,let's wait for the official comments about your question.

[Milen]

Are there any plans up for maybe updating the pricing structure?

But I do think that the pricing could be improved especially in today's economic times where price for hosting is a major factor in people switching hosts and signing up for new host.

Decreasing of plan prices is extremely unlikely. The principal costs of ResellersPanel such as collocation and bandwidth costs have not increased at best, while other expenses such as labor costs are rising. Domain registration fees were also increased over the past year.

Look at it this way, a month of shared hosting is already cheaper than a cup of coffee and a sandwich at a moderately cheap dinner.

I understand that we are all in business to make money but it's becoming so hard to compete with sites such as Host Gator, GoDaddy and the like because of there cheap hosting plans.
I understand that Resellers Panel offers a ton of features and I'm not looking to become a millionaire off of reseller hosting plans but I can't sell something that's twice as much money with half the features. It's just impossible from a marketing and sales perspective.

You should not expect to compete with the largest hosting providers based on price only. Try to find other strong selling points such as better and/or more personalized service.

I'm not suggesting that Resellers Panel oversell. In fact I applaud them for not overselling.

Actually RSP is overselling massively. Their offer is no different to those massive unlimited oversellers.

J.L.H.C. is right here. We do oversell, just as probably 99.9% of the other shared web hosting companies in the business. There is nothing wrong with overselling, if its done in a controlled way.

You shouldn't expect fast servers with quality and stable set ups with this kind of business model.

J.L.H.C., you are wrong here. I think that we have proven otherwise over the past five years.

[savagemic]

Thank you for the reply but I'm not trying to compete with the price of large companies as much as I'm trying give customers a better price-to-feature ratio. I know you have allot of extra's but still it's the number of domains hosting, storage space and bandwidth that really make the sale at least with most customers.

Thanks

[Milen]

savagemic, our plans already offer more storage, bandwidth and hosted domains than the vast majority of hosting customers are going to use.

As far as side-by-side comparison goes, our Business Plan offers 3 hosted domains, while Hostgator's Hatchling plan offers only one. Also our Business plan offers more disk space than GoDaddy's Economy Plan (15GB of disk space for our Business Plan vs. 10GB of space for GoDaddy's Economy Plan) and our Corporate plan offers more disk space and traffic than GoDaddy's Deluxe Plan (2,500GB of disk space and 25,000GB of traffic for the Corporate plan vs. 150GB of space and 1,500GB of traffic for GoDaddy's Deluxe Plan). So we are pretty competitive in these aspects as well.

However, as far as plans with unlimited disk space and traffic go, do not expect to see such plans from ResellersPanel.

[vlasi47gr]

Yes, there are cheaper plans out there, and there are others that are a lot more expensive, check out Network Solutions and you will see how much more competitive RSP is.

If all you can do is sell on price, then you are not much of salesman. There will always be someone out there that will go below your price just to get the business.

Bottom line: You cannot compete on price, you have to compete on service and added value! Added value is what you bring to the table.

As for me, with the support I receive here, I wouldn't go anywhere else.

[J.L.H.C.]

J.L.H.C., you are wrong here. I think that we have proven otherwise over the past five years.

You can have a stable set up if managed properly but the speed of the server will not be on par with a non-oversold server.

[Guest]

Hello, I just have to speak up. There is a lack of knowledge in the general population on exactly what features define the real value of a hosting package.

[vlasi47gr]

Would you like to tell us what you believe those are?
I for one would like to hear your opinions.

Nick

[syownet]

Are there any plans up for maybe updating the pricing structure?

I understand that we are all in business to make money but it's becoming so hard to compete with sites such as Host Gator, GoDaddy and the like because of there cheap hosting plans.

I have a piece of advice. Do NOT compete based on price. It won't make you a millionaire (I know you said you don't want to be one), it won't get you close. Someone can always do it cheaper, so get over it.

I understand that Resellers Panel offers a ton of features and I'm not looking to become a millionaire off of reseller hosting plans but I can't sell something that's twice as much money with half the features. It's just impossible from a marketing and sales perspective.

It's not impossible. It can be done. It is done. And I guarantee you those people who do it are the millionaires.