Pricing Structure

[Guest]

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

Nick

Yea, but not right now,,

[Nova-Host]

Yea, but not right now,,

He has a point.

[Guest]

compete as a local hosting provider in your country .... you can make every thing easy/safe for your customer .... you can pay instead of him !!! he will pay you cash & you pay RSP !!! it is only a thought !

[jkacp]

Godaddy may be big and show a lot of low prices but they nickel and dime you for everything. In the hosting you do not get as many free scripts (godaddy neighborhood) as you do with the elefante or fantastico installer. You want a site builder all they have is website tonight which is not very user friendly and you can use it for one site only, RSp has both sitebuilder and RVsitebuilder in cPanel that you can use for all your domains. You want a calendar, you will have to pay extra depending on how many users you are going to have using it. If your clients need pearl or php, with godaddy you will need an upgrade in the package. The domain names may seem cheap but they do not include any fees. I sell .com for 10.95 straight. Godady sells for 9.99, but when you get to the billing with the added fees it comes out to 10.75 not much of a difference.

Godaddy, the cheapest reseller program costs 100.00 for the year. the commission rate stinks, the ticket system stinks. That is why we are moving every account that we still have on the reseller package and bringing them over to here.
Godaddy is not what it use to be, a reasonable domain registrar.

[Chameleon]

I agree with generally everyone, unless you have a HUGE marketing budget (i.e. tens of thousands, or even hundreds of tousands) then you are not going to be able to compete with general shared hosting companies such as GoDaddy.

BUT, if you can pitch your product in such a way that it makes the customer believe that they are getting value for money then they will buy from you.

Also, as what as already been said already, become a hosting seller for your area or country, or even find a niche and work on that. If you can find a market tha isn't too exploited then you can make a decent amount of money from it. Ok, maybe not millions, but you'll be able to bring in enough that it can augment any other income that you may have to help make things more comfortable.

It's all down to your confidence level though. If you don't feel comfident about what you're selling then the customer will pick up on it and be put off. This will then mean that you'll make no sales at all.

Also, the more work that you put into it, the more you will get out of it. You can't just set up an account here and expect to make a fortune. You have to put in alot of work, again, this comes down to your market choice.

[Cyrus]

We can not make it cheaper can definitely present it that way.

Hello everybody,

I have been going throught this thread and there seems to be a disagreement over whether RSP hosting is cheap or not.

My personal opinion is that its really cheap but maybe we could present certain things in a different manner which can be better, I have just signed up for one of the reseller packages with domain and private DNS, trying to be a reseller.

1) There is no option for creating a package which says unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth etc etc. which I believe RSP does provide. Most of the companies who provide that unlimited package just provide ample bandwidth so that the customers don't go over that because I don't think there is anything like UNLIMITED. However, many amateur web designers or small business owners who don't know much about the technicalities of web hosting do get tempted by UNLIMITED evrything for £2.99 etc. for 1 domain only.

Solution: I think RSP should give the resellers an option to select UNLIMITED space (fair usage of 200GB) and UNLIMITED bandwidth(fair usage of 300GB), with a term included that if we can not host your website we will refund your money. If carefully considered nearly 99% of sites for small businesses or personal websites would not ever go over that limit but that population is buying the same thing elsewhere because of ignorance and because UNLIMITED always sounds better than a set space and bandwidth where you don't know if that is going to be enough or not or how many hits would exhaust your bandwidth etc etc.

I would like to hear what other resellers think of this option.

[vlasi47gr]

How can it be unlimited and still carry a limit or as you state "fair usage" of 200gb and 300gb?

I think most people understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch or unlimited hosting. To base your marketing effort on " I can do the same as the next guy, and give you even more" is not a sustainable business model. If you try to compete on quantity rather than quality you will fail every time.

To be successful in any business you have to determine what your market is, where does your product fit into that market and aggressively promote your product. As you know there are thousands upon thousands of resellers even outside of the RSP program. Each one touting "I'm better than the next guy", "I give more", "I'm unlimited" , "I'll walk your dog", "I'll babysit your kids", it gets ridiculous with their claims. What is it that you offer that is different than your competitor? Forget unlimited band width, too many people offer that phony gimmick. What you need to do is determine what it is that you are offering. RSP gives you a certain base upon which to build your business. Develop your own business model to build on that base. Let everyone know that you offer a service, and don't be surprised that some of your customers will not even look elsewhere while others will drop you to save $5 a year. That's the way the marketplace works.

You say you are going to be "trying to be a reseller". You need to change your focus from "trying to be" to "being". Any time someone tells me he is trying to be something or trying to do something or trying anything at all I know that he is setting himself up for failure and is developing a buil-in excuse from the start. "Well, I tried" is the excuse of losers. If you want something, you don't try, you do! "I'm going to try to play baseball" NO! You either play baseball or you don't! "I'm going to try to come to your party", again NO, you either go or you don't! There is that built in excuse again, "Well, I tried".

Successful people do not see themselves as trying to be anything. They imagine themselves as already being. Would you rather deal with an agent that says " I am trying to sell Real Estate' or someone that says "I sell Real Estate". Or how bout the person that says "I'm trying to be a doctor", would you take your sick child to them? Of course not! You are going to go with the one that expresses confidence in what they do as then you are confident that his service is superior to the one that is merely trying.

So go out there and promote yourself as someone that provides hosting and domain name services and any other web related service that you are qualified to do. Don't tell people that you are "trying" to be a reseller. Tell them that you provide hosting services. Be confident of your success and you will draw others in because of your confidence.

Three things to remember:

1) The wings of opportunity are lifted by the winds of confidence
2) He who has something to sell, and goes and whispers in a well, doesn't nearly get the dollars of he who climbs a tree and hollers.
3) Luck is when opportunity and preparedness meet.

I wish you success in your new venture.

[Milen]

Cyrus, there are several threads on this forum where resellers have suggested offering plans with unlimited disk space and bandwidth, so this matter has been covered more than once already. Please, use the forum search tool to locate the relevant threads.

ResellersPanel does not intend to offer shared hosting plans with unlimited disk space or unlimited bandwidth. The position of the company management has always been that "unlimited" is not a sustainable business model and I fully agree with this position.

The web hosting plans that we offer already include more than ample disk space and bandwidth for the needs of the vast majority of potential web hosting customers.

Sorry, but "unlimited" does not mean better. "Unlimited" just screams extreme overselling, questionable quality and reliability of service and inability to do business otherwise than using completely empty marketing gimmicks. We certainly do not want to go down this path.

[wjleong]

if you want unlimited plan, then please do not hesitate to upgrade to semi-dedicated hosting.
and it probably will roll out together with vps or dedicated hosting.
then you will be able to offer it.

[glenfoxman]

Pricing Structure

The new pricing structure is a major disappointment. I can see charging an upsell for multimedia and even surveys. When Aweber changed their structure GR had a very distinct competitive advantage. But once again it seems that GR is copying them. Its the same exact breakout with the same prices saving only a couple of dollars.
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