{"id":926,"date":"2020-12-02T12:45:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T10:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=926"},"modified":"2022-06-21T14:13:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:13:12","slug":"getting-started-with-reseller-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/getting-started-with-reseller-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever considered what you&#8217;re going to need in order to get your very<\/span><b> own hosting company started<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;There&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:636,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">There <\/span>are quite a few things to think about, including powerful servers, a team of<\/span><b> experienced system administrators <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to ensure everything works, an army of <\/span><b>support specialists<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to answer questions, keep customers happy, and the courage to enter an immensely competitive industry. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But for once, things might not be quite as complicated as they seem.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><b>Table of contents:<\/b><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Reseller Hosting?<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Picking the Right Reseller Hosting Plan<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activating a Reseller Hosting Plan<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating Hosting Packages with WHM<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a New cPanel Account<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing Accounts<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customization and Branding<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPanel VPS \u2013 the Reseller Alternative<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2><b>What is R<\/b><b>eseller Hosting?<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By purchasing a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/reseller-hosting.html\"><b>reseller hosting plan<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you effectively lease some storage space, bandwidth, and hardware resources from the hosting company, which you then offer to end-users. In a way, the <\/span><b>hosting provider is the wholesaler<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you are the retailer, and the <\/span><b>website owners<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who choose your services are the buyers.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Your price rates and profit margin are entirely up to you.<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mind you, reseller hosting is suitable not only for people who are trying to launch their very own <\/span><b>web hosting businesses.<\/b><strong> W<\/strong><b>eb development and web design studios<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can offer hosting as an additional service as well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Picking the Right Reseller Hosting Plan<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ScalaHosting offers three different reseller hosting plans. They are all controlled through the <\/span><b>Web Host Manager (WHM) dashboard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and offer individual account management via <\/span><b>cPanel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Our reseller solutions are based on a shared environment and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/how-can-you-keep-your-web-sites-secure\/\"><b>support private nameservers<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which one you&#8217;ll pick largely depends on the number of customers you have (or expect to have). You can easily upgrade to a more powerful plan at any point, so if you&#8217;re just getting started, your best bet would probably be to get the entry-level <\/span><b>Scala1 package<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which gives you up to <\/span><b>20 cPanel accounts, 1TB of bandwidth, and 25GB of storage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Activating a Reseller Hosting Plan<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since reseller hosting plans utilize <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/web-hosting-for-small-business.html\"><b>ScalaHosting&#8217;s shared servers<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the activation of a reseller package is practically instantaneous. After the payment is successfully processed, your account will be activated, and you will <\/span><b>receive a welcome email<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with more information on what your next steps should be.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The email includes the <\/span><b>nameservers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you need to set if you&#8217;re using an existing domain and the settings you need to use when configuring an email client. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have an <\/span><b>active hosting account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at another provider that uses <\/span><b>WHM and\/or cPanel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we can transfer all your websites completely free of charge. What you need to do is <\/span><b>open a support ticket <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the login credentials for your old host.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the new nameservers propagate successfully (this can take around 24-48 hours), your WHM control panel will be available at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yourdomain.com\/whm<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. From there, you can start managing your reseller hosting plan. By default, WHM&#8217;s homepage shows you three key shortcuts: <\/span><b>Create a New Account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>List Accounts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Add a Package<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As a reseller, these are the shortcuts you&#8217;ll be using most often.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Creating Hosting Packages with WHM<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different websites have different needs, and if you&#8217;re serious about your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/become-hosting-provider\/\"><b>hosting business<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you must ensure the services you offer are suitable for as many of them as possible. If website owners are to consider using your service, they must have a range of <\/span><b>hosting plans <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to choose from. <\/span><b>Creating them with WHM<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is fairly straightforward.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to <\/span><b>Add a Package <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">under the <\/span><b>Packages <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">menu in the sidebar. First, you need to pick a name for your package and then choose the amount of resources it will pack.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have quite a few options here. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By default, the package comes with <\/span><b>10GB storage and 1TB bandwidth per month<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but you can lower or raise these limits depending on what you plan to offer. You can choose<\/span><b> how many FTP and email accounts your customers can create<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and then control many other aspects of the service, including the maximum number of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mailing lists, SQL databases, addon domains, parked domains<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, etc.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/adding-package1.png\" alt=\"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting, Creating Hosting Packages with WHM\" width=\"888\" height=\"942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/adding-package1.png 888w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/adding-package1-283x300.png 283w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/adding-package1-768x815.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All your hosting plans will be based on cPanel, and you can customize what sort of features your clients get depending on the plan they choose. This happens through the <\/span><b>Feature Manager <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">available under the <\/span><b>Packages <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section in the sidebar.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/feature-manager.png\" alt=\"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting, Creating Hosting Packages with WHM 2\" width=\"1102\" height=\"958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/feature-manager.png 1102w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/feature-manager-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/feature-manager-1024x890.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/feature-manager-768x668.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to create feature lists that you&#8217;ll assign to different plans. Doing it is as simple as picking a name for the list, clicking <\/span><b>Add Feature List<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and selecting the cPanel functionality that it&#8217;s going to provide. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With your feature lists ready, you can choose which one you&#8217;ll include in the plan you&#8217;re creating on the <\/span><b>Add a Package<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pick-feature-list.png\" alt=\"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting, Creating Hosting Packages with WHM 3\" width=\"660\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pick-feature-list.png 660w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/pick-feature-list-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before you save the hosting package, you have a few other options to play around with. You can select whether the hosting plan will offer the ability to <\/span><b>execute CGI scripts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, enable <strong>Digest<\/strong> <\/span><b>Authentication support<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and even choose the theme and language of cPanel&#8217;s interface. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you&#8217;re ready with these settings, click <\/span><b>Add <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to create the hosting package.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Creating a New cPanel Account<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the <\/span><b>hosting packages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> taken care of, you can start creating cPanel accounts for your clients. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can start with the <\/span><b>Create a New Account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page, which gives you usage statistics for your reseller plan. You can see how many of the <\/span><b>available cPanel accounts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you&#8217;ve already created, how much disk space they&#8217;re using, and how much bandwidth you have left.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below it, there is a list of hosting plans you&#8217;ve already set up as well as information on how many cPanel accounts you can create under each package before you reach your service limits. The <\/span><b>Limiting Factor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> column indicates which of the resources might act as a bottleneck.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-934\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/usage-stats.png\" alt=\"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting, Creating a New cPanel Account\" width=\"647\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/usage-stats.png 647w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/usage-stats-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fields you need to fill in to create an account for your client are<\/span><b> available below the usage statistics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You first need to set a valid domain for the new cPanel account. WHM automatically assigns a username based on the domain name (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the default username for example.com will be example<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Still, you can change it to a custom one, as long as it contains only lowercase letters and numbers and is less than<\/span><b> 16-characters long<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next up, you&#8217;ve got the password fields. To help you secure the account with a strong password, WHM gives you a password generator that <\/span><b>automatically generates a strong password<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the account.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-928\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/choosing-package.png\" alt=\"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting, Creating a New cPanel Account 2\" width=\"634\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/choosing-package.png 634w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/choosing-package-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You now need to choose the <strong>hosting plan for the new<\/strong> <\/span><b>cPanel account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Either pick one of the packages you&#8217;ve already created from the drop-down menu or click <\/span><b>Select Options Manually<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to choose custom limits for the new client. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By clicking <\/span><b>Save Manual Settings as a Package<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can also create a new plan with the settings you&#8217;ve just picked.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further down, you can also change cPanel&#8217;s theme and<\/span><b> UI language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and manage the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/how-to-enable-spamassassin\/\"><b>SpamAssassin spam filter<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enabled by default<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next section configures the email setting for the account you&#8217;re creating.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you leave them in their default state (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the <\/span><\/i><b><i>Local Mail Exchanger<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option selected<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), the user emails will be handled by their cPanel account. Should they need to use an outside service like Gmail, for example, you can select <\/span><b>Remote Mail Exchanger<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0and configure the<\/span><b> domain MX records<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure the account&#8217;s email communication is secure, double-check if the <\/span><b>DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Sender Policy Framework (SPF)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are activated (they should be enabled by default).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you&#8217;re happy with the configuration, click <\/span><b>Create<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to activate the cPanel account.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Managing Accounts<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a reseller, you need certain control over your customers&#8217; accounts. Everything you need to know about them is available in the <\/span><b>Account Information<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section, and below it, in the <\/span><b>Account Functions <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">section, you get all the tools needed to manage the accounts.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you suspect a potential cyberattack and you think some of your clients may need to change their passwords, for example, you can click <\/span><b>Force Password Change<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, select the accounts you want, and click submit. The<\/span><b> accounts&#8217; cPanel features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will remain inaccessible until their owners change their passwords.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/force-password-reset.png\" alt=\"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting, Managing Accounts\" width=\"556\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/force-password-reset.png 556w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/force-password-reset-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also change an account&#8217;s password yourself through the <\/span><b>Password Modification <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tool. It&#8217;s as easy as selecting the account you want to modify, entering and confirming the new password, and clicking <\/span><b>Change Password<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Once again, WHM lets you use a password generator to ensure that the account is adequately protected.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-modification.png\" alt=\"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting, Managing Accounts 2\" width=\"969\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-modification.png 969w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-modification-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-modification-768x560.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/>\u0422<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hrough the <\/span><b>Upgrade\/Downgrade an Account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page, you can change an account&#8217;s hosting plan, while the <\/span><b>Modify an Account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page lets you change everything &#8211; from the allocated resources to the contact email address.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Skeleton Directory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page shows you where you can upload files and folders that will be present on all cPanel accounts upon activation. <\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he <\/span><b>Web Template Editor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can modify and customize the default pages that user accounts will display.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then you have the <\/span><b>Manage Account Suspension <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page, which lets you suspend and<\/span><b> unsuspend accounts.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When an account is no longer needed &#8211; you can terminate it through the <\/span><b>Terminate Accounts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">page. Bear in mind, however, the account termination is an irreversible action, so make sure to use it only when you&#8217;re 100% sure.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Customization and Branding<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your customers don&#8217;t necessarily need to know that you&#8217;re buying the <\/span><b>hosting service<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from us and reselling it to them. You can use WHM&#8217;s<\/span><b> Customization <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">options to present your own brand and proudly display it in your<\/span><b> clients&#8217; cPanel accounts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHM lets you enter your own company name and set <\/span><b>help documentation URLs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which will be accessible through cPanel. Your logo can be configured in the client cPanel, and the webmail login page lets you upload your own favicon.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-929\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/customization-options.png\" alt=\"Getting Started With Reseller Hosting, Customization and Branding\" width=\"405\" height=\"714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/customization-options.png 405w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/customization-options-170x300.png 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Customize Style<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lets you change cPanel&#8217;s default theme. There are a few themes available by default, but you can upload more if you want. Those of you with some coding experience might even want to customize cPanel&#8217;s look and feel completely<\/span><b>.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should take a look at the <\/span><b>Public Contact<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tab as well. It lets you update the contact information that appears on default webpages, aiding your clients how to get in touch with you more easily.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>SPanel VPS \u2013 the Reseller Alternative<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to our specialized plans, we have another solution for people who want to delve into the reseller business. Our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/managed-cloud-hosting.html\"><b>managed VPS solutions<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> give you all the functionality and ease of use of the reseller plans plus a few additional extras like the ability to integrate <\/span><b>LiteSpeed for blistering performance.<\/b><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The architecture is completely different. Instead of a shared environment, your clients will be <\/span><b>hosted on a virtual server <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with guaranteed resources available at all times. As a result<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the performance gets a great boost, and you&#8217;ve got enhanced scalability when it comes to adjusting the resources on your VPS plan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of the <\/span><b>WHM\/cPanel combination<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you will control your reseller business through our proprietary <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/spanel.html\"><b>SPanel management platform<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was designed especially for <\/span><b>VPS hosting solutions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is much more streamlined toward novice users.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPanel gives you everything you need to run a reseller business. This includes the ability to create and manage separate accounts for your customers, brand customization options, and tools for<\/span><b>\u00a0real-time usage statistics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and server health information. You get more or less all the<\/span><b> functionalities offered by WHM\/cPanel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0at a significantly lower price.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even the <\/span><b>entry-level VPS solutions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> give you the ability to create as many accounts as you wish at no extra cost. As the two platforms are fully compatible, our support specialists can transfer all your data from your old WHM\/cPanel host to your new SPanel VPS <\/span><b>completely free of charge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hosting industry would be <\/span><b>quite different without reseller services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They offer a brilliant solution for entrepreneurs who are confident they can build a successful business but don&#8217;t have the experience and resources to do it alone. They also enable website designers and developers to become a one-stop-shop for users who want to have their website designed,<\/span><b> built, and maintained by specialists<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most established hosting companies offer reseller solutions, and you could say that customers are spoiled for choice. With <\/span><b>SPanel and our VPS plans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we&#8217;ve given users one more viable option that could be worth looking into.<\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever considered what you&#8217;re going to need in order to get your very own hosting company started? 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