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I’ve been a website hosting reseller for many years now, and I’ve managed to pick up several tips and tricks as to the best way to become a successful website reseller.

One of the first things you need if you are going to resell website hosting packages and domain names is a website to do it from. If you feel capible have a go at designing it yourself, or alternatively get a professional in to design it for you.

I’ve been down both routes, and can definately say that having a design professional coming in to do the design element of the new website can improve things drastically when it comes to converting visitors to sales.

I am going to use Heart Internet as the reseller account provider of choice, mainly because I have been with them for over 4 years, and not had any problems, compared to the other providers which I have had reseller accounts with and have had numerous problems leading me to reject their services.

Signing up to Heart Internet is easy, go to http://www.heartinternet.co.uk.

Then click on the reseller link at the top of the page. Fill in the form, pay the first month via a credit/debit card. After this you have the option of paying via direct debit, which in my opinion is far easier, and a much better option for keeping control of your spending.

Now that you have the reseller account, and a website, you need a way of joining them up. Heart Internet conviently comes with a prebuilt system that includes a website template that you would be able to use if you wanted.

It is called hostpay and is available for any reseller to use free of charge as a part of their reseller package. I would use this system to ensure that most of the work is done for you.

Once you’ve activated HostPay, you can pretty much start selling domains and hosting packages straight away. You’ll need to configure HostPay to work correctly, and with your specific requirements, this is something that any website hosting professional will be able to quickly help you to impliement. By doing this, you will be able to get the whole process of selling websites and their associated products to memebers of the general public within a very short period of time.

Once you have done this, and your website is all linked up then you are ready to go, remember one of the most important tasks with a new website hosting company, especially in this market is to get yourself noticed. Choose a name that people are going to remember, promote that name everywhere you can. The more you do this, the more clients you will get. Don’t be suprised if you don’t get any customers for the first few weeks, this is normal, until people get used to seeing your name out and about, they will not be too willing to take their business to you.

By following these simple tips and pieces of advice, you will be able to raise money, normally, you can achieve many signups which if they are hosting based, will result in money being raised every month, again helping you to maintain a regular cashflow.