Reseller web hosting companies focus most of their sales efforts on marketing to small web hosting companies. Over the years they have tailored their services to make their reseller hosting plans basically a turn key package for a small hosting company with everything from private label nameservers to billing and marketing systems.

In today’s budget web hosting market, hosting companies are offering over 5 gb of storage and 250 gb of bandwidth for $5 to $7 per month. Historically, small business and website designers used these plans to host websites, and more often individuals are using these sites for personal web pages.

This is a guide to setting up a new WHM/cPanel Server to be used for web hosting accounts. It is intended for web hosting company administrators and dedicated server owners. For under $99 per month, it is easier than ever to manage and run your own dedicated server. You can have guaranteed uptime from your datacenter, and outsourced support starting at $30/month.

We are often asked what is involved in the setup of a new hosting account. This article reviews the basic steps of: 1. domain name setup
2. login to a control panel to manage the hosting account
3. set up of new email accounts
4. upload of a website to a hosting plan. These are the first things a new web hosting customer needs to accomplish.

What kind of backup recovery strategy should a company have for its dedicated server? Web hosting companies have been debating this architecture since their existence began. It is really a question pondered by the whole IT community. There are many right solutions, dependent on your companys ability to handle downtime.

There are many ways to market a web hosting company. Traditional methods include web hosting directories, banner ads on webmaster sites, search engine placements, ppc advertising, and so on. These are all effective methods if used and managed properly. These techniques, however, market primarily to a limited target audience: Webmasters, Programmers, Graphic Designers, and small hosting companies.