What is reseller hosting?
Reseller hosting is running your own hosting business: you provide server resources to customers under your brand, set your own plans and prices, and manage them — without owning a data center. You’re the host your customers deal with.
How it works
- You run a server (or servers) with a control panel.
- You create plans (packages) with set resources and prices.
- Customers sign up and each gets their own isolated account to manage their sites, email, and databases.
- You handle billing and support; they get hosting under your brand.
The customer never sees the underlying infrastructure — to them, you are the hosting company.
Who it’s for
- Web agencies & freelancers — host your clients’ sites and add recurring revenue instead of sending them elsewhere.
- Developers — monetize spare server capacity.
- Entrepreneurs — start a hosting brand with low upfront cost.
What you need
- A server — typically a VPS to start.
- A control panel with multi-tenancy — so each customer is isolated and self-service.
- Packages, a storefront, and payments — to sell and get paid.
- A support process — customers will have questions.
Doing it with OrbixPanel
OrbixPanel’s Reseller mode is built for exactly this: multi-tenant customer accounts, packages, a public storefront, Stripe/PayPal payments, and branding — and it’s free to run, so your server cost is your main overhead. Full guide: start a hosting business.
Reseller hosting vs being a shared-hosting customer
As a reseller you control the plans, pricing, and brand, and keep the margin. As a plain shared-hosting customer you just rent space for your own sites. Reselling is a business; shared hosting is a purchase.
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