The Difference?

#1 03-05-2006, 12:01 PM

I notice I can host unlimited domains on the "Baby" shared plan... I'm not a reseller but do host several sites for clients. So, do I need a reseller plan? None of my clients administer their own sites, they pay me to do it. Would the Baby plan suffice for my needs?

Serra · #2 03-05-2006, 02:12 PM

As long as NONE of your clients need cPanel access, a baby account would be better for you. If ONE of your clients needs cPanel, then you will need to have a reseller account.

Edit: Of course, there is the small matter that using a baby account for reselling is a violation of the ToS... that could be a problem.

The reasoning for the ToS is fairly simple, I'm sure. The cost of a baby account covers the space and support needs of one customer. A reseller account's cost covers the cost of the space for many customers and the support needs for many customers. True, only the reseller can contact support, but if I have 100 accounts in my reseller account, you can bet that I'm going to generate a lot more support requests than a guy with 1 site hosted. Additonally, I'll have at lease 100 email addresses and 100 email addresses getting spam.

Overall the cost to HG for a reseller acount is much higher than a shared account, so I suspect that is why there is a price difference. (plus licensing WHM_Autopilot)

I also suspect that you could get away with running more than one customer's account out of a shared account and HG would never know... until you asked for support. Then they would suspend you for ToS violation and you aren't coming back from that.

tattoovampire · #3 03-05-2006, 04:43 PM

None of my clients are technical types and thus don't want to have to do anything to their sites on their own.

Thanks for the reply - I've signed up and sumbitted a transfer request.

Boris · #4 05-19-2006, 04:48 AM

I'm a bit confused right now. In HostGator's ToS stays:

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11.) Shared (non-reseller accounts)
Shared accounts may not resell web hosting to other people, if you wish to resell hosting you must use a reseller account.
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quietFinn · #5 05-19-2006, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

I'm a bit confused right now. In HostGator's ToS stays:

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11.) Shared (non-reseller accounts)
Shared accounts may not resell web hosting to other people, if you wish to resell hosting you must use a reseller account.
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The question was about "host several sites for clients.".
Although I am not quite sure what it means but obviously it does not mean the same as being a reseller.
It's very clear that if you sell hosting then you can not use a shared account for that.