Shared vs reseller

[Unregistered]

Could you please explain the difference?

[phark]

Hmmm, to put this in my non-Rochen employee tongue....

A shared account is when a bunch of websites share a server and they are all hosted off from it.

A reseller account is the same, except you get so much space and so much bandwidth that you can do whatever you want with it (well, pretty much what ever you want). With the reseller account, you can host unlimited domains and sell space to your friends at your given price.

This is cool, because you can sell off space and have your customers pay the whole bill.
:D

[Unregistered]

Thanks.
Then the decision should be based upon the number of user sites, bandwidth and storage requirements - based upon your answer.

My next few questions:

- Since I'm in the northern Calif ('bay area') where would my host machine reside?

- Is it "painless" to migrate up to a reseller plan?

- If I wanted to establish an evaluation account, can that be done with out using a domain name?

- I run DNS. How would I set up multiple sites?

TIA
- Mike

[Chris]

Originally posted by Unregistered
Since I'm in the northern Calif ('bay area') where would my host machine reside?
NJ, United States - speeds should be fantastic :)

Originally posted by Unregistered
Is it "painless" to migrate up to a reseller plan?
Yes, just drop in a ticket at our helpdesk.

Originally posted by Unregistered
If I wanted to establish an evaluation account, can that be done with out using a domain name?
We don't provide trial services, only a 15 day money back guarantee. All accounts setup require a domain name.

Originally posted by Unregistered
I run DNS. How would I set up multiple sites?
We add the extra domains for you. However, we also provide the DNS service for those domains. On the reseller plan, you can add your own domains via a control panel.

[Unregistered]

Thanks for the reply. That's too bad about your DNS requirements.

[Chris]

Originally posted by Unregistered
Thanks for the reply. That's too bad about your DNS requirements.
It's not a requirement, it's just a service we provide. However, we can't provide any DNS technical support should you use an external provider.

This is the standard way most hosting companies operate...

[Unregistered]

Since I have primary DNS for my domains how do you set up my account?
BTW I tried to go to your order page and it is "unavailable"

- Mike

[Chris]

We will simply add the account and you can then point your domain's using your DNS system to the server's IP. However, as said above - we don't provide any kind of support for this.

The ordering will be back up just after 17:30 CST. We are currently doing some backend maintenance to our ordering, billing and website. The MySQL server that powers the forums will be going down at about 17:15 CST.

The ordering may be online for some users, it depends what server you are pulling our site off - it's clustered on multiple machines. But as said above, it will be 100% backup for everyone by around 17:30 CST.

No customer based services are affected by this maintenance and we scheduled this to occur around 48 hours ago.

If there's anything else, please let me know... :)

[Unregistered]

Thanks for the info on the backend maintenance.

If I may paraphrase your response...

I would establish an account with you using one of my domains as a placeholder for your accounting system etc.

You would then provide me with an IP

I would change my DNS to reflect my domain(s) pointed to your IP.

Do I then change the apache config for my virtual domains?

=> Isn't techie stuff great :>)

- Mike

[Tom]

Originally posted by Unregistered
You would then provide me with an IPIt is more likely you will be using the server's shared IP.

Originally posted by Unregistered
Do I then change the apache config for my virtual domains?Well, most of the technical aspect of hosting your web site is done by CPanel and WHM, this includes mail server configs, FTP, and Apache.conf file changes.