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Originally Posted by baddog
Okay, I was approached by a registrar that wanted GotWebHost to become a reseller for them.
To be honest, it never crossed my mind to offer a service like this, but it is an interesting idea, so I now ask:
Are you going to be more inclined to use a host that allows you to register your domains there, or if the option is there would you use it, or does it not matter and you are just going to use your usual registrar anyway? |
no experienced webmaster is going to register their domains through a hosting company, too many people were fucked over when hosting companies tanked and took the domains with them. yes, today you could resell say enom and offer customers their own domain mgmt accounts under you, but it most will still be wary of putting all their eggs in one basket.
beyond that, i dont think it makes any sense for you from a financial standpoint. there just isnt much money in the domain game unless you are able to charge above $10 or do *a lot* of volume. you are not in a position to do a lot of volume because of the other services you provide and you probably cant charge the type of clientelle you have above $10 either. not worth it, imo. if you had a vanilla shared hosting service aimed at the mass market, things would be different of course.
the latter is what 2hp was alluding to. you are, essentially, selling shared and dedicated hosting. yes, you have a specialty service that appeals to people who have certain ip address requirements, but it is likely that you would incur low incremental costs to offer vanilla shared and dedicated hosting to the general consumer. i would throw up an alternate site for this and do a bit of seo on it in your free time, if i were you. speaking from experience, its definitely not going to make you rich though, just a supplemental stream of new customers to consider.