Affiliate or Reseller

Okay, you want to make money online?

The thing is, where do you start? Do you become an affiliate or reseller? 

The the question is as an affiliate you are limited to the affiliate program.  Plus, if you're driving traffic towards an affiliate program that doesn't convert your wasting valuable resources.

There are hosting companies that promise you massive incomes, some have even made videos with all the hype of how many thousands you can earn every month by signing up people to their service. 

The catch is that before you can earn anything you have to sign up (for which they will charge you around ten dollars a month) by the time you realize that you're not making any money.  It will have cost you dearly!  The truth is that it is no more than multilevel marketing (MLM) and all they have told you is a dream!

Yes, I am sure someone making money but to date I have never heard of anyone that made money from this program! (I know that I personally signed up five people and those five people also signed up people but there was no acknowledgment in my or my downline's affiliate earnings that any of us had ever introduced anyone!) Now, you may be lucky and you may not experience the same as I did and if you were to go with this particular program I hope you don't meet the same fate as we did. (note: this is not sour grapes this is a purely objective personal experience - Note: I didn't tell you who they were!)

Cost: Hosting and one domain name USD9.95 per month, Total cost USD119.40 per annum

As a reseller you are the master of the game.  Once you have mastered the art of getting traffic to your site.  It's up to you to convert your visitors to buyers.

as a reseller you have the capability of sending your visitors directly to your index page which is in effect the hub of your business or you can do a pre-sell on a website or sales page where you can warm your customer to your services.

 

The difference between monthly affiliate driven hosting and your reseller website is price and quality, compare the prices.  When you offer a domain name for USD9.95 per year (plus ICANN - currently twenty cents per domain)  and web hosting from USD3.99 per month. for just one domain .  The cost to your customer, would be USD58.03 per year.  That's a whopping saving of USD61.37 per year just for one domain. 

Most people become addicted to hosting websites (especially if they are thinking of making money from the internet) and will more than likely buy more than one domain.  So, let's do the sums again: let's say your customer over the period of a few months by ten domain at USD9.95 each per year that USD99.50 per year (plus ICANN - say two dollars) however, now the hosting would need to be shared hosting and that would cost a minimum of USD6.99 per month, which total USD83.88 per year (remember that if you started at a USD3.99 a month hosting plan and decided three months down the track to upgrade to shared hosting you would only be charged the difference between what you had already paid and what would you to the end of your year depending on when you started and when you decided to upgrade).  Okay, shall we now look at the savings you would've made as the customer by going to a reseller rather than the affiliate hosting program:

Total cost of ten domains USD99.50 per year, plus ICANN USD2.00 per year, plus shared hosting USD83.88 per year.  Grand total USD185.38 for ten domains plus hosting for one year!

Now the affiliate hosting program: ten domains at USD9.95 per month total cost USD1194.00 per year.

If you thought the other scenario with saving you money.  Check out the savings now USD1008.62 in the customers pocket.

Unless you enjoy fleecing people.  (I think most people would prefer to show the savings that customers can make rather than taking them to the cleaners!) I know that I would never feel comfortable doing business in a way where people are being ripped off!

Below are the two plans I mentioned earlier: you are not limited to these plans alone.

Economy Plan USD3.99/month
10 GB Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
100 Email Accounts
10 MySQL Databases

Deluxe Plan USD6.99/month
150 GB Space
Unlimited Bandwidth
500 Email Accounts
25 MySQL Databases

So, WIIFM (What's In It For Me) How do I make money you're saying to yourself after reading this…

The sheer fact that you will have more customers signing up for your hosting at a reasonable price, the quantity of customers will increase your bottom line. There are resellers making over USD20,000 a month just from the reseller program. (don't believe me... look at the screenshot taken 08/22/2010)

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Become the master of your own Destiny With this easy to manage Reseller Business.

95% of the population wishes that they could have forseen the future of some of the largest industries we know today. Wouldn't it have been great if you were alive back in the 1940's and knew that a simple Hamburger Joint was going to be one of the best investments for you and your family's future.

How about computers and the Internet; less than twenty years ago, I would not have forseen the power of this great media. I mean it... in 1986 I had to beg my boss to buy a Fax machine for the office! Then by the 90's we saw the world change with computers that weren't the size of a small house.

By the mid 90's the internet was appearing in the average home and business. I remember thinking even in the early part of this centuary it would be a great source of income to have a Web Hosting Business. But the expense of setting up the servers and employing the Techies and Support staff was too rich for me. But now.....there is a way to own a Web Hosting Business without the enormous outlay and still make a good income.

That is by becoming a reseller!  When choosing a program make sure that it's not an obscure hosting company that has only a select few products.  It is important that you align yourself with a top hosting company like Wild West domains who are in effect Go Daddy. wild West domains has an excellent reputation.  They can offer 99% uptime, many generous free add-ons to each hosting account and free hosting with every domain.  (For those people who don't mind sharing their page with Wild West domains for the Google AdSense revenue).

The beauty of the reseller business is that you can set the pricing to attract more buyers and stay competitive for a initial investment you too can become a reseller today.

Join the other 5% of the population in controling your financial freedom and your families future. 

 

 

 


Comments (1)

Said this on 07-29-2011 At 08:17 pm
When looking to establish yourself as a domain reseller you should look to work with ICANN accredited registrars. This is one of the most fundamental aspects that can contribute to the success of your reseller business.
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