SurfSpeedy.com

Reseller Plan

Tired of selling mediocre hosting services?

Tired of being limited to selling only the hosting plans provided by your current hosting company?

Tired of a lack of control?

If you are like most resellers, this is probably true for you. At SurfSpeedy, we have built a reseller program that offers you the freedom and flexibility to cater your offerings to meet the ever changing needs of your new and existing customers, all utilizing the latest VDS technology for your web hosting plans. And when it comes to managing your business, our Reseller Manager will provide everything you will need to easily handle all of your management duties.

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Reseller Manager Benefits

The SurfSpeedy Reseller Manager provides a clear overview of all of your account functions and allows you to quickly create and manage your resold accounts. This management interface was built from the ground up with resellers in mind, so you can spend less time managing your hosting accounts and more time interacting with your customers. Highlights of the Reseller Manager include:

Instant overview of all of your accounts – see exactly how much disk space and bandwidth each of your customers are using, and easily spot customers who could benefit from additional resources
One-click log in to your customers Control Panels – no password required. With no more lost passwords, you can concentrate on growing your business – not searching for paperwork.
Customizable service packages allow you to edit hundreds of settings to custom-tailor your offerings to your customers. Not sure where to start? Use our built-in plans and begin offering hosting solutions immediately.
Simple upgrades allow you to select a new plan and have your customers’ resources and features increased. Or, provide your customers with add-ons and instantly give them more disk space or other features as needed.
Branding options allow you to add your own logo and text to your customers Control Panels. You can even provide links to your current specials and promotions right where your customers will see them.
In-depth reporting lets you export details about your hosting business straight into Excel. Track resource usage and total number of accounts, and even get instant email alerts when a customer gets near their resource limits.

Features

Reseller Support*	Reseller Manager Features
• Toll Free Phone Support • 24/7/365 Support Ticket System • Extensive Online Support • 24/7/365 Server Monitoring	• Real-time VDS Account Provisioning • Customize End User VDS Managers • Generate Customer Reports • Create your own Service Packages/Plans • View Real-Time Resource Inventories • Virtual Nameservers

* Reseller must provide direct support to their customers.

Included with all VDS Accounts:
Ability to add Virtual Hosts Apache Error Messages Auto Reposnders Awstats FrontPage 2002 Extensions Guestbook SurfSpeedy Webmail Majordomo Neomail (WebMail)	Perl PHP Formmail PHP PhpMyAdmin Python Shared SSL Webalizer (web stats) WebPassword
IP-Based Accounts will also have access to the following:
AnonFTP Gallery Graphics Magick Helix Server SurfSpeedy Address Book SurfSpeedy Gallery SurfSpeedy myCalendar MailMan Mod Perl MySQL OpenSSL PhpBB WordPress FastCGI *1	MediaWiki 1 Miva Merchant 5 1 PhpPgAdmin 1 PostgresSQL 1 Ruby 1 ChiliSoft (ASP) 2 ColdFusion MX 7 2 GCC 2 Java Runtime Env. 1.4.2 2 Joomla 2 Subversion 2 SugarCRM 3 TomCat *3
1 - Requires upgrade server group fee of $2.50/mon. per VDS account 2 - (Includes option 1) Requires upgrade server group fee of $5.00/mon. per VDS account *3 - (Includes option 1 & 2) Requires upgrade server group fee of $10.00/mon. per VDS account

Who is this for?

The SurfSpeedy Reseller Plan is perfect for…

Hosting Resellers – Move your resold accounts to SurfSpeedy, or start your first hosting business with us for world-class reliability, simple account management, and knowledgeable support staff. Give your customers the best tools and features in the industry, along with a convenient and easy to use control panel.
Web Designers – Why refer your own customers to another company? Once you design a website for your customer, make residual profit by providing them with high quality hosting.
Programmers – Offer a hosted version of your software – stop worrying about incompatibilities and supporting customers on multiple types of servers. Each resold account is configured identically, so you can quickly deploy your software on demand to your customers.
Large Websites – Has your site outgrown traditional hosting options? Create an account for your public website and an identical account for development and stop worrying about damaging your live content while working on your site.
Marketing and Advertising Firms – Supplement your traditional marketing campaigns with targeted websites. Quickly create hosting accounts so that your clients can review your ideas, and stop waiting on hosting companies to process your new account orders.
Entrepreneurs – Great idea for a new website or web-based business? Create a hosting account immediately and get started. Now you can launch your ideas in minutes with no risk.
Professional Associations – Give your members the opportunity to set up a website, and create a network of sites related to your industry. Now, all of your members and affiliated companies can have their own email addresses and quickly communicate.
Schools and Clubs – Let each of your little league teams set up a team website, and let your coaches share highlights and photos from each game. Or, let each teacher in your school create a website to post homework and grades.

How do I Sell It?

Competition in the VDS arena is near nonexistent. Less than ten percent of hosting companies currently utilize and sell VDS technology. This allows for increased profit margins and the ability to fill a niche for a product that is in demand.

With other companies shared hosting reseller plans, you are competing in a segment of the hosting market where service can be found for as low as $1.95 per month. With profits of just pennies per month, you need to sell hundreds of accounts to cover your costs. The largest hosting companies have no interest in investing in the high quality server hardware needed to support VDS web hosting, so you can offer a service that companies with 100,000 customers do not. Why compete with industry giants when you can make more profit with less downtime using SurfSpeedy’s Reseller Program?

The basic VDS Reseller offers you the ability to set up hosting accounts for about $5 per month; at this cost per account, here is an example plan structure:

Plan Level	Price	Profit	Features
Basic	$10/month	$5/month	1gb of disk space, name based account
Intermediate	$15/month	$10/month	1.5gb of disk space, IP based account
Advanced	$25/month	$20/month	2.5gb of disk space, IP based account
eCommerce	$35/month with $150 setup fee	$27.50/month	3gb of disk space, IP based account, Miva and SSL Certificate add-ons

By selling only 10 Basic level plans and 5 Intermediate level plans at these moderate prices, your profits for your hosting offerings alone are $1200/yr. By combining hosting with your existing business, such as design or marketing, you can further increase your profits.

Higher level plans can be bundled with advanced features such as Miva and SSL Certificates to add value, as well as increase customer retention – if your customer is running a full eCommerce setup with you, they will not want to switch hosting companies (due to the downtime and cost of additional eCommerce setup fees with a new host). In the example above, by setting up 5 eCommerce accounts you’ve already gained $1650/year in profits; combined with the sales of lower plans, you could easily generate well over $2500 in yearly profits alone.

Your customers will appreciate the increased reliability and ease of use of SurfSpeedy’s VDS accounts, and you will immediately see a reduction in your time spend managing accounts – time that you can use generating new sales and increasing your hosting profit.