Windows Reseller Hosting

Reseller windows hosting

Reseller Windows hosting is a way for entrepreneurs to become involved in one of the most profitable businesses on the Internet, website or information hosting using one of the most well established and reliable reseller hosting software packages on the market.

As a Windows reseller, you can focus on growing your niche market rather than having to split your focus between back-end and front-end management.

Why be a reseller for Windows hosting and do your own hosting?

There are many advantages to reseller hosting. Starting a hosting business is an expensive proposition. You will have to purchase routers, servers and have a hosting program that will allow you to manage your users not to mention the costs associated with selling customers on the idea that your hosting services are reliable and safe.

When you choose to use reseller hosting, in particular to be a reseller for Windows hosting, you can advertise that you are using Microsoft Windows hosting programs which people equate with reliability and safety and do not need to invest in your own equipment as you are essentially renting space on the initial seller’s equipment. Being a Windows reseller is an affordable way to start your own hosting business.

What does white-label reseller hosting mean?
When choosing which company to use to be a reseller for Windows hosting you want to find one that offers the service as a “white-label” product. White-label reseller hosting means that although everything is stored on the original seller’s servers, it is unbranded.

You, as the Windows reseller, can put your own company brand on top of the others service so none of your customers are aware that your hosting network is not proprietary and that you are not a hosting provider, but a reseller of hosting. You want a white label product as it increases your brand visibility and create a feeling of confidence and security in your customers that you have a capable business.

Different tiers of reseller Windows hosting

There are several different tiers of reseller Windows hosting offered that differ according to the amount of space allowed, bandwidth usage allowed per month, services provided and price.

Prices can range from the budget Windows reseller type plans at about R129 a month up to the highest end plans that can cost R1999 or more per month.There are several tiers in between that step up services, space, bandwidth and price as
they go.

One thing to look for when selecting your reseller Windows hosting plan is the number of private domains offered with each plan. A private domain allows you to offer to customers their own website address on the hosting platform, the more you have the more you can offer.

Otherwise, customers will tend to use address redirects that can cause technical problems on the back-end of managing the reseller hosting service. A budget package might include 15 domain possibilities while a high end package will allow for an unlimited amount of names.

Uncapped ADSL

Uncapped ADSL

ADSL stands for “Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line” and is the technology that allows people to use their Internet and phone on the same broadband connection simultaneously. 

 

ADSL plans are sold by companies in tier determined by a pre-set allowance for broadband usage. 

 

There are two different types of ADSL – capped and uncapped ADSL.  

 

Capped ADSL means one you use the amount allowed by your plan, your broadband speed will be dropped so low you will not be able to use the Internet (but may still use your phone).  

 

Uncapped ADSL allows you to select pre-set usage allowances and if you go over the amount, depending on the type of uncapped ADSL you have the extra charges are handled differently.

Consumer Uncapped ADSL

Consumer uncapped ADSL plans offer a pre-set allowance for the amount of broadband usage you are allowed each month. If you go over the pre-agreed amount, the provide will then charge you by the megabyte and the charges can be steep.

Even though this style of plan is called “Consumer,” you most often see this used by large businesses who can predict their broadband usage with great accuracy and you will see this offered for mobile phones as well.

Consumer uncapped ADSL plans are considered prepaid and the initial rate can be low and very attractive, but their potential to create high cost is too great a risk for most people to undertake.

Uncapped ADSL Solution

An uncapped ADSL Solution plan is one that charges a monthly fee for a pre-set amount of broadband usage but, the amount you pay is determined by the broadband speed you select for your plan.

When you go over the amount, you are not charged more but your speed is dropped to match the plan amount. Uncapped ADSL plans come in a variety of prices and broadband speeds.

They are the most common of the uncapped ADSL offered and used. If you see offers on the Internet for uncapped ADSL plans, it will be for the Solution style plan, not the Consumer plan.

What are common Uncapped ADSL plans?

There are four uncapped ADSL solution plans offered by every ADSL provider. Only four because they are restricted to the different levels of broadband speed.

The four ADSL broadband speeds for plans are: 384kps, 512kps, 1024kps and 4096kbps.

To give you an idea of what this means imagine this; 384kps is about the speed of a dial-up connection while 4096kps is considered a high speed connection.

Clickworks Business ADSL

From a small company which has just opened its doors to a rapidly-expanding enterprise looking to expand its operations, every business requires fast, reliable and competitively priced internet access.

Whether its managing your company’s email system or sending e-catalogues and hosting teleconferences via Skype, there is no greater asset to any business than a competitive ADSL package. With this need in mind, Clickworks offers a variety of business ADSL packages to suit the needs of every business – no matter what size.

What Makes Clickworks Business ADSL So Unique?

• Our range of business ADSL packages offers a unique combination of speed, reliability and versatility.
• Our ADSL bandwidth is unshaped business grade, offering a fast internet connection and downloads when time is money.
• Each ADSL package includes five static IP addresses, which will allow your business to make use of several online productivity tools
• Our ‘Always Available’ policy means that even when you have reached your internet cap, your service will not be cut off, but simply reduced to a lower speed.
• Coupled with Clickworks personalised professional service, our ADSL packages offer South African businesses the ideal turnkey solution for internet connectivity.

Our ADSL Packages

Clickworks offers two main types of ADSL packages – capped and uncapped – with several options to choose from in each category.

Capped ADSL

For businesses with moderate bandwidth needs (an average usage of between 10 GB and 100 GB per month), Clickworks capped ADSL packages offer a set internet cap per month. Customers may choose from the following monthly caps: 10, 20, 35, 40, 50 or 100 GB.

No matter what package you choose, your ADSL connection will feature the same unshaped business bandwidth, which allows fast browsing and download speeds no matter what site or protocol is used.

Five static public IP addresses are also included with each ADSL package. These allow you to set up a server, virtual private network (VPN), and facilitate email systems and video conferencing - to name just a few innovative online business tools that will be at your disposal.

Clickworks recognises the need for efficiency and is committed to minimising down-time in your office. For this reason, our always available policy ensures that you stay connected even when your monthly internet cap has been exceeded. Once you have used more than your monthly package limit, your internet speed with be automatically reduced to 256 kbps thus reducing downtime caused by suspended internet service.

Uncapped ADSL

If your business requires unlimited download capability, Clickworks offers an uncapped ADSL package that permits you to connect and download as much as you need. Your monthly fee will depend on the speed of your ADSL connection.

Getting Your ADSL Package

If you are an existing Telkom landline subscriber, simply email us or call 021 2000 345 and your Clickworks ADSL line and package should be activated within 7 to 14 working days.

Month-to-Month Contract

Clickworks operates a month-to-month, no obligation contract to meet the needs of South African businesses. A 30-day notice period is required for cancellation.

Get your Business Online

Getting your business online can be a tricky task. However getting the right tools to assist you is always the best option to look into. Remember that companies like Google and Yahoo want to place your site on high ranking pages, all they ask is that you follow their guidelines, so that everyone can conform to the same style. Search Engine Optimization is something that takes time to achieve, there is no magical potion to get you onto page 1 unfortunately, but if you keep to a clear and concise set of rules, you will certainly be on your way to Page 1.

10. Build a Website or Get a CMS: 

There are many different content management systems out there, a popular one is WordPress - a blog style Website, Wordpress is updatable by logging into the website and doing real-time changes, it is very simple and easy to use. Once you have setup a Wordpress blog, you will need to host it somewhere. Web Hosting allows your site to be reachable on the Web, you may get hosting from our website, Clickworks Internet A note is to always and I mean ALWAYS keep your Wordpress updated. If not you will be vulnerable to hacking.

9. Remember SEO basics:

Remember to keep your keywords targeted and intriguing, people must want to click on your site when seeing your Title. Do research on important keywords in your industry. Use the Google Adwords keyword tool, to target your keywords correctly. You will be able to see the amount of people searching monthly.

8. Setup Analytics: 

While you are busy building your site, make sure you add Google Analytics and Web Master Tools into your sites code. This is a vital part of engaging your audience. With Analytics you can see which keywords are working and which aren't. You can see geographical locations of your visitors and the amount of time they stayed on certain pages. With Webmaster tools, you can make sure there are no errors or Malware on your site.

7. Make your words easy to understand: 

 This is a basic rule that many people overlook, having to many high tech, academic words can make your site or blog seem to uptight. Keep it simple, friendly and informative in a language people understand, "Buzz Words". 

6. Publish new content: 

Google loves fresh, active and unique sites. If your site is kept up to date often you will notice that Web Crawlers start crawling your site a lot more. This will help in getting SEO Ranking.

5. Don’t stuff  Titles with keywords:

 Make sure you don't over stuff your title tags with Keywords, web spiders are smart enough to know if you are cheating, 40% Keywords and 60% Fluff.

4. Don’t use duplicate content:

Never duplicate content, this will immediately decrease your rank. Only duplicate if you are quoting something within inverted commas.

3. Content quality counts:

 Try and research as much as you like, keeping your content relevant and informative and up to date is good. Remember last year’s big thing is Last year’s news, keep up to date on your news and events.

2. Linking your site together is important:  

Make sure you link your internal pages together, each page needs to have a backlink to the next page and that is how you create a link wheel. This way you content is easily accessible to the world.

1. Get Exposure to your Website or Blog:

I would say this is probably the most important rule to follow. Make sure that you begin to get your name out there, go to forums and answer questions, make sure you have your blog or website link inside your Signature, this will start creating backlinks to your site that people will click on. Get AdWords - Sign up with Google for a free AdWords trial and give it a shot. This will get you advertised; this is a good way to get brand awareness. Merge an offline campaign with an online campaign, make pamphlets with your Website link, this will get hits onto your site and people will use Google to search for your business name or promotion, which will increase your rankings and visits to your site.

The Clickworks Team

http://www.clickworks.co.za

Why upgrade to ADSL?

Why upgrade to ADSL?

While a regular Dial up account will allow to access the internet without much effort however your experience will be far from ideal. As the internet has evolved of the years the way we access and consume data has to, unlike years ago when most webpages we made up of simple text with a few images these days web content he evolved with embedded video streams, high resolution images and scripting language’s being loaded while you browse the web.

All this extra data needs to be sent from you internet service provider to your machine using your internet connection. Even the entry level 384k ADSL is significantly faster than older dial up technologies.

With the current demand for high speed internet access ADSL as become the standard for many people who enjoy broadband access at home or work without high costs involved with mobile data services like 3G or wireless internet providers.

With the cost of broadband falling fast ADSL has become a necessity rather than a luxury for many people.

Take a look at our ADSL packages from Clickworks Internet.

Use Skype to Help Grow Your Business

Since its release in August 2003 Skype has taken the world by storm by offering free VOIP calls from any Skype to Skype client made it easier to people around the world to stay in touch. Since then Skype has seen many updates with its feature set growing with every update. Its popularity makes it the standard VOIP application used my personal and business users alike. 

It has become very popular among freelancers who use to their advantage. Collaborating or doing business with different parts of the world is far easier when you can speak to people in real time, without worrying about the phone bill again.

Many business’s use VOIP do business with offices in remote locations around the world as the costs are vastly reduced from regular land line telephone systems and a often of higher quality.

Most VOIP systems rely on packets being transmitted over ADSL or wireless data networks that carry those data packets across the internet and eventually delivered to the other client’s computer within milliseconds. 

All these voice packets require low latency connections as voice is very sensitive to delays or loss of packets resulting in a call that sounds of distortion with pop or echo’s being heard of the person’s voice.

In order to achieve the best call quality an Unshaped internet connection is recommended as this will give the highest priority voice packets being sent out of the network resulting in better overall call quality.

Shaped vs Unshaped ADSL

Unshaped ADSL what is it all about?

When shopping for a provider you would often see or hear the term Unshaped when compairng accounts but not many people really understand what this really means. We feel that it's important enough that our customers understand the difference so they can make more informed ADSL decisions.

Shaped ADSL - Best suited for standard browsing requirements.


Shaped ADSL – with a ADSL account, the bandwidth priority is allocated to emails, web browsing, internet banking or secure sites (HTTPS) and regular downloads via a web browser or FTP application. In Simple terms Shaped ADSL will give priority to regular internet protocols with downloads, video chat, VOIP and P2P applications given lower priority.


Unshaped ADSL - Best suited for Business / Power users


Unshaped ADSL – with a Unshaped ADSL account all protocols have equal priority and offers the most optimal internet access for Skype, VOIP applications, Remote VPN connection, share trading. Unshaped is particularly important for peer-to-peer (P2P) applications and video streaming.