There are many reasons why this might be interesting to you. For example, if you run an internet agency or are a graphic or Screen Designer and install WordPress installations for your customers or Content management systems that your customers want to maintain themselves. Wouldn’t it be practical if you could put together a tailor-made Hosting package for these customers right away? Maybe you even want to enter the Reseller business in a larger context than Hosting providers? On the one hand, this makes them much more flexible, because you can determine the configuration of your packages yourself. On the other hand, you keep full Administration access and can at the same time give users certain permissions to manage the respective packages. And the Best part: it’s easier than you think!

All you need is a virtual Server or Root server from 1 dollar hosting with the Parallels Plesk Panel administration tool.

Create your own Hosting packages

First of all, it is about creating one or more Hosting packages. Plesk offers a number of practical functions. First, go to service packages under Hosting Services. Click on the Icon “Add new package”.

Service Packages

Now create a page where you can set the properties of the new Hosting package individually.

Create Hosting package

For example, you can determine how much storage space and monthly Traffic should be available or how many Domains the User can set up. The Hosting packages can also be equipped with complete e-mail functionality. You define the number of mailboxes, the size of mailboxes, and the number of mailing lists per package. You can also create your Hosting packages using the Presence Builder website builder. For example, with the Presence Builder, less experienced customers can quickly and easily create their own website.

As more and more users access websites via mobile devices, the topic of “Responsive Design” is becoming more and more important. With Plesk you can assign mobile Sites to your Hosting packages.

As you can see, the resources of your server product can be easily divided into individual Hosting products and Add-ons using the “service packages” feature. For example, Hosting packages to WordPress Blogs that your customers can then manage and maintain themselves. In this case, the package should contain at least 5 – 10 GB of disk space and a database.

Assign permissions and set preferences

At least as important as the configuration of the Service packages the assignment of the permissions. Here you can specify, for example, whether an access management via an encrypted connection (SSH) to be possible, the PHP configuration, or customers to Change PHP settings enable DNS-Service-parameters define or determine, whether data can be backed up using Server-Repository (Backup routines), and restored. You can also set management options for spam filters, Antivirus, web statistics, and more. You can also configure settings for Hosting parameters, web servers, e-Mail, DNS, and performance.

Define Add-ons

If you are a Cheap Reseller Hosting provider, you probably want to offer Add-ons to your Hosting packages. These Add-ons can also be configured via the “Create Hosting package” function. at least as important as the configuration of the Service packages is the assignment of the permissions. Here you can specify, for example, whether an access management via an encrypted connection (SSH) to be possible, the PHP configuration, or customers to Change PHP settings enable DNS-Service-parameters define or determine, whether data can be backed up using Server-Repository (Backup routines), and restored. You can also set management options for spam filters, Antivirus, web statistics, and more. You can also configure settings for Hosting parameters, web servers, e-Mail, DNS, and performance.