How do you give hosting to clients?

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When you sell a site to someone, how do you give them the hosting? Do you make a new account at a web hosting and give them the hosting and take the 1-month price?

How does it generally work?

I'm new to this, so it's not all clear to me.
 
You could buy reseller hosting if you want. When I did web development, I never offered hosting. I would show them demo from my own server and when the project completed.. I would ask for server credentials from the client.. Install the project in the server and ask the client to change the credentials. It has always worked for me. Not sure what your business model is though.
 
Some people use reseller hosting that way they can keep making some money from the client, if the client already has their own hosting then you just setup the site for them there.
https://www.google.com/search?q=reseller+hosting
The alternative is to give the client some hosting affiliate/referral links.
It will be a pre-made site. So, it is not possible to just transfer the site to their web hosting right?
And when you meant keep some money from the client, you mean before every renewal the client will keep paying the seller the web hosting money?
You could buy reseller hosting if you want. When I did web development, I never offered hosting. I would show them demo from my own server and when the project completed.. I would ask for server credentials from the client.. Install the project in the server and ask the client to change the credentials. It has always worked for me. Not sure what your business model is though.
It will be a pre-made site.

And it can be either shopify or wordpress.
 
It will be a pre-made site.

And it can be either shopify or wordpress.
Honestly, I have no idea about shopify as I never did anything on it. I have done lots of WordPress sites though. I would always tell my client to buy me a vps (insert server requirement here) hosting plan, managed or unmanaged. I would then recreate the site (and optimize it) to match the demo.
Managing server for clients can be extra pain. Imagine waking up at 3 am to do some emergency stuff because the environment got corrupted.. Nightmare!
 
It's very easy if it's a wordpress sites, there are some plugins that you can use to make a backup and upload it on the new host.
 
Affiliate Hosting plans. Get them to sign up with someone like Hostgator using your special link to get them discount. Keep earning$ :)
 
Honestly, I have no idea about shopify as I never did anything on it. I have done lots of WordPress sites though. I would always tell my client to buy me a vps (insert server requirement here) hosting plan, managed or unmanaged. I would then recreate the site (and optimize it) to match the demo.
Managing server for clients can be extra pain. Imagine waking up at 3 am to do some emergency stuff because the environment got corrupted.. Nightmare!
Well, I can always give them reseller hosting right? I'm using reseller hosting for myself and I have the option of 75 cPanel accounts. So, I can easily assign one to them after getting the payment and not care about it or give a damn in case anything gets wrong on the server side? Because I gave him a working site and a working hosting?

What do you think?

It's very easy if it's a wordpress sites, there are some plugins that you can use to make a backup and upload it on the new host.
Name of the plugin?

Affiliate Hosting plans. Get them to sign up with someone like Hostgator using your special link to get them discount. Keep earning$ :)
Yeah but how do I transfer the site to that hostgator hosting account? Like I said it would be a premade site.
 
Yeah but how do I transfer the site to that hostgator hosting account? Like I said it would be a premade site.
What I have done is told clients they need hosting for their website so I can make it, they then pay uprfont for the hosting (using your affliate link) and give you the login details.
Inform them of the 45-day Money Back guarantee with Host Gator if they are hesitant.
 
Well, I can always give them reseller hosting right? I'm using reseller hosting for myself and I have the option of 75 cPanel accounts. So, I can easily assign one to them after getting the payment and not care about it or give a damn in case anything gets wrong on the server side? Because I gave him a working site and a working hosting?

What do you think?

For the reseller hosting part, yepp of you have it already; it makes sense to setup the account for them.


As for not giving a damn, it is against my work ethics. Money is one thing, client satisfaction is another thing. Even if I have already got the money, I would probably help the client to solve the hosting problem especially if the server is mine. This way, I can make sure that if they need another project.. They will surely think about me first. Of course, the policy can be different for you :)
 
For the reseller hosting part, yepp of you have it already; it makes sense to setup the account for them.


As for not giving a damn, it is against my work ethics. Money is one thing, client satisfaction is another thing. Even if I have already got the money, I would probably help the client to solve the hosting problem especially if the server is mine. This way, I can make sure that if they need another project.. They will surely think about me first. Of course, the policy can be different for you :)
Umm no, I think I interpreted in the wrong way. What I meant was if I make an account for them in one of the cPanel, will not they be one of the separate owner of the hosting? I am new to this so I don't know how reseller hosting exactly works. I thought after making an account for them, they can contact support and solve any issue with the support. That's why I said that.

And regarding client satisfaction and money - My policy is both money and client satisfaction. I don't keep one before the another. Both are equally important to me from a business point of view. ;)
 
It will be a pre-made site. So, it is not possible to just transfer the site to their web hosting right?
And when you meant keep some money from the client, you mean before every renewal the client will keep paying the seller the web hosting money?
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Yes you can transfer directly to the clients host.
Reseller hosting is hosting that you can sell on under your own brand, you will get paid when they renew.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reseller_web_hosting
https://www.google.com/search?q=Reseller+hosting
 
Umm no, I think I interpreted in the wrong way. What I meant was if I make an account for them in one of the cPanel, will not they be one of the separate owner of the hosting? I am new to this so I don't know how reseller hosting exactly works. I thought after making an account for them, they can contact support and solve any issue with the support. That's why I said that.

And regarding client satisfaction and money - My policy is both money and client satisfaction. I don't keep one before the another. Both are equally important to me from a business point of view. ;)
Okay, if you have WHM panel you can still login to any of the sub accounts with your root access. So, both you and the client will be able to access anything you want. Your client will login to the cpanel interface with their credentials (supplied by you). So, it is separate for each client. If you are planning to not provide support for the hosting, make it very clear to the client when signing a contract.
 
With the help of developers or with the help of free site hosting servers, they give site hosting facility.
 
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