How the Hosting Reseller Program Works
From signup to your first hosting sale in under 5 minutes. No technical knowledge required, no servers to configure, no software to install. Create your free account, set your brand, connect Stripe, and start earning recurring revenue from web hosting.
Your Path from Signup to Revenue
The entire process is designed to get you selling hosting as fast as possible. Each step takes just a few minutes, and there is no approval process or waiting period.
Create Your Free Reseller Account
Sign up at ResellPortal with your email address. Account creation is instant and completely free. There is no credit card required, no setup fee, and no approval process. As soon as you register, your reseller dashboard is ready with all the tools you need to configure your hosting business.
Your dashboard includes brand configuration, pricing management, customer management, hosting account controls, and billing overview. Everything is accessible from a single interface designed for simplicity. Even if you have never sold hosting before, the dashboard is intuitive enough to navigate without training.
Configure Your Brand and Pricing
Set up your hosting brand in minutes. Upload your company logo, choose your brand colors, set your company name, and configure the look of your storefront. This is the page your customers will see when they browse and purchase hosting plans from you.
Next, set your hosting plan pricing. Decide what you want to charge per month per hosting account. Most resellers charge between $5 and $15 per month. You can create multiple plans at different price points if you want to offer tiered hosting packages. The wholesale cost is approximately $2-3/mo per account, so everything above that is your profit.
Connect Your Stripe Account
Link your Stripe account so customer payments go directly to you. If you do not have a Stripe account yet, you can create one during this step. Stripe handles credit card processing, recurring billing, invoicing, and payment security so you do not need to worry about PCI compliance or payment infrastructure.
Once Stripe is connected, your storefront is live and ready to accept orders. When a customer purchases a hosting plan, the full retail price is deposited into your Stripe account. Your wholesale cost is deducted from your reseller balance. The difference is your profit, and you keep 100% of it.
Share Your Link and Start Earning
Your branded storefront has a unique URL that you can share with potential customers. Send it via email, post it on social media, embed it on your website, or include it in proposals. When someone clicks your link and purchases hosting, everything is automated: payment collection, account provisioning, credential delivery, and billing setup.
From this point forward, your hosting business runs on autopilot. New customers sign up and are provisioned automatically. Existing customers are billed monthly through Stripe. You earn recurring revenue that compounds every month as you add more customers. Focus your time on sales and marketing while the platform handles all operations.
Two Ways to Sell Hosting
The platform supports two distinct selling approaches. Use one or both depending on your business model.
Self-Service Storefront
Your branded storefront is an automated sales channel. Customers visit your storefront link, browse your hosting plans, select the one they want, enter their payment details via Stripe, and their hosting account is provisioned immediately. No involvement from you is required for the sale or setup.
This mode is ideal for resellers who want to scale their hosting business with minimal hands-on work. You can drive traffic to your storefront through SEO, social media marketing, paid ads, or referral links. The storefront operates 24/7 and can process unlimited orders simultaneously.
Manual Account Provisioning
For resellers who sell directly to clients, such as web design agencies or IT consultants, you can provision hosting accounts manually through your dashboard or WHM. This is useful when you are bundling hosting as part of a larger service package and handling payment outside the storefront.
With manual provisioning, you create the hosting account, configure the settings, and deliver the credentials to your client directly. This gives you full control over the onboarding process and lets you combine hosting with other services like website design, development, or managed IT.
What Your Customers See
Here is the experience from your customer's perspective when they purchase hosting through your storefront.
Browse Plans
Your customer visits your branded storefront and sees hosting plans displayed with your company name, logo, and colors. They browse the available plans and select the one that fits their needs.
Complete Payment
They enter their payment information through a secure Stripe checkout. The payment goes directly to your Stripe account. The checkout page shows your brand, not ours.
Receive Credentials
Within seconds of payment, their hosting account is provisioned automatically. They receive an email with their cPanel login credentials, server information, and getting started instructions.
Start Building
They log into cPanel and start building their website. They can install WordPress with one click, set up email accounts, upload files, and manage their hosting through the familiar cPanel interface.
Manage Everything from One Dashboard
Your reseller dashboard is your command center for managing your hosting business. Here is what you can do from a single interface.
Customer Management
View all your customers, their hosting accounts, billing status, and account details. Search, filter, and sort your customer list. See which accounts are active, suspended, or pending. Access customer details with a single click.
Hosting Account Controls
Create, modify, suspend, and terminate hosting accounts. Set resource limits, change passwords, and access cPanel for any customer account. Use WHM for bulk management and advanced server configuration.
Revenue Overview
Track your revenue, customer growth, and account metrics. See your total monthly recurring revenue, number of active accounts, and revenue trends over time. Monitor your reseller balance and deposit history.
Brand Configuration
Update your logo, company name, brand colors, and storefront appearance at any time. Preview your storefront before publishing changes. Your branding updates take effect immediately across all customer-facing pages.
Plan Management
Create, edit, and manage your hosting plans. Set pricing, storage limits, bandwidth allocations, and feature toggles for each plan. Offer multiple tiers to capture different market segments.
Balance & Billing
Manage your reseller balance, view deposit history, and track wholesale costs. Fund your balance via the dashboard. Monitor how your balance is used as accounts are provisioned and renewed.