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To start selling web hosting you'll first need to create some web hosting plans to offer to your customers. Additionally, you need to create a web hosting plan to assign yourself for your own company website. In effect, you will be your own first customer. Step 1: Create the Plan- Log into the EPHost control panel (http://cp.ephost.com)
- Click the "Hosting Plans" icon
- Click the "Add New" button
- Give the plan a name, we recommend using your hosting company's name
- Add appropriate fees.
- Click the "Save" button
Step 2: Edit the Plan- Click on the plan you just created to edit it.
- Check the "Available to purchase" box. If this plan is for you, you should uncheck this box.
- Click the "Save" button
Step 3: Edit the Resources- Click the "Resource Limits" icon.
- Update the Domains, Bandwidth, Diskspace, and Domain Aliases limits.
- 999999999 is basically unlimited
- Click the "Save" button.
- Click the "Web Resources" icon to enable and edit web.
- Be sure the "Enable Web Resource" box is checked.
- Edit the limits of each web site resource.
- Click the "Save" button.
- Click the "Back" button.
Repeat the above steps for each of the other types of resources: Email, FTP, DNS, Statistics, and Database Step 4: Add SubscribersYour first customer (subscriber) will be yourself. - Click the "Back" button
- Click the "Subscribers" icon
- Click the "Add New" button
- Fill in your personal information
- Click the "Save" button to create the account
- Click the user you just created
- Be sure to change the "Account Status" to "Active" and click "Save" if you've previously enabled account vetting
- Click the "Billing" icon
- If this customer is actually you, then change the "Customer Discount" to 100% So you won't charge yourself accidentially.
- Click the "Save" button
Done! You can now add domains, database, etc for your hosting company.
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