How to Create Custom Hosting Packages for Your Web Hosting Business?

When you start a hosting reseller business, the first thing you need to do is create a custom hosting package via WHM (Web Host Manager). This package allows you to specify the allocation of resources for each account opened under the package. While you could allocate resources individually to each account, packages help speed up the cPanel account creation and management of multiple accounts. So, if you have 20 accounts under one package, then a single change of settings at the package-level will apply to all accounts. In this article, we will take you through the steps that you need to follow to create custom hosting packages for your web hosting business.

How to create custom hosting packages using WHM?

To start creating a package, follow these steps:

1. Login to the WHM interface using the credentials provided by the host
2. On the left-hand menu, expand the ‘Packages’ menu and click on the ‘Add a Package’ link
3. A package creation page will open. Enter a package name and assign the following resources to the package:
4. Disk Quota (in MB) – allocate disk storage space to each account in the package. Remember, this will be a total of website and email storage
5. Monthly Bandwidth (in MB) – allocate the quota of data transfer per month
6. Maximum number of FTP accounts
7. Maximum number of email accounts
8. Maximum email lists
9. Maximum databases
10. Maximum sub-domains
11. Maximum parked domains (Alias domains)
12. Maximum add-on domains
13. Maximum hourly email by domain relayed
14. Maximum percentage of deferred or failed messages a domain may send per hour – after this limit, the server will temporarily block all outgoing email from the said domain
15. Update additional options:
16. Dedicated IP – check if you want to offer a dedicated IP as a part of the package
17. Shell Access – check if you want to grant shell access to the users
18. CGI Access – check to allow users to execute CGI scripts
19. Digest Authentication at account creation
20. After selecting all options and assigning resources, click the ‘Add’ button at the bottom of the page and complete the process.

You can also talk to your hosting reseller company for assistance in creating custom hosting packages. You can create a package based on your target client base. For example, if your prospective clients run media-heavy websites, then you might want to allot higher disk space and bandwidth to ensure that their site runs efficiently.

Summing Up

Following the steps mentioned above can help you create custom hosting packages for your web hosting business. You might need assistance in determining the number of resources that you should allot to each account. You can spend some time understanding the technical nuances of Reseller Hosting and talk to your web host for assistance too. Ensure that you purchase Web Hosting Reseller Plans from a provider who offers 24×7 support. Remember, everything you select in the package applies to all accounts opened under the package. Good Luck!