Rather you already have a client-base and are offering web hosting as an up-sell to your primary service or you’re a brand-new web host – marketing and advertising plays a critical role to your long term success. You can have the very best company with the best products, services, and customer support, but if no […]
How To Host Multiple WordPress Websites
NameHero is known around the world as a leader in Reseller and WordPress cloud web hosting. Given our experience using WordPress, we have perfected a reliable, secure, and scalable cloud that allows WordPress websites of all sizes have the availability that they need for their target audience. From small mom and pop websites to large […]
How To Promote Your Web Hosting Business For Free
When I got started working online in 1998 there was no Facebook. There was no YouTube. Hell, there was no Google! I got started sending traffic to my websites by domain type-in traffic and inbound marketing by placing articles on other similar websites with my link! I would have KILLED to have a social network! […]
When To Upgrade Your Reseller Hosting Package
Eventually, you’re going to start running out of space on your reseller hosting package. I recommend as you start approaching 50 – 60% of your usage to consider your upgrade options. At NameHero we have multiple reseller nodes, so you may wish to purchase another package on another node, to diversify a bit. While we […]
When To Start Hiring For Your Web Hosting Business
Eventually, you’re going to have the need to hire help if you want to be able to sustain growth. While it’s always a challenge to give up control or a piece of your profits, you have to consider what will happen if you don’t. In the web hosting industry, customer service and support has got […]
HostingCon 2016 New Orleans – See You There?
Some of my biggest business deals have been made through my networking and communication skills. It’s one thing to sit behind your computer and work all day, but it’s a whole other to get out from behind the screen and start networking face-t0-face. If you’re serious about taking your web hosting business to the next […]
How Resellers Should Handle Customer Service & Tech Support
Nothing will sink a web hosting company faster than crappy customer service/support. Over the years, I’ve watched a lot of the “big names” sell out, and have their business reputation go to hell almost overnight. You have to stay on top of this! A customer testimonial is worth 100 new customers! A legitimate pissed customer […]
Why It’s Important To Automate Your Accounting Records
When running a business, especially selling recurring subscriptions it’s very important to keep good accounting records. I can’t begin to describe the number of times I’ve dealt with customer issues wondering if they’ve paid, why their account was suspended, etc. By keeping good accounting records you take all the guess work out of this. My […]
How To Resell Domain Names & Offer Upsells To Your Customers
Everyone that needs a website needs a domain name. The two go together better than peanut butter and jelly! Because of this, each NameHero reseller account, automatically comes with an eNom domain reseller account. Enom is one of the biggest domain name registrars and is who we use to register domains at NameHero. To get access […]
How To Create A Hosting Package In Web Host Manager
Web Hosting packages are what you’re going to be offering your customers. You will want to take some time to decide how much you want to charge them based on your target audience. First, you want to consider how many resources they’re going to be using. If you’re primarily hosting a lot of local websites […]