Should I use addon Domains for customers

  • I am not sure if this is the correct place to ask, but I really need some help.

    I am pretty new to this and I am getting more clients asking me to build them a website.

    Usually what I do is have them create two accounts, one for domain hosting and another for website hosting.

    But then I have been researching addon domains lately and have been considering that for ease of use since I can manage multiple sites under one cPanel.

    My question is for website designers that have a growing clientele, what do you do in cases like this?

    Should I go with addon domains for my clients?

    Thanks

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  • Enrolling multiple client websites inside a shared cPanel account is not a great idea. There is not sufficient separation between sites, they all share the same bucket of file space, bandwidth quota, email accounts, etc.

    A much better approach is to subscribe yourself as a WHM reseller, you would create a cPanel account for each of your clients, controlling their quotas, even give them dedicated IP addresses, etc. This way the sites and domains are strongly independent. Only a few of my clients have ever used their cPanel logins themselves, that is something I still do. Using the WHM login and management panel I can flip between a cPanel screen for all of the accounts, it also give me a firm foundation for charging them for their hosting services.

    Thread Starter TheSavvyTech

    (@theratzenator)

    Thank you very much.

    I have looked into this after reading your response.

    One thing that I am confused about is whether to go with a WHM Reseller account, or Hosting Reseller account.

    I use SiteGround as my web hosting service and they said that in order to get a WHM Reseller account, I will have to purchase their Cloud Hosting service plan.

    So, now this leads me to ask which of these two should I go with, a WHM Reseller account or a Hosting Reseller account?

    Thanks again for helping understand this, I appreciate it.

    whether to go with a WHM Reseller account, or Hosting Reseller account.

    What are the relative costs and what quotas of domains / disk space / bandwidth etc does it provide ?
    The charm of being a “WHM Reseller” (which I think is my level), is that The hosting software and management of the server is all done for me. I don’t have to manage the server, or administer it beyond allocating quotas to each cPanel account.

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