In Pakistan, people are starting to realize the endless opportunities for making money online or working from home, and having your own reseller hosting business is another, potentially lucrative business that you can try. Best part is, because you are operating from Pakistan, you will be getting quite some advantages (and disadvantages), let’s take a look at both sides of the coins to help you decide better.
Reseller hosting providers are pretty
much like retailers, they will purchase lots of disk space and bandwidth
from large web hosting companies at cheaper rates (just like retailers
purchase from wholesalers), and they can proceed to sell this space at a
slightly higher price to people looking to start their own blog or
website. If you are good at Internet marketing, reseller hosting can be a
very viable business, and the best part is, it doesn’t require a big
investment or lots of time to start earning.
Reseller Hosting Pros:
Low Cost – From
starting a business to hiring technical support staff, it will cost you
peanuts as compared to someone operating from a developed country.
Remember that even though your webhosting provider
will take care of the problems at their end, you will have to provide
basic customer support to your customers, so you will need to have some
staff, thankfully there’s no shortage of skills and knowledge, since
many students are pursuing higher education in computer sciences
High Profit Margin –
Because the costs are low, and also because you will be earning in
dollars, you will be able to offer lower prices while still managing to
earn good profits. Not only that, but having an online business that
caters local as well as international customers mean that the business
doesn’t get much affected because of the poor economic conditions in
your local market.
Local Advantage – Many
local businesses and individuals are now turning towards the Internet
and looking to start their own website or blog. Needless to say, all
these individuals and businesses will prefer to deal with a local guy
instead of going for a random company online, so you have got a big
market to capture if you play your cards right.
Reseller Hosting Cons:
Payment – Not being
able to accept payment via PayPal.com is probably the biggest hindrance
for all kinds of online businesses operating from Pakistan, but that
shouldn’t stop you from starting a reseller hosting business. You can
always go for 2checkout.com , moneybookers.com or Alertpay webhositng in pakistan
in fact that will give you a certain edge over other hosts who accept
payments only through PayPal.com, because you will find many potential
buyers coming from countries not on PayPal.com list.
Reputation – People
usually prefer web hosts with their servers located in regions like UK
or USA. Being a reseller you must choose a reseller hosting program
which is based in those regions, but you’ll have to give your own
contact details and address on your website, and that might put off some
customers who are visiting your website. So you will have to work
harder to create a reputation and credibility, especially when you are
dealing with international customers.
Lack of Infrastructure –
Just like any other IT business you might be hard-pressed by the lack
of infrastructure, electricity failures, or problems in your Internet
Connections, so you will have to arrange for the backup for all of these
mishaps.