Choosing Between Affiliate And Reselling Hosting Programs

The topic of affiliate programs appeared about 10 years ago, but is still urgent today, and more and more people are making up their minds as to begin their hosting business by starting affiliate programs. In a nutshell, affiliating is about selling hosting services and getting commissions for every subscribed client. Affiliate hosting is popular as it brings profits to both hosting companies and affiliates. According to the stats the biggest money is made in the gambling, adult and retail including hosting.

The affiliate marketing is said to be originated by Jeff Bezos, CEO and founder of Amazon.com in 1996, since that time affiliate marketing has becoming more and more popular. Modern technologies which are called Web 2.0 allow creating real affiliate communities where merchants get close to their affiliates, which eliminates the element of risk present. Being very competitive business affiliate marketing is looking for new methods to attract clients’ attention, and one of these is using full motion screen capture video created with a special tool called Camtasia.

Affiliate Programs in Hosting.
Before talking about the proper affiliate hosting, let’s mention there are three most popular ways to earn money in hosting without actually setting the company; these are affiliate, referral and reseller programs. In affiliate hosting you get money for each customer who comes to the hosting company’s site from your site with your affiliate ID and buy hosting services. This ID is kept in the browser’s cookies and is valid for a certain amount of days, about 50-60 usually.

The idea of the referral is to recommend hosting services to your clients, friends and colleagues, and often people referred don’t know that their referrer gets money for this. In reselling a hosting company sells hosting services provided by another company and provides or outsources support, depending on whether the mainstream host provides in-house support or not.

Comparing affiliate and reselling hosting, we have to mention that there are both differences and similarities between these two.
The most significant points are the following:

1) Affiliates are concerned about marketing the hosting service and pre-sell it, while resellers are involved in the process of actually selling it.
2) Initial investment is necessary in case of reselling, while there’s no any initial payment in affiliate hosting, which makes it convenient for both hosting merchants and affiliates.
3) No initial payment in affiliate hosting affected the motivation.
4) In reselling hosting it’s possible to hide the fact of being a reseller.

Considering the above mentioned nuances, it’s possible to make the conclusion that affiliate hosting is the secure option for those not wishing to risk their money, yet giving you less incentive and freedom.