There are various types of web hosting available on the market today. These web hosting forms can be classified by different indexes. The main purpose of this article is to introduce you with the pros and cons of typical web hosting (ie. Shared hosting).

Shared web hosting is a kind of website hosting providing space for websites on the server with shared environment. In simple language, it is server where hundreds of other clients websites are hosted. All the websites hosted on that shared server uses the same operating system and softwares installed on it. But unlike free web hosting, with shared servers you have many more advantages.

As this hosting type offers reliable web presence without having any specific skills or knowledge, shared hosting is in great demand nowadays.

Pros of shared web hosting:

• Low cost
• Good server administration
• Leverage e-mail, MySQL, PHP support
• Don’t require a unique insight into the website and server management

Cons of shared web hosting:

• Low security level
• Limited resources, same Memory, CPU and hard drive are shared by other customers websites
• You have to use the same softwares provided by hosting provider, don’t have permission to install your applications.

The core feature of shared web hosting is that you don’t have to worry about possible server issues, hence it is also known as Best Web Hosting. The web hosting provider is liable to provide support for all your web hosting problems. Thus, when selecting shared hosting ensure the quality of support they offer.

Now, as the aim of this article is completed, you should have got familiar with the merits and demerits of shared web hosting. By looking the pros and cons you can make your decision if this type of hosting is ideal for the requirements of your website.

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In terms of cost and resources you need to be very careful while choosing reselling as your hosting business. Success of any reseller would depend on many factors.
Most basic and cheapest form of reselling is to get commission by referring people to other hosting company just using your internet connection, you skill lies in how you divert more webmasters to that hosting company.

You can also purchase a good reseller hosting plan from a reliable host by paying some money upfront and use their services for your clients. You can create your own custom hosting plans and can sell them as per your profit margin.

Initially for a small start-up not a lot of money and resources are required. You can purchase a good reseller package from a hosting company by paying them some money upfront. All that is needed is a decent computer that can manage the accounts of customers and a good Internet connection, and most important a good reliable webhost who is available 24×7 for your assistance.
You should choose a reseller hosting service provider after doing your homework and should get positive feedback for your preferred host.

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As a reseller webhost you may want to hide the details of the host whose service you are using. These can be done having private nameservers for your account rather then usign nameservers which are given by your webhost.
First of all decide the nameserver you want to set for your account. Usually all reseller keep their domain name in their nameserver part for eg : if your domain is yourdomain.com then you can keep nameservers as ns1.yourdomain.com and ns1.yourdomain.com. For using private nameservers firstly you need to register then from your registrar end. You can do it by your own ust by getting into your registrar’s domain control panel and register nameserver you want or you can also ask them to register private nameservers for you.

How to set private nameserver usign WHM :
You can easily set your nameserver through your WHM control panel.
Access your WHM control panel using server IP as http://ServerIP/whm then click on IP Functions >> show IP address usage and check free IP or you can also choose your primary & secondary IP address.
Access your WHM usign http://IP/WHM >> Basic cPanel/WHM setup now scroll down and reach to Primary nameserver ns1.yourdomain.com and click on “Assign IP address” and then “Add an A entry for this name server” in same way do it for secondary Nameserver as ns2.yourdomain.com

You can check nameserver status using : http://www.dnsstuff.com

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