Reseller hosting in web hosting refers to a type of service in which an owner of a reseller hosting account chooses to split up their bandwidth and disk spaces to resell it to third parties.  The reseller will pay the web host a bigger fix amount, then charges the third party websites, who are the buyers of the split up disk spaces and bandwidth.  The reseller will earn profits from this.

The reseller hosting industry has grown in popularity among developers and web designers.  It stands as a great way to offer a complete package to clients.  Developers and designers are able to present the website, as the finished product, as well as hosting for the final product.  In standard packages, the reseller might not be responsible in maintaining and addressing issues within the web server.

The web host where the reseller is hosted is usually the one that takes care of maintenance and technical issues with the web server.  Most resellers would have their own web hosting company that sells hosting that will be under their own brand name.  There are also those who offer customized control panels that will allow full control over a website.

The reseller actually serves as the middle-man for the web space on another party’s server.  The schemes for reselling will vary across different providers and are categorized into many different types.  One category would have a reseller acting as an agent for a web hosting company.  Such service can be advertised by the reseller as the actual web hosting provider.

In another category, a reseller hosting provider may act as the marketer only for the web hosting service provider.  The reseller advertises the services of the actual web hosting provider.   The last category has the reseller acting as a web hosting company and will handle both sales and support but will have to rebadged on someone else’s services.