If I recommend the right hosting to my client it just makes my job easier. I know that the hosting company has by default the features I need to help my clients wordpress site stay secure, work with popular themes, and plugins. In some cases my clients’ websites have matured to the point where they need VPS hosting instead of shared hosting. “How do I know when I need to upgrade?” Some hosting companies will send you an email that you are overloading the server, your site will become slow and take a long time to load, your traffic logs will show a steady growth in traffic over time. Most hosting companies let you use only 10% of the CPU and RAM resources. They never really tell you how much is 10% and some automatically suspend you without notification.

One thing you can do before trying to upgrade is to peed up your wordpress blog. Installing wp-cache, optimization your database, removing plugins you are not using are a few simple steps you can take. Locking down comments so that robots can’t post fake comments can greatly improve the performance of your site as well as reduce the amount of time you have to spend to administrate spammy comments. I use wp-register on my sites, and I make sure that the administrator always has to approve comments before they appear from the settings->discussion are of wp-admin. I also set the “links in a comment to hold for moderation” to 1.

Most hosting companies offer wordpress through fantastico as an auto install feature. When it comes to how wordpress works, what plugins need to installed, how to set widgets in your sidebar you should seek advice from a wordpress expert. Most small hosting companies will know what wordpress is but support beyond, is the server up and running is beyond the scope of their expertise. They are responsible for the server to be optimal, to have backups on hand, to be able to show you how to use their control panel features. I only choose hosting companies with cpanel because it is easier to manage your email, mysql databases, files and backup without having to contact anyone at the web hosting company for help.

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What do you really need out of a reseller account ?

The number one request I have gotten is Root Access. SSH access by default. While that’s a great offer to give with your reseller packages it also presents a security issue. Hosting companies scramble to give you the correct SSH and root access that keeps you from other hosting accounts provisioned on the server. Why would a hosting company invest more time and energy in a solution that is out of touch with its actual reseller needs when they have a VPS platform that does that by default and offers a lot more features.

For example on a vps you are isolated from other clients, you don’t have to worry about them getting the wrong SSH access or root access from a novice administrator. They provide you root access right out of the box. WHMCS and CPanel on Centos isn’t bad either. Straight out of the box you can tie a reseller account to your favorite provisioning system. This allows you to grow your brand by buying only the VPS nodes you need. When you need more, you buy more. This saves you time and frustration of configuring a dedicated server, being your own full time administrator installing all the proper requirements to get started. With VPS.net I can get a server up and running in a matter of minutes and add it to my WHMCS provisioning.

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What do you really need out of a reseller account ?

The number one request I have gotten is Root Access. SSH access by default. While that’s a great offer to give with your reseller packages it also presents a security issue. Hosting companies scramble to give you the correct SSH and root access that keeps you from other hosting accounts provisioned on the server. Why would a hosting company invest more time and energy in a solution that is out of touch with its actual reseller needs when they have a VPS platform that does that by default and offers a lot more features.

For example on a vps you are isolated from other clients, you don’t have to worry about them getting the wrong SSH access or root access from a novice administrator. They provide you root access right out of the box. WHMCS and CPanel on Centos isn’t bad either. Straight out of the box you can tie a reseller account to your favorite provisioning system. This allows you to grow your brand by buying only the VPS nodes you need. When you need more, you buy more. This saves you time and frustration of configuring a dedicated server, being your own full time administrator installing all the proper requirements to get started. With VPS.net I can get a server up and running in a matter of minutes and add it to my WHMCS provisioning.