To run your web hosting business, why pay recurring monthly charges for two services?
reseller web hosting charges
cPanel license charges
You can avoid paying for both if you are a startup. AWS offers a free VPS for 12 months and Virtualmin is a free and open source web hosting and cloud hosting control panel via which you can host unlimited websites, databases, email addresses and domains.
We combine AWS’ free tier VPS with Virtualmin to offer a reseller web hosting business solution. This is not only free but also makes getting the first few customers easy by letting you undercut the market.
That’s a good way to start on a budget. Just keep in mind the AWS free tier has limits, so you’ll need to upgrade once your usage grows, and make sure you understand Virtualmin setup and management.
You are right @karimbuzdar. AWS free tier does have limits and the idea here is to let an entrepreneur get started without making too much of an investment.
Virtualmin and AWS is a pretty good combination for someone who wants to get into the web hosting buisness but does not have a big budget and is clever enough to avoid the unlimited domains on 5GB space that some companies offer to resellers.
@calport Agreed — AWS free tier is great for testing and starting small. Virtualmin works well too, just keep an eye on usage so you don’t get hit with unexpected charges.
