Microsoft vs. Unix USA Reseller Website Hosting

Posted by | Posted in Marketing and Advertising | Posted on 28-11-2009

If you happen to live in the United States of America and plan on joining the industry of USA reseller website hosting, you have to take one primary issue into consideration before anything else: do you want to provide features that are Unix-ready or features that only work with Microsoft?

A good point about providing Microsoft features is that everyone has heard of Microsoft and you will not have to explain to anyone in great detail what it is. But if you do decide to support Unix too then it can open up a whole host of new opportunities for both you and your customers. If you can also manage to offer both systems then it can be even better. You can get support from both Microsoft and Unix for your service and you can attract twice the number of customers.

As a reseller who sells web space and website hosting plans, you will not have a lot of control over the options and solutions that you offer. It may be possible that you will be able to change some things about the packages that you can resell, but a lot of the options will be determined by the main host.

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