Multiple Starter Plans Vs. Simple Reseller Account

[OpiumTrail]

Dear All,

 

Currently I own five domain names. I have "starter plan" hosting for two of these domains through TCH while the other three are currently parked with the default TCH "under construction" page. I would like these three to be hosted too eventually. Could somebody summarize the pros and cons of the following two approaches?

 

1. PURCHASE THREE MORE STARTER PLANS: Overall I would be paying 5 x $4.00 = $20.00 a month for this.

2. UPGRADE TO A SINGLE "SIMPLE" RESELLER PLAN: This is charged at $19.99 - about the same as option (1).

 

It seems to me that the two solutions are practically identical apart from the following exceptions:

 

1. With five individual starter plans I would have 5 x 300 = 1.5 GB of hosting disc space versus the 550 MB that comes with the reseller package.

2. With five individual starter plans I am limited to no more than 5 "real" domains name whereas with the reseller package, I can add more in the future.

 

Are there any other differences between these two solutions that I should be aware of? If these are the only two significant differences, then I guess the decision I have to make is based on the trade-off between disc space and unlimited domains?

 

Thanks for your advice,

 

Richard Cook.

[TCH-Sales]

In all honesty I'd say the options are just about equal. The advantage of having the reseller package would be the ability to manage all your accounts in one spot. That's my two cents..

[jslagle]

The advantage to a resellers plan is that you have the ability to allocate resources among the accounts. If one only uses 20 megs of storage you can add the balance of the 280 megs to another of the accounts or use them to make more small sites. Same with bandwidth. If you have a very active site you could assign more bandwidth to it.

[Head Guru]

The disadvantage to a reseller account is less bandwidth and disk space per account.