Preparing to Sell Hosting Services

To sell hosting services, use hosting plans. Getting ready to sell hosting services includes the following steps:

1. Define how to process new hosting subscriptions.

   Just before creating the subscription, Business Manager checks that the subscriber meets certain requirements (for example, does not have unpaid invoices) and creates the subscription only if all requirements are met. The list of these requirements is called provisioning policy. Before you start selling hosting services, check that this policy meets your needs at Business Setup > All Settings > Provisioning Policy.

2. Add a plan and select reseller subscriptions whose resources you will use to serve the plan subscribers.

   Available subscriptions are listed in plan settings, on the Properties tab. If you associate a plan with a reseller subscription, Business Manager will use resources of this subscription to serve accounts of the plan subscribers.

3. Specify resources and services you want to include into the plan.

   Select the resources that you will offer to subscribers in plan settings, on the Properties tab.

4. Restrict access to web applications.

   Your customers have the opportunity to quickly install and use blogs, forums, image galleries, and other web applications. You can restrict access to certain applications by defining application filters in plan settings, on the Applications tab.