Build a Niche Store Secrets - Lesson Learned 2
Written by mbpage on May 30, 2008
This series is going to take some time given that todays post is not part of my original list either. My personal view is that to make decent money with Build a Niche Store requires an undertaking to build many stores. If you decide to build multiple stores you will need a hosting account that can handle these requirements. Many people, including myself, use Hostgator. I went for the Baby Croc plan which is pitifully cheap for what you get. However, there is a problem. The Baby Croc plan consists of a main domain and a number of add on domains (not sub domains) . So what’s the problem and what did I learn?
The problem is that all the sites are connected and this means that if you have a problem with one e.g. you get accused of spamming and the domain is suspended then all your sites get suspended. Big ouch. The reseller account is only $25 per month and protects you from the example given. I actually had a big problem yesterday which took down all my sites for a couple of hours. Had I had the reseller account then only the one site would have been affected.
As a result I am in the process of upgrading and I’d recommend you do the same. In the long run you’ll be more than glad you did. There are numerous additional benefits which you can see using the Hostgator comparison charts.
Todays lesson is a biggie. All I can do is say I really wish I had opted for the Hostgator Reseller Account at outset!
Update:
I should also add that having so many sites no the Babycroc plan has also dramatically reduced the speed at which I can edit individual bans pages which take approx 15-30 secs each to load.
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2 Responses to “Build a Niche Store Secrets - Lesson Learned 2”
Hey, i was considering purchasing a babycroc hostgator account but your post has me rethinking. Does it really slow things down vs having a reseller account? what are your thoughts on somebody just getting into building BANS stores & other sites, and going with Baby vs reseller?
Thanks!
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By Anthony on Jun 23, 2008
@ Anthony
You should get a reseller account so that you can host each domain separately which will avoid any problems should you account get suspended (for whatever reason). This way you only lose one site versus multiple if you use the babycroc service. I think my performance issue is down to having too may firefox plugins active.
By mbpage on Jun 30, 2008