Become a Domain and Hosting Reseller

The window of opportunity to build a successful Domain and Hosting business is wide open. More and businesses, organizations, and people are registering they domain names and creating their own web site daily. Add to that more and more domain names are coming up for renewal, and people are sick of the poor service and high cost from the original “Old School” registrars. They’re charging as much as 4 times the price they could be paying — betting on people their customers will just do it. Many do, but more and more are transferring to a registrar offering a better price. Now is the time for entrepreneurs to jump in and take advantage of these prospective customers.

Old Hippie Domains is authorized to sign up resellers of Go Daddy products in the reseller’s own name. Go Daddy’s reseller group provides the back office (servers, billing, support, credit card processing, renewals, reports, …) to the reseller, in the name of the reseller. The reseller’s customers only know of the reseller — and not Go Daddy actually handling the entire back office. The majority of resellers you see advertising Domain Registration, transfers, and web hosting are doing so under this arrangement. The only thing the reseller really needs to do is to create a web site with good SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and to do as little or as much marketing as they wish.

The most profitable of the Old Hippie Domains resellers is Southern Star Hosting. It became a reseller about 5 years ago, and its current marketing strategy is limited to banners on web sites — although it will be greatly expanding on that in the coming weeks. You can visit them (and I suggest you do if you are interested in becoming a reseller) at www.SouthernStarHosting.com a to get an idea of what a professional reseller site through Old Hippie Domains looks like, the product pricing that they use, and the products they offer.

While is it not that difficult to become an Old Hippie Domains reseller, and set up your web site on your own – many potential resellers have indicated that they would prefer a turn key business set up for them including all of the web work. Then all that they need concern themselves with is to market the products and sit back to collect the commissions. Reseller’s out of pocket expenses are limited to an annual licensing fee (which is less than $100 for a Standard resellers, and less than $200 for Pro resellers), cost of their web site (free if you do it yourself), and what you want to spend on Marketing.

The major difference between Pro and Standard is the buy rates of the products.

What you spend in marketing is up to you. Some are good with the traffic the search engines bring them. Others might use Google Adsense or some other linking banner advertisement, while others have big budgets for TV and radio advertising. Many start small and reinvest profits to grow — yet some others come into it with an initially big advertising budget. As a reseller, one of the benefits is a 185 page book written by a very successful reseller. In it he outlines various strategies and it is in the reseller’s best interest to read the book. Likewise the reseller sets his own pricing of products by individual product. He can go with the strategy of the bare minimum and go for volume of renewing customers, go with the suggested (which is what Southern Star Hosting does) pricing, or set the pricing to the maximum and have fewer customers but higher margin. Again, the reseller’s book discusses these various strategies and it is left to the reseller.

How successful a person is in the Reseller’s business is directly related to their effort. The most profitable, put in the most effort.

For those entrepreneurs interested in becoming a Domain/Hosting reseller but want someone who understands the business to give them a head start with a good web site, the below have been set up and are for sale. As they are sold, other catchy reseller domain names are registered and web sites developed to replace the sold business.

www.SkinnyGeekHosting.com

www.thirdcoasthosting.com

www.SilveradoHosting.com

www.BlueOxHosting.com

www.FatMonkHosting.com

www.GaltHosting.com

There are two parts to a reseller’s web site. The first is the front site that both catches the interest of the prospective customer — yet has better SEO to bring more visitors to your site. The second part is the back end site — which gives the product detail and signs your customers up for the products you sell. One big mistake that most of the less experienced resellers make is to only have the back end site (because it is easiest to setup and hosted on Go Daddy servers) but not the front end site. This is one of the many secrets the book gives those who take the time (too few) to read it. We’ve created our front end sites from highly modified Word Press templates, which we put together for our own use. There are many benefits from the this, but the two most important is SEO, and ease of use. The first is because we’ve installed an addon that routinely creates the exact type of site map that the major search engines look for — then notifies them to come crawl the site. In time this (and other tricks learned from the book) causes your site to receive higher and higher display ratings for the same key words. The second is that Word Press is incredibly stabile and easy to use. When there are updates — one-click gets them installed for you. If you can post to Facebook — then you can maintain a Word Press web site.

Currently the above resellers sites are completely operational and garnering points with the search engines. However, the products they sell are using Southern Star Hosting’s back end site, and Southern Star Hosting is receiving the sales/Commissions. When someone buys the reseller site and executes a reseller agreement, they will have us assemble their back end site and change the links to theirs. We will also relinquish the ownership of the domain name to them via a transfer.

We only want $2000 for the domain name we registered and the web site we created for the above reseller businesses. You might be asking yourself why we’re doing this so cheap? The answer is that Old Hippie Domains has a vested interest in your success. Frankly (and few others who sign up resellers will admit to this — but we all do) Old Hippie Domains makes a very small commission on every product you as a reseller sell. This doesn’t affect your commissions at all as it is paid to us directly, and the amount is so small that we need a lot of resellers with a lot of sales to be substantial enough to brag about. However, it is enough for us to want to see our sellers to become successful, and these prepackaged reseller businesses are part of our strategy to make our resellers more successful than other resellers.

You have two other options with Old Hippie’s Domains to become a reseller.

• Save the $2000 and become a reseller for as little as $79. Read the book and do the work putting together a professional web site with good SEO yourself. That’s what Southern Star Hosting did, and it worked for them.

• Register a domain name you prefer from the ones we offered above — and we create your site with the same function as the above with your registered domain name and the “Look and Feel” you wish.

If you are ready to start your own domain/hosting reseller business — email me your questions and concerns.

Advertising Special. For a limited time, buyers of the above reseller businesses will receive one year’s worth of rotating advertising banners linking to their site on their choice of a web site selected from the 23 DDS Enterprises, Inc. offers banners on.

Southern Star Hosting is your one stop for all things internet. Below are some short descriptions of some of the products we offer, and to the right are links for more detailed information.

Domains:

Domain Registration: Southern Star Hosting has some of the industry's most competitive rates with domain registration, and each domain registrations come with free extras. Registration of 5 or more domain names get you free Privacy. The domain manager is one of the best in the business, and there is always free 24/7 help and support.

Domain Transfers: Transferring your domain is very simple. With discount prices, excellent domain manager, super 24/7 support, 1-years extension, and over $100 in Freebies — there's no reason to not transfer your domains right now.

Private Registration: Did you know that when you register a domain, your name, address, email address and phone number are immediately made available to anyone who wants to see them? That's right. Your personal information is exposed 24 hours a day, everyday, to anyone, anywhere. You have the power to change this. With a private ("unlisted") registration through Domains By Proxy (our affiliate company), registering a domain name doesn't mean sacrificing your privacy. Register or transfer five domain names — and this service is free.

Certified Domains: Thanks to phishing, pharming and a host of other scams, Web surfers grow more wary by the day. But there is something you can do to reassure visitors you're one of the good guys: Put a Certified Domain validation seal on your Web site.

Hosting:

Hosting Plans: Give your site a secure, reliable home on the web. As low as $2.26 a month. FREE Software! FREE & EASY Setup! Unlimited Storage & Bandwidth! 24/7 Email, Phone & Web Support.

Web Site Tonight: Finally, a website builder that's easy to use. With WebSite Tonight, everything works just like you'd expect. Need to move a section? Just drag and drop it. Want to add some text? Just click and type. Need help getting started? Choose from over 2,000 design and color combinations in our template library, including 120 pre-built websites customized to fit your business or style – just replace the text and images and you're ready to go!

Word Press Blog Hosting: Harness the combined power of WordPress® and Southern Star Hosting Web Hosting to create your own personal, state-of-the-art blog. The WordPress publishing platform has thousands of free plugins, hundreds of free themes and is completely customizable, while Southern Star Hosting hosting is powered by Grid Technology, which spreads traffic spikes across multiple servers so your site is always up and running at top speed.

eCommerce – Quick Shopping Cart: Creating an online store is easy. Just choose a design, add your products and start selling! Everything you need to open your own online store. You don't need technical skills to build a successful Web store. Quick Shopping Cart makes it easy to create an eye-catching store that accepts credit cards, integrates with Google® and eBay® and offers multiple shipping options – all with no set-up fees!

Virtual Dedicated Server: Our virtual servers are made to grow as your needs grow. Get all the power and control of your own Dedicated Server for less! With a Southern Star Hosting Virtual Dedicated Server, your RAM and storage are guaranteed – we never overload. Plus, you can add more capacity anytime with just a few clicks*. Not sure how to set it up? Our experts will help get your server up and running fast! Just choose the plan that's right for you, customize your bandwidth, control panel (Parallels® Plesk Panel or cPanel®) and backup options and leave the rest to us

Dedicated Server: Our dedicated server plans feature lightning-fast processors, up to 16 GB of RAM, 20 TB of bandwidth, and Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors, all backed by the best service and support in the industry, available LIVE 24/7. With our team of experts, you don't have to worry about setup — we'll get your server up and running fast! Choose the plan that's right for you, then customize it to meet your unique needs with even more bandwidth, control panel options, backup plans, firewall protection and more.

Web Site Design Service: Get more than a website. Includes hosting, marketing tools & more! Want a website that not only looks terrific but works? Leave it to the Internet experts. Our Dream Design Team® knows just what it takes to build an eye-catching, effective website.

Other Products:

SSL Certificates: Let customers know their private details are safe. Same security as our competitors for up to 90% less.

Search Engine Visibility – SEO: Make your business easy-to-find on Google®, Yahoo!®, Bing® & more! Today, most people use the Internet when shopping for products and services – make sure those customers can easily find you. Use Search Engine Visibility to increase your search rankings, and get guaranteed exposure FAST with pay-per-click advertising.

Code Signing Certificate: Authenticate your code and protect your intellectual property. With public concern for online security at an all-time high, people are no longer willing to download software without proof that it's legitimate. With a Code Signing Certificate, software developers and other content publishers can 'sign' their code, thereby reassuring customers it's the real thing.

Fax by Email: Replace your bulky old fax machine with a fast, paper-free solution. It's eco-friendly! Forget the waste and expense of a fax machine – with Fax Thru Email, you send and receive faxes over the Web, using your own unique fax number. Incoming faxes go directly to your email inbox; you send outgoing faxes right from your email or by logging on to FaxThruEmail.com.

On-Line Calendar: Stay organized and in control with 24/7 access to all your important events, projects and files – at work, at home or on the road – with Personal or Group Calendar. Never forget an appointment, birthday or anniversary again. Now it's easy to keep track of family activities, events and important dates. Need help at the office? Personal and Group Calendar makes it a snap to share your calendar, projects and files so all your employees are informed and up to date. Find times when everyone is available to meet, manage company resources, and much more!

Express Email Marketing: Connect with all your customers in just a few clicks! Gain new customers and keep current ones coming back! Express Email Marketing lets you easily create beautiful, full-color emails with no technical or design skills. Plus, build and maintain your social media presence by managing all your profiles in just one place.

Custom Logo Design: Your logo is your business face to the world. Make a lasting impression with a custom logo designed by our experts. We've created hundreds of custom logos that match the essence of each organization with its public presence. Our experts combine your vision with clever design, guiding you through the entire process.

Facebook Banner Sale

$49*

For a limited time, the graphic department of DDS Enterprises, Inc. will design a a Custom Facebook Banner just for you.

If you are a business with a Facebook page, a custom designed professional banner is a must. If you're an individual who likes to exhibit a little more flare than the average person — a custom banner is the ticket. We can work from your web site — or a photo. Simply tell us what you are looking for with colors and style, and we'll do our best to make it happen.

Below are a few examples of Facebook banners we've done. Click the banner to see the page live.

Use the below form to order your custom Facebook banner. We will email you back to ask the question needed to design the banner you want.

Announcing Old Hippie’s Gift Shop

Point your browser to www.OldHippiesGiftShop.com to scope out some very kool stuff with a Drag Racing, Mopars, and/or Humor Theme.

• T-shirts (White & Colored; Men, women, kids)
• Calendars
• iphones, ipads, & computers
• Household & office

This is just another example of the custom gift shop MoparStyle Racing can create for you to sell your Cafe Press products. See our Gift Shop Page for more information.