Yuma Bytes
Web Hosting
Your choice of a web hosting provider is a critical decision for the success of your web site! Many web designers offer webhosting services using a reseller account through a web hosting service. These type of webhosting accounts often include smaller storage space and bandwidth allocations than buying the account directly from the actual web hosting service.
Another issue with buying your web hosting from a reseller is with the support. If you have a problem with your website, you can not contact the company providing the service directly and must contact the reseller in order to get the problem resolved. This can be a real issue with some resellers who do not have the time needed to get your problem addressed in a timely manner. A responsible reseller will have to build the cost of providing such support into the fee schedule for web hosting services adding to the cost to you.
Finally, if you do decide to buy your services from a reseller instead of the actual service provider, you must implicitly trust them to do well by you. Many resellers limit the ability to use web host control panels to their clients. This can mean you do not have full control of your website and can not do things like add additional email accounts without incurring a charge from your reselling service provider. Also if your reseller goes out of business, who are you going to call if something goes wrong.
We pass the above information to Yuma Bytes web design clients and most opt to buy their web hosting services directly from the top level service provider.
Here at Yuma Bytes we do act as a web hosting reseller for those clients that demand it. The accounts we sell include the same amount of bandwidth and storage space as you would get buying the account from the actual service provider. We also do not restrict the function available on the control panels used by our clients. We of course do charge much more for this service in order to cover the additional workload. Our hosting services are priced from $35 a month and up and include 10 hours a year of support.
