How to distinguish between
Real Host and Reseller Host
In modern era, there are many
companies from where you can avail web-hosting
services on paying a nominal fee. This kind of web
hosts can offer many packages with various ranges
of price tags. However, usually most people do not
have any idea or knowledge about the actual
identity of either the actual host-providers or
the resellers. Nevertheless, it is important to
know how each of them can help you and what
exactly will be the features that will benefit
you.
The primary difference between a
reseller and hosting provider is that, the latter
sells services only from those servers that belong
to it and takes responsibility for its
maintenance. It also undertakes the management of
networks, actual uplinks, machines and DNS to the
backbone of the Internet. If you ever
approach reliable and reputed hosting providers,
for assistance, they will handle it on their
own.
The former, that is the reseller,
is actually similar to a typical merchant who is
always on the lookout to sell the services that is
supplied by the host provider. This does not mean,
however, that the reseller cannot or does not have
the capability to offer its individual services.
Unlike the host providers, resellers do not
actually own every server or any kind of technical
tools, or even take responsibility of managing the
network.
Sometimes if you approach a
reseller for any form of technical help, they
generally refer to the host provider. Thus, in
other words the functioning of a reseller is very
similar to a typical retailer who resells goods
and items that are provided by an external source.
The source gains a good margin of profit by that
way.
However, the truth is that you
will not really get affected until the time you
receive your required services in lieu of a
certain amount of money that is feasible for you.
You also need not worry about whether the service
is being provided directly by a reseller or by a
service provider. Nevertheless, the situation may
not be the same every time.
If you possess a popular website,
which is being visited very often by people or if
you think of buying a devoted or co-located
account, it can be really helpful to you to make
sure that you are working for an authentic hosting
provider. This also guarantees that your personal
account can fetch you the maximum level of
attention possible, since all deals and issues are
depended on them. However, few hosting resellers
are really well prepared to carry out the whole
matter even in the most challenging
situations.
The real procedure of finding out
whether or not your potential web host is a
reseller or the authentic service provider is not
really so plain all the time. The most of the
resellers do not confess that they resell some
body else's contribution. Here are some important
tips that might help you to find out just the
right one for yourself -
- Always verify the WHOIS directory
- At first, go to the
registrar of a domain to check out the name of the
servers of that host domain, enquiring with their
domain names. If it is different, then the chances
are very high of being a reseller.
- Running a tracer- a tracer
is actually a very useful and important service,
which shows the pathway of all the computers that
hit to access a particular machine. However, the
data it gives might be a bit confusing.
- Visit hosting resources- it
is actually an ocean of information about the host
providers on the Internet.
- Just call and ask - when
everything goes wrong, the only way is to talk to
them directly. If there is really a valid reason,
you might not get receive a direct answer. Then it
would be better that you presume them as the
reseller.
In conclusion, there are only few
ways to decide whether the host is a real host or
a reseller. To assure that you get the best
service and to confirm that you are dealing with
an authentic and expert service provider, you need
to follow the above mentioned procedures and bring
out the best benefit from it.
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