I get asked often on the main differences between shared hosting accounts and reseller hosting accounts. Well, in terms of server specification, there is no difference. You seldom get access to more ram, cpu usage or bandwidth on reseller accounts. What you do get is a lot more capacity. On the majority of shared hosting accounts, you’ll only be able to host a limited amount of domain names and may even only be allowed a specific number of MySQL databases or FTP accounts. With a reseller hosting package, you get much more scope.
For the most part, reseller hosting packages are designed so that you can reseller accounts on your server to third parties. Because of that, you get a vast amount of control over the domains you host and in most cases, you’re able to host as many domains as you like without the database, ftp user and other limits / restrictions.
Reseller hosting is ideal for anyone who operates several websites but doesn’t have the budget (or need) to take out a dedicated server plan or VPS hosting. The only real disadvantage of a reseller account is that they are still on a shared web server, so you may experience speed issues if there are other large sites on the system.
