If you’ve been hosting your own sites for any length of time, it has probably occurred to you that you could be making money with web hosting. You’ve managed to get all the systems down, and the web hosting affiliate programs make it very attractive, as they have very high payouts, so why not? Here are several ways you can add passive income to your bottom line by reselling web hosting services.

The first and most obvious way would be if you had your own servers, and wished to rent out space and bandwidth to paying customers. This presupposes that you (or someone who works for you) has the technical know-how to deal with not only an enterprise that can be quite large, but also the various customer support issues that will undoubtedly come along.

Assuming you do, there is also the concern that having a lot of strangers, albeit paying ones, sharing your web space can be troublesome, especially as regards spam and security. The last thing you need is some yahoo (no offense Yahoo) coming along and giving your IP a bad name, and ruining it for everyone, including yourself.

Rather than having to suffer through the pains of endless support tickets and becoming a full-time service provider, I prefer the model of reseller web hosting accounts. These are relatively low price accounts, ($20-$40 monthly) that afford you a certain amount of web space and bandwidth for you to use to resell the web hosting service.

You usually are given great tools and support to do this with: marketing materials, support teams, and technical know-how. You handle the marketing and billing. It’s very close to a passive income model, as most of your duties revolve around processing payments, with as much marketing thrown in as you care to do. You can advertise with simple banners on your site, and if you have a fairly high-traffic site, find yourself making several sales a month. Or you can do the whole marketing campaign route, and do far better.

Another way to get in on some of this lucrative market is to market it strictly as an affiliate. This way affords you by far the most hands-off way making money with web hosting. You can use PPC, article marketing, social media and countless other ways to drive prospects to your affiliate landing pages, and at usually between $50-$100 per sale, this can add up quite nicely.

Getting involved in creating cash in the web hosting space takes a little patience, as it is a competitive market, but the reward is well worth it! Throw your hat in the ring and see if you can’t ring up some passive income this month!