If you’ve ever thought about selling web hosting, now would be the best time to get involved in this potentially very lucrative segment of online marketing. Since everyone and all their relatives are seeking to find out how they can have their piece of the online pie, and because they eventually come to the realization that they need to host their site somewhere, you can end up being that “somewhere” quite easily. Here are a couple of ways to accomplish this.

Reseller Hosting

Reseller web hosting is by far the best way to sell web hosting services on a larger scale, and it can be surprisingly easy to get going. Most major hosting companies offer Reseller plans, which enable you to purchase web space you can in turn resell to your customers. You are able to brand this hosting as your own, yet be fully under the umbrella of your hosting reseller plan. That means that while you sell it to them, they are serviced and actually reside on your reselling hosts servers.

You can sell all sorts of associated web services within your plan as well. You can sell domain names, website design, marketing packages, web hosting, e-commerce and more. You set your own prices and the money all comes to your bank account. You simply pay your reseller hosting fee each month or year and you’re good to go.

You can easily see the possibilities here. You may have already had the experience of when someone finds out you’re running a web business online, and they pepper you with questions about how they can get a website of their own up and running, and can you please help them? Well, now you can. You can start locally, and this will bring you a reliable income stream. Once you’ve got a handle on it, you can start seeking a wider market.

Reseller hosting is a great, virtually hands-off way to create some real passive income online, utilizing an activity you’re are likely involved with every day.

Become a Web Hosting Affiliate

Another way to sell web hosting is by becoming an affiliate for web hosting companies. You can start with one company, but eventually you’ll want to have several in your stable of hosting offers.

Web hosting affiliate commissions are very lucrative, running anywhere from $30 to $120 per sale. You can market these offers in many ways, typically ranging from setting up affiliate review sites (a good way), using pay per click advertising, videos, all the way down to classified advertising (both online and off).

Giving people your affiliate links for referral commissions is quite easy, and can easily be worked into your various email and forum signatures as well. This is also an activity that can work well locally, as many people don’t have a clue as to where to look for this type of service, and you will save the day by referring them to your review sites or by simply providing them a link.

Whichever method you feel more comfortable with, just know that this type of income stream is relatively easy to set up, and has the advantage of being a very hands-free activity. If you want or need an extra passive income stream, this would be a good one to go after!