Using Service Plans to create sites

The control panel provides the tools to quickly and easily define and deploy Service Plans. Service Plans represent a bundle of services and resources, such as disk space, that you can sell to resellers and site owners. Based on the specific service plan configurations you choose, the control panel will deploy the necessary services and enforce the limits you have chosen for the site when you create it.

If you intend to create multiple sites, before creating the sites, you might want to first create Service Plan templates. Each template can include different configurations that satisfy different business requirements. You can create as many Service Plan templates as you want. You can also set one of the Service Plan templates as the default plan used for new sites.

Even if you create a site with a Service Plan, you can later modify the Service Plan for that specific site to customize it for your customer's requirements.

Before you define a Service Plan, it would be helpful to understand your customers' requirements and see what competitors are offering. You will want to put together an offer that is compelling to your target customers. There are a number of features that your customers will consider required, such as disk space and bandwidth. You also have the opportunity to differentiate your Service Plans by adding additional services.

If you are using the server primarily to host internal sites, defining Service Plans can ensure you allocate resources appropriately, as well as delegate appropriate control to your internal customers.

You can create Service Plans using the Sites Manager.

Examples of Service Plans

Service Plans can be simple or complex, depending on the category they fall under: consumer, business, or reseller. Reseller Service Plans enable many Web sites to be hosted under one account, so you can set up Web site accounts and sell them to clients at any price you want. You then use your control panel to create, manage, and remove these hosting accounts.

Business Service Plans

Listed below (in order of complexity) are some examples of business Service Plans.

Reseller Service Plans

Listed below (in order of complexity) are some examples of reseller Service Plans.