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.

- Note: These templates are not required to create a site; however, they can make creating multiple sites easier and faster.

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.

- Gold

  ### Account features

  - 125 MB of Web space

  - 25 email accounts

  - Unmetered bandwidth, meaning site owners will not be billed for usage

  - Dedicated IP address

  ### Target customer

  - Anyone who is just starting out on the Internet

  - Anyone who does not need database or multimedia features

  - Any small business looking to launch its first Web site

  - Any family or individual wanting to display their Web site

- Platinum

  ### Account features

  - 300 MB of Web space

  - 100 email accounts

  - Unmeasured bandwidth, meaning site owners will not be billed for usage

  - Dedicated IP address—one MySQL database

  - Database access

  - Multiple scripting language support (PHP4, SSI, Python, Perl, JSP—pre-built CGI script support

  ### Target customer

  - Anyone who has a large personal or business Web site requiring a lot of Web space

  - Anyone who needs a site with MySQL, media streaming, and/or SSL support

  - Anyone who needs the reassurance that they will not quickly outgrow their hosting solution

- Titanium

  ### Account features

  - 500 MB space

  - 200 email accounts

  - 10GB measured bandwidth

  - Manage multiple Web sites under one account—host 5 domains

  - PHP4, SSI, Python, Perl, JSP

  - MySQL database

  ### Target customer

  - Anyone who has multiple Web sites they wish to host under one account

  - Anyone who needs a way to centrally manage multiple Web sites

  - Anyone who wants to consolidate existing Web hosting accounts into one low-cost option

- Diamond

  ### Account features

  - 2 GB space

  - Unlimited email accounts

  - 20 GB measured bandwidth

  - Unlimited domains

  - PHP4, SSI, Python, Perl, JSP

  - ASP, Tomcat JSP

  - MySQL database

  ### Target customer

  - Anyone who wants all the benefits of a dedicated server, but on a budget

  - Anyone with a large Web site that needs a maximum amount of storage

  - Anyone who runs resource demanding scripts

## Reseller Service Plans

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

- Economy

  ### Account features

  - 30 MB Disk Space

  - 750 MB Data/month

  - 2 Domains (e.g. www.name.com)

  - 10 POP3 Email Accounts

- Premium

  ### Account features

  - 250 MB disk space

  - 4500 MB data/month

  - 2 domains

  - 10 POP3 email accounts

- Economy Bulk

  ### Account features

  - Unlimited domains

  - Unlimited POP3 email addresses

  - 500 MB disk space

  - 15000 MB monthly transfer

- Premium Bulk

  ### Account features

  - Unlimited Web sites

  - Unlimited POP3 email addresses

  - 1500 MB disk space

  - 45000 MB monthly transfer