Web Designer - Hosting and Domain Dilemma

[Rball]

G'day, so basically my problem is i am going to be starting a web design business at the end of the year, and I am going to be targetting small businesses. These people are not likely to have a solid understanding of the process of how a website is made and then how it is put online, so everyone can see it.
So what i want to offer is a full start to finish solution where I make the website, organise hosting and also a domain.

At this stage, I have 3 options:

A)
Hosting: Reseller hosting so that I can delegate hosting to clients and monitor it.
Domain Registration: sign the client up to a domain through a 3rd-party resgistrar, in their name of course.

B) Get a reseller package where I have a site that is run by a 3rd party for both hosting and domains. That way all the customer service is done by the 3rd party organisation and I just get a cut of the price.

C) Just become an affiliate of a 3rd party site and receive a cut when i refer my clients. problem being that i can't set prices and have direct access to their cPanel and domain settings without permission etc.

So what do you think?

Is there an option D???

Thanks very much for your time,
RB

Rball Reviewed by Rball on 28th May 2011. Web Designer - Hosting and Domain Dilemma G'day, so basically my problem is i am going to be starting a web design business at the end of the year, and I am going to be targetting small businesses. These people are not likely to have a solid understanding of the process of how a website is made and then how it is put online, so everyone can see it. So what i want to offer is a full start to finish solution where I make the website, organise hosting and also a domain. At this stage, I have 3 options: A) Hosting: Reseller Rating: 5

[Rball]

Anyone? Please

[what4]

I would go with option A or Option B. If you want the Control. As far as making money on just the hosting and registrations option C is where you will make more money but have no control over anything else as far as your clients are concerned. So it would come back to you as far as your plans and pricing I guess for each of your clients. Let them choose. give them an options turn key or no turn key.

[BlaZe]

I can understand your situation.

It'd be better to go with Option A. By doing so, you will have full access to their websites and you can manage it flexibly without any problems. About the domain registrations, you can register them on your own name like a guardian or something. So if any queries are asked in future, you can forward them to your clients.