Using Multiple Reseller Accounts from Different Hosting Companies

Swib30 · April 7th, 2008, 12:37 AM

I have a reseller account with Surpass and I also have a reseller account with another separate hosting company. Is it possible to install WHMCS on one of my reseller accounts (Surpass for example) but still use my hosting reseller accounts from both companies.

For example, if I offered Standard and Premium hosting packages on my website, would I be able to host the Premium packages with my Surpass reseller account and then host the Standard packages with my reseller account from the other company? I hope this makes sense.

**Kayla** · April 7th, 2008, 12:45 AM

It could be a little confusing at first, but it's definitely something that can be done. Your users won't really see any problems from it. I think it's just a matter of how you organize it for yourself.

Swib30 · April 7th, 2008, 1:14 AM

Could you briefly explain how I would go about doing this though WHMCS? Also, can I do this using one domain so that my clients won't be able to notice? Do I have to do something with nameservers so that ns1 and ns2 would be for the Standard accounts and ns3 and ns4 would be for the premium?

ianonline · April 7th, 2008, 7:15 AM

Be very very careful, I tried this not so long ago using the same domain name on two seperate reseller accounts (i did it whilst testing out another account before a moved here)
Basically it screwed all the emails up held on the primary reseller account they went into a big black hole, only recoverable when i repointed all back to original and the emails came back after about 48 hours.
In the end I changed the main reseller account domain name for testing purposes which obviously worked fine then

nathon · April 7th, 2008, 8:55 AM

I don't use WHMCS anymore so I really can't give you a step by step but I'm going off of memory.

WHMCS does allow a multiple server setup platform the same as modernbill. What I don't know is if you can set the server selection(module) for a specific package. I know this is possible in modernbill though.

Typically this type of stuff is done for putting resellers on one server and shared clients on another.

I'd say check with whmcs support, you may need to switch to moderbill to do this though.

Also, the name servers will have to be different. Like ns1 and 2.domain.com goto one and ns3 and 4.domain.com goto another unless you know how to setup a DNS cluster of sorts

Depending on how much you pull in this may not even be worth it

April 7th, 2008, 12:37 AM	#1 (permalink)
Swib30 Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Apr 2008 4 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Using Multiple Reseller Accounts from Different Hosting Companies I have a reseller account with Surpass and I also have a reseller account with another separate hosting company. Is it possible to install WHMCS on one of my reseller accounts (Surpass for example) but still use my hosting reseller accounts from both companies. For example, if I offered Standard and Premium hosting packages on my website, would I be able to host the Premium packages with my Surpass reseller account and then host the Standard packages with my reseller account from the other company? I hope this makes sense.

April 7th, 2008, 12:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kayla Marketing Maven Surpass Staff Joined in May 2003 Lives in Orlando 24,749 posts Gave thanks: 946 Thanked 806 times	It could be a little confusing at first, but it's definitely something that can be done. Your users won't really see any problems from it. I think it's just a matter of how you organize it for yourself. __________________ Follow Surpass on Twitter and Facebook Check out the Surpass Blog

April 7th, 2008, 8:55 AM	#5 (permalink)
nathon Registered User Comfy Contributor Joined in Sep 2007 Lives in ~root 111 posts Gave thanks: 1 Thanked 12 times	I don't use WHMCS anymore so I really can't give you a step by step but I'm going off of memory. WHMCS does allow a multiple server setup platform the same as modernbill. What I don't know is if you can set the server selection(module) for a specific package. I know this is possible in modernbill though. Typically this type of stuff is done for putting resellers on one server and shared clients on another. I'd say check with whmcs support, you may need to switch to moderbill to do this though. Also, the name servers will have to be different. Like ns1 and 2.domain.com goto one and ns3 and 4.domain.com goto another unless you know how to setup a DNS cluster of sorts Depending on how much you pull in this may not even be worth it __________________ I'm proud to say I never have and never will use vista

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April 7th, 2008, 1:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
Swib30 Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Apr 2008 4 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Could you briefly explain how I would go about doing this though WHMCS? Also, can I do this using one domain so that my clients won't be able to notice? Do I have to do something with nameservers so that ns1 and ns2 would be for the Standard accounts and ns3 and ns4 would be for the premium?

April 7th, 2008, 7:15 AM	#4 (permalink)
ianonline Registered User Fresh Surpasser Joined in Mar 2008 Lives in England...UK 29 posts Gave thanks: 1 Thanked 4 times	Be very very careful, I tried this not so long ago using the same domain name on two seperate reseller accounts (i did it whilst testing out another account before a moved here) Basically it screwed all the emails up held on the primary reseller account they went into a big black hole, only recoverable when i repointed all back to original and the emails came back after about 48 hours. In the end I changed the main reseller account domain name for testing purposes which obviously worked fine then

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