I guess before I can ask you if you want one, it might help if I told you what it is. After hanging around so many Web hosting geeks all day long, sometimes I forget that the real world is not as savvy with the Web hosting lingo that gets tossed around. For your own sanity though, that might be a good thing.

Some Web hosting folks are a little on the crazy side.

A reseller hosting account is a form of Web hosting wherein the account owner may split up their allotted hard drive space and bandwidth and resell Web hosting.

For once, a term that actually makes sense.

Now this would be handy if you wanted to start up your own “mini” Web hosting business. You could resell hosting account from your reseller account to friends, family or total strangers.

Now another good use for reseller accounts is to have one place to manage all your Web sites. I know several people who purchased a reseller account just to have an easier way of managing their five or six different blogs. When you get yourself a reseller hosting account the Web host gives you a way to control all your different accounts. In comparison with signing up for six or seven separate hosting accounts this makes life a lot easier.

So as you can see, when you buy a reseller hosting account you do not have to actually resell anything. If you want to have the hosting account pay for itself, it might be something to look into. If you just need a way to manage your Online empire, it is a solution for that as well.

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