FunFirst Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Has anybody suggested or asked about this before? Most large hosting companies offer reseller accounts which widens their range and further reduces the effort of managing their hundreds and hundreds of customers. Would it make sense if IPS offers some kind of reselling account that includes all products and the hosting service? I know IPS can already manage all customers but based on the vB meltdown, i think there will be more and more customers coming and purchasing your products. It would also be great if the reseller gets something special like cheaper licenses or extended renewal dates. Post your opinion. :D
Mat Barrie Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 They tried it once before, and axed it shortly after. I can't imagine them doing it again.
FunFirst Posted October 21, 2009 Author Posted October 21, 2009 What happened to it? What are the downsides on IPS' side?
Mark Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 [quote name='Julz' date='21 October 2009 - 09:52 AM' timestamp='1256115125' post='1869601'] What happened to it? What are the downsides on IPS' side? What are the upsides? If people want to buy a license or hosting, they can buy it from us... why introduce a middleman? I don't really see how having reseller accounts would benefit us or our customers - just seems messy.
.Ian Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 The only thing that might be useful is a referral scheme - whereby referring a new purchaser would give a small kick back - perhaps in a credit in the account - which could be offset against future purchases.
Management Lindy Posted October 23, 2009 Management Posted October 23, 2009 We do not have any immediate plans to offer reselling, however, we will be introducing an affiliate program soon. :)
.Ian Posted October 26, 2009 Posted October 26, 2009 As long as it works well in the UK, it will be fine - problem is most do not - certainly the system used by ubb and vbulletin never worked well.
pisaldi Posted October 27, 2009 Posted October 27, 2009 [quote name='Mark' date='21 October 2009 - 11:57 AM' timestamp='1256122628' post='1869625'] What are the upsides? If people want to buy a license or hosting, they can buy it from us... why introduce a middleman? I don't really see how having reseller accounts would benefit us or our customers - just seems messy. For example for giving support in other languages than English... Not everybody can read or write english and try to get support in their language, but obviously the support in their language is not a professional support, it is an amateur or hobby time support...
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