RESELLER COMMISSIONS
UP TO $35/ACCOUNT
PLUS YEARLY RESIDUALS
- with a free account
for the reseller
(see details)

 

 

  WEB HOSTING
  RESELLER
  INFORMATION

  AFFILIATE PLAN - COMMISSION-BASED

 

Sherwood Hosting offers two types of reseller plans: Affiliates and Resellers. These are free to join, and the ffiliate progran requires no technical knowledge.  These types of programs are common throughout the Internet and offer web designers a means of attaining additional profits from their the websites they design.  Affiliates sign up their friends and clients for hosting plans and in return receive a percentage of the value of those sales.  A distinctive feature of Sherwood Hosting's plans are that after the first year for the resold accounts, the Affiliate/Reseller still can receive residuals without any additional work or sales efforts.

  • SherwoodHosting caters to smaller web design studios who handle accounts for small businesses, musicians/artists, and personal/home clients.  We provide a personal connection to help you attain your design and customer goals.
  • The Affiliate plan offers a sales commission for each account sold and SherwoodHosting takes care of all support and billing - you just do the selling and collect your commissions. Like the Reseller Plan, the more accounts you sell, the greater a commission level you can enjoy (see notes and examples for details).
  • Domain name registration included for resold accounts.
  • Compare "Reseller" plan particulars
Topics covered herein:


Commissions for Affiliates

# of Accounts
Sold/
Active

(Commission
Level)
Cost Per Year
Billed to Client
Commission per Account
1st Year
(Plan D sold at $125)
(Notes 1,2,3,4)

Residual
Commission
per year
per account's
subsequent
renewal

Domain name
registration included?
Complimentary Account
for Reseller?
1st to 5th
125
25(*)
10(*)
Y
No
6th and up
125
35
10
Y
Yes - Note (5)
(a $125 value)

(*) RETROACTIVE ONCE YOU'VE SOLD YOUR 3rd ACCOUNT - Thus no commission or residuals until you sell 3 or more, then we remit your commission for your first and second resold accounts.

 

DETAILS & NOTES:
(1) Commission Quantity Level Attained: All new accounts and subsequent renewals will be be awarded the new level of commission for the this and subsequent billing/renewal periods, based on the number of active resold accounts at the time of sale or renewal. No retroactive commission increases are given for accounts already sold before the new level of commission was attained. The exception is for your very first and second account sold, you don't receive those commissions until you have sold your third account. See Example.
(2) Terminations: If one or more of your resold accounts terminate causing you to fall into the next lower level of commissions, the next sale or renewal Commission Level will be adjusted accordingly.
(3) Quantity Add-ons: Contact us for quantity add-on rates for additional quotas (e.g., +200M disk space or +2G bandwidth).

(4) Domain Registration Renewals: For domain names registered through SherwoodHosting, the client is responsible for the domain name renewal fee if an account is not renewed by 21 days prior to the domain name registration anniversary renewal date, even if the hosting account is terminated. This is in effect for domain names registered by ShewoodHosting even if they are included in a hosting package (and thus if hosting is terminated after 21 days prior to renewal, the $10 or $15 renewal is charged). We renew all domain names automatically, so we need this 21-day period to cancel a pending renewal with our registrar which happes 14 days prior to the expiration date. For hosting account renewal cancellations, we are a little more flexible since we handle our own hosting renewals.

(5) Use of free account: The complimentary account is not intended for resale, but is for your own business or personal web site.  No domain name registration included. Only currently active/renewed accounts are counted to qualify for this benefit. One account per reseller.
(6) Domain Registration Add-ons: Additional domain names are $10/year (or $15 for some TLDs). There is currently no parking fee to have multiple domains point to the same hosting account.

Fiscal quarter boundaries are the first and last calendar days of the 3-month segments: Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct-Dec.


Special commissions are available to web designers who become Affiliate salespeople for multiple Plan D hosting accounts. There is no difference in the actual accounts from a normal customer SherwoodHosting account, except that you sell your client on SherwoodHosting and you collect a commission from us. This allows your client to have a trusted hosting company, thus simplifying your client's internet experience. There are no set-up fees for either the reseller to begin reselling nor the resold accounts.

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Reseller Responsibilities
  • Commissions are paid quarterly via PayPal.
  • Payment for new and renewal accounts are to SherwoodHosting yearly by check or PayPal in US$. Payment is for accounts created or renewed during that period.
  • Reseller makes the sales contact and requests the new account. The account is not re-branded to the reseller, it retains all aspects of SherwoodHosting.com branding. We would contact your client directly for billing and occasional hosting account notices.
  • SherwoodHosting is the primary point of customer support for these accounts.
    • SherwoodHosting provides extensive online information (see especially our A-Z index), and strives to update this repository to document uncovered questions that arise.
    • Reseller can assist client to set up any mail forwarding or mailboxes in the account's Cpanel Email center.
    • If the domain name is not supplied by us, then the client or reseller is responsible for pointing the registry DNS record to ns1.sherwoohosting.com and ns2.sherwoodhosting.com.
    • If we register domain names for reseller or resold accounts and that account is closed or the business relationship is terminated, it is not the responsibility of SherwoodHosting to continue to renew or alert when the domain registration subsequently expires. Read about the consequences of expired domain names. (This is the reason we have automatic renewal for those we register. Always.)
  • Affiliates should request new accounts via email or web form(coming soon), giving account information desired. Hosting accounts are instantly available, but DNS pointer changes take 24-48 hours to propagate.
THIS PLAN IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
AND NOT OFFICIALLY OFFERED YET.
PLEASE CONTACT US FOR YOUR INTEREST

Example
Quarter
New/
Term. accts
Total # accounts
Accounts renewed this quarter
Commissions
Comments
Q1 2005
+2
2
0
deferred
2@25 will be deferred until you sell your third account
Q2 2005
+1
3
0
2@25
1@25
First two (above) are paid out now, along with the third new one.
Q2 2005
+2
5
0
2@25
Attained level of 5 accts; there is no retro commission for the accts already purchased
Q3 2005
+1
6
0
1@35
 
Q4 2005
+1
7
0
1@35
 
Q1 2006
+4
11
2
3@35 new
1@35 new
2@10 renew
In addition to the normal new-account commission, you receive residuals for renewals
Q2 2006
-2
9
3
1@10 renew
2 terminated after 1 year so only 1 of the 3 new accounts for Q2 2005 renewed
Q3 2006
+1
10
1
1@35 new
 
Q4 2006
+1
11
1
1@35 new
1@10 renew
 

Frequently Asked Questions

Characteristic
Reseller Plan (R1)
Affiliate Plan (R2)
Which plan can I make more $ with? More with R1, especially in subsequent renewal years (residuals)
Domain Names are not included with the resold accounts- registration/renewal is $10 (for .com etc.) extra/year
Includes one domain name registration for "Plan D" accounts
Which is more work for the reseller? More work with R1 - you need to bill the client and then pay SherwoodHosting quarterly;
you have to answer client questions
(but we will answer your questions to assist you in supporting your clients)
SherwoodHosting bills client directly and provides technical support
Which is best for the client? Somewhat better because it's more of a one-stop shopping experience
because your client only needs to deal with you and not a separate hosting company
Same account, same features, and billing are all directly from SherwoodHosting;
    THIS PLAN IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT
AND NOT OFFICIALLY OFFERED YET.
PLEASE CONTACT US FOR YOUR INTEREST
     

 

 

 


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