Getting Started for Resellers
This step-by step procedure helps setting up the Reseller Control Center. Most of steps contain links to this guide topics describing the operations that are common both for Resellers and Providers. Reseller-specific operations are described in the topics below.
To start selling hosting plans:
- Fill in all the contact data into the Reseller account profile to avoid any problem connected with contact data discrepancies when registering domains online. Click on your account name at the top of the Navigation tree in the left pane and edit the Company Profile and Contacts.
- Check IP addresses availability in Operations Director - IP Manager. If no IP addresses are available, contact your vendor.
- Register a domain in the Operations Director - Domain Manager and set it as the default one to allow your customers to create subdomains in this default domain. If something goes wrong with domains registration, contact your vendor.
- Set up the billing system in the Business Director - Billing Manager - Settings:
- Create Credit Terms that define the order of settlement with your customers and select the default credit terms to be applied by default to customers accounts created from your online store.
- Optionally: create Discount Categories to be able to give the per-account discounts to your customers.
- Configure taxation.
- Get ready for accepting credit cards in the store. Configure the online payments processing in the Business Director - Billing Manager - Setup:
- Set payments processing order.
- Configure the recurring billing.
- Configure at least one payment plug-in in addition to the Dummy one that can be used for testing. Select the active payment system.
- Optionally: configure the credit cards fraud screening.
- Copy some Provider's hosting plans or create your own ones.
- Configure online store and open it using the Business Director - Commerce Manager.
To view or process orders placed at your store, go to the Business Director - Billing Manager - Receivable. To view or pay Provider's invoices, go to the Receivable section.