Reseller hosting lets an agency or freelancer host client sites under their own brand and earn recurring revenue from it. There are two kinds: cPanel/WHM resellers, where you create and manage client accounts yourself, and managed WordPress agency plans, where the host runs the servers and you manage sites. These are the providers we see work for the agencies we support. Our sister site Host List keeps the full host rankings.
How we chose
- White labelling: your brand on nameservers, control panels and invoices, not the host’s.
- Account control: WHM or an equivalent to create, suspend and resize client accounts.
- Support: who answers when a client’s site breaks at 2 a.m., and how good they are.
- Growth: whether you can move to a VPS or dedicated server without changing hosts.
- Billing: integration with WHMCS or a built-in way to invoice clients.
Country-specific needs
If most of your clients are in one country, pick a host with a data center there: InMotion Hosting for the US, GreenGeeks or SiteGround for Canada and Europe, and SiteGround or hosting.com for Australia and Asia. For the UAE and the Middle East, SiteGround’s and Liquid Web’s European and Asian regions are usually closer than US-only hosts.
Verdict
InMotion Hosting and hosting.com are the strongest classic cPanel resellers, and GreenGeeks is the pick when sustainability is part of your pitch. ResellerClub suits businesses selling hosting and domains as a product. If you only host WordPress, WP Engine or Pressable remove the server work entirely. Whichever you choose, Seahawk’s WP Services can take over care for the sites you host.