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In reference to: http://www.jodohost.com/windows-vps.asp
It strikes me as odd, that one can pay 2-3 times the cost of a reseller package and get a VPS web server, and yet lose all the database resources that are currently enjoyed. ie. unlimited databases.
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In reseller packages, our profit margins are much more and we can afford to give customers unlimited use of our database services.
VPS services are costly to offer. Offering unlimited databases and large amounts of database space would cost us. The database services offered with DB are meant mainly for the use of the VPS customer for their own websites. It cannot be resold anyway since you cannot integrate external database services with plesk
Also, any database services used with VPS are undoubtely going to be used more intensely (query wise) since it would most like accompany an intensive web application. On the other hand, the general trend across our reseller packages is that resellers are selling mssql db to low-usage clients.
Trends and usage make a difference on what we can and cannot offer 
One couldn’t begin to use a VPS to sell shared hosting without being able to offer database resources. The VPS systems seem purely for those who have 1 or 2 apps that require and stable dedicated web server, not for reselling.
Correct. Unless you plan to run your own MS SQL server on VPS.. it wouldn’t be an attractive to sell hosting compared to our HSphere reseller plans. It is primarily meant for customers with intensive hosting needs but also want to sell hosting to some of their clients. It is not fully scalable like HSphere but can act as a mid-way between a dedicated server and a reseller account.. Be a short stop inbetween before going for your own servers
However one thing VPS does offer is the ability to sell reseller accounts, and get into that lucrative market
In contrast, the Semi-Dedicated servers ( Virtual Private Server (VPS) Hosting, Window Hosting ) are a GREAT idea, but are way more expensive than extry-level VPS. Yet they don’t offer the server features of VPS, have less disk & traffic allocation, and are just as restricted in terms of domains and DBs. What’s the attraction of Semi-Ded in that case? I would have expected Semi-Ded to be cheaper than a VPS, unless Semi offers other important advantages which I can’t see.
Semi-dedicated requires zero admin knowledge, and you are on dedicated mssql servers. On VPS, the external database services are offered from our standard cluster.
However yes, we expect to sell more VPS than semi-dedicated in the long run. It is just much more reliable, and gives intensive hosting customers much more flexibility (installing software, components, etc).
You can expect us to revise our Windows SD services for the better, as Windows VPS sales pick up.
As a reseller, I’d like to move my several big important clients (and service domain) to Semi-Ded, but would require more than 5 domains to make it worthwhile! I know the number is restricted to improve stability, but considering shared servers have hundreds of domains on them I think 5 may be a little over-cautious? Up to 10 would be good, same with SQL DBs.
The number of domains on the WinSD packages were set after alot of discussion and yes we were looking towards the best reliability.
Just my opinion, but as it stands right now, neither Semi-Ded nor VPS offer much incentive to a reseller looking to migrate a few clients to a more stable platform. The domain, DB and IP restrictions seem too severe…
VPS is your best bet. You can host much more domains, you are in an isolated environment which is technically more reliable than Windows SD. You can sell reseller packages and shared hosting from that space and turn in a profit.
