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Reselling Hosted Exchange, Sharepoint Under Private Labels
Reselling Hosted Exchange and SharePoint services under private label has slowly become one of the most sought after online business model since the webhosting days.
Reselling received a huge boost since the launch of Microsoft Hosted Exchange 2007 and other SaaS models.This article is for all individuals and businesses that are considering selling hosted exchange 2007 services, SharePoint hosting and other services based on SaaS. Most of the reseller services are now offered as Private label hosting; whereby a reseller is able to brand the service under his own brand.
This article will serve as a guideline on how to become a reseller and what steps to follow in order to become a reseller for Microsoft Hosted Exchange 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services.
Private Label Hosted Exchange is a perfect way to resell hosted Exchange and SharePoint hosting to your customers. Resellers don’t need infrastructure for the services that they will provide as they would have leased the services from another provider. Some providers offer Fully Managed Private label Exchange hosting.
Reselling Hosted Exchange 2007 services under Fully Managed Private Label Hosting allows the resellers to completely brand the services with their name and resell the services with there brand name. Resellers’ customers will never know that the reseller is using a Private Label Exchange Hosting Services.
Resellers will buy Exchange hosting at low prices and resell it under their own brand to their market. This way the resellers are able to charge their customers based on the market they are catering to and determine their own profits. Resellers are saved from the hassle of managing Exchange infrastructure.
Businesses from small scale to large scale are exploring ways to drive efficiencies and hosted exchange is becoming its preferred option. Microsoft Exchange 2007 will continue to increase its market share. Now is the right time to become a reseller of Exchange 2007 and tap this increasing market.
How easy is to setup Private Label Exchange Hosting?
Private Label Hosted Exchange services usually do not have up-front costs of hardware, software, ongoing upgrade, operational costs. The service is fully managed by service provider who provides service to the reseller.
In order to sell hosted Exchange to customers with confidence, you need to know that the service is reliable and secure. Normally, this assurance can be obtained from service providers themselves.
You need to contact a provider who sells reseller services. Some providers do not charge resellers till the resellers start adding customers. Once you signup as a reseller under a Private Label Exchange Hosting; you get access to control panel from where you can brand the service with your own brand and in this process provide a fully branded solution with your organizations name.
Benefits of Fully Private label solution for hosted exchange and SharePoint Sell the plans which are priced by you and from your Web site.
You can have a full “your company” branded control panel.
Multi-lingual and multi-currency support Multi-tiered access control at company level and at administrator level
Full automation for billing and you can use your own payment gateway
Provide full Web template which you can use with your brand to begin offering hosted Exchange 2007 and SharePoint services.
Reselling Hosted Exchange using this solution enables you to create an image for your own brand.
Adrian Gates (Adrian@apps4rent.com) is a Business Manager with Apps4Rent (http://www.apps4rent.com/reseller.html); which offers premium Reselling Hosted Exchange, SharePoint services and Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services.
Hosted Exchange Resellers See Business Opportunities
Hosted exchange reselling or private label hosted exchange service is a business opportunity made possible by the ability to share and allocate the IT infrastructure (software, hardware, and bandwidth) through a user-friendly reseller control panel.
Typically the buyers are often small to medium sized businesses; developers or systems integrators. Use of a reseller hosting plan allows the reseller is able to choose their own pricing structure and establish their own brand.
The customers are able to manage their own accounts by means of control panels thereby reducing the support load to be borne by the hosted exchange resellers. The benefits of being a hosted exchange reseller are many.
Hosted exchange 2007 has already penetrated deep into the market, and resellers are able to buy these services in bulk or wholesale prices and resell these services to small business. Small businesses are beginning to realize more about the benefits of a managed exchange server. Companies who make use of exchange sever outsourcing are assured that their email is kept safe and secure.
Usually reseller is able to resell the services and the price includes integration into other products, the hosted environment and administration tools. Hosted exchange reseller benefits include an increase in revenue as they are able to resell mailboxes at higher prices. Reselling hosted exchange has low financial risk as there is no investment in the form of hardware or software.
Providers who offer private label or white label Hosted exchange reseller services often charge once you have the customers in the system. Customer relationships are enhanced because reselling options are fully private label and exchange on demand (or exchange as SaaS). Using Private Label features resellers are able to make use of their own branded design, so that their customers will only see your brand when making use of this service. Your customers see your brand and this helps them to remember your services.
This private label reselling reinforces the fact that you may be able to provide them with additional services in the future. It does not take extensive technical knowledge to undertake reseller hosting. The operator of the data centre is responsible for maintaining all hardware and the networked infrastructure.
Typically any connectivity or software problems are forwarded to the provider of the server from where the reseller plan was acquired.
Hosted exchange resellers are able to do both; set up and also manage their customers’ accounts by use of a web interface. This consists of a point and click control panel, which the reseller can brand it with his own brand. Using this control panel resellers can manage their clients from one central location.
Use of a fully private label hosted exchange will mean your domain name and HTML header and footer appear on the control panel. The provider of the exchange service to the reseller bills you for each customer, and you in turn you bill your customers. Hosted exchange resellers are also able to offer both shared and dedicated private label hosted exchange services.
AUTHOR:
Adrian Gates (Adrian@apps4rent.com) is a Business Manager with Apps4Rent (http://www.apps4rent.com/reseller.html); which offers premium Reselling Hosted Exchange, SharePoint services and Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services.
Differences between Sharepoint 3.0 and Hosted Microsoft MOSS 2007
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Hosted Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 hosting are both part of the SharePoint family. However, Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007, both have different features and capabilities. This article enlists the difference between SharePoint 3.0 hosting and the SharePoint server 2007. This document might enable businesses and individuals to decide which SharePoint Services would suit the requirement.
Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) is an add-on to Windows Server. WSS offers the base collaborative infrastructure, supporting HTTP- and HTTPS-based editing of documents, as well as document organization in document libraries. Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 also has version control capabilities. You can setup wikis, and blogs for a team. Windows SharePoint Services also includes end-user functionality such as workflows, to-do lists, alerts and discussion boards, which are exposed as web parts to be embedded into SharePoint pages. WSS 3.0 is built on top of ASP.NET 2.0. WSS was previously known as SharePoint Team Services. Out of the box, only one workflow is obtainable, which is the tri-state work flow for easy workflow organization. Additional workflows could be created through SharePoint designer or Visual Studio .NET.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 has additional functionalities when compared to WSS 3.0.;
One of the most widely used functionalities with both the Microsoft SharePoint Hosting technologies is that you can create conference space, and use the workspace to issue the agenda; invite attendees and discuss points. You can use the same workspace to track the points and tasks that were mentioned during the meeting. You can view the calendar and decide the best time for you and the attendees before scheduling the meeting.
Microsoft SharePoint server comes with solutions that are modified for specific businesses or tasks. You can convert the template with your own logo, forms, and create user alerts. Managers and CEOs can keep track of actions using these templates. Forums and discussion groups can be used to discuss important projects. This saves plenty of time in arranging meetings and co-ordination.
Using Microsoft Sharepoint 2007 you can centrally store the documents which can be accessed by users. You can control which document is available to which user. Changes to the document can be tracked. These files can be accessed from any location in the world. Many documents like Word and Excel can be opened and edited in the browser itself.
As we move towards a world, where time and boundaries no longer are barriers towards doing business; Microsoft SharePoint And hosted Exchange 2007 is becoming trait rich tools which will help us improve efficiency and increase effectiveness. Using a vendor to host these feature rich collaborative suites will significantly save your precious dollars and time.
AUTHOR:
Adrian Gates (Adrian@apps4rent.com) is a Business Manager with Apps4Rent (http://apps4rent.com/whysharepoint.html); which offers premium hosted Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint Hosting Services and Microsoft Exchange Hosted Services.
