Unlimited Cpanel Features

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Francisco

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Well,

I was curious to know, do you offer "Unlimited Cpanel Features" to your clients? Such as Unlimited FTP, MySQL, etc?
 
Yes I only limit them by there space as well, if they decide to use it all with a database or two that is up to them. Most hosts I have found that tend to limit things like databases and mail accounts tend to pack the servers so they have to limit the resource hogs. Not all hosts do but many and then some limit them so that people have to purchase a higher priced package as they tend to use up the limited ones quickly so this in turn earns them higher revenue.
 
I think a lot more companies would put a limit on the features more to upsell their customers to a higher plan than to save on resources with an overloaded server
I don't think many hosts would limit the space a database could use, I know free hosts do but I don't know of any premium ones
 
I do have limits on the features, like number of mysql accounts, mailing list, that kind of thing.
I do it so clients can be upsold to bigger plans, although I'm really not strict about it, if they contacted me I would always add more to their account free of charge.

I don't have the server oversold either ;)
 
I don't think there is a problem with using a limit on the "features" from cPanel.
I see a lot of hosts doing it, including big companies.

I think, like Jon said, that most owuldn't be hard on their customers about giving them extra on the limits free of charge so they don't have to upgrade for something small.
 
Currently, I do not put a limit on the features of the account. The only limits are space and bandwidth; otherwise they're able to use as many e-mail accounts and mySQL databases as they wish, as long as it is within their allocated space and bandwidth.

However, I will soon be changing this - Company image is everything really, and companies who offer unlimited features are not really looked upon as reliable by other companies, and even some people.

If you target individuals, then there is no problem offering unlimited features - they are very unlikely to actually use them all, and there really isn't a problem. What's more, they are then more likely to host with you. If you target businesses, then you really need to put limits on the features of each package; businesses do not think well of companies that offer unlimited features, unfortunately.

However - you could have two ranges of packages. One range for individuals which offers unlimited features, or a very large amount, and then a second range which is for businesses and there you offer limits of features on all packages.
 
Actually, reseller accounts are pretty difficult to limit - and on reseller accounts, giving unlimited may be best.

If you limit your resellers to how many they can have, then they'll have to limit their clients - If you do limit your resellers, you'll need to be quite generous so that they are able to limit their clients, however have "enough".


Eg: Don't limit your resellers to say like 5 mySQL databases - What if they have ten clients? You'd need to limit your resellers to say in the hundreds; which will enable them to give their clients decent amounts.
 
I don't limit my reseller accounts at all. My two smallest shared hosting plans are limited, but other plans are not.
 
What I do is actually limit the features in the smaller plans with the option to upgrade to unmetered with a couple extra $ per month or a one time fee.
With larger plans I actually include this all in the price for free.
 
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