Step 1
Configuring The Plan
Plan name: give a name to this plan. Later you can change this
name on the Settings page, Plans, the Info menu.
Allow hosting (in v. 2.5 and higher Hosting Platform): hosting platforms available
for all users under this plan are enabled by default.
Version 2.5 RC 2 introduces MS Exchange Hosting platform support.
Note: unchecking any of hosting platforms will not
just disable them for all users under this plan, but also will disable all
relevant server groups to be available at signup.
Allow server groups (in v. 2.5 and higher Logical Server Groups): groups of logical
servers enabled for the entire system for users after signup.
Note that unchecking either win server or web server group will disable the
corresponding hosting platform for all users under this plan.
More about disabling server
groups
Global Resources: resources that
are included into H-Sphere but may not be offered by the admin. They can be disabled for all
users under this plan by unchecking the box next to the resource.
More about disabling global
resources.
Dedicated Servers ( in 2.5) :
allow Dedicated Servers hosting
and its features including custom built dedicated servers,
remote reboot, and backup.
* Note that platforms, logical servers, global resources, and dedicated
servers are enabled in Reseller Plans by default. Unchecking either of them will
disable them for all resellers under this plan and their end users as well.
Reseller CP SSL: enable securing reseller
complete control panel with IP-based or port-based SSL
or disable it for all accounts under this reseller plan.
Note that if the reseller CP SSL is disabled in the Global Resources
menu, it will appear entirely disabled in the Plan Wizard.
More about Reseller CP SSL.
IPs Of Reseller DNS Servers:
choose whether resellers on this plan will host their DNS server aliases
on a shared IP (Service IP) or will be able to use
dedicated IPs for this purpose. In latter case you'll have to add a
pool of free DNS IPs for resellers on your DNS logical servers.
More about Reseller DNS IPs.
E-mail Invoice Notification : set
the system to send e-mail invoices to resellers registered under the
plan.
- e-mail invoices are sent to the e-mail address that reseller provides in
his billing info or contact info (in the absence of the first);
- the default can be overridden by individual reseller settings;
- toggling the option doesn't affect settings of the existing resellers.
Leave registrar prices as they are: checking this box will fix
prices for domain registration for all account under
this plan that are set in the Domain registrar of the Settings
menu and omit Step Prices for Registrar of plan wizard.
Leave domain transfer prices as they are: check the box if you want to
charge resellers the default fees for registering domain names by his end-customers.
This will omit Step Domain Transfer Prices of plan wizard.
Leave SSL Certificate and Logo prices as they are ( in 2.5.1):
checking this box will leave prices for SSL Certificates and TrustLogos as set in the
ComodoSSL of the Settings menu and omit Step Define Terms/Prices of
plan wizard.
Credit Limit: the amount of negative balance you allow your resellers
to run into before they are charged.
More about Credit Limit.
Control panel alias: alias template (mask)
used to generate URL at which reseller and his
users will be able to log into the control panel
until the reseller changes it to his own control panel URL.
* In case the Control panel alias field is blank, check if you have
created
Control panel alias template in your DNS zone.
Reseller Account, Reseller Traffic, Summary Disk Usage:
set prices and free units for default 1 month
billing period or base prices
to calculate fees collected from resellers
for services provided with reseller account
if they are not specified for the actual billing period on
the fourth or any subsequent steps of reseller plan edit wizard.
See more on Summary Traffic Billing Schemes
.
Important: If you have changed Reseller Traffic or Summary
disk usage values while editing reseller plan,
make sure not to check Do not change resource
prices., otherwise the wizard won't remember the changes.
Setting Custom Prices for Registrar
Set custom fees to charge resellers for domains registered with Enom or OpenSRS by their end users.
To get to this page, make sure to uncheck the 'Leave registrar prices as they
are' box while configuring plan wizard.
The custom fees you enter override the
default domain registration fees set in the
Domain Registration Manager.
If you don't enter a price, a corresponding default price will be used in its place.
Important: To allow your resellers to
sell your domain registration services, make sure to set
default domain registration prices in the
Domain Registration Manager.
Otherwise, resellers under this plan won't be able to offer domain
registration to their end users.
Setting Custom Domain Transfer Prices
Set custom fees to charge resellers for domain transfer performed by their end users.
To get to this page, make sure to uncheck the 'Leave domain transfer prices as they are'
box while configuring plan wizard.
The custom fees you enter override the
default domain transfer fees.
If you don't enter a price, a corresponding default price will be used in its place.
Setting Custom SSL Certificate and Logo Prices
(for H-Sphere 2.5.1)
Starting with H-Sphere 2.5.1, prices for various types of certificates and trustlogo & cardpayment
logo, when bundled with that certificate, can be customized in the plans, provided you didn't check
the Leave SSL Certificate and Logo prices as they are box while configuring plan Wizard.
The price for logos is dynamically updated based on the certificate selected in the select box.
If you specify the price 0 for the logo, the logo will be available for a user, but the user will not be
charged for it. But if you specify no price for the logo, a user will not be able to check this logo,
and the price for the logo will be displayed as NA.
Step 2
Set prices to calculate fees collected from resellers
for hosting services they distribute with
user accounts over free quotas set herein.
Price Parameteres
Comments on Resources
Price Parameters
Parameter |
Meaning |
Example |
Entering 0 (zero) |
Leaving Empty |
Free |
Units of each resource resellers can offer to their
customers without being charged. Free units make sense
only for pay resources.
|
If you set 10 Free units for Mailboxes, each
reseller will get 10 mailboxes to be spread among all his customers.
If he runs out of these 10 free mailboxes, reseller will
be charged for each extra mailbox acquired by his end users.
|
Reseller gets no free units. Better leave the field
empty instead.
|
Reseller gets no free units. If you want to set free units
to unlimited, better don't set any prices for this resource.
|
|
Setup
|
Single-time fee resellers are charged, if their
end users acquire resources over free units you allocate resellers with.
|
Reseller on a plan with 10 free domains and $1
for domain setup, signs up the 11th user on a 2 month billing period.
Provided each of the reseller's first 10 users has
registered one domain,
the reseller will be charged $2, because
the 11th domain is registered over
10 free domains used up by existing accounts.
|
Reseller won't be charged for resources his
end users acquire over free.
|
Reseller won't be charged for resources his
end users acquire over free.
|
|
Recurrent
|
Monthly price to calculate
recurrent fees
resellers are charged ahead when their end users
acquire resources
over free units that resellers are allocated with.
|
Reseller on a plan that allows 3 free user accounts and $1
of recurrent for each user account over free,
signing up the 4th account on a 2 month billing period
will be charged $2.
|
Resellers won't be charged any recurrent fees
for resources his end users acquire over free.
|
Resellers won't be charged any recurrent fees in the documentation
for resources his end users acquire over free.
|
Usage
|
not implemented yet
leave the field empty
|
- |
- |
- |
Max
|
Units of this resource that can be distributed among
all customers of one reseller. Reseller's customers
can't create resources beyond the reseller's
Max.
|
Reseller on a plan with 100 MB Max set
for disk quota, won't be able
to sign up more than 5 accounts under
a plan allowing 20 MB of FTP quota for each new
account. Keep in mind that end users can increase their
initial FTP quota which may leave insufficient
MB to create new accounts.
|
Reseller won't be able to offer any units of this resource
or create accounts under plans with this resource included.
|
Reseller will be able to offer unlimited units of this
resource.
|
Refund
|
The part of the prepaid recurrent fee returned to
the reseller if the resource is canceled by the end
customer.
|
You are setting prices for a 2 month billing period.
Your wholesale recurrent price for a domain is
$4. You set resellers refund to 50%.
An end user signs up on 1 January. On 1 February he
cancels the account, which means the February half of
the recurrent fee is due back. The reseller will get in the documentation
a refund of ($4 X 50%refund X 50% billing period =)
$1.
|
Reseller won't be refunded.
|
Reseller will be refunded 100%.
Don't enter 100%, leave the field empty instead.
|
Comments on Resources
Don't get confused with setting prices for the following resources:
- CP Account: H-Sphere account with a unique account ID. See also
Understanding Accounts, Domains, and Users.
- Domain: any domain transfered or registered through H-Sphere under reseller.
Note: service DNS zone domain isn't counted as a payable resource.
- Web Server User: an FTP user on a web or win server. See also
Understanding Accounts, Domains, and Users.
- IP Address: any dedicated IP taken by domains under reseller.
Note that
reseller DNS server IPs are treated as free. If you allow resellers to host their DNS server aliases on dedicated IPs
you might want to include their cost into recurrent fee for reseller account maintenance.
- Summary Traffic: appears only if you choose to bill reseller for
traffic allocation.
- Disk Space Quota: refers to web FTP disk space only and doesn't include disk space for mail resources and DBs.
