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Selling Virtual Private Servers

Overview1. What are Virtual Private Servers (VPS)?

2. Who are VPS customers?

3. How to position VPS

4. Selling VPS through Heart Internet

5. Managing VPS

6. Free marketing resources


Hardware

Virtualisation layer

What are VPS?


Bandwidth

CPU

Ram/ Memory

Hard disk

VPS

Root

Applications

OS

Library

VPS

Root

Applications

OS

Library

VPS

Root

Applications

OS

Library

Shared Web Hosting Virtual Private Server

What are VPS?


Low performance High performance

High price

Low price

Dedicated servers

Virtual servers

Shared hosting

The Product


You can create your own VPS, beginning with the base spec, and upgrading as required : • Base Spec: 1GB Ram, 50GB disk space, 1vCPU (£8.99)• RAM: up to 32GB (£4.50 per 1GB )• Disk space: up to 500GB (£1.75 per 10GB )• vCPU: up to 12 vCPUs (£3 per vCPU )• OS: CentOS 5 / 6, Windows Standard / Web edition, Ubuntu 11.10 / LTS

Our VPS product is built upon the KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) virtualisation technology.

All VPS are provided the following as standard: Full root access Unlimited bandwidth Out of band VNC/SSH console, and bootable recovery

build

The VPS product is supported by these add-ons which you can sell to your customers: • Plesk : £3-£8 per month (10-100 site licenses) • cPanel: £10 per month (unlimited sites)• VPS back-ups: £1.75 per 10GB (10GB to 500GB)

100 Mbit/s network speed 1 Free IP address RAID 10 SAS disks

Who are VPS customers?


Web designers• Multi-site hosting• Sand box• Hosting client’s websites

Web developers• Development platform• Sand box• Bespoke scripts & software

Businesses• High resource website• Ecommerce• Media streaming• Database & email server• Data storage

Advanced webmasters• Large website(s)• Dynamic functionality• Multisite hosting• Bespoke scripts & software• Database sever & email server

Who are VPS customers?


Shared hosting Virtual server Dedicated server

Serv

ice

usag

e

Brochure site

Dynamic content

Simple Ecommerce

Advanced Ecommerce

High resource site

Major online ecommerce

Multiple high resource sites

Multiple sites

• Web server• Mail server• Database server• File server

How to position VPS


A more powerful version of shared hosting

Flexibility: Multiple uses e.g. database server

Power: High spec servers, fast disks, dedicated RAM etc.

Control: Full root access, rebuild on command, clone-able VPS

Value: Cost effective alternative for those who don’t need a full dedicated server

Data security: Snapshot back-ups & out of band SSH access

Growth: Perfect for multi-site hosting

“VPS are the perfect solution for advanced websites, apps and programs looking for increased flexibility, power and control, without the cost of a dedicated server.”

Selling VPS through Heart Internet


Manual set-upHeart Internet customer control panel > Order VPS



HostPayHeart Internet customer control panel > RCC > HostPay> VPS products



HostPay



Heart Internet Reseller APIFeatures overview:

Possible uses:• Process orders from your website in real time• Develop a VPS management interface for your customers• Develop a VPS management interface for yourself• Run reports e.g. sales report• Marketing alerts e.g. Automate upgrade messages to resource hungry customers

• Full power control, List & inspect • Upgrade & downgrade VPS• Change OS, Rebuild VPS• Clone VPS• Associate add-ons with your VPS• & much more!

Managing VPS


Heart Internet customer control panel > Manage VPS

View server information Refresh, reboot, turn off & rebuild Add or remove resources View IP & DNS information (& add more IP addresses) View bandwidth & I/O usage charts Access out-of-band console Recovery build Add back-ups space & enable snapshot back-ups Setup scripts (coming soon)

Demo: http://t.co/X8act1mO

http://t.co/X8act1mO



Your Customer’s VPS Control Panel


Heart Internet customer control panel > RCC > Configure VPS CP

White label log-in

Your brand

Customise features Console access Modify server metadata (description, saved

user/password details) Power Server On/Off Reboot Server Rebuild server (erase all files and return to install state) Graphs and Statistics

• Sub-domain name on your website e.g. “vps.yourdomain.com”

• Sub-domain on your customer’s websites e.g. “vps.a-site-you-host.com”

• Generic “www.vps-10.com”

Use your existing eXtend theme Your own logo Add your support URL, phone number and/ or email

Free VPS marketing resources


Product marketing• Product overview & pricing• Industry price information• Cross-selling ideas• White label resources

Marketing emails• White label• Compelling sales copy

Website copy• White label• HTML, PDF & Doc• Use anywhere

Heart Internet customer control panel > RCC > “Marketing”

Blog resources: http://bit.ly/tF2sRC

http://bit.ly/tF2sRC




Questions & AnswersNote: The presentation slides & webinar will be made

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