In addition to hosting resource-demanding websites, there is a further reason to acquire a virtual or a dedicated server of your own - to create your hosting company. This is an ever expanding business, due to the fact that more and more people and businesses start their online presence, which means that they need hosting space and a domain name. If you have a hosting server, you will be able to create web hosting offers then sell them, so you can not only cover your own expenses when you host your own sites on the server as well, but you will also make a good profit by running a profitable business. What you need for that is a server, payment software, which will be the link between the reseller site and your web space, as well as a business account with a payment processor such as PayPal or 2CheckOut, in order to be able to receive online payments. The benefit from reselling server space over the usage of a standard reseller program is the fact that your clients will have additional resources and you're able to set up the server-side software that their websites may need to work efficiently. The latter will not be possible with a shared hosting reseller program, because you will have specific limitations in this regard.