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Reseller Startup Guide

As we upgrade our Customer Portal to a more optimized and user‑friendly design, some features, hosting products, and services may no longer be available. Due to this update, reseller hosting plans are no longer offered by HostGator for new signups. Although new reseller hosting plans are discontinued, we will continue to support existing customers on these plans, with no changes to your current reseller hosting service.

This Reseller Hosting Startup Guide provides a consolidated list of articles to help you set up, manage, or migrate your reseller hosting account.

Starting Fresh with a New Reseller Hosting Site

If you are building a new website or launching a new hosting business, follow these reseller hosting setup steps in the order below:

Initial Setup

Determine Your Needs
Change Your DNS
Create Packages
Creating Your Client's Web Space (optional)
Uploading Your Site

Post Setup

Transferring Your Existing Website to Reseller Hosting

If you already have a website and want to transfer it to your reseller hosting account, follow these steps in a slightly different order:

Determine Your Needs
Create Packages
Creating Your Client's Web Space (optional)
Uploading Your Site
Change Your DNS

Post Setup

Why DNS Should Be Changed Last for Website Transfers

When transferring an existing site, you should update DNS only after copying your website to the new hosting account. This ensures your visitors continue accessing your live website while the migration is in progress.

If you are starting a new site, changing DNS first allows people to see your new content as soon as possible.

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