Originally Posted by
Westech
Well, obviously you should charge him at least whatever that part of the reseller account costs you. That's the easy part.
What many people reselling hosting overlook is the time that they will have to spend supporting the people they resell to. Every time your friend can't get something to work, needs a php setting changed, etc. he'll be calling you and not the host. Even if it's something the host has to fix the request will have to go through you and you'll end up wasting your time on it.
Also keep in mind that from now on any time you change servers or hosts you'll have to drag him along with you and help him transfer his site, email, etc.
My advice: Figure out how much of your time will be used up each month dealing with helping him and setting things up for him. Then double it, because you've almost certainly underestimated it. Figure out how much you think that amount of your time is worth and add that to whatever his portion of the space and bandwidth cost.
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