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elizabethrobertajones · 3 months ago

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summer scions!! I absolutely love the new portraits for all their smug happy expressions. Except Y'shtola, who is not going to deign to give a camera a proper saucy look because that's silly. Urianger is smirking twice as hard on her behalf.

Glam review under the cut!

I unlocked Alphinaud first of the twins and didn't know Alisaie had a little necktie yet, so I'm deducting a point from my first impression because the sheer delight that he had a silly little necktie of some sort no matter the situation delighted me so thoroughly. Since they're still engaging in matchy twin dressing to some degree, I have to assume they either like it and won't admit it after digging in so hard, or Ameliance sent them off with cute outfits and matching backpacks, and they still don't really shop for themselves.

He's got the practical watch/compass gloves which are good for a technically proficient Sage and probably the most practical gear he's ever worn except for when he was poncho Alphy, but wearing ankle-length jeans seem like the least weather-appropriate choice of the Scions if we assume their average skin coverage is a good weathervane for the temperature in Tural. I chalk it up to teenage awkwardness.

8/10 unless he and Alisaie chose their outfits themselves, in which case it's a 9/10

I think Alisaie is the only Scion to keep a single piece of their default gear, and those are her usual gloves. She's colour-matched around it.

Because of the gloves and boots, she looks the most ready for hardcore hiking, somehow, and her matching Alphinaud with a cute button down shirt with rolled up sleeves along with that particular choice of baggier shorts (when she normally wears more form fitting shorts) do give me the closest to butch vibes it's probably likely to get for main characters. So I'm giving her an extra point I stole from Alphinaud for the lesbian vibes.

9/10 or 10/10 if she made these choices all by herself.

Everything about this cracks me up, from his portrait above to the image of him tanking open shirted once he pulls mobs.

Believe it or not, he's getting an additional point for those shoes simply because the competition in practicality in tanking is G'raha.

I had a moment of excitement when I thought the necklace was pink because that's always a cute Ryne/Minfillia thing fanartists give him with ribbons and such, but once I got zoomed in on him it was red, so I guess he's just been shopping. Although, the turquoise shorts are her eye colour and the actual large diamond shapes are secretly Mothercrystal coded in those colours, which just cracks me up that you can pick out one of the worse days of his life (Urianger's grand Warrior of Darkness plan) in his Chill Summer Beach Vibes look.

Douchebag beach bro shell bracelet as well, which really makes me double down on him and Urianger spending way too much on tourist bait along the stalls in the Famous Turali Market. The hat and sunglasses are giving him one of the Most tourist-y looks thematically reflecting how a lot of the Scion guys were just here to hang out, narratively or literally. Maybe he's trying not to get such an intense tan again, which is the only reason he's not entirely topless.

11/10 I could not stop laughing when I got him and Urianger to 100 and Beheld The Brilliance in the same moment.

Please note the raised sunglasses in Urianger's portrait, which are not the model his character uses.

I am delighted that I had been incorporating that island watch into my healer glams on both the logic you need to know your clock positionals but also they're largely the smarty pants jobs (WHM being vibes only aside - it gets its own glams :P). And here's Urianger and Alphinaud both using watches.

Now, I had a moment of being vaguely disappointed he had trousers not a skirt or something else swishy and androgynous, but then I did realise that I, a nonbinary weirdo who relates to Urianger since he made me nonbinary, have actually gone to a couple of garden parties dressed in some variation of this exact outfit of light trousers and a nice button up. Plus, the earrings are in both ears, so no "Google, which ear is the gay one?", these are just straight up cute femme dangly earrings with his favourite little dudes on.

More importantly, the colours he's repping are those of Lopporit Radio. He probably tunes in every night for his broadcasts :')

Mirrored sunglasses for the guy notorious for keeping thoughts and plans close to his chest and choosing deliberately to be enigmatic even when it serves zero purpose except for I guess gender affirming care. (The gender is Weird Bitch.)

I can't tell how I feel about those dad sandals. I suppose it depends if he's wearing them like a fashion model (brand new and clean with perfect pedicured feet) or if those are REALLY dad at the beach-like and, since I'm not a foot person, this for me is only a choice between "not off-putting" and "AURGH".

9/10 the proximity to Thancred hauls him up several points of misgivings I had, and the lopporit shout outs are killing me :')

I unlocked Y'shtola last and holy fuck I am a lesbian. I don't even recognise where those boots come from, so either a really expensive glam or something I just have not stumbled on. She has toe rings I think? And painted nails? I have no idea if the garter (?) is part of the boots glam or a custom thing as result of not recognising the boots and how much of them is normal. I feel like they customised a lot on her anyway - the back of her top has purple beads that match her staff (not dyable on the real piece)

and I think the necklace has to be part of the top instead of a separate necklace piece with the way it hangs, AND the bracelets are a glove piece with the original summer glam, but I assume they're layered with the false nails, also in the glove slot. All in all it's giving the sort of effort which is starting to creep up to what I'd expect from the modding community not the game. I mean, not THAT good but getting close. Baby steps towards what fandom can make :P

She really is god's favourite meow meow.

Anyway I can't really judge this fairly because it's really hot and I love her so I'm just going to give it 100/10 and move on. :)

how did I get a picture where Estinien looks like he's stooping to get in the frame...

The fact he has Azure Dragoon Blue Top and then Violently Nidhogg Fuchsia shorts is the colour theory that absolutely killed me. When he lights up during his burst and starts glowing pink all over his shorts are like. Taking him over like the eye once did I think.

love a guy who can embrace his past trauma and dress to match all that has passed before and all that he intends to do now (kill something large and tasty, grill it on the beach, fall asleep with a beer in hand until the waves come in and wake him up).

I gave him that wooden bracelet in the glam he has on my desktop screen so once again I'm feeling weirdly vindicated.

Other details: no ponytail despite the warm weather because he's got enough ventilation. The fact there's cactaurs on his shirt when he's on record for eating them is amazing. We should imagine he's wearing his jobstone like that pendant (since he's one of the only guys with a confirmed jobstone despite being the Guy Without A Job notoriously that one time.)

Unlike Thancred's hat and sunglasses combo, which seems fun and boisterous somehow, he seems the most walled off of all the sunglasses wearers even though he's not the most mysterious. The visor really helps make it a sort of wall. Maybe just because his terse upfront personality and somehow despite his clothes horse habits THIS amount of whimsy seems the most out of character at first glance, but he DOES look uncomfortable to me.

Somehow I find everything about this outfit excellent for his character but also like maybe he was forced into it, everyone cornering him and telling him the Scion Beach Party was a mandatory work event and he was not allowed to beg off of it and he did put some work in expressing himself but also is going to go find a much quieter corner to lurk in for the day, when not competing with Thancred (can't grill, loves it) for the barbeque (Estinien can grill, would only do it because the threat of Thancred doing it wrong is too high).

confused 7/10 mostly because I think Krile is blackmailing him and not because I don't love everything about this.

Here's how G'reenha Tia can still win -

Anyway here's the deducted point for tanking in flip flops (PERFECTLY acceptable BLM gear btw but he's Mr Versatile.)

(I joke but the main character of my novels is a flip-flop wearing menace who could and would tank in them)

Between the padlock and key necklace and the woven bracelet right after we all went feral over the Thavnarian bracelets for couples thing so recently (and Corvos is just across the water!) he's absolutely dripping cutie pie love interest coding yet again.

(Also yes I know the lock and key thing is very funny because we were introduced to him learning he was a fancy key to a big door.)

Gains a point back because the other green g'raha thing is I'm pretty sure people use this shirt glam because it kinda looks like it has weed on it.

Don't quote me on that, vibes only.

Anyway he came colour coordinated (with his original eye colour and hair colour not the bright Allagan dalamud red dye that goes with his normal outfit) so so precise and neat, like he's going to some sort of formal event, and even with flip flops he really does seem incredibly put together like the twins or Y'shtola, just for full outfit cohesiveness.

As someone who would hold G'raha's hand on the romantic gondola vibe, 10/10.

3 out of 10 and a huge cringe if you would not. He's got to stop Striving.

Hey it's the star of the show!! Adorable hairstyle out, cute plot-important earring on, and wearing her exact character colours but adorable beach wear :)

I love that she looks kind of like she went to the girls for advice and got the top from Y'shtola and the shorts from Alisaie, and she probably was very serious and stressed about getting this right even though there's no rules and no one's judging her -

oops.

Anyway the ballet shoes are adorable and go with all the cute picto spins and twirls :)

I think the strict colour scheme does speak to the slight lack of fleshing out she got so far in the story (we don't really have any real character reason that picto in particular spoke to her and this glam isn't one of the many fun takes people had on how to dress to meet that brief ). I don't think DT did more than just repeat that she's serious and sweet and trying really hard to get out of her shell and be more fun and creative and also she's been practicing dodging really hard she shouts mid-Trust combat (bless her). But ALSO getting out of the shell is really hard and she only found out everything and got some closure in the final level 100 quests so there wasn't really much to do with her after that.

This is like her First Non-Plot-Critical Whimsy Moment and losing the hood or any cat ears entirely (and there are perfectly functional cat ears to wear in game) is a good step considering we know she wears it precisely because she needed a sort of advance PR campaign to make her look cute and approachable before she opened her mouth and started bringing down the vibe (serious scary children are SO funny though and i love that for her). Having the same top as Y'shtola is a good thing for trying to make her less childish and have her trying to show that now as she takes this huge step out from the background. I mean, it still has a slight sense of her costuming herself and pushing herself out of comfort zones as she always does, but it's 100% in character so I adore it.

1000/10 because Krile is great and there's so much going on here and it's so fun when a character's whole personality is a costume and then they're like aurgh wait do I even want that??

#ffxiv #dawntrail spoilers #I love these goobers #enough to level all the jobs through Trust rather than more varied and faster means :')

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thishadoscarbuzz · 8 months ago

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280 - State and Main

Forgotten cinema, you ask? This week, we're coming to you with 2000's State and Main, a Hollywood satire and ensemble comedy from lauded playwright David Mamet. A farce about a film production wreaking havoc on small town America, the film featured a very Mametian cast of Alec Baldwin and William H. Macy along with of-the-moment stars on the rise like Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Julia Stiles. An ensemble win from the National Board of Review helped coast the film through the season, but it managed little other award mentions despite strong reviews.

This episode, we talk about David Mamet's high (but waning) regard in the American theatre in contrast to his more under-the-radar film reputation. We also talk about PSH's late-90s breakthrough years, SJP's reign over the Globes for Sex and the City, and WHM's surprising lack of an Oscar nomination since Fargo.

Topics also include "so that happened" as a punchline, Fine Line Features, and NBR giving Best Picture to Quills.

The 2000 Academy Awards

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#William H. Macy #Sarah Jessica Parker #Philip Seymour Hoffman #Patti LuPone #Alec Baldwin #Julia Stiles #Rebecca Pidgeon #David Paymer #Clark Gregg #Charles Durning #Lionel Mark Smith #Ricky Jay #Best Ensemble #David Mamet #National Board of Review #Academy Awards #Oscars #movies

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sswirlicuee · 2 months ago

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My Hero Academia: The Movie You’re Next & World Heroes’ Mission Review

I went to see MHA : You’re Next and just got out of the cinema. Today is the first day of its release where I live. I’ve been meaning to write a review of the most recent theatrical release (‘Movie’ from here on), World Heroes’ Mission for a while, so I guess I’ll combine them together here.

Before going into the review, I’d like to first outline the structure of a typical movie adaptation of major action Anime franchises (e.g. One Piece, Bleach, Naruto etc.) These adaptations follow similar patterns : there is an Incident, which is caused by Movie!Villains, and which somehow involves Movie!Allies. The main cast, usually the Lead Character, will team up with Movie!Allies to defeat Movie!Villains in order to restore peace. Usually, these adapted universes will not have an impact canon timeline, but can occur as a result of canonical events. It is important to note that the seiyuus behind Movie!Villains and Movie!Allies significantly influenced the plot, namely the nature of the Incident. It is also my personal theory that the production companies created the Movie around whichever seiyuus/celebrities were rising in their career at the moment, since they are the major factor in the success of its release.

For someone who prides myself in being a lover of adaptations, I will say this : all theatrical adaptations are boring because they are predictable. They obsessively follow this same structure without deviation. Any creativity was limited within these frames. I wish the production companies would come up with a new pattern already. The only entertaining factor then, for me, is how the plot evolves within these constraints.

Thus, I’ll analyse these 2 Movies based on the portrayals of the following elements : 1) Movie!Villains & Movie!Allies ; 2) the recurring cast and 3) the Incident.

Should I even put a spoiler alert tag? I mean, we all know how it ends. But well, for etiquette’s sake, here it is : SPOILERS BELOW.

Movie!Villains & Movie!Allies

WHM :

Ally - Rody (CV : Yoshizawa Ryo. Yes, the actor),

Villain - I forgot his name (CV : Nakai Kazuya. That’s Zoro and Hijikata-san for you.)

YN :

Allies - Giulio (CV: Miyano Mamoru) & Anna (CV: Nukumi Meru. Who is this girl, I’ve never heard of her before?)

Villain - Dark Might - (CV : Miyake Kenta, also the voice of All Might)

YN is a typical love story with a happy ending. I understand why they cast Mamo. When I first saw the announcement, I even went ‘Wow!… but why Mamo?’. Mamo gave his Tokiya-type performance, namely the cold yandere character. It’s not bad, of course. It’s just what you’d expect of Mamo. However, it didn’t really add any value either. Any newcomers could have done an equally good job (for the billing of fewer zeros as well, I’d assume). Maybe they cast Mamo only for promotional purposes? I don't think that's the case though, considering the popularity of the existing cast... The casting for the female Ally, however, was a very interesting choice. Apparently she’s a rising model and talent. I quite enjoyed her performance. She brought something fresh to the performance of household names. I did feel fed up with the damsel in distress plot though, and I wish she’d have more lines. Such a waste of potential. As for Dark Might, I kind of understand if what they were trying to do was make homage to Miyake Kenta. But wait, he wasn’t that senior in the Japanese show biz either… I don’t know, now.

WHM was probably one of my most favourite theatrical adaptations across franchises in recent years, mostly because of the casting of Yoshizawa Ryo. I’m a big Ryo fan, sue me. I think the casting choice was very interesting. One of rare celebrity casting in Movie history. And a very successful one at that, I’d say. Rody has remained one of the well-loved non-canon characters by fans even to this date, judging from fan engagements on Pixiv and other media. Bones really made the right move with this casting, honestly. Which was why I was a bit surprised when they went back to casting a big-name seiyuu like Mamo for WHM’s successor. They could have done better… Or maybe that was why they cast the model girl? Anyways… Rody’s character was very fun, and I think it fit Ryo’s acting. And when Rody’s quirk was revealed, I was like, now that’s awesome! More on this under ‘the Incident’.

Nakai-san’s casting was more likely an honorary role, I think. He didn’t degrade nor improve the villain character. I only recognized his voice upon my rewatch, though. Maybe I hadn't been paying enough attention? But I have to say, this Nakai villain was really hard to defeat. Or maybe because Izuku was up against him alone? When Dark Might was defeated by Izuku, Shoto and Bakugo, I was like, that’s it? Why was he so easy to defeat? Nakai-san took like hours to go down.

The recurring cast

I suppose there is no need to list them out here — we already know them.

So in both YN and WHM, the spotlight was mainly on Izuku, which was typical of Movie adaptations. I have to say that I enjoyed his interaction with Rody more than Giulio though. Maybe because of the road trip, which was very gay? I have to say I really enjoyed the Portuguese setting in WHM more than the Italian setting in YN, as well (also me: currently living in Paris). And I liked how they sequenced the battle cuts for Bakugo and Shoto in WHM. Their fights were very passionate, even if the big three didn’t manage to get to fight alongside one another. In YN, it was just Shoto mostly getting pulled around by Izuku’s Black Whip. Like, Shoto baby, what’s going on!? Get your shit together already! Just kidding. I love you my baby Shoto. Also, I like how Endeavour, being the No.1 hero, had stepped up and took the wheel in WHM. In YN he was mostly delegated to supporting All Might and the mission.

One thing has been bugging me: what happen to Be-san in these Movies!? Bones, what on earth is going on? Why didn’t you let Eraserhead say a line at least!? In WHM, even Present Mic (CV: Yoshino) managed to get 1 line in. Be-san didn’t appear in any of these Movies. Although Be-san is not my main, I’d really like to understand why.

The Incident

WHM : some guy (CV: Nakai Kazuya) decided to terrorize the world with science. Honestly I already forgot the plot.

YN : some Italian mafia guy who was obsessed with All Might decided to become him (‘Dark Might’) and terrorize the world.

To be honest, the Incidents are very insignificant. They’re interchangeable and just something that brings elements #1 and #2 together. The last Incident in recent theatrical adaptations that left an impression on me was One Piece Film Red. I really liked how they confronted Shank’s daughter to the recurring cast. However, the execution was mediocre. So as a theatrical release, OP Film Red was more or less on par with the rest of any Movie adaptations, that is, unmemorable. But I digress here.

In YN, there’s this girl Anna, who had Quirk-enhancement quirk. She was usually together with her butler Giulio, who got recruited because he had Quirk-suppression quirk. (Ah, a match made in heaven…) Somehow she got abducted by this random mafia guy who had Alchemy quirk, and who intended to use her as amplifier for him and his army. The mafia guy used her power and transformed himself into Dark Might. The Good Guys™ managed to rescue her eventually, thanks to the help of our recurring cast. In the end, Anna and Giulio both lost their quirks (I think?), but decided to stick together anyways.

Now, my only gripe about this is: they could have embellished several aspects of this Movie. For example, they could have made it an outright love story. Since it is a love story, after all. Giulio’s prosthetics were another thing they could have worked with more. I really liked the imagery of Giulio, who had lost so much, but who still dragged his semi-handicapped body to go after Anna. And Anna shouldn’t have been reduced to a typical damsel in distress waiting to be rescued either. Give her more agency, man! She really had cute design and promising voice actress. The assets were all there.

Also, there was the question of the clash of ideologies. Our main three each managed to get a line in on this subject, but the film could have expanded on this further. That said, I found a lot of similarities between Dark Might and Movie!Villain in One Piece Film Gold (what’s his name again? Grand Tresoro?) Wait — I went and looked him up. Couldn’t believe that the voice of Gild Tesoro was Sakurai, what on earth… — their design, motivations, and goals were very similar. They even used gold coins as weapons. Giulio and Anna didn’t have anything to say about this ideological clash either. Did it not concern them, their living in Italy and not Japan? Theirs was a personal struggle, which had nothing really to do with the Incident, except Anna happening to possess the quirk that Dark Might needed.

As for WHM — a shameful waste of potential. Bones had created truly awesome Ally and Villain in Rody and Nakai-san. But the way they told the story kind of ruined it. Rody and Nakai-Villain were polar opposites, a mirror image of each other. The Villain — whose name I couldn’t be bothered to look up. I only remember that he had blue face — was born with a quirk that repelled everything around him. His quirk was also autonomous, meaning he couldn’t turn it off no matter what he tried… As a result, he couldn’t receive hugs and kind touches from his loved ones, among other things, which made him a bit psychotic. As such, he felt isolated from the rest of the world, and ended up wanting to dominate it. As his polar opposite, Rody was born with a quirk that he was understandbly ashamed of and a quite useless one at that… the bird Pino, which would always express his true emotions. Like the Villain’s, his was similarly autonomous. The nature of Rody’s quirk was revealed towards the end of the Movie, in a cut where Izuku reminisced and said something along the line of ‘Isn’t it amazing, your quirk being not being able to lie?’ Along with this revelation, the Villain’s origin story was also shown. Both the Ally and the Villain had quirks which they had no control over. It also raised the following question : would they rather not have quirks at all, than to have the quirks that they were born with? It was Izuku who broke through their walls and made them appreciate what they had, in one way or another. And the most meaningful thing was the fact that Izuku, the one who led them towards the answer, was quirkless to begin with. I called it a shameful waste of potential, because the studio could have confronted Rody against the Villain directly and highlighted these problematics. That said, Rody remained my favourite Moive!Ally of all times. Firstly, because of Ryo. But most importantly: in a world where most people are born with special abilities, capable of amazing things, you alone are not being able to lie and have to live with this fact. Isn't that beautiful?

WHM had so much potentials. It could have turned out better, more memorable, becoming a breakthrough even, if not for its structural contraints. However, Bones did what they could within these limitations, and still managed to deliver something captivating. After seeing YN, I’m quite relieved that it didn’t manage to top WHM (at least for me), but also disappointed, that the studio went back to their preconceived formula again. To conclude, YN was just your average shonen theatrical adaptation, no more, no less.

Also, Burger King France did a MHA collab this autumn. Here's their goodies!

#my hero academia #mha #mha spoilers #mha movie

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wordshurtme5305 · 2 years ago

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WHM book review

TW: violence, gore, horror, child abuse, genocide, racism, sexism, ableism and sexual assault

(spoiler free)

Last week I had the pleasure of reading Cormac McCarthy's . . .

Blood Meridian.

The story follows a fourteen year old boy who ran away from his abusive home, wandering aimlessly and fighting men for a while he then joins a group of scalp hunters that are contracted by the Mexican government.

The vivid and visceral writing of the story puts you in this primal world of violence and hate as you're described how men are disemboweled and scalped, with every bloody detail.

Ultimately - I would give blood meridian an absolute ⭐⭐⭐⭐ of 5 for its great writing and horror

(I'm sorry I never came back to review Starship Troopers but I swear more book reviews will come)

#blood meridian #book reveiw #reading #cormac mccarthy #judge holden #hell #horror #western #historical fiction #john joel glanton #the kid

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mermaidsirennikita · 1 year ago

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ARC Review: You, Again by Kate Goldbeck

4.25/5. Releases 9/12/2023.

Vibes: classic romcoms with a new spin, uptight anxiety man meets freewheeling lady rake, and friends to lovers the way it should be done.

When Josh and Ari meet, he's dating her roommate (the same roommate she's sleeping with). It's years before they're able to reconnect on the right foot, and only after major blows in their personal lives. As they grow into best friends, the inevitable tension between them turns into something totally different...

I'm really loving this string of contemporaries that take clear inspiration from God Tier romcoms. I don't think you need to be a When Harry Met Sally fan to enjoy this at all, but I do think that fans of that classic snark and feels sensibility will find this hard to resist.

Quick Takes:

--I do really want to touch on those WHMS comparisons, though. I'm a fan of the movie, and if you're a fan, there are certain lines and moments in this that will be clear, never-obnoxious nods. They're not lifting--it's definitely a tribute. However, I also think the book does some really interesting things by throwing a more contemporary spin on the story. Like I said, Ari and Josh meet in a love triangle of sorts--you know Ari is bi right off the bat. And that's always a thing that influences her journey and development. This is an m/f romance novel in which the heroine's bisexuality never feels fetishized or plugged in.

You also get a lot from Ari being the person who's okay with casual sex... only to have her heart crushed by love on more than occasion... while Josh is the one who seeks a solid relationship constantly, while never connecting with anyone on a deep emotional level. There's a gender flipping element that works really well here. The idea of Ari being a commitmentphobic snarker isn't something you see in many books. She's a truly "problematic heroine". She makes bad choices, she hurts people, she needs to grow the fuck up. At points, even I was a little frustrated with her. But the story is so much more satisfying in the end because Ari needed to work on herself.

--And of course, Josh is a great hero. I found him so................... much. He's big, he's shy and uptight, he just wants to settle down and be someone's someone. He could cook. Oh, and he can totally paddle your ass and call you a bad girl over the phone! Yes! (There is a moment over text in this book.... you're not ready.)

--There's a great sense of New York, New York in such an affectionate, romcom-y way? The setting is very lovingly done, and it adds to the sense that you're sort of stepping back in time.

--I've been very vocal about my antipathy towards friends to lovers. I'm not a big fan, generally speaking. I think it suggests a sluggishness and lack of desire and action from the hero and heroine. It often falls back on the idea that "I just didn't see you like that [for five years]" which is just hard for me to believe. But here, while Ari and Josh get to know each other over years, they're not truly friends for toooo long before the levee breaks. A good while, yes; but just enough for the tension to bubble through, never too much. Also, they clearly never see each other in a sexless way. You get so much longing, so much desire in this book, with neither Josh nor Ari ready to admit it.

--Another really nice thing about this book is that for the bulk of it, Josh is 34-35 and Ari is around 29-30. Neither one has their life totally figured out. They're both still stumbling through life and picking up and trying again. It's really nice to see, and fuck anyone who says this is New Adult. These people are adults, figuring their shit out, taking the time they need. That's normal.

The Sex Stuff:

I could have used maybe one or two more scenes, and one scene does cut off oddly early. However, when these two go off, they go OFF. I really liked the way they interacted through sex. It seemed like a kind of truly honest communication between them, and I found it really touching (and hot).

This book ends on a note I was delighted with--it really feel like I was watching an old school romcom come to a close. I had a great time.

Thanks to Netgalley and Dial Press for providing me with a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

#romance novel blogging #arc reviews #netgalley #book recs #books #book reviews

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ofdarklands · 2 years ago

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Re the ship meme:

1) Hien because I think he’s the flattest character in the game

2) lock mitr’a in a room for 12 hours with Zenos I think it’ll be funny (you know I had to)

ah hien of the shröedingers 100% het/homosexuality. i don't think they'd work very well long term due to cultural reasons, but they certainly like each other well enough. strong bro vibes. who knows?

2. the only thing stopping this from turning into a sadu situation (The Best Weekend) is the fact zenos doesn't seem to do sex at all. i spent the whole game looking to see if there was place for it and no. he has arguably daddy and definitely bloodlust issues for mitr'a but beyond his excellent monologues they're somehow not actually sexual??? so, like it happened in canon they'd survive for like one hour of monologue and then an epic fight before one of them just killed the other (for fun) 13/10 would do again review from both (though as mitr'a is now a lvl 90 WHM they might actually get a couple more fights out of it? food for thought!)

#mitr'a

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spinji · 2 years ago

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How to Install PHP 7 in cPanel / WHM using Cloudlinux

How to Install PHP 7 in cPanel WHM using CloudLinux How to Install PHP 7 in cPanel WHM using CloudLinux Prerequisites - How to Install PHP 7 in cPanel / WHM using Cloudlinux - Root Access: Ensure you have root access to the server. - cPanel and WHM Installed: This guide assumes you have a working installation of cPanel & WHM. - CloudLinux Installed: Ensure that your server is running CloudLinux, a widely-used OS for enhancing cPanel security and performance. - EasyApache 4 Installed: This guide assumes EasyApache 4 is already set up on your system. Steps to Install PHP 7 in cPanel WHM using CloudLinux Step 1: Log into WHM - Open your web browser and navigate to https://your-server-ip:2087 or https://your-server-hostname:2087. - Enter your root username and password to log in. Step 2: Access EasyApache 4 - After logging in, locate the "Software" section on the left-hand side menu. - Click on "EasyApache 4". Step 3: Customize Your Profile - In the EasyApache 4 interface, click on "Customize" to modify the current EasyApache 4 profile. Step 4: Select PHP Version - In the customization menu, click on the "PHP Versions" tab. - You will see a list of available PHP versions. Find PHP 7.x (where "x" refers to the specific version you want to install, such as 7.4). - Check the box next to the PHP 7 version you want to install. Step 5: Install PHP 7 with CloudLinux Selector - Go back to the WHM homepage by clicking on the "Home" button. - In the left-hand menu, scroll down to the "CloudLinux" section. - Click on "PHP Selector". - In the PHP Selector interface, select the domains or users for whom you want to enable PHP 7.x. - Choose PHP 7.x from the dropdown menu and click "Apply". Step 6: Install PHP Extensions - Still within the PHP Selector interface, navigate to the "Extensions" tab. - You will see a list of available extensions. Select the extensions you need for PHP 7.x. - Click "Apply" to install the selected extensions. Step 7: Review and Provision - Go back to the EasyApache 4 interface. - Click on the "Review" button at the bottom of the page to review the changes. - Ensure that everything is correct, and then click on "Provision" to start the installation process. Step 8: Wait for Installation - WHM will now install the selected PHP 7 version along with the extensions and dependencies. - Wait for the installation process to complete. You will see a success message once the process is finished. Step 9: Set PHP 7 as the Default Version (Optional) To set PHP 7 as the default version for all domains on the server: - Go to "Home" in WHM. - Navigate to "Software" and then click on "MultiPHP Manager". - In the MultiPHP Manager, select the domains you want to change to PHP 7. - Choose the PHP 7 version from the "PHP Version" dropdown menu. - Click "Apply" to set PHP 7 as the default version for the selected domains. Step 10: Verify the PHP Version - To verify that PHP 7 is installed and working correctly, create a PHP info file. - Create a new file named phpinfo.php in the public_html directory of a test domain. - Add the following code to the file: - Save the file and access it via your web browser by navigating to http://your-domain.com/phpinfo.php. - Check the PHP version displayed on the page to confirm that PHP 7 is active. Step 11: Configure PHP Settings (Optional) - If you need to customize PHP 7 settings, go to "Home" in WHM. - Navigate to "Software" and click on "MultiPHP INI Editor". - Select the PHP 7 version from the dropdown menu. - Adjust the settings as needed and save your changes. ``` You can copy and paste this HTML into your web page editor or CMS (Content Management System) to publish the guide online. It includes all the necessary steps and formatting for a professional and clear presentation. How to Install PHP 7 in cPanel / WHM using Cloudlinux If you're looking to install PHP 7 on your server, you can easily do so using cPanel, WHM, and CloudLinux. With EasyApache 4, you can quickly set up the required PHP extensions and configurations. The PHP Selector in CloudLinux makes it straightforward to manage different PHP versions for specific users or domains. Using the MultiPHP Manager within WHM, you can set PHP 7 as the default version for your domains, ensuring that your websites run efficiently. For those with root access, this process is streamlined, and server administration becomes more effective with the flexibility of PHP 7. CloudLinux Installation on WHM/cPanel Blocks Login: Here’s How to Fix It If you encounter any issues, refer to the CloudLinux documentation or contact your hosting provider for assistance. “` You can copy and paste this HTML into your web page editor or CMS (Content Management System) to publish the guide online. It includes all the necessary steps and formatting for a professional and clear presentation. Download the URBT News App from your App store. Apple / Andriod Read the full article

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10 Best Reseller Hosting Companies

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10 Best Reseller Hosting Companies

Ever thought of owning your own hosting company?

Luckily, it’s not all suits and ties. You can own and manage your own hosting service from the corner of your bedroom and earn some profit. This is termed ‘reseller hosting,’ a type of hosting that allows you to buy a bulk hosting plan from a full-scale web host and resell it to your customers based on their needs or demands. For many years, it has served as a source of passive income to agencies and digital entrepreneurs and is still profitable today.

As a reseller, you’re probably looking for the best reseller services that are budget-friendly yet have excellent performance, robust security features, unlimited or sizable bandwidth and space, quality customer support, etc. But with countless web hosts making bold claims about their services, finding the right fit can get tricky.

No need to fret! Instead of sifting through thousands of reseller hosting providers online, we have done the heavy lifting to rank the top ten reseller providers based on their unique strengths.

But before we get started…

Top 10 Reseller Hosting Companies At A Glance

SiteGround – This is where Unite.ai is hosted.

StableHost

Cloudways

Verpex

Inmotion

A2Hosting

Chemicloud

KnownHost

GreenGeeks

HostArmada

What is Reseller Hosting and How Does It Work?

Reseller hosting is a web hosting service where you become a (mini) web host yourself. Here, you purchase or rent web hosting resources from a web hosting provider, such as space and bandwidth, and sell them (for profit) to a third party. The profit you make comes from the difference in the cost and selling prices.

In this type of hosting, you are assigned a client admin area called the WHM (web hosting manager), where you can manage all your hosting services. This administrative control enables you to create hosting plans and customer accounts, share hosting services, etc. You can also create separate control panel accounts for your customers on this platform. This way, they can manage their hosting needs end-to-end without your help.

The best part is that you get a white labeling option that enables you to customize the hosting services to your preferences. You can add your brand logo, sell the services under your brand name, design the dashboard to be consistent with your brand colors, and so on.

Tip: Most reseller hosting providers also give you access to WHMCS or Blest to receive and manage payments. Not all web hosts are compatible with both platforms, so ensure you confirm this before committing to any plan.

Who is Reseller Hosting For?

Reseller hosting is for people who want to own and run their own hosting companies without purchasing or managing the underlying server infrastructure. This makes it a great option for web developers, designers, IT guys, and freelancers who want to sell web hosting as a complementary service to their core offerings.

Because of its low-cost entry barrier, it poses an attractive option for digital marketing professionals looking to expand their service portfolio and generate additional income streams.

These Are The Very Best Reseller Providers

In this section, I ranked the best ten reseller hosting providers based on their unique advantages. It’s subjective and will likely be different from other hosting reviews. Let’s go!

SiteGround tops my list of best reseller hosting providers. With over two decades in the hosting industry, they have continually refined their service offerings to provide scalable, performance-focused hosting to all their users. In all their plans, including reseller hosting, you get free emails, daily backups, free CDN integration, a free SSL certificate, and unlimited bandwidth.

So many things attracted me to SiteGround, but their commitment to providing reliable performance and robust reseller tools at an affordable price stood out to me. You’ll love their Google cloud-hosted servers, out-of-the-box caching, customization options (private DNS and white labeling), 99.9% uptime guarantee, and blazing speed. They also offer priority support on their top plans, ensuring you get the best assistance when needed.

Why choose SiteGround?

Their servers are built on Google Cloud.

They offer access to over 30 developer tools for easy management

You can create as many professional emails as you want

Robust security tools on every plan

Daily and automatic backups on all plans

Overall, SiteGround is an excellent choice for an affordable reseller host with outstanding performance and reliable customer service.

Read Review →

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It’s not common to see a web host with 4.9-star reviews on TrustPilot, which is why I graded StableHost the best-rated reseller hosting provider. A majority of their reviewers gave good comments about their excellent customer support.

StableHost offers a wide range of hosting solutions, including VPS, shared, and dedicated hosting. All their plans are flexible, scalable, and built on enterprise-grade SSD drives and dual cores for reliable, high-performance websites. On each plan, you have access to a robust security system (free SSL certificate, WAF, and anti-spam), unlimited bandwidth, and an in-built drag-and-drop website builder to create your own website for free.

Why should you choose StableHost reseller hosting services? If you’re tired of web hosts with unreliable customer service, this provider is for you. They use cluttered hosting—a technology that allows servers to share resources and workloads—to improve website performance and speed. This clustered setup ensures no single server is overwhelmed, leading to faster processing and improved performance. If one server fails, the others take over automatically, minimizing downtime and ensuring that your clients have access to their website at all times.

Why choose StableHost?

They use enterprise-grade SSD storage and LiteSpeed servers for fast loading times and optimal performance.

cPanel and WHM for easy access and client management

They offer a 99.9% uptime guarantee to ensure your client’s website is always accessible.

They provide 24/7/365 customer support on different levels – live chat, phone calls, emails, and even physical mailing services.

45-day money-back guarantee to give you a satisfactory look at all their features and tools

In summary, StableHost is an excellent choice for anyone looking for a reliable, high-performance reseller hosting provider offering scalable features and quality customer support.

Read Review →

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3. Cloudways (Most user-friendly)

Tired of the traditional cPanel providers? Checkout Cloudways, a reputable cloud hosting provider with a custom control panel. Their goal is to simplify website building and management, especially for users without technical experience. How? Let’s start with the basics – the Cloudways platform.

The Cloudways platform is intuitive and beginner-friendly, allowing you to perform intensive activities in just one click. For instance, you can create, clone, or scale servers without hassles. Of course, you’ll get the customary hosting features on Cloudways, such as a free SSL Let’s Encrypt certificate, automated backups, a dedicated OS-level firewall, and more.

You can also add team members (this feature is absent on cPanel) for easy collaboration and monitor all your client’s websites from one dashboard with their 24/7 real-time server monitoring service. You can see why I ranked them as the easiest to use.

I love that their service offerings are unique, too. Instead of VPS, shared or dedicated hosting services, their packages are priced based on your chosen infrastructure. For example, if you’re deploying your website on the Digital Ocean, you’ll pay $54/month for the lowest plan and $36.56 for the AWS server.

Cloudways’ focus on usability and performance makes them an excellent choice for resellers. For each reseller hosting plan, you can add unlimited sites and apps (without worrying about the extra costs of an upgrade), access to their proprietary control panel, dedicated firewalls, staging environment, and advanced caching functionalities. They also handle every server-related issue and simplify workflows so that you can focus on business logic rather than cloud server hassles or managing your client’s websites.

Why choose Cloudways?

Their modern control panel is sleek and easy to use

Cloudways use cloud-based, enterprise-grade servers for fast and reliable website performance

The hosting resources are completely scalable

Free SSL and CDN on all plans

Hourly and monthly payments available

Overall, Cloudways provides easy-to-use, high-performance hosting solutions with scalable reseller hosting features, making it an excellent choice for all resellers – IT guys, digital marketing entrepreneurs, or online business owners.

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4. Verpex (Best managed hosting)

Verpex is another young web hosting provider gaining mainstream adoption because of its reliability and versatility. This less-than-a-decade-old host currently hosts over 200,000 websites worldwide. Yes, totally amazing!

Verpex offers myriad web hosting services—shared, VPS, cloud, WordPress, etc. Although they don’t have email hosting (which is common to hosts in this category), they complement that with other unique hosting services such as eCommerce, WooCommerce social media, SaaS, and CRM hosting.

Each plan features unlimited bandwidth, cPanel, SSL certificates, unlimited migrations, NVMe SSD storage, and more. Remember what I shared earlier about AMD EPYC processors? This web host also provides nest-generated AMD EPYC CPUs for more efficient website performance.

One of the advantages of switching to this web host is their fully managed service approach. As a reseller for their hosting packages, they handle your server’s technical aspects, including server maintenance, upgrades, and security. This allows you to focus on non-technical issues and expand your business accordingly.

Verpex’s best reseller hosting plans, which start at $20/month, allows you to create up to 50 cPanel accounts. You enjoy 250GB NVMe SSD disk space, unlimited bandwidth, and a free domain transfer. The plan also helps reduce latency and improve user experience with Anycast DNS, a networking technique that spreads DNS requests across various servers globally. This means no matter where your clients are located, they can enjoy faster and more responsive website performance.

Why choose Vertex?

Vertex provides round-the-clock support with expert technical support to answer all your queries

They offer free automated daily backups

WHM and cPanel for hosting management

Their servers are in over nine countries worldwide, including London, New York, etc.

They provide robust security features such as Immunify 360, SSL certificates, and SPAM-free email servers.

In summary, Verpex offers comprehensive managed hosting services for anyone looking for reliable and efficient hosting services for their clients.

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There are hosting providers that prioritize paid users over unpaid ones. However, Inmotion Hosting stands out by offering support to all types of users, including those who are yet to commit to their plans. This means even though you’re an unpaid user, you have full access to their customer support team whenever needed. Their commitment to excellent customer service and fast response times made me categorize them as one of the best web hosts with quality customer support. According to Sunil Saxena, Inmotion’s cofounder, they’re a customer service company that happens to offer web hosting.

They’re a privately owned company providing managed, cloud-based web hosting services to businesses of all sizes. They have been in the hosting industry for over two decades and proudly manage over 170,000 websites hosted on their platform. They use green data centers that are wholly owned and managed by them. All their plans boast 99.99% uptime, over 500,000 WordPress installations via Softwaculous, SSL certificates, NVMe SSD storage, etc.

As a customer-focused company, they offer managed reseller hosting to help you save time on routine server tasks. Whether you want to migrate all your clients’ websites without hitches or install custom software configurations, their managed services cover all technical aspects while you focus on growing your business.

Why choose Inmotion Hosting?

Custom nameservers are available for all plans

Free domain reseller account that allows you to sell and register domains to your clients

Free WHMCS to manage, automate, and receive payments from your customers

Reseller VPS hosting is available for users in need of dedicated resources

On-demand backups on all plans

90-day money-back guarantee, offering more time to test if they’re a good fit

Free website builder on all plans

Overall, Inmotion Hosting is a customer-centric hosting provider with state-of-the-art functionalities that guarantee your success online. Compared to other providers I reviewed in this piece, Inmotion only offers 80GB SSD storage at $0.99/month. Although, this plan renews at $35.99/mo.

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6. A2Hosting (Most comprehensive)

When I first tested A2 hosting services, I was awestruck! They offer myriad hosting features on all plans, making it one of the most versatile providers in the hosting industry. A2 Hosting provides high-performance servers, free site migrations, daily backups, unlimited SSD storage, and a free SSL certificate for all plans. Their turbo servers, SSD NVMe and LiteSpeed Turbo Caching, available on higher plans, can deliver up to 20X faster speed and performance for an enjoyable user experience and higher conversion rates.

Whether you’re a veteran reseller or just looking to start your journey, A2 Hosting has a tailored plan for you. Each reseller hosting package contains SSD storage, white-labeled WHM and cPanel, WHMCS or Blesta for payments, automated daily backups, CloudFlare CDN, and DNS management.

Under the smallest plan, you can create up to 30 client accounts and offer customized hosting packages. I love that all their plans come with fully managed server management services, so you don’t have to worry about server maintenance or updates.

Why choose A2 Hosting?

Their LiteSpeed servers are built to handle high traffic without stress

They offer scalable server resources, allowing you to scale effortlessly without downtime or service interruptions

Your clients can keep track of their web performance via the website statistics feature

24/7/365 reliable customer support

Unflinching 99.9% uptime guarantee

Wide server locations

In summary, A2 Hosting is your best bet for resource-filled hosting services.

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7. Chemicloud (Best new web host)

Chemicloud is less than a decade old but is fast growing to become one of the best web hosting providers in the industry. When I first encountered them, I was skeptical about their promises and guarantees (common to new hosts to get your money). But I’m happy that Chemicloud leveraged its newness to carve a distinct niche in the hosting industry.

Like other A-list providers, Chemicloud offers free SSL certificates, domain registration, daily backups, and a free CDN. Its servers are hosted on the cloud, coupled with NVMe storage, LiteSpeed, and Turbo caching for maximum performance.

Even on their smallest reseller hosting plan, which starts at $19.95/month, ChemiCloud gives you up to 60 GB NVMe storage with 3TB bandwidth! The same is offered for $22.99/month on A2 hosting. Another advantage is that you can create packages and accounts that exceed your account limits—sell more, earn more!

ChemiCloud also offers a domain reseller program, an offshoot of the reseller hosting plan, where you can sell top-level domains for profit. Like reseller hosting, you can customize your pricing packages, install WHMCS/Blesta for payments, and manage your clients from one dashboard. It’s completely free for all reseller hosting plan users.

Why choose Chemicloud?

They have data centers dispersed in over seven locations across the globe

They’re eco-friendly

Their platform is mobile responsive and easy to use

White Labeling option available on all plans

Overall, Chemicloud surpassed my expectations with its simplified, resource-rich hosting solutions for its users.

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Looking for a budget-friendly option with good qualities? Check out KnownHost, a fully managed web hosting provider in the US. For them, offering affordable hosting services isn’t low quality. For only $6.97/month, their basic reseller hosting plan features the AMD EPYC platform and powered enterprise NVMe storage. In lay terms, their servers are built to handle high traffic volumes effortlessly and minimize downtime, ensuring your client websites remain fully accessible and functional.

You may ask, what’s the benefit of choosing them as your preferred provider?

In addition to excellent performance features, KnownHost is also known for its robust security features. They offer basic SSL certificates and DDoS protection. But you’ll also benefit from their advanced security system (Immunity 360), which keeps track of malicious traffic before it affects your website.

Why choose KnownHost?

They offer LiteSpeed, LSCache, and MVMe technology for optimized performance

White-label WHS for branding

99.99% uptime guarantee

Fully managed reseller hosting services

Dedicated IPv6 address support

One-click installs for over 400 applications

Free website migration

In summary, KnownHost is a good option for anyone wanting to try reseller hosting for the first time without overcommitting costs.

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9. Greengeeks (Most eco-friendly)

GreenGeeks is a web hosting provider that stands out for its reliable, high-performance services and unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability. I believe that influenced their name, ‘GreenGeeks.’ Cool.

Their hosting platform is designed with sustainability, ensuring they don’t pollute the environment with carbon emissions from their data centers.

For each hosting account on their platform, they partner with a One Tree Planted non-profit to plant trees where needed around the globe. Because of this, the United States Environmental Protection Agency recognizes them as a partner for their sustainability practices.

GreenGeeks’ reseller hosting plan features all the essentials—white-label hosting cPanel, WHM, WHMCS, domain registration, etc. I love that you can integrate other payment processors such as PayPal, Authorize.net, and 2Checkout, which means your clients have flexible payment options. They also offer a domain reseller service where you can buy and register your customers’ domains for more profit.

Why choose GreenGeeks?

Managed reseller hosting for all paid users

They offer a 30-day money-back guarantee

Offer up to 25 cPanel accounts on the lowest plan

You’ll also enjoy private DNS nameservers for more customization

24/7/365 customer service

In summary, GreenGeeks combines reliable, high-performance hosting services with an unparalleled commitment to environmental sustainability, making it an excellent choice for eco-conscious resellers.

Isn’t the best always saved for the last?

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Blazing speed and reliable performance are excellent. However, security is a non-negotiable factor that should always be prioritized when selling web hosting services. As a reseller, you’re responsible for hosting and managing your clients’ sites, and they trust you to keep their websites secure at all times. If anything goes wrong, you’re at risk of damaging your reputation or, worse, inciting lawsuits from the victims. This is why you need to partner with a secure web hosting provider.

HostArmada excels at many things but shines the most in providing a robust security system for all sites hosted on its platform. They have one goal: to provide a fast, secure, and reliable web hosting service. As a result, they have continually refined and upgraded their hosting solutions to ensure every website hosted on their platform is protected against security threats.

Like other A-list providers, HostArmada offers VPS, shared, dedicated, reseller, and WordPress hosting plans. Its services are powered by cutting-edge cloud technology to reduce downtime and data loss due to latency.

A provider committed to security should expect robust security features out of the box. I’m glad Hostarmada didn’t disappoint. Their web hosting environment is layered with multiple security firewalls to prevent malicious attacks.

Beyond the usual SSL certificate, automated backups, and DDoS protection, they have a web server security fleet that surveys web traffic to identify and block any malicious attack on your site. They also have an ‘Environmental Security Fleet’ that identifies and mitigates security threats across all their servers.

Why you should choose HostArmada:

They offer LiteSpeed web servers and an LS Cache plugin for blazing-speed

Access to Memcached, an object caching technology that serves database queries faster

They provide WAF protection, malware detection & cleanup, etc., for site security

White-labeling WHM service for customization

In summary, I was pleased with HostArmada’s features. Their commitment to security without sacrificing performance and reliability makes them a good choice for resellers.

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How We Chose The Best Reseller Providers

Before evaluating each host, I laid out some criteria peculiar to running a successful reseller hosting business:

Unbeatable Reliability and performance:

This is a no-brainer. To attract and keep clients as a reseller, you need a provider with reliable performance and high speed. The provider should have all the required features for optimal performance and at least a 99.9% uptime guarantee to keep your customers’ websites running smoothly and accessible at all times.

Pricing:

Another thing I considered is the cost. The truth is, in the hosting industry, expensive doesn’t always mean better. Sometimes, smaller hosts offer better service. This is why I understudy each pricing package to know if the specs included worth the price and don’t have hidden fees.

Scalability:

As your client base increases, you need a provider with scalable servers—that is, one that offers the opportunity to scale seamlessly as you grow. For the purpose of this review, I chose web hosts with expandable storage, bandwidth, and a variety of scalable features.

Feature-rich:

Before choosing a web host, I look for providers with robust reseller features. This includes the basic reseller functionalities – WHM, WHMCS, cPanel, site migrations, unlimited bandwidth and storage, SSL certificates, etc. I also considered the availability of advanced features such as integrated CDN services, developer tools like SSH access, staging environment, automated backups and white labeling options.

24/7/365 Customer Service:

As a reseller, you’re expected to provide quality, on-demand support to your clients. But sometimes, they experience issues outside your control or skill set. In this review, I prioritized providers with a verifiable reputation for delivering quality customer support to avoid hiccups. These providers offer varying levels of support, from phone calls to emails and (or) live chat.

FAQs

What is the best reseller hosting?

The best reseller hosting provider offers reliable performance, blazing speed, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, cPanel or other related control panels, white labeling, and a quality customer support team.

I’ll choose Siteround as the best reseller hosting for 2024 because it provides all these features (and more) at an affordable price. Their platform is intuitive and easy to use.

Can you make money reselling hosting?

Yes, you can make a ton of money selling web hosting services. However, this depends on your chosen web host, pricing structure, and customer base. Choosing a reliable provider coupled with competitive pricing and good customer support is an excellent way to win the hearts of your customers fast. They’ll likely recommend you to their network, which means more revenue for your business.

How to set up reseller hosting?

Setting up reseller hosting differs based on the web host you choose. Generally, the process goes like this:

Choose your preferred provider.

Find the reseller hosting plan on their website (it’s most times listed under ‘hosting’)

Head to the client area (WHM or others) to customize your hosting services. You can also leverage the white labeling opinion (if included) to add your brand elements.

Promote your business to reach new customers.

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a few reminders and updates to share;

we currently have three applications pending review and i will do a bonus round of acceptances tonight around 7 PM EST - right before the start of dash interactions !!

we have a weekly theme & optional tasks already in motion - don't forget to tag your posts & drop them in the appropriate server channels so they can be added to the inspo blog.

happening now: the summer beach bonfire blowout party event - active on discord and we encourage all members to participate if they can. you can also post edits, playlists and self paras to go along with the event on the dash - once again, don't forget to tag them or post them in the appropriate server channels !!

the gossip blog is now live; featuring two of mckinley's most notorious gossips - move over JBI, roxy and gina have all the tea and post their findings on a secret tiktok account called omgmckinley. feel free to send in gossip, rumors and questions to the girls, they're always ready and waiting to talk about all your favorite whms students.

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Scaling Your Reseller Web Hosting Business: Tips and Strategies

Web hosting is a successful business that has grown by leaps and bounds in the past few years as more and more businesses have moved online. Because of this, every business needs a web hosting service to stay online and stand out from the competition.

A reseller hosting provider is the right choice if you want to get into this business and make money from it.

Reseller hosting is a great way to start a web hosting business and offer your clients services that are competitive with your own. It's easy to start a reseller hosting business, but the task is scaling your business, getting more clients, and making more money.

This article discusses 'Scaling Your Reseller Web Hosting Business: Tips and Strategies and making it stand out from other hosting businesses.

Reseller Web Hosting

Reseller Hosting is a way to run a website that lets you buy a lot of web hosting plans at once from a parent web hosting provider and then sell those plans to your clients at a price much lower than what the parent web hosting provider charges.

As a white label reseller hosting service, you must invest in a vast infrastructure, manage and keep hardware, or have much technical knowledge to run your business. Instead, the web hosting company takes care of the infrastructure and back-end management. All you have to do is control your business website and clients.

Reseller Web Hosting also comes with easy-to-use tools like cPanel, WHM, and WHMCS that help you handle your website, your client's accounts, and your business's billing and invoicing.

Strategies for Reseller Hosting

We need good marketing strategies for scaling reseller web hosting. Let's learn some good ways to market our cheap reseller web hosting business.

Create a blog

This is one of the easiest and most effective ways to make your reseller hosting service successful. It would help if you made a blog that is interesting, informative, and has a lot of material that will interest your audience. If people like reading the posts on your blog, they'll share them on social media sites, which will help spread the word about your brand. Through your blog, you can tell people about your business and answer many of the questions they might have about it.

Advertising on Google

If you need a good search engine ranking on Google, you can use Google Ads to get your website to the top of the search results among your rivals. Google Ads is a paid choice, and it could get pricey if you want to target a specific product or search term with less competition. But if you use Google Ads correctly, you will get a good return on your money.

Program for Referrals

When you sign up for a cheap reseller hosting service, you can use WHMCS as your payment software. Affiliate and referral tools are built into WHMCS. You can use this method to create a competitive referral program, and then ask your current customers to send you more customers. Creating and running a referral program is cheaper and more effective than using Google Ads.

Review of Customers

People talking about your business and services are better than you talking about them on your own. It is very important to include customer reviews and comments on your website, whether good or bad. You should also make accounts for your business on online review sites and ask your customers to write reviews about your business.

Social networks

Make informative company accounts on all social media sites and regularly share interesting and informative content. You can share new posts from your blog, links to other articles, interesting pictures, videos, infographics, deals, etc. Make sure you post regularly, and it's also important to work on expanding your social media network. You can make polls to get people talking. It's also important to answer comments as soon as you can.

Optimization for Search Engines

SEO marketing is critical to getting many real people to visit your website and ranking well in search engines. Create and post content based on the keywords you are working on, and try to get high-quality backlinks through your SEO efforts. This will help you get to the top of Google's search results, and it will also help you get more customers.

Alternative Search Terms

Find keywords and sentences that have less competition and use them instead. You can choose a more specific keyword like "WordPress web hosting" or "Joomla web hosting" instead of a general term like "web hosting." You could also write a helpful guide called "Set up Your First WordPress Website in 5 Easy Steps" about how to set up a WordPress site. People are more likely to link to a story that tells them something than to a page about a product. You can discuss the WordPress hosting services you offer at the end of your interview.

Choosing local search

Choosing neighborhood searches and targeting people in your area is a good idea. Your server business should look like it comes from your own country. You can change the words on your website so they are written in your language. Most of the time, you can set up a multilingual website through your control panel. However, it's fine if your chosen language isn't in the control panel. People can still use the control panel in English. Most company owners and vendors want to do business with people in their area, and you can be their local web hosting provider.

Know your clients

As a reseller hosting provider, you must know what customers you want. It would help if you had a clear idea of who you wanted to reach, whether they were small businesses, startups, bloggers, web developers, or big organizations. It's important to base your marketing plans on the kind of people you want to attract.

Promote your brand

As a cheap reseller hosting provider, you oversee every aspect of your business. For example, you can change everything about your billing system (WHMCS) by swapping out the WHMCS logo for your company's logo, which is suitable for branding. You can slowly get your customers to recognize your brand using a customized billing system, social media websites, email templates, etc.

Tips for Your Reseller Hosting Business

Every business needs a robust study, goals, and support. Here are some great tips that will help you build a strong reseller hosting business. This will make it easier for you to scale up your business and make it successful in the future.

Choose a site host you can trust.

Your cheap reseller hosting service is more likely to succeed if your parent web hosting company is reliable and safe. Reseller Hosting plans must be sold by a company with high-quality servers, a high uptime guarantee (at least 99.99%), best-in-class server security, and expert customer and technical help available around the clock.

Since the reseller hosting provider takes care of the server infrastructure and maintenance, the key is ensuring the server is as reliable as possible. In turn, this will help you give good customer service and support to your clients, which will build the integrity and trustworthiness of your brand.

Choose a solid and helpful company niche

Since so many long-term players in the market offer all-inclusive reseller hosting services that meet the needs of every business, you will need help to stand out and get clients if you also offer all web hosting services.

So, it's essential to choose a good niche and focus on a small group of clients if you want to become an expert in that niche and bring people from that niche to your reseller hosting business. For example, you can focus on WordPress sites, local businesses, or even freelance bloggers and meet their needs to build your business's credibility and experience.

Make your own deals for web hosting

Creating custom, unique, and personalized web hosting deals for your niche clients is the best way to scale up your business and make money.

Using tools like Web Host Manager (WHM), you can change web hosting plans and offer unique services with cheap reseller hosting. You can then sell plans that meet the needs and requirements of your audience. This also helps spread good word of mouth about your Web Hosting Reseller business and bring in more clients.

Make a plan for marketing

Getting the word out about your web hosting business and services through good advertising and marketing is the key to scaling your business.

Using social media platforms, running email marketing efforts, making advertising banners, and spending money on Google Ads are all ways to market your business.

For example, you can find the platforms your target audience uses the most and talk about your services, business, knowledge in the field, experience, and even solving people's problems. It will help you build a solid social media presence, increase the trustworthiness of your brand, and turn your business account into a lead magnet, bringing in possible clients.

Give good customer service.

Last but not least, you don't want your customers to leave because of subpar customer service. So, it's essential to give your customers good, solid customer service that is available 24/7 and to help them solve their problems.

Your current customers will be happy if you offer customer service around the clock. Still, it can also become your brand's unique selling point (USP), increasing good customer reviews and ratings and making it easier to grow your business.

Conclusion

One of the most famous types of web hosting is reseller hosting. We need to follow some tips and tactics to scale our reseller web hosting business. Having a good promotion plan is very important. For our reselling hosting service, we can make blogs, and Google ads, add customer reviews, do SEO, etc. We can also follow tips like choosing a reliable web hosting service, picking a helpful niche, making our web hosting plans, using sound marketing strategies, and giving good customer service.

Janet Watson MyResellerHome MyResellerhome.com We offer experienced web hosting services that are customized to your specific requirements.

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