cyoung75 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Hi I'm extremely new to setting up reselling and so far I've got Wordpress on my hosting, a host reseller package and I think I'm going to use reseller.biz to resell domain names. I've started using WHMCS but it's a monster. I've started reading through the documentation but struggle a bit. My host has given me WHM to create packages and by the looks of it create custom cpanels. I've created the package I want to sell in there. All I need to do is connect WHMCS into my current set up. I'm away to try and figure out what's next but if you could help I would really appreciate it Colin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hi have you added your server to the whmcs and have u added the packages to the server or in whmcs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung75 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hi Wrighty no, not yet. I take it that's the first steps? I found the langauge round adding packages a little odd. From what I read I had to create a group then add packages to that. Is that correct or am I reading the wrong place? Colin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hi mate how i do this 1 add the server. 2 add your packages to your server in whm. 3 add your Products/Services in whmcs. 4 setup support and cron jobs. 5 setup mailing and your General Settings and Automation Settings. 6 setup your Domains/TLDS and prices. feel free to email me and i will help you get online codentools @ gmail .com 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung75 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 thanks again. I'm a sucker for trying things out first so I will give your isntructions a whirl and get in touch if (when) I get stuck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian! Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Colin, I think wrighty is pretty much right in his list - personally I might swap 4 & 6 around, but it wouldn't matter in your case... I get the impression you don't have existing clients to import, so that's one less hassle to deal with! I too was daunted when I first installed it a few months ago - especially after reading the documentation and finding some of it confusing, other bits wrong and some of the procedures a little bizarre... I think it took about three installations before I got it correct! anyway, stick with it - it gets easier with time! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung75 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 I think I might be asking the wrong question. From the details you've given am I right in saying that it's for setting up new clients of mine? I suppose what I'm looking for is to set up my packages on my web site and automate the whole process right through so I don't have to do anything. A bit like what it was like when I bought my reseller package from my supplier. What's the most efficient way to do that? My site sits on wordpress. Should I look for an ecommerce plugin or would I be better just to create custom pages? I installed WHMCS bridge and it's automatically created a page but I don't think it's what I need. I'm not confused! I'm demented I think 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian! Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I'm not confused! I'm demented I think welcome to installing WHMCS! what I would suggest that you do is focus on wrighty's six steps first... you're trying to jump straight to step 10, which is configuring how it looks and how it works in practice... that really can wait until you have the fundamentals in place. add the server - http://docs.whmcs.com/CPanel/WHM add your packages to your server in whm - http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/WHMDocs/AddPackages add your Products/Services in whmcs - http://docs.whmcs.com/Products_and_Services setup support - http://docs.whmcs.com/Support_Center setup crons and automation - http://docs.whmcs.com/Crons setup mailing and your General Settings. setup your Domains/TLDS and prices - http://docs.whmcs.com/Domain_Pricing this is not about setting up new clients, you need to build the store first - "build it and they shall come" is the hope. there are no quick fix solutions or shortcuts here - the list above is not even complete and at best it will likely take you days to setup - maybe weeks or months if you want to thoroughly test everything. ironically, the fact that you want to automate it completely, will require a lot more testing - e.g., for practical reasons, such as for possible fraud orders, you may not want to automate domain registrations for new customers... so that at least would require some manual intervention on your part. you would need to consider who would be your choice of registrar to obtain your domains - you mentioned reseller.biz, but i'm not sure if there is a whmcs registrar module for them... if you meant resell.biz, then I think there would be a module. also, think about collecting payments - whether that be via bank transfers, paypal, 2checkout or any other method... you'd have to calculate their charges and consider them when deciding on your own prices. anyway, try not to think about the bigger picture, just take it a step at a time and it should all start to slowly come together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung75 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 thanks again, you guys have been most helpful. couple more things while I work througb the steps above. 1) have you got a recomended domain name reseller company that I can use? 2) I have a couple of clients I need to start billing. Can they be added directly to whmcs? in saying that J dont really have a payment system now that I think about it. What should I do for that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian! Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 thanks again, you guys have been most helpful. couple more things while I work througb the steps above. 1) have you got a recommended domain name reseller company that I can use? for many years we've used only OpenSRS for gtld domains (.com etc) - but I think you have to pay to join them now... the full list of domain registrars with built-in whmcs modules are listed at the page below:- http://docs.whmcs.com/Domain_Registrars Enom might be an option for you - never used them, but I think it's well integrated with whmcs and you can get a free account with them by following the link on the Enom page - http://docs.whmcs.com/Enom btw - you can use different registrars for different tld's, but for now you might be better off using just one. 2) I have a couple of clients I need to start billing. Can they be added directly to whmcs? in saying that J dont really have a payment system now that I think about it. What should I do for that? adding clients is quite straightforward - and if it's only a few, then you might as well do it manually. http://docs.whmcs.com/Client_Management how do the clients pay you now - check/cheque, bank transfer, cash ? if it's any of them, there will be a payment gateway available - http://docs.whmcs.com/Payment_Gateways for checks/cheques, you can use the mail in payment gateway - http://docs.whmcs.com/Mail_In_Payment 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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