Split whmcs/main-site from clients

[SamS1]

Hi there,

Sorry if these are silly questions but i've read tons of threads on multiple forums that the best practice is to split your whmcs/main-site from clients sites. That's exactly what we want to do now but i've yet to find a post that explains in detail what to do. Maybe it's obvious but i'm going to ask so i can be certain before we start moving things.

We are also changing providers (still deciding which one so will use examples for clarity) so this may be the best time to do this. From what I've read there's a few ways to do this including vps, dedicated etc but we aren't at that point yet. So the two options are either to get a shared hosting account with the current provider and move the whmcs/main-site there (different server) and that way we can still use the free WHMCS license or move the whmcs/main-site to a complete different provider but then we can't use the internal WHMCS license so only option would be to buy our own license.

So, correct me if i'm wrong:

Option 1: (move whmcs/main-site to different server on the same provider for example Hostgator)

• Buy a separate shared hosting plan
• Move whmcs/main-site to it
• Update nameservers
• Update server IP address in WHMCS

Option 2: (move whmcs/main-site to a completely different provider for example Hostpapa)

• Buy shared hosting plan
• Move whmcs/main-site to it
• Update nameservers
• Buy WHMCS license
• Update server IP address in WHMCS

There are cost differences but the main thing is to make sure it gets done right. Is there anything else that would need to be done? Any other suggestions?

And is it normal for beginner/small resellers to have their clients with one provider like Hostgator and then their whmcs/main-site with another provider like Hostpapa? Does this make it easier for folks to find out you are a reseller?

Thanks and appreciate any advice. 

 

[Kian]

Option 3: use WHMCS as mai site 😋