{"id":11321,"date":"2025-01-24T10:45:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/?p=11321"},"modified":"2025-01-24T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T10:45:47","slug":"how-to-billing-resellers-per-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-billing-resellers-per-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Billing Resellers Per Domain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How to Billing Resellers Per Domain<\/h1>\n
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WHMCS allows you to vary the amount shared hosting resellers are billed based on the number of user accounts they use.<\/p>\n

For example, you could charge an additional $1.00 for each cPanel user account that a cPanel & WHM reseller has.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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We introduced this feature in WHMCS 7.9 for cPanel and DirectAdmin servers and in WHMCS 8.5 for Plesk servers. For more information, see\u00a0Usage Billing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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We recommend using this\u00a0Snapshot<\/strong>\u00a0metric type on products with a monthly billing cycle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Configuration<\/h2>\n
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To configure this:<\/p>\n

1. Navigate to\u00a0Configuration > System Settings > Products\/Services<\/strong>\u00a0(Setup > Products\/Services > Products\/Services\u00a0<\/strong>in WHMCS 7.10 and earlier).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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2. Choose\u00a0Create a New Product<\/strong>\u00a0from the options area, or click\u00a0Edit<\/strong>\u00a0for an existing product. If you are creating a new product,\u00a0specify\u00a0Reseller Hosting<\/strong>\u00a0as the product type and the group and product name.<\/em><\/p>\n

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3. Click the\u00a0Module Settings<\/strong>\u00a0tab.<\/p>\n

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4. Choose the module to use with this product. In this example, we will use cPanel, but the methods to use for DirectAdmin and Plesk are similar.<\/p>\n

5. Enter the requested module-specific information. This will vary depending on the module you choose. For example, for the cPanel module, this includes selecting a WHM package.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In this example, cPanel will prevent resellers from exceeding the maximum number of accounts setting. We suggest configuring the package limits higher, so that you consume all resources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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6. Configure the\u00a0Metric Billing<\/strong>\u00a0section. This section only appears if the selected module supports it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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7. Toggle each metric that you want to bill for to\u00a0On<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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The\u00a0Sub-Accounts\u00a0<\/strong>metric within WHMCS is the number of user accounts that a reseller owns. It does\u00a0not\u00a0<\/strong>impact whether cPanel users can create cPanel Subaccounts, which are a separate feature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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8. Next, click the\u00a0Configure Pricing<\/strong>\u00a0link to set the pricing for the sub-accounts the reseller consumes. The\u00a0Configure Pricing\u00a0<\/strong>modal will appear.<\/p>\n

9. Configure the price to charge the client for the sub-accounts they consume (for example, the number of cPanel user accounts the reseller creates).<\/p>\n

There is a lot of flexibility in the configured pricing. For example:<\/p>\n

A. The reseller will be charged $1.00 for every sub-account that exists on the service renewal date each month.<\/p>\n

When the\u00a0Per Unit<\/strong>\u00a0scheme is selected, there is only one unit price ($1.00 per sub-account):<\/p>\n

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B. The reseller wil be charged $1.00 for every sub-account they create up to 50. Then, they will be charged $0.50 for every sub-account they consume above that (a bulk discount).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Total Volume<\/strong>\u00a0scheme is selected. This displays the\u00a0Add Range<\/strong>\u00a0button to create an additional range to specify the price for 50 sub-accounts and above:<\/p>\n

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3. The reseller will be charged $1.00 for every sub-account they consume over 10. This is because of the\u00a0Quantity Included<\/strong>\u00a0value.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Per Unit<\/strong>\u00a0scheme is selected as there is only one unit price (always $1.00 per sub-account):<\/p>\n

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10. When you are satisfied with the pricing configuration, click\u00a0Save<\/strong>. The window will close.<\/p>\n

11. \u00a0Click\u00a0Save Changes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Invoicing Overview<\/h2>\n
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When a client orders the above product:<\/p>\n

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  1. WHMCS will track the number of sub-accounts that the reseller creates.<\/li>\n
  2. On the service’s\u00a0Next Due Date<\/strong>, the system records a snapshot of the current number of sub-accounts.<\/li>\n
  3. The system calculates the cost according to the current pricing schema.<\/li>\n
  4. The cost appears on the service’s next renewal invoice as an individual line item.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    How to Billing Resellers Per Domain WHMCS allows you to vary the amount shared hosting resellers are billed based on the number of user accounts they use. For example, you could charge an additional $1.00 for each cPanel user account that a cPanel & WHM reseller has. We introduced this feature in WHMCS 7.9 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11296,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whmcs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11331,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11321\/revisions\/11331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webystrata.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}