Aside from hosting resource-demanding Internet sites, there is one more reason to buy a virtual or a dedicated server of your own - to start your website hosting company. This is an ever-growing business, since a growing number of people and businesses start their web presence, so that they need web hosting space and a domain. If you have a server, you'll be able to create hosting package deals then sell them, so that you can not only cover your expenses in case you host your personal websites on the server as well, but you can also make a good profit by operating a profitable business. What you need for that is a server, payment software, which will be the link between the reseller web site and your web space, plus a business account with a payment processor such as PayPal or 2CheckOut, so as to be able to receive Internet payments. The benefit from reselling server space over the use of an ordinary reseller program is that your clients will have more resources and you're able to install the server-side software which their websites may need in order to work effectively. The aforementioned is not possible with a shared website hosting reseller program, as you'll have certain restrictions in this regard.