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03 Sep 10 Web Hosting Services

Gossimer allows you extreme flexibility in setting your Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for your Web Hosting Services. Typically, the Pricing module used by the system is a Slab based one, where you can offer automated discounts to your high volume Customers and Sub-Resellers. Configuring your Selling Price for the Web Hosting Services is a two step process.

Step 1: Set your Pricing Slabs

You can define the Pricing Slabs depending upon the Total Receipts of your Customers/Sub-Resellers or the number of Hosting (Web Hosting [Linux and Windows] Orders + Email Hosting Orders) Orders purchased by your Customers/Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price to each Customer/Sub-Reseller is determined at the time of purchase depending upon the Total Receipts, the number of Hosting (Web Hosting [Linux and Windows] Orders + Email Hosting Orders) Orders, your Slab Pricing and the Customers’/Sub-Resellers’ Specific Pricing.

Reference:

Concept of Total Receipts explained in detail >>
Understanding Pricing Slabs >>

How to set Pricing Slabs?

1. Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Web & Email Hosting link/button to set its Discount Slabs for your Sub-Resellers and/or Customers.

4. Add Slabs based on Hosting Orders or Total Receipts and click on Update.

4. Add as many Slabs as required, in this manner.

Continue to the next step to complete configuring your Web Hosting Service.

 

Gossimer provides 4 different Web Hosting plans per platform (Linux [India and USA] Hosting and Windows [India and USA] Hosting). You can set the Selling Price for these plans as explained below -

  1. Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
     
  2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos and click on the Web & Email Hosting link/button.
     
  3. On the Set Pricing page, click on the Set Pricing and Plans button.
     
  4. On the succeeding page, you will find different Hosting Services -  Linux (India and USA) Hosting and Windows & .NET (India and USA) Hosting, for your Customers/Sub-Resellers to purchase.
     
  5. Click on the link for each Service.
     
  6. Here, you will find 4 fixed plans for that particular Service. You may modify the Name of each Plan and set your Base Selling Price as well as Pricing for any Slabs (for Service Purchase as well as Service Renewal) that you may have configured for both your Customers as well as your Sub-Resellers. You can also set your Customer/Sub-Reseller Pricing for Dedicated IP/SSL, Excess Bandwidth and Additional DLL (only in case of Windows Hosting) which can be purchased separately.
     
  7. Confirm the modifications you have mentioned by clicking on the Update Pricing button.
  8.  

IMPORTANT

  • Email Hosting Plans and their Selling Price can be set similarly. Click here to read how >>
     
  • The SuperSite and PartnerSite contain information about the various Hosting Plans you offer to your Customers and Sub-Resellers respectively and the Pricing information related to the Hosting services. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite Web & Email Hosting Data (to refresh SuperSite Cache Data) and Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> PartnerSite Reseller Slabs (to refresh PartnerSite Cache Data).

    What is SuperSite >>
    What is PartnerSite >>

 

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31 Aug 10 Live Chat Services

Gossimer allows you extreme flexibility in setting your Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for your Live Chat Services. Typically, the Pricing module used by the system is a Slab based one, where you can offer automated discounts to your high volume Customers and Sub-Resellers. Configuring your Selling Price for the Live Chat Services is a mere 2 step process.

 

Step 1: Set your Pricing Slabs

You can define the Pricing Slabs depending upon the Total Receipts of your Customers/Sub-Resellers or the number of Live Chat Service Orders purchased by your Customers/Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price to each Customer/Sub-Reseller is determined at the time of purchase depending upon the Total Receipts, the number of Live Chat Service Orders, your Slab Pricing and the Customers’/Sub-Resellers’ Specific Pricing.

Reference:

Concept of Total Receipts explained in detail >>

Understanding Pricing Slabs >>

How to set Pricing Slabs?

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Live Chat Service to set its Discount Slabs for your Sub-Resellers and/or Customers, and click on Update.

4. Add as many Slabs as required, in this manner.

Step 2: Setting your Selling Price

Once you have set your Pricing Slabs, you can move on to specifying the Selling Price for each of the Slabs. You can specify the Pricing individually for each of the configurations. To do this, follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Live Chat Service

4. Here, click on Set Pricing

5. On the succeeding page, you will find a list of the different plans that you offer – the plans bear the default names Basic, Small Business, Corporate and Enterprise. Should you wish to modify these, you can do so here.

6. Next, you need to specify your Selling Price for Customers and Sub-Resellers. Enter the Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for all the Slabs in each of the plans. (Note that, if you leave the value for any Slab empty, the value of the preceding Slab for that plan would be considered for this Slab. The base Slab, however, cannot be empty.)

7. Click on Update Pricing.

IMPORTANT

The SuperSite and PartnerSite contain information about the various Live Chat Plans you offer to your Customers and Sub-Resellers respectively and the Pricing information related to the Live Chat Services. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite Live Chat Data (to refresh SuperSite Cache Data) and Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> PartnerSite Reseller Slabs (to refresh PartnerSite Cache Data).

What is SuperSite >>

What is PartnerSite >>

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30 Aug 10 Digital Certificate

Gossimer allows you extreme flexibility in setting your Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for your Digital Certificate Products. Typically, the Pricing module used by the system is a Slab based one, where you can offer automated discounts to your high volume Customers and Sub-Resellers. Setting your Selling Price for the Digital Certificate Products is a mere 2 step process.

Step 1: Set your Pricing Slabs

You can define the Pricing Slabs depending upon the Total Receipts of your Customers/Sub-Resellers or the number of Digital Certificates purchased by your Customers/Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price to each Customer/Sub-Reseller is determined at the time of purchase depending upon the Total Receipts, the number of Digital Certificates, your Slab Pricing and the Customers’/Sub-Resellers’ Specific Pricing.

Reference:

Concept of Total Receipts explained in detail >>
Understanding Pricing Slabs >>

How to set Pricing Slabs?

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Digital Certificate Product to set its Discount Slabs for your Customers and/or Sub-Resellers, and click on Update.

4. Add as many Slabs as required, in this manner.

Step 2: Setting your Selling Price

Once you have set your Pricing Slabs, you can move on to specifying the Selling Price for each of the Slabs. You can specify the Pricing individually for each of the configurations. To do this, follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Digital Certificate Product.

4. Here, click on Set Pricing.

5. Enter the Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for all the Slabs. (Note that, if you leave the value for any Slab empty, the value of the preceding Slab for that plan would be considered for this Slab. The base Slab, however, can not be empty.)

6. Click on Update Pricing.

IMPORTANT  

The SuperSite and PartnerSite contain information about the various Digital Certificates you offer to your Customers and Sub-Resellers respectively and the Pricing information related to the Digital Certificates. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite Digital Certificate Data (to refresh SuperSite Cache Data) and Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> PartnerSite Reseller Slabs (to refresh PartnerSite Cache Data).
 
What is SuperSite >>
What is PartnerSite >>

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20 Aug 10 Domain Name Registration

Gossimer allows you extreme flexibility in setting your Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for your Domain Registration Services. Typically, the Pricing module used by the system is a Slab based one, where you can offer automated discounts to your high volume Customers and Sub-Resellers. Setting your Selling Price for the Domain Registration Services is a mere 2 step process.

Step 1: Set your Pricing Slabs

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Reference:

Concept of Total Receipts explained in detail >>
Understanding Pricing Slabs >>

How to set Pricing Slabs?

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Domain Registration Product to set its Discount Slabs for your Sub-Resellers and/or Customers, and click on Update.

4. Add as many Slabs as required, in this manner.

Step 2: Setting your Selling Price

Once you have set your Pricing Slabs, you can move on to specifying the Selling Price for each of the Slabs. You can specify the Pricing individually for each of the configurations. To do this, follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Domain Registration Product.

4. On the succeeding page, you will find a list of Top Level Domains that you have chosen to sell. Click on the TLD whose Pricing you wish to set.

5. Enter the Selling Price for your Customers and/or Sub-Resellers for all the Slabs. (Note that if you leave the value for any Slab empty, the value of the preceding Slab for that plan would be considered for this Slab. The base Slab, however, can not be empty.)

6. Click on Update Pricing.

IMPORTANT

The SuperSite and PartnerSite contains Pricing information about the Products and Services you offer to your Customers and Resellers respectively. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite & PartnerSite Domains and Additional Services Data.

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What is SuperSite >>
What is PartnerSite >>

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19 Aug 10 Email Hosting Services

Gossimer allows you extreme flexibility in setting your Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for your Email Hosting Services. Typically, the Pricing module used by the system is a Slab based one, where you can offer automated discounts to your high volume Customers and Sub-Resellers. Configuring your Selling Price for the Email Hosting Services is a two step process.

Step 1: Set your Pricing Slabs

You can define the Pricing Slabs depending upon the Total Receipts of your Customers/Sub-Resellers or the number of Hosting (Web Hosting [Linux and Windows] Orders + Email Hosting Orders) Orders purchased by your Customers/Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price to each Customer/Sub-Reseller is determined at the time of purchase depending upon the Total Receipts, the number of Hosting (Web Hosting [Linux and Windows] Orders + Email Hosting Orders) Orders, your Slab Pricing and the Customers’/Sub-Resellers’ Specific Pricing.

Reference:

Concept of Total Receipts explained in detail >>
Understanding Pricing Slabs >>

How to set Pricing Slabs?

1. Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the New Web & Email Hosting Product to set its Discount Slabs for your Sub-Resellers and/or Customers, and click on Update.

4. Add as many Slabs as required, in this manner.

Continue to the next step to complete configuring your Web Hosting Product.

Gossimer provides 4 different Email Hosting plans. You can set the Selling Price for these plans as explained below -

  1. Login to your Reseller Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
     
  2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos and click on New Web & Email Hosting button.
     
  3. On the Pricing page, click on the Set Pricing and Plans button.
     
  4. On the succeeding page, within the USA Hosting Packages section, click on the Set Customer & Sub-Reseller Pricing link below Email Hosting.
     
  5. Here, you will find 4 fixed plans. You may modify the Name of each plan and set your Base Selling Price as well as Pricing for any Slabs that you may have configured for both your Customers as well as your Sub-Resellers. You can also set your Customer/Sub-Reseller Pricing for Additional Email Accounts which can be purchased separately.
     
  6. Confirm the modifications you have mentioned by clicking on the Update Pricing button.
  7.  

IMPORTANT

  • Web Hosting Plans and their Selling Price can be set similarly. Click here to read how >>
     
  • The SuperSite and PartnerSite contain information about the various Email Hosting Plans you offer to your Customers and Sub-Resellers respectively and the Pricing information related to the Email Hosting Services. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite Web & Email Hosting Data (to refresh SuperSite Cache Data) and Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> PartnerSite Reseller Slabs (to refresh PartnerSite Cache Data). What is SuperSite >>
    What is PartnerSite >>

 

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15 Aug 10 Defining Product Promotions

From time to time Gossimer runs various Promotional offers, which you can participate in and choose to offer these Products and Services to your Customers and Sub-Resellers at discounted rates.

You can view all the current Gossimer Promotions and set your Customer and Sub-Reseller Pricing for such Products and Services by following the below mentioned process:

1. Log in to your Reseller Admin Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Visit Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos to view all running Promotions and set Pricing for your Customers and Sub-Resellers. A link would also be visible from the Pricing page of the Product or Service where Gossimer is running a Promotion.

3. Here you can set both your Customers and Sub-Resellers Promotion Pricing and submit the changes.

IMPORTANT

The SuperSite and PartnerSite contain a large amount of marketing content and information about the Products and Services you offer to your Customers and Sub-Resellers respectively. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite & PartnerSite Promotional Offers.

What is SuperSite >>
What is PartnerSite >>

 

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15 Aug 10 Website Builder

Gossimer allows you extreme flexibility in setting your Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for your Website Builder Services. Typically, the Pricing module used by the system is a Slab based one, where you can offer automated discounts to your high volume Customers and Sub-Resellers. Configuring your Selling Price for the Website Builder Services is a mere 2 step process.

Step 1: Set your Pricing Slabs

You can define the Pricing Slabs depending upon the Total Receipts of your Customers/Sub-Resellers or the number of Website Builder Service Orders purchased by your Customers/Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price to each Customer/Sub-Reseller is determined at the time of purchase depending upon the Total Receipts, the number of Website Builder Service Orders, your Slab Pricing and the Customers’/Sub-Resellers’ Specific Pricing.

Reference:

Concept of Total Receipts explained in detail >>
Understanding Pricing Slabs >>

Follow the below mentioned process to set your Pricing Slabs:

  1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
     
  2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.
     
  3. Click on the Website Builder Service to set its Discount Slabs for your Sub-Resellers and/or Customers, and click on Update.
     
  4. Add as many Slabs as required, in this manner.
  5.  

 

Step 2: Setting your Selling Price

Once you have set your Pricing Slabs, you can move on to specifying the Selling Price for each of the Slabs. You can specify the Pricing individually for each of the configurations. To do this, follow the steps mentioned below:

  1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.
     
  2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.
     
  3. Click on the Website Builder Service.
     
  4. Here, click on Set Pricing.
     
  5. Next, you need to specify your Selling Price for Customers and Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price comprises of
    • One-Time Setup Fee: The Price you want to charge for setting up the Website Builder Service
    • Your Monthly Selling Price: The monthly Price you want to charge for the Service

    Enter the values for these parameters for your Customers and Sub-Resellers, for all the Slabs. (Note that, if you leave the value for any Slab empty, the value of the preceding Slab for that plan would be considered for this Slab. The Base Slab, however, cannot be empty.)

  6. When you have filled in the values, click on Update Pricing.
  7.  

IMPORTANT

The SuperSite and PartnerSite contain information about the various Website Builder Plans you offer to your Customers and Sub-Resellers respectively and the Pricing information related to the Website Builder Services. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite Website Builder Data (to refresh SuperSite Cache Data) and Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> PartnerSite Reseller Slabs (to refresh PartnerSite Cache Data).
 
What is SuperSite >>
What is PartnerSite >>

 

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03 Aug 10 Domain Forwarding, Mail Forwarding, Managed DNS

Gossimer allows you extreme flexibility in setting your Selling Price for your Customers and Sub-Resellers for your Domain Forwarding, Email Forwarding and Managed DNS Services. Typically, the Pricing module used by the system is a Slab based one, where you can offer automated discounts to your high volume Customers and Sub-Resellers. Setting your Selling price for the Domain Forwarding, Email Forwarding and Managed DNS Services is a mere 2 step process.

Step 1: Set your Pricing Slabs

You can define the Pricing Slabs depending upon the Total Receipts of your Customers/Sub-Resellers. The Selling Price to each Customer/Sub-Reseller is determined at the time of purchase depending upon the Total Receipts, your Slab Pricing and the Customers’/Sub-Resellers’ Specific Pricing.

Reference:

Concept of Total Receipts explained in detail >>
Understanding Pricing Slabs >>

How to set Pricing Slabs?

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Domain Forwarding, Email Forwarding and Managed DNS Service to set its Discount Slabs for your Sub-Resellers and/or Customers, and click on Update.

4. Add as many Slabs as required, in this manner.

Step 2: Setting your Selling Price

Once you have set your Pricing Slabs, you can move on to specifying the Selling Price for each of the Slabs. You can specify the Pricing individually for each of the configurations. To do this, follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Login to your Control Panel from http://manage.gossimer.biz/reseller.

2. Go to Settings -> Set Pricing, Plans and Promos.

3. Click on the Domain Forwarding, Email Forwarding and Managed DNS Service.

4. On the succeeding page, select the Service whose Pricing you wish to set, i.e. Domain forwarding or Email Forwarding or Managed DNS.

5. For the selected Service, enter the Selling Price for your Customers and/or Sub-Resellers for all the Slabs. (Note that, if you leave the value for any Slab empty, the value of the preceding Slab for that plan would be considered for this Slab. The base Slab, however, cannot be empty.)

6. Click on Update Pricing.

IMPORTANT

The SuperSite and PartnerSite contains Pricing information about the Products and Services you offer to your Customers and Resellers respectively. This data is downloaded to your SuperSite and PartnerSite from your Control Panel and cached (stored) on the SuperSite and PartnerSite Server respectively. Hence, you would need to refresh the cache of your SuperSite and PartnerSite once you have completed the above process. You can accomplish this from within your Control Panel itself by clicking on Tools -> Reload SuperSite & PartnerSite Cache -> SuperSite & PartnerSite Domains and Additional Services Data.

Reference:

 

What is SuperSite >>
What is PartnerSite >>

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