In addition to hosting resource-demanding sites, there is one more reason to obtain a virtual or a dedicated server for yourself - to start your hosting company. This is a constantly growing business, since a growing number of people and businesses start their online presence, which means that they need website hosting space and a domain. If you have a hosting server, you'll be able to make hosting plans and then sell them, so you can not only cover your expenses when you host your personal websites on the server too, but you will also make a very good profit by owning a successful business. What you need for that is a server, payment software, which will be the connection between the reseller web site and your web space, as well as a business account with a payment processor such as PayPal or 2CheckOut, in order to be able to receive Internet payments. The advantage of reselling server space over the use of a standard reseller program is that your clients will have considerably more resources and you're able to set up the server-side software that their websites may need in order to operate efficiently. The latter isn't possible with a shared website hosting reseller program, as you will have some limitations in this regard.