Reseller Hosting Cost in India
WebJi® reseller hosting costs ₹4,000 a year for LR-START, ₹7,000 for LR-Pro and ₹12,500 for LR-Dev, all before 18% GST. WHMCS, a payment gateway at about 2% and GST on your own invoices sit on top, so set your client price after those three, not before.
For Indian designers and agencies pricing their first reseller year: plan tiers, the full cost stack, GST treatment and honest margin maths.
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Last editorial update: 15 November 2026.
What does a WebJi® reseller plan cost?
WebJi® reseller hosting costs ₹4,000 a year for LR-START, ₹7,000 for LR-Pro and ₹12,500 for LR-Dev, all before 18% GST, and the Windows reseller line starts at ₹4,500 a year. Each plan gives you WHM, an allocation of cPanel accounts and white-label nameservers.
| Plan | Price (₹/year) | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| LR-START | 4,000 | A first book of roughly 10–20 clients |
| LR-Pro | 7,000 | A growing portfolio with renewals to track |
| LR-Dev | 12,500 | Agency-scale reselling |
| Windows reseller (WR) | from 4,500 | ASP.NET client sites on Plesk |
The tier decides how many client accounts you can create, not just how much disk you get — every cPanel account carries a licence cost since the 2019 per-account pricing. Compare two plans on cost per client, not headline price: a cheaper plan that caps accounts can cost more per site than LR-START. If a plan allows twenty accounts, ₹4,000 spread across them is ₹200 per client per year before you have sold anything.
What is the full year-one cost stack in rupees?
The plan is one line of six — budget billing software, gateway fees, a brand domain, backups and your own time before you quote a single client. Two lines are fixed and two scale with clients.
| Line item | What it costs | How it bills |
|---|---|---|
| Reseller plan | ₹4,000–₹12,500 a year, before 18% GST | Once a year |
| Billing software | WHMCS, Clientexec or Blesta licence | Monthly, in USD |
| Payment gateway | About 2% on cards, UPI usually free | Per transaction |
| Domain for your brand | Shown at checkout before you pay | Once a year |
| SSL for client sites | Let's Encrypt | Free |
| Backups | Plan-dependent or a paid backup service | Monthly or yearly |
The plan and the domain arrive once a year; the gateway takes a cut of every invoice you collect, and billing software charges monthly whether or not you have sold anything. When you reach your account allocation you upgrade a tier — you never buy cPanel licences at retail.
Do you need WHMCS from day one?
No — at five clients you can create accounts, raise invoices and track renewals by hand in an afternoon a month; at forty, the manual version fails quietly and you learn about it when a client's site is suspended for a renewal you forgot.
WHMCS creates the account, sends the invoice, suspends a non-payer and reminds about renewals. Clientexec and Blesta do the same job for less; WHMCS has the widest module support, including cPanel and most Indian gateways. Before buying, ask two questions: does it connect to your gateway, and does it create cPanel accounts through WHM?
A middle path works: invoice by hand for the first quarter, then buy billing software when renewals start overlapping. Automation buys back time; it does not create demand.
How do gateway fees and GST hit your own invoices?
You are the seller now: open a current account in the business name, add a gateway that supports UPI and cards, and add GST to your invoice once turnover crosses ₹20 lakh for services — or earlier if you register voluntarily for input credit. Cards cost about 2%, UPI collections are usually free, and settlement takes about two working days.
At 18%, a ₹300 monthly plan becomes ₹354 on the invoice. That tax is collected from the client, not taken out of your margin, provided you add it to the price rather than absorb it. Keep the WebJi® plan invoice: the GST you paid on it becomes input credit against the GST you collect.
Margin maths: what LR-START actually nets
Take LR-START at ₹4,000 a year and ten clients on a ₹300 monthly plan: revenue is ₹36,000, the plan and card fees take ₹4,720, and ₹31,280 — about 87% gross — is left before your time is counted.
| Line | Amount (₹/year) |
|---|---|
| Revenue: 10 × ₹300 × 12 | 36,000 |
| LR-START plan | −4,000 |
| Card fees at 2% | −720 |
| SSL | 0 |
| Gross before time | 31,280 (≈87%) |
| Support: 10 clients × 2 h × ₹500 | −10,000 |
| After time | 21,280 (≈59%) |
One free migration at four hours — a ₹2,000 hole at ₹500 an hour — takes the year under 50%. That is why the entry tier works: at ten clients you can still answer every ticket yourself; at forty, support is a part-time job and the plan tier stops being the expensive line.
What erodes the margin after year one?
Five recurring leaks, none of which appear in the plan price: churn, unbilled migrations, ad costs, lapsed renewals and refunds. Each is a process problem before it is a money problem.
- Churn: losing one client in ten removes a tenth of revenue, and replacing them costs more than keeping them.
- Free migrations: a four-hour move you did not price is a ₹2,000 hole at ₹500 an hour.
- Ads: a local campaign can cost more per client than the first year of their hosting.
- Domain renewals: clients expect you to remember, and a lapsed domain is blamed on you.
- Refunds and chargebacks: the gateway fee stays, the admin time is yours, and the account may still be suspended.
Price migrations as a paid service, put every renewal on a calendar, and review the client list each quarter. The plan price is the smallest number in the business.
Reseller plan or VPS for the first ten clients?
A reseller plan gives you WHM, separate cPanel accounts per client and a host that owns the server; a VPS gives root and a lower cost per gigabyte, but you buy the cPanel licence, patch the OS and answer the 2 a.m. alerts yourself. For a first book of ten clients, the reseller plan usually wins on time.
The trade-off is priced in detail in the reseller hosting versus VPS comparison. If you already run servers, browse the reseller hosting plans or the full WebJi® price list to see what each tier includes before deciding.
Frequently asked questions
How much does reseller hosting cost in India?
WebJi® Linux reseller plans cost ₹4,000 a year for LR-START, ₹7,000 for LR-Pro and ₹12,500 for LR-Dev, all before 18% GST; the Windows reseller line starts at ₹4,500 a year. The plan is one line of the budget — billing software, gateway fees and support time sit on top.
What is included in a reseller hosting plan?
WHM for creating client accounts and packages, an allocation of cPanel accounts, white-label nameservers on your own domain, and pooled disk and bandwidth you split into packages. Free Let's Encrypt SSL covers client sites, and the plan carries the cPanel licences up to its account limit.
Do I need WHMCS from day one?
No. With five clients you can raise invoices by hand and renew from a calendar reminder. Buy WHMCS, Clientexec or Blesta when renewals start overlapping, or when a suspended site would cost you a client. First check it has a module for your gateway and for WHM.
How many client accounts can I create?
As many as the plan allocates in WHM. Every cPanel account carries a licence cost since the 2019 per-account pricing, so a higher tier buys more accounts rather than more disk. Check the account count before comparing two plan prices.
Is reseller hosting profitable in India?
On LR-START with ten clients at ₹300 a month, revenue is ₹36,000 a year; the plan and about ₹720 of card fees leave ₹31,280 before your time. Subtract ten clients' worth of support at ₹500 an hour and the margin is nearer ₹21,000 — so price migrations and renewals separately.
Do I charge GST on my own client invoices?
Once turnover crosses ₹20 lakh for services, or when you register voluntarily, add 18% GST to your hosting invoices and file returns; the GST on the WebJi® plan you buy becomes input credit. Below the threshold, a proprietorship can invoice without charging GST.
Last editorial update: 15 November 2026. Reseller prices follow WebJi®'s published plan tables, checked on billing on 14 November 2026; checkout confirms current charges.
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