The latest in a string of new reseller hosting plan announcements this week, US web host WebHostingBuzz.com (www.webhostingbuzz.com) has revamped its entire reseller hosting range to include even more features and quotas as well as lowering entry price points.

"Having started off from a reseller plan ourselves back in 2002, we're very in tune with the reseller hosting market," WebHostingBuzz.com chief executive officer Safvan Malik said in a statement. Providing services to over 50,000 websites, several thousand of which are resellers, Malik noted WebHostingBuzz.com has looked to its resellers to shape the new plans. "These plans are designed to offer customers the same opportunity that we have had and capitalized on and we work very hard to help our resellers succeed."

Starting at about $15 per month, WebHostingBuzz.com's new reseller hosting plans include cPanel, a 24/7 helpdesk with live chat support and telephone support during business hours. WebHostingBuzz.com also provides WHMAutopilot billing software, Fantastico, SSL certificates, and private name servers, all particularly important features for resellers. "Our offerings are an attractive proposition for those looking to start their own web hosting business with us, or simply consolidate all of their hosting into one account," Malik added.

Earlier in the week, the WHIR reported on UK reseller hosting provider Heart Internet (www.heartinternet.co.uk) adding Windows-based reseller hosting to its offerings, enabling resellers to manage both Windows and Linux platforms simultaneously. Offering Windows hosting opens up a large portion of the market, with more than 33 percent of all active sites running on Windows, according to Netcraft's November survey.

ResellerChoice also made a major announcement this week, giving hosts a chance to tap into the Windows IT Services hosting market by offering a white label IT hosting reseller program for complex services such as Hyper-V VPS Servers, Exchange Mail and SharePoint.