In addition to hosting resource-demanding sites, there's a further reason to acquire a virtual or a dedicated server of your own - to make your hosting company. This is an ever expanding business, because an increasing number of people and businesses start their web presence, so they need web hosting space and a domain. If you have a server, you can generate hosting package deals then sell them, so that you can not only cover your expenses in case you host your personal sites on the server as well, but you will also make a good profit by having a profitable business. What you need for that is a server, payment software, that will be the link between the reseller website and your web space, as well as a business account with a payment processor such as PayPal or 2CheckOut, so as to be able to receive online payments. The benefit from reselling server space over the usage of a standard reseller program is that your customers will have much more resources and you're able to set up the server-side software that their websites may need in order to work properly. The aforementioned will not be possible with a shared hosting reseller program, because you will have certain limitations in this regard.