Reseller Accounts On Developer Hut Almost Done

Oct 30, 2009 by

For the last 4-5 days now I have been working on a reseller account system on Developer Hut. I have had the reseller account idea for years now, but just until recently I was waiting on making sure my current system is dialed in so I wont be working on too much stuff at once. Now since I have the rest of the backend complete I can now focus my attention onto the reseller account section and other stuff related to it that seems to pop up.

The backend for the reseller part is completed I am just working on finishing the add credit part and a bunch of small updates. It was pretty easy to code up the part that adds the orders into the system, the hard part was making my code secure so no one can screw with it. I have never spent so much time researching ways to secure scripts and coding extra long scripts to make sure everything is secure and no one will be screwing with anything.

The backend is pretty simple, if you have a reseller account then you will see a link that shows how much credit you have in your account (which all accounts will soon have) and also a link to the add orders page which a screen shot is below. People with reseller accounts will get 25% off all products but you must spend at least $300 a month and must be approved by me. To add orders the person will have to go to the add order page and fill a few things out and then simply pay for the orders using credit. All orders that are added will be added to the account like normal orders, they will just need to be manually approved by me first, which should not take that long.

(The above is the page the resellers enter all the info)

Tthe above is the page the resellers confirm there order details and then pay for there order)

The reseller account part of the business will be a huge part of Developer Huts future business. Instead of marketing to only individuals I can now target both individuals and target small business owners. The majority of the people using the reseller account will be people with lots of websites or web design/seo company’s looking to out source work. I do not think I will have to many actual “resellers”, but all are welcome.

The resellers account part will be officially launched on next monday, however this monday will will start beta testing which will only last for a week or so. If you are interested in an account please contact me here.

Anyways there is real no point to this blog post, just a rant about the new service that I have been working on for the last 5 days. I am welcome to any and all suggestions about this, just leave a comment