Step-by-step help for your hosting

• Set up PayPal payments in WHMCS

  Activate the PayPal Payments gateway in WHMCS, connect your PayPal business account, enable subscriptions, test with sandbox and fix payments that do not mark invoices paid.

  IntermediateWHMCS3 min read

• Set up the WHMCS cron job and automation settings

  Add the WHMCS system cron, configure invoice generation, payment reminders, suspension and termination, and check Automation Status so billing runs on its own.

  IntermediateWHMCS2 min read

• Create product groups and hosting products in WHMCS

  Create a product group and a shared or reseller hosting product in WHMCS, set pricing and billing cycles, link it to a cPanel/WHM package and show it in the order form.

  BeginnerWHMCS2 min read

• How to suspend or terminate a reseller and their accounts in WHMReseller

  Suspend a reseller for non-payment together with all their cPanel accounts, unsuspend them later, or terminate a reseller safely after backing up their data.

  IntermediateMaster reseller hosting3 min read

• How to create a reseller account with WHMReseller

  Create a new WHM reseller under your master reseller plan with WHMReseller: choose the domain, limits, packages and privileges, then send the login details.

  IntermediateMaster reseller hosting3 min read

• How to create a master reseller in WHMReseller

  Create a master reseller who can sell their own reseller plans: choose the reseller type, set account, reseller and disk limits, and share their allocation.

  AdvancedMaster reseller hosting3 min read

• How to create an alpha reseller in WHMReseller

  When to use an alpha reseller, the top WHMReseller level that can create master resellers, and how to set its limits and privileges safely.

  AdvancedMaster reseller hosting3 min read

• How to restore a full cPanel backup file in WHM

  Restore a cpmove or full cPanel backup archive as a new account using WHM Transfer or Restore a cPanel Account, with upload steps, options and common errors.

  AdvancedReseller hosting3 min read

• Sell hosting with WHMCS and your WHM reseller account

  Connect WHMCS to your WHM reseller account so orders create cPanel accounts automatically and unpaid invoices suspend them, with products mapped to packages.

  IntermediateReseller hosting3 min read

• Fix email deliverability for customer accounts in WHM

  Check and repair SPF, DKIM and PTR records for your customers' domains with WHM Email Deliverability, add DMARC, and stop mail landing in spam.

  IntermediateReseller hosting3 min read

• How to manage DNS zones and records in WHM

  Add, edit and delete A, CNAME, MX and TXT records for your customers' domains with WHM Zone Manager, and reset a broken zone back to its defaults.

  IntermediateReseller hosting3 min read

• How to brand cPanel with your own logo and company name in WHM

  Give your customers a white-label cPanel with your company name, logo, favicon, colours and help links using WHM Customization as a reseller.

  BeginnerReseller hosting3 min read

• AutoSSL for customer accounts: check and fix SSL as a WHM reseller

  How AutoSSL issues free SSL certificates for your customers' domains, how to check certificate status, turn it on in feature lists and fix failed domains.

  BeginnerReseller hosting3 min read

• How to suspend and unsuspend a cPanel account in WHM

  Suspend a customer's cPanel account for non-payment or abuse, add a suspension reason, lock it from unsuspension, and restore access again from WHM.

  BeginnerReseller hosting3 min read

• Reseller account limits and overselling in WHM explained

  How disk, bandwidth and account limits work on a WHM reseller plan, what overselling means, and how to plan packages so you never run out of allocation.

  IntermediateReseller hosting3 min read

• How to modify a cPanel account in WHM

  Change a customer account's domain, username, quotas, email limits, shell access or contact email using Modify an Account in WHM, and what each change affects.

  IntermediateReseller hosting3 min read

• How to edit or delete a hosting package in WHM

  Update the disk, bandwidth and feature settings of an existing WHM package so they apply to every account using it, or delete packages you no longer sell.

  BeginnerReseller hosting3 min read

• How to terminate a cPanel account in WHM safely

  Remove a cPanel account from WHM without regrets. Take a full backup first, decide whether to keep the DNS zone, terminate one or many accounts and confirm files and databases are gone.

  BeginnerLinux server3 min read

• Choose and configure the nameserver service in WHM (PowerDNS or BIND)

  Pick the right DNS service in WHM Nameserver Selection. Compare PowerDNS, BIND and disabled, decide when external DNS is better, switch safely and check zones still resolve.

  IntermediateLinux server4 min read

• How to set up AutoSSL in cPanel & WHM

  Turn on AutoSSL in WHM, pick the certificate provider, run it for all users, read the logs and make sure free certificates keep renewing on their own.

  BeginnerLinux server4 min read

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