NowStop using pre-made WHMCS Themes, build your own in no time. The Croster features a powerful & user-friendly page manager like WordPress where No coding skill is required. The Croster has almost everything will make every website unique. Also, stop worrying about your custom work at the time of update. Absolutely hassle free update. Take a look at some of more most advanced features:
Fully equipped Page Manager - Fully equipped & modern page manager like WordPress Gutenberg. Simply select the section and configure it, move any section up and down in page, you can create new page or duplicate any existing page easily and publish/unpublish anytime.
SEO Ready - Inbuilt SEO option in page manager like page Title, Meta Keyword(s), Meta Description, Robots, OG title, OG Description, OG Type and OG Image, Google Rich Snippets, Webmaster tools, Sitemap wizard to configure and build sitemap.xml.
Dynamic Products & Pricing - Just select the plans, group or tld in section, and let the theme auto collect rest of the things like whmcs order form description and pricing automatically from whmcs products. which means now you do not need to manage pricing, description etc twice. For example, if you ever need to change the price of any products or tlds, just change them in WHMCS products/services and domain pricing. The Croster will auto collect everything from there.
Customizable Sections - Each section has its own inline configuration like in Slider section it has 2 types of sliders and same kind of multiple option available in Domain Search, FAQs, Testimonial, Pricing tables, Simple header, Features listing, call to action and Text editor. More sections to be added in upcoming updates.
Most of addons/modules which are supported with WHMCS Twenty One template and latest WHMCS Stable version should be working fine. Since the numbers of addons/modules are very huge by 3rd party vendors, we are unable to test each and every one. If you see any issue please feel free to open support ticket, we'll try our best but we do not guarantee because sometime we required attention/help from vendors.
Having to go to two separate links, WHMCS and TCAdmin, was something that always bugged me. Thought I would try and solve my problem by integrating tcadmin into whmcs, think it worked out pretty well.
Similarly, as far as running a web hosting business, WHMCS is the most popular and used software by hosting providers, web agencies, IT professionals and also developers.
It is the platform for excellence that automates all aspects of operating a web hosting and domain registrar business. Thanks to its flexibility, WHMCS can also accomodate other various business needs.
As a reference, currently I use it to sell softwares but in past I used it to run game hosting, web hosting, VoIP and an e-commerce. More recently I used it to remotely control mining rigs, masternodes and wallets for cryptocurrencies. I know people that use it just for billing and for the integrated support suite.
They are both the undisputed leaders in their respective markets with the former that attracts about 50.000 providers worldwide. If this number doesn't impress you, know that the average provider hosts about 1.000 websites and that this often includes domain registrations.
But that's where the similarity ends. WordPress is free, open source and good at many things. WHMCS kicks off at 15.95 $ per month, source code is obfuscated and even though is solid platform to run a hosting company, there are some shortcomings that we are going to address later.
You can get one from
whmcs.com or from authorized resellers. In the latter case the license can even be offered free of charge. This option is valid only if you purchase also a reseller plan. In essence, you hosts your customers sites on multi-domain plan or VPS for rent.
The very fact that the license can't cost you more than 39.95 $ was a big plus as it allowed to run a successful business safe from high fees. Just to be clear, it had nothing to do with PayPal fees.
Based on my experience small providers make 24.000 euro per year but the vast majority are well above 60.000 euro. That said, there is a considerable amount of companies that make hundreds of thousands of euro if not millions (don't ask me anything ).
Before WHMCS they even managed to acquire Plesk and cPanel that were competing with each other since always. Basically it's like Ferrari and Mercedes or Intel and AMD having the same owner.
Price-wise, understanding corporate structure is important. WebPros resembles a monopoly and over the years used its dominance to increase prices for both Plesk and cPanel. I guess 2021 was the right time to milk WHMCS customers.
Owned licenses were available for a one-time up-front purchase including 12 months access to support and updates. Personally I paid 324.95 $ for my Owened License No Branding. Before trade-ban, such licenses were selling for about 1.000 $.
That being said, due to 2021 price changes mentioned in the previous chapter, WHMCS went back on its word. It sounds ironic but lifetime licenses have expired so we're all on the same boat. I think this one deserves a new meme.
Nulled or decoded software refers to products that have been stolen and available for free. When you download nulled WHMCS from random websites, there is no guarantee that they are safe to use. Not to mention using nulled is illegal.
How about I give you a nulled WHMCS that contains a "surprise" that allows me to enter your servers, steal domain names and all your password remotely? It would take me less than 10 minutes. On the contrary you will need years to find the backdoor in million lines of code.
We use multi-domain in WHMCS. Our website is also accessible from
katamaze.it (I use it for italian visitors). A lookup for this domain, results in the following message.
When it comes to control panel for web hosting and domain registrars, comparisons inevitably run through the minds of many so here is the thing. WHMCS is the leader of its reference market but alternatives exist.
What I'm trying to say is that is that it takes a lot of time to review and test softwares that run your business. As a reference I'm using WHMCS since 2007 and I'm still learning but I will say one thing.
I can name tens of people that cyclically write they are leaving this software but days later they're still asking questions about WHMCS. We live in the era of free live demo. We should all learn to use then and form balanced opinions.
Going further, it is no secret that WHMCS has the best quality/price ratio. It offers an all-around platform that is highly extensible. Even though WHMCS isn't perfect, it is good at many things.
Besides popular alternatives, it is worth spending a few words on custom-made platforms. If you are thinking about creating one to emulate what WHMCS already does, you better rethink your strategy.
Unless you have the budget of GoDaddy, you can't keep up with changes in technology. It's not just about creating the software but everything that's around. Integrating registrars and web hosting control panels is an ongoing process that never stops.
Let me give you a little background. I started using WHMCS in 2007 and since then it has always been with me following all transitions I made. From beeing a game hosting provider to web hosting and now software developer.
Believe me when I say free alternatives to WHMCS are scarce. After so many years the only hosting panel that comes to mind is BoxBilling but it is more a freemium software. The free version in fact is set with a lot of limitations:
Speaking of my opinions, I don't get why free softwares exist in this market. I mean, we are talking about running a hosting business. If one can't afford a few bucks for such a critical software, maybe one shouldn't do hosting altogether.
The sooner you learn you need a WHMCS expert, the quicker you'll be successful. I'm not talking about developers that are experienced in other areas or with other softwares. You need an actual expert of WHMCS.
Over the years I've seen many tragicomic WHMCS setups where companies dissipate energies and waste time employing workers in unnecessary labor-intensive processes. All because they haven't figured out how to fully configure and use it.
To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, one day I've seen a heavy PHP library (as bigger as WHMCS) that was used to run queries on database. That's pretty bad if you think that all it takes to interact with database is a single line of code.
Don't get me wrong, I am not not applying for the job. It's just that I've seen so many messed-up systems that my eyes hurt. Below I'm going to list experts of WHMCS including our competitors. With one exception, I can recommend them to anyone.
If you can't afford consulting a professional and you have a small budget, go for the learning by doing approach. To this end, I prepared a WHMCS guide to get you started as quickly as possible.
Once you are ready to go, move to more advanced topics like SEO and integrations. But using this software isn't all tickles and hugs. WHMCS has a "dark side" made of some terrible bugs: MUST read before launching a WHMCS website.
This software is complex and unforgiving. There's no room for second thoughts. Keep your feet on the ground. Reading documentation and participating in whmcs.community is crucial.
As for the forum, among all softwares of this kind, WHMCS is no doubt the one with the biggest community. Don't forget this is still it is a small niche compared to say WordPress so do not expect fast replies.
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