Moonfruit Resellers - a case study

Joe — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:03:00 +0000

More and more people are making a living out of Moonfruit as professional web designers. Once people discover how easy it is to do, they realise that they can do it, not just for themselves, but for others also. And they can make money ;-). So we thought we'd give you a bit more information on what life is like as a Moonfruit Reseller.

Alistair at SDDesigns joined Moonfruit in June 2006 and has been designing sites ever since with clients in the UK, US and Portugal. He was kind enough to answer a few questions for us...

1. What is your business called and how did you get started?

I actually started web designing as a hobby, my first website was for a very good friend who became a client: www.councillorcreswell.co.uk. As time went on more and more people asked me to design for them, so I started my own small business.

SDDesigns originally started as scrappydoodesigns but as I progressed I realised the name, although catchy, was not really doing my profile any good and I rebranded.

SDDesigns now has clients in the UK, New York and Portugal. I design commercial and political websites, with the newest one being www.kenthouseinc.com

2. What was the challenge you faced in your business that led you to use Moonfruit SiteMaker?

My first ever websites was designed on Microsoft Front Page, but it wasn't flexible and I found myself getting frustrated as I knew how I wanted it to look but couldn't get it right. So I surfed the net and tried several products then came across a new product “Moonfruit”. It was so easy to use that I have used it ever since.

3. Why did you pick Moonfruit over other reseller options?

I picked moonfruit because the look was right, the features and the programming where already done for me. I liked the way I could instantly change something when a client was online, and if you got in trouble, help was only an email away.

4. How has Moonfruit allowed you to achieve your business goals?

Moonfruit has allowed me to achieve a better understanding of the internet, ease in my business and most of all allowed me to enjoy my job.

5. How successful has your business with Moonfruit been?

My business owes its success to Moonfruit, as it has allowed me to achieve the look that my clients require.

6. What advice would you have for someone thinking about setting up a Moonfruit Reseller business?

If you are thinking of setting up a reseller, just do it, you have nothing really to loose. Be honest with your clients at all times, say what you can do, and most of all enjoy doing it. If you don't enjoy designing then it will show.

So there you have it. You could be making a tidy living from Moonfruit. And some of you probably are ;-).

Reseller packs are different from our standard packs that you see on moonfruit.com as those packs are designed for personal and not commercial use. We tend to make the distinction that if you're receiving money to build a website you should really be using one of our Reseller packs. Reseller packs have higher disk and bandwidth limits, plus more free domain names. If you're interested in becoming a reseller, then please contact us. Other types of partnership are also available, see our partners page for details.

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