The whole idea of being an IPTV reseller is to make money the easiest, quickest and most cost-effective way and I will explain why I said that, But finding the right offers from the right provider is key!
Let me first explain why I said that above:
Being an IPTV reseller is easier than being a Provider!
It's simple: A reseller does not need to heavily invest and pay few thousand something for monthly restream shares, servers rent and worry all the time about maintaining that setup. Their biggest investment would be the amount of credits they purchase, they do marketing to create a customer community and just keep working on it so it grows. Any server issues like fines due to complaint notices, restream issues/complications like leaks and ... is not reseller's problem. They will just report and demand a fix.
To find the best resellers offers in the IPTV Market, one should take the following into account:
-Impersonating a normal user
-Provider's response time
-Price of the credits
-Location of servers
-Provider's speciality in your favorite country package
-CMS software - Tutorials
-A free android app
-Possibility of using your own DNS address
-Payment method(s)
-Impersonating a normal user
The first step, would be trying the service, as a single user, so you know what your future clients will experience if you subscribe to that provider's service. Simply ask for an IPTV free trial like a normal user and do that during the live events, possibly when you know it's going to be the peak period of usage so you can evaluate the service during heavy load. I have already written an article on what an IPTV free trial is and things to expect from it so give it a read. Do not let the provider know you are a reseller. Even using geek-like email addresses might come to their attention. All I mean is, you should not get special treatment when evaluating a service as a reseller. Because then you'll be told that this is a heaven for you and blah blah blah.
-Provider's response time
While evaluating the service, get in touch with them by emailing the provider or open a support ticket, make some queries, ask questions, let some messages go back and forth. Depending on how busy they might be, measure their response time. Also if possible, ask what their time zone is. If they're in Europe and you live in the united states, you will have 8 to 10 hours time gap between you. If anything happens during their break period, will they get notification on their phones to come online and sort the problem? is it a one man service or are they a group of at least 2 people maintaining the service. Yeah! might sound too serious but trust me, when you have 100, 500 1000 clients and the service goes down, you will feel the sweat on your forehead boiling like lava! so be safe and not sorry.
-Price of the credits
Right now that I am writing this article (December 2022), the IPTV market is so competitive. Monthly servers and restream shares costs are high and that makes it vital for all providers not to lose any business opportunity. Therefore, whatever price you see on any price-listing, it's negotiable. That said, please don't be greedy! do understand that the provider needs to cover the costs as well as making a profit, so bargain but be understanding.
-Location of servers
I always insist on this. Servers MUST be hosted in the same continent where your clients reside. This is IPTV and network latency matters. It is still good if your provider has servers hosted central Europe and your clients are in the US but longer than that, it's going to be problematic.
-Provider's speciality in your favorite country package
Imagine your main focus is on Albanian channels. You need your provider to be specialized in ALB streams, have them categorized in proper folders and possibly have some good Albanian Video on Demand content (movies and series). I don't mean that the provider must be Albanian himself but the source he is using must be directly from transcoders and super stable.
-CMS software - Tutorials
Content Management System also known as CMS is what IPTV services installed and run based on and providers manage their streams/users with it. Before it used to be only Xtream-Codes dominating the whole market but nowadays there are quite a few and they have various features as well as different level of security and safety measures. Remember, you don't need a WHMCS-based reseller portal limited to purchasing credits and creating accounts. If you can get more technical details of your clients performance and possibly a good logging system that would be great. This can prove useful when you're try to help a client diagnosing service issues. It's also advised that the provider offers a thorough tutorial for their CMS software if you are not familiar with it.
-A free android app
Many users now use android or firestick devices, needless to say that Firestick is a generic-android. If you can have your own android app, that would be amazing. Some providers can help with this. You might be provided with an unbranded android app with provider's DNS address embedded inside and some others charge you for something like $50 and provide you with your desired branded application. You can also ask any well-known, reputable and trusted coder or coding company to write the android application for you. Costs may vary between $50 to $150.
-Possibility of using your own DNS address
If you have your own domain address, you can ask your IPTV provider to embed your dns address and pair it to your panel so your clients will see your own domain address on streaming line and stalker portal addresses. Then, whenever you change your IPTV provider, you just export the user/pass details of all your streaming lines from the source provider and then import them into the new provider's panel and finally redirect the DNS to new provider's IP address. Clients will never notice the change. If you also go for the above option of having your own android application, you can ask the coder to embed your DNS address inside and when you change the provider, your client will never notice a thing.
-Payment method(s)
Last but not least, ways to pay the provider. If you can, use Cryptocurrency. If not, most of them accept paypal.
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