We run an Internet firm.

We plan to add hosting to our list of products. We have 2 dedicated
servers (one Unix and one Windows 2003) and we require some software
to automate the process of

Checking domain availability (international)
Domain registration
Setting up the hosting and pointing the domain
Emailing relevant details (mail, ftp settings, usernames passwords
etc) to the customer

We process hundreds of clients per month so this must be totally automated.

There are lots of off-the-shelf products that claim to do this job.

Im after a detailed comparison of the features, benefits and costs of
these products. We have a PHP+MySql database and the ability to
integrate would be preferred.

If you need any more information, please request clarification.

Best Regards

BMcompany-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 06 Feb 2004 01:55 PST

Hi!

What do you mean by the following statement...

"Im after a detailed comparison of the features, benefits and costs of
these products. We have a PHP+MySql database and the ability to
integrate would be preferred."

Would an info on just the features found on the website be enough
here? Plus how many software products of this nature do you require?

Thanks!

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Clarification of Question by bmcompany-ga on 06 Feb 2004 02:33 PST

Hi there, thanks for responding so quickly!

Features listed on the website should be ok.

Im not sure what you mean by how many products we require. Do you mean
how many licences? How many Servers?

Thanks again

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Request for Question Clarification by easterangel-ga on 06 Feb 2004 02:45 PST

Hi again!

No. I mean how many software products do you require. Sorry about that
I mean I am going to list the diffeerent software brands. So the list
will this way...

1. Software Brand X
Link to features
Link to Pricing

2. Software Brand Y
Link to features
Link to Pricing

3. Software Brand Z
Link to features
Link to Pricing

If you don't have a specific requirement, can we just list as many as
we could find?

Thank You. :)

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Clarification of Question by bmcompany-ga on 06 Feb 2004 03:11 PST

Ah...i see.

The more the better i suppose...

Our specific aim to to have a _fully_ automated hosting system. That
about covers it.

Good Luck!

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I found the following Hosting Automation Software that specifically
answers the needs you put forward in your question above.

1. HostingCart
Features: http://www.zaygo.com/products/hostingcart/features.htm
Pricing: http://www.zaygo.com/order/online.htm?buy=HostingCart

2.cWhois Domain Cart
Features: http://www.vibralogix.com/cwhoiscart/index.php
Pricing: $29.95

3. Whois.cart
Features: http://www.whoiscart.net/features.php
Pricing: http://www.whoiscart.net/purchase.php

4. Dreamcost
Features: http://dreamcost.com/?page=hostadmin
Pricing: http://dreamcost.com/?page=subscriptions&category=3&session_id=ea2eac52dcc1519bf221e69b33567468

5. Multiwhois
Features: http://www.multiwhois.co.uk/?l=features
Pricing: http://www.multiwhois.co.uk/?l=order&item=1 

6. WhoisCartPro
Features: http://www.web-shack.net/products/whoiscartpro/index.html
Pricing: http://www.web-shack.net/general/order.html 

7. DRAM Plus
Features: http://www.dramsystem.com/dramsplus.php 
Pricing: http://www.dramsystem.com/packages.php 

8. NixPanel
Features: http://nixpanel.com/features.htm
Pricing: Free (http://nixpanel.com/download.htm)


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Our next software products should be noted because although they do
not generally mention the ?domain name checking? feature, they
specifically say they have most of the features you want plus most of
the ones listed here are the premium and top of the line Webhosting
Automation Products. It would be worthwhile to check them out.

1. Ensim Pro
Features: http://www.ensim.com/products/pro/windows/details.html#Delegated%20Self-Administration
Pricing: https://buy.ensim.com/

2. Sphera
Features: http://www.sphera.com/prod_serv_hosting_business_suite.php
Pricing: Not available

3. Hostflow
Features: http://www.hostflow.com/strflw/Product/features.htm
Pricing: http://www.hostflow.com/strflw/purchase.htm

4. Hosting Controller
Features: http://hostingcontroller.com/english/features.html
Pricing: http://hostingcontroller.com/english/store.html

5. cPanel
Features: http://www.cpanel.net/index.html
Pricing: http://www.cpanel.net/dist.cgi

6. H-Sphere
Features: http://www.psoft.net/promo/
Pricing: http://www.psoft.net/buy_hsphere.html 

7. CWIPanel
Features: http://www.acetechusa.com/cwifeatures.php 
Pricing: $29.99 to $349.99

8. Smartmin
Features: http://www.smartmin.com/product.php 
Pricing: http://www.smartmin.com/members/order_ssc/index.php?v=1
http://www.smartmin.com/members/order_ssc/index.php?v=2 

9. Agent X 
Features: http://www.agentx.com/products/technical.html
Pricing: http://www.agentx.com/pricing/index.html

10. Alabanza
Features: http://www.alabanza.com/3.5SoftwareOverview.shtml
Pricing: Not Available

11. Hosting Accelerator
Features: http://www.hostingaccelerator.com/Products/HostingAccelerator/Features/
Benefits: http://www.hostingaccelerator.com/Products/HostingAccelerator/Benefits/
Pricing: http://www.hostingaccelerator.com/Products/HostingAccelerator/Pricing/ 

12. OcoLoco
Features: http://www.ocoloco.com/about_ocoloco/index.html?content=background.php
Pricing: http://www.ocoloco.com/about_ocoloco/index.html?menu=prices&content=pricing.php

13. Softomate
Features: http://www.softwareforhosting.com/level3inf.htm
Pricing: http://www.softwareforhosting.com/order.htm 

14. Vsacs
Features: http://vsacs.platformis.com/?page=features&parent=overview
Pricing: http://vsacs.platformis.com/?page=price_list

15. Helm
Features: http://www.webhostautomation.com/helm/features.asp
http://www.webhostautomation.com/helm/compatibility.asp 

Pricing: http://www.webhostautomation.com/helm/pricing.asp   


Search terms used:
"hosting automation software" check domain name whois search

I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
                 
Thanks for visiting us.                
                 
Regards,                 
Easterangel-ga                 
Google Answers Researcher

Excellent answer

Thank you for the complements! :)

You might also look at :

http://www.modernbill.com/

I run a hosting company and use this software, we like it very much.