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Startup query
T183539_42aa540cacdc
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Hello guys,
I want to start a web hosting business, but my budget is very minimal. I can't afford the Cpanel and WHMCS together, and I don't want to use any reseller hostings. I want to use my servers to serve others. I'm looking for a cheap/open-source self-hosted Cpanel & WHMCS/WHM alternative that works with Nginx. I am thinking of reskinning the control panel and making it like Cpanel UI, so please guide me.
Edit: A small request, If you can't help, please ignore my thread. I'm not here to listen to your "motivations." 
if you know what I mean.
Comments
Don't.
You have a lot of competition.
Why do you think you can survive and make profit?
What can you bring more on the table that others dont already?
Vulnerabilities are common with them. How about Sleepless night's ?
What about automation like in?
I have a locally targeted audience. Right now, I am not worried about customers. I haven't even started yet. Why give up so earlier?
The end is nigh.
Blesta from @seriesn aka NexusBytes and Centos Webpanel for hosting panel?
Oh no ...
Take it from me, spend the extra money and get a proper provider who accepts paypal. BUYVM and Nexusbytes are your best bet
Wrong forum. This forum is about the end, not the start.
You can make a web design business though.
Is there any local restaurant, car wash, roofing, etc, that lacks a website?
a cheap/open-source self-hosted Cpanel
cheap + cpanel + google Hmmmmmm. It's probably just nulled or malware so will not recommend. try apiscp
I want to reply in-depth on why this is a bad idea. Though, I have done this many times before. Since it obviously would not matter, all that's left to say is:
You can also just try becoming a memer for a crypto coin. They pay 100k a year
It's strange than open source projects has more vulnerabilities than proprietary ones... Maybe they lack maintanace? Maybe they are just source open but not open source?
If they release the proprietary code i bet you they have more vulnerabilities than the free ones.
Indeed. No point in a long explanation as these people won't read it anyway. They've already made up their mind at the moment of making these kind of threads.