Choose a Bulletproof IP tier your clients never see

The cheapest entry buys the platform on a lifetime basis, while the tier above it adds six months of cover on top of that platform. That gap is the first decision you make as a reseller, because the platform alone carries no end date and the covered tiers do.

Work through the list tier by tier and ask which one lets you hand a client an outcome rather than a login. Your client wants a stable connection they never think about, billed by you, with support answered by you and credentials held in your name.

Cover is what tells you how long a client arrangement can run before it needs attention. The lifetime entry has no renewal to track, and the six and twelve month entries do, so map each column against the contracts already on your books before you commit.

Most resellers start on the lifetime tier, then add a cover period once a client signs. That order keeps your own cost down while you build the client book, and it means the first thing you own outright is the platform itself rather than a term that starts counting down.

For a client on a short engagement, the six month tier lines up with the contract. For one you expect to hold longer, the twelve month tier reduces how often you revisit the order, and remote desktop access included means you can hand over control without buying another tool.

Addresses are replaced while the term runs, which matters when a client's needs move and you have promised continuity. You stay the one who owns the relationship, and the client sees your brand and your invoice rather than a provider name behind it.

The licence point sits above everything else here. If a supplier forbids client use, your whole model collapses, so read the terms that come with the platform before you sell anything on top of it, and keep a copy of what you agreed.

After that, consider what the tiers cannot do. Cover periods end and renew, so a client arrangement can outlast the term you bought, and you carry the cost of renewing or reordering in your own margin. Address stock by country also moves between orders.

Remote desktop access included helps you hand day to day control to a client or a subcontractor without buying a separate tool, but you should still decide in advance who holds credentials and who handles a support ticket when one arrives after the client has your name on the front page.

Take the lifetime tier against the six month tier first. Same platform, same credentials, same remote desktop access included; the only difference is that one adds six months of cover, so the comparison is entirely about how long you need to commit a client before the next renewal.

Then put the six month tier against the twelve month tier. Both have a finish date, so weigh them as contract lengths rather than as separate products, and pick whichever ends closest to the date your own client agreement does, so the two never drift apart.

Whichever pair you compare, the platform purchase is the element you keep. The cover period is the part that repeats, so budget it as a recurring line for each client and treat the lifetime tier as the constant underneath every arrangement you sell under your own name.