[csouth]

Well a couple of interesting points here.

1. Either you have to host the server on your account, or I have to give you my username and password to my hosting account. This might put people off so just keep that in mind.

2. Also I don't see a reason to limit yourself to cloud platforms. Hosts like linode/dreamhost/etc are pretty popular these days and service like this would help a startup with limited/no knowledge in server platforms.

3. I also wouldn't limit yourself to just Linux. If your familiar with windows systems you might make a little more money on setting up MSSQL, Exchange, and IIS (And if I recall correctly Rackspace now offers Windows in the cloud).

4. Also think about upkeep of the servers as well. If someone is going to pay you to set it up, they will likely pay you to maintain it.

[europa]

1. Yes this something currently trying to figure out,the best way to deliver the final server to the customer. It is pretty straight forward on amazon but rackspce it not seems to be the case.

2. Definitely. The listed ones are the one I have experience on. 3.You are right about Windows setup. aws and rack space offers windows servers. I have to play with Windows setup though before I offer it. 4.I'll keep the server maintenance part of the service in mind. Thanks.

[frederickcook]

I believe Rackspace has affiliate/reseller programs that might take care of the user/pass issues. You could also just hand over the keys to the server, not the hosting account.

[europa]

I did signup for affiliate program with Racksapce. I had a brief chat with a customer support agent but he is not aware of anything to deliver my custom build machine image to other customers. May be I have to talk to someone else at Rackspace.