Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-enlarging system that offers new options to gain cash on the Internet. One of them is to be a domain name reseller and offer domain names to end customers, earning revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. 1000's of domains are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently active domains, so this is an enlarging trading niche that you can become involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain is made of two constituents - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the SLD.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most famous domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code Top-Level Domains include 2-letter abbreviations that symbolize each country. Examples of country-code Top-Level Domains are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic Top-Level Domain or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an institution that handles the registrations and sets the prerequisites that each concrete Top-Level Domain may include, among them the length of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the firms that actually sell the domain name to clients and handle all domain resource records.

Gain Money From Selling Domain Names

Numerous Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to gain money from selling domain names to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can launch your very own personal online business. Usually, a domain will be more inexpensive if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is obtained directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The reason is that resellers can reach more people in provinces or states where the Registrar may not be known at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will earn a profit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain registration.

Trade Domain Names Under Your Personal Brand

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will receive a site hosting CP where you can fix the prices for the individual TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most companies also offer invoice transaction software and skins for your web shop, and the automation of the whole process coupled with the great demand for domains render the domain reseller industry so tempting. You will either have a ready-to-use site and use the Registrar platform to resell domain names, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your very own portal and order form. Generally, you have the opportunity to select between the two options, so it all revolves around how skillful you are in these things. As a domain name reseller, you will work on behalf of your very own brand and not under the Registrar's brand.

Make Money From Reselling Site Hosting Plans As Well

A perfect addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services too. Thereby, you can give a package deal to people who wish to manage their online portal and need both a domain and a web hosting plan. A few corporations offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can manage a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free-of-cost invoice transaction software to bill your customers. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared hosting plans to customers, and since they provide a lot of different domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to persons from all over the world.