Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-growing community that provides new options to make money on the Web. One of these options is to be a domain reseller and sell domain names to end clients, gaining revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered each and every day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently functioning domains, so this is a blossoming trading niche that you can be a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain involves two parts - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the SLD.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most widely used domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the ccTLDs comprise 2-letter abbreviations that represent each country. Examples of country-code top-level domain names are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an institution that manages the registrations and sets the requirements that each concrete top-level domain name may contain, such as the duration of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that in fact offer the domain name to clients and manage all domain name records.

Earn Money From Reselling Domain Names

Multiple Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to make cash from offering domains to end customers. If you subscribe to such a program, you can begin your own electronic business. Regularly, a domain will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is obtained directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can reach more people in local communities or states where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will benefit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain registration.

Sell Top-Level Domains Under Your Own Personal Brand

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will acquire a web site hosting Control Panel where you can settle the prices for the various Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most firms also provide billing management software and templates for your online store, and the automation of the entire process combined with the high demand for domain names make the domain reseller business niche so seductive. You will either acquire a ready-made web site and avail of the Registrar system to resell domains, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your own personal portal and form for placing orders. Generally, you have the option to choose between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how expert you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will work under your own personal brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Gain Profit From Supplying Webspace Hosting Services As Well

An excellent supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans as well. Thereby, you can give a package deal to individuals who desire to build their web portal and demand both a domain and a website hosting plan. A few companies provide such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can order a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and free-of-cost invoicing software to bill your customers. You can then offer TLDs and shared hosting accounts to clients, and since they offer lots of diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to people from all over the world.