Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-expanding community that furnishes new possibilities to gain money on the Web. One of these opportunities is to become a domain name reseller and sell domains to end customers, earning revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. 1000's of domains are registered each day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently active domain names, so this is a blooming business niche that you can be involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain includes 2 pieces - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for example, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most famous domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code Top-Level Domains are made of 2-character abbreviations that signify each country. Examples of country-code top-level domain names are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a generic or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an institution that is responsible for the registrations and determines the preconditions that each specific Top-Level Domain may entail, including the duration of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms work under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually offer the domain name to clients and manage all DNS records.

Earn Profit From Selling Domains

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to make profit from offering domain names to end customers. If you sign up for such a program, you can initiate your own personal Internet business. As a rule, a domain will be more inexpensive if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can reach more clients in regions or countries where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain registration.

Offer Top-Level Domain Names Under Your Very Own Trademark Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will receive a web site hosting CP where you can set the prices for the specific Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also offer invoicing software and templates for your virtual shop, and the automation of the entire process combined with the big demand for domains render the domain name reseller business so tempting. You will either obtain a ready-for-use web site and avail of the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your own online portal and form for placing orders. Traditionally, you have the opportunity to select between the 2 alternatives, so it all revolves around how skilled you are in these things. As a domain name reseller, you will operate on behalf of your own brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Earn Cash From Selling Web Hosting Packages As Well

An adequate addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting accounts as well. Thus, you can offer a package deal to clients who desire to establish their website and demand both a domain and a webspace hosting package. A few companies offer 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 invoicing software to bill your clients. You can then offer TLDs and shared website hosting packages to customers, and since they provide many different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to users from all over the globe.