Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-enlarging platform that provides new opportunities to make money on the Web. One of them is to become a domain name reseller and offer domain names to end users, gaining revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered each day, and there are millions of currently active domains, so this is a flowering business niche that you can be a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain name is made of 2 entities - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

Generic and Country-Code TLDs

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most widely used domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code top-level domain names consist of two-character abbreviations that stand for each country. Examples of country-code Top-Level Domains are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic Top-Level Domain or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an organization that deals with the registrations and sets the requirements that each particular TLD may have, including the length of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually sell the domain name to customers and handle all domain name resource records.

Gain Cash From Trading Domain Names

Many Registrars have reseller programs that permit people to make money from selling domain names to end clients. If you register with such a program, you can build your own personal e-business. Normally, a domain will cost less if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased straight from the Registrar by an end client. The reason is that resellers can reach more individuals in local districts or countries where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will make a profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain name registration.

Resell Domains On Behalf Of Your Very Own Personal Brand Name

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will receive a site hosting Control Panel where you can settle the prices for the various TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also offer invoicing transaction software and web templates for your online shop, and the automation of the whole procedure together with the growing demand for domains render the domain reseller business niche so attractive. You will either acquire a ready-to-use website and make use of the Registrar system to sell domains, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your own web site and order form. Traditionally, you have the option to pick between the two possibilities, so it all depends on how skillful you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will work under your own brand name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Gain Revenue From Promoting Hosting Plans Too

A reasonable supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans as well. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to users who would like to create their web portal and demand both a domain name and a web space hosting account. A number of companies provide such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can purchase a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and cost-free invoicing transaction software to charge your customers. You can then sell domains and shared hosting accounts to clients, and since they offer lots of different domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to clients from all over the globe.