Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-developing platform that offers new opportunities to make money on the Web. One of these possibilities is to be a domain name reseller and offer domain names to end users, earning revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently functioning domain names, so this is a thriving business niche that you can be a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain name involves two entities - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the top-level domain name and "domain" is the SLD.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most widely used domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code top-level domain names involve two-letter abbreviations that denote each country. Examples of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic TLD or a country-code one, has a Registry - an organization that administers the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each concrete top-level domain name may entail, among them the length of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the firms that actually offer the domain name to customers and handle all DNS records.

Gain Profit From Offering Domains

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that permit individuals to make cash from offering domains to end users. If you sign up for such a program, you can initiate your own online business. Usually, a domain will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can contact more persons in areas or countries where the Registrar may not be famous at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will cash in on that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar levies for the domain registration.

Sell Top-Level Domains Under Your Very Own Personal Brand Name

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will obtain a site hosting CP where you can select the prices for the various TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most companies also provide invoicing transaction software and web design skins for your web storefront, and the automation of the entire process combined with the rising demand for domain names render the domain name reseller business niche so seductive. You will either obtain a pre-developed site and use the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your very own personal web portal and form for placing orders. Traditionally, you have the opportunity to decide between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how experienced you are in these matters. As a domain name reseller, you will work under your own brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Gain Profit From Selling Webspace Hosting Services As Well

A nice addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans as well. Thus, you can give a package deal to customers who want to manage their site and demand both a domain and a webspace hosting account. A few corporations supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can buy a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and cost-free billing transaction software to bill your clients. You can then offer Top-Level Domains and shared website hosting packages to clients, and since they offer plenty of different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to customers from all over the globe.