Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-developing community that delivers new possibilities to make cash on the Internet. One of these ways is to become a domain name reseller and sell domain names to end customers, generating profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. Thousands of domains are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently functioning domains, so this is a thriving marketing niche that you can be involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

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

Generic and Country-Code TLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most widely used domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code Top-Level Domains are composed of two-character 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 top-level domain name or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an institution that manages the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each specific top-level domain name may involve, among them the duration of the registration term 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 customers and administer all DNS resource records.

Make Profit From Offering Domain Names

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to gain revenue from offering domains to end customers. If you subscribe to such a program, you can kick off your own personal web business. Regularly, 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 user. The explanation is that resellers can contact more people in local regions or states where the Registrar may not be famous at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will benefit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

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

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will have a hosting CP where you can fix the prices for the different top-level domain names that the Registrar provides. Most companies also provide billing management software and website templates for your web shop, and the automation of the entire process combined with the swelling demand for domains render the domain name reseller market so seductive. You will either get a pre-built 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 create your very own personal portal and form for placing orders. Traditionally, you have the opportunity to pick between the two options, so it all revolves around how skillful you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will operate on behalf of your personal brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Make Money From Offering Web Hosting Packages Too

A relevant addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting services too. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to individuals who want to develop their web portal and demand both a domain and a web site hosting account. A number of firms provide such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can have a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and free-of-charge billing software to bill your customers. You can then sell domain names and shared website hosting plans to clients, and since they provide lots of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to customers from all around the world.