Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-increasing network that furnishes new possibilities to gain cash online. One of these possibilities is to become a domain reseller and sell domains to end clients, earning profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered each and every day, and there are millions of currently active domains, so this is a flowering business niche that you can be engaged in.

TLDs and SLDs

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

gTLDs and ccTLDs

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, whereas the country-code TLDs are made of 2-character abbreviations that correspond to each country. Examples of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic Top-Level Domain or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an organization that deals with the registrations and determines the requirements that each specific Top-Level Domain may contain, like the length of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms work under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually sell the domain name to clients and administer all DNS records.

Make Money From Reselling Domain Names

Multiple Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to gain revenue from selling domain names to end users. If you register with such a program, you can begin your very own personal electronic business. As a rule, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased directly from the Registrar by an end client. The reason is that resellers can reach more people in local communities or countries where the Registrar may not be known at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will take advantage of that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Sell Domains Under Your Very Own Brand

When you subscribe to a domain name reseller program, you will get a Control Panel where you can set the prices for the specific top-level domain names that the Registrar offers. Most companies also provide invoicing software and web page skins for your virtual shop, and the automation of the whole procedure coupled with the growing demand for domain names make the domain reseller business so tempting. You will either acquire a turn-key site and utilize the Registrar system to sell domains, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your own portal and order form. Normally, you have the option to pick between the two possibilities, so it all depends on how expert you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will work on behalf of your very own personal brand name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Gain Cash From Trading Webspace Hosting Services As Well

A nice supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services too. Thus, you can offer a package deal to individuals who desire to run their web portal and require both a domain name and a hosting account. A few firms provide such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can run a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and free billing software to charge your customers. You can then offer domains and shared hosting plans to clients, and since they provide lots of different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to individuals from all over the globe.