Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-expanding platform that provides new opportunities to make cash on the Web. One of them is to become a domain reseller and offer domain names to end clients, making revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered each day, and there are millions of presently active domain names, so this is a thriving trading niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain contains two pieces - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the top-level domain name and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most widely used domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs involve two-character abbreviations that represent each country. Instances of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic TLD or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an organization that deals with the registrations and sets the preconditions that each specific TLD may involve, including the length of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the companies that actually offer the domain name to clients and administer all DNS resource records.

Gain Profit From Offering Domains

Many Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to earn money from selling domains to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can kick off your own electronic business. Generally, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can reach more persons in regional communities or countries where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will earn a profit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain registration.

Sell Domains Under Your Very Own Trademark Name

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will acquire a web space hosting CP where you can settle the prices for the various TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also offer invoicing transaction software and layouts for your online shop, and the automation of the entire process combined with the great demand for domain names render the domain name reseller business niche so seductive. You will either receive a pre-built site and make use of the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your own personal web portal and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the option to choose between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how practiced you are in these affairs. As a domain name reseller, you will work under your very own brand and not under the Registrar's.

Gain Profit From Supplying Site Hosting Services Too

An adequate addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages as well. In this way, you can offer a package deal to persons who wish to create their site and require both a domain and a web space hosting plan. Certain corporations offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can order a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and free-of-charge invoice management software to bill your customers. You can then sell top-level domain names and shared website hosting packages to customers, and since they provide lots of different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to clients from all over the globe.