Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-increasing community that generates new ways to make money on the Web. One of them is to be a domain name reseller and sell domains to end users, gaining 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 presently functioning domains, so this is a blossoming business niche that you can be involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain name is made of two components - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we take domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names comprise the most common domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the ccTLDs are made of two-character abbreviations that represent each country. Examples of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code one, has a Registry - an organization that handles the registrations and determines the preconditions that each specific TLD may have, like the duration of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms work under the Registry. These are the companies that actually sell the domain name to customers and manage all DNS records.

Make Profit From Reselling Domains

Many Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to gain money from offering domain names to end clients. If you subscribe to such a program, you can start your own personal e-business. Usually, a domain name will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can reach more users in local communities or countries where the Registrar may not be popular at all. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will cash in on that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain registration.

Trade Domains On Behalf Of Your Very Own Brand Name

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will have a Control Panel where you can select the prices for the separate Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also provide invoicing software and site templates for your online shop, and the automation of the entire procedure combined with the high demand for domains make the domain reseller industry so tempting. You will either get a pre-developed website and utilize the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own online portal and order form. Commonly, you have the option to select between the 2 options, so it all depends on how skilled you are in these matters. As a domain name reseller, you will sell on behalf of your very own personal brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Earn Profit From Promoting Site Hosting Plans Too

A sensible addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages as well. Thereby, you can give a package deal to individuals who wish to make their online portal and need both a domain and a web page hosting account. A number of corporations supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can have a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and cost-free billing management software to bill your customers. You can then offer domain names and shared hosting accounts to customers, and since they offer many different domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to individuals from all around the globe.