Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-expanding platform that offers new options to gain money on the Web. One of them is to become a domain name reseller and sell domains to end users, generating profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently active domain names, so this is an increasing business niche that you can be engaged in.

TLDs and SLDs

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The TLDs 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 Top-Level Domains comprise 2-letter abbreviations that represent each country. Examples of country-code Top-Level Domains are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a gTLD or a country-code one, has a Registry - an organization that tackles the registrations and determines the requirements that each given top-level domain name may contain, like 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 sell the domain name to clients and administer all domain records.

Earn Cash From Reselling Domain Names

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to earn cash from offering domains to end users. If you register with such a program, you can begin your own electronic business. Generally, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is obtained straight from the Registrar by an end client. The reason is that resellers can reach more persons in local regions or countries where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will benefit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Trade Top-Level Domain Names Under Your Very Own Personal Brand Name

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will acquire a site hosting Control Panel where you can determine the prices for the various Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most companies also offer invoice management software and layouts for your virtual storefront, and the automation of the whole process coupled with the strong demand for domain names make the domain reseller industry so tempting. You will either obtain a pre-developed site and avail of the Registrar system to sell domain names, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your very own personal portal and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the option to pick between the 2 possibilities, so it all depends on how experienced you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will work under your own personal trademark name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Gain Money From Selling Web Space Hosting Services As Well

A proper supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages too. In this way, you can give a package deal to persons who would like to establish their online portal and demand both a domain and a web site hosting package. A number of firms have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can have a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free-of-charge invoice management software to charge your clients. You can then offer domain names and shared hosting accounts to clients, and since they provide many different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to clients from all around the world.