Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-growing platform that offers new ways to make money on the Internet. One of them is to become a domain name reseller and sell domain names to end customers, gaining profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently active domains, so this is an expanding trading niche that you can be a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

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

Generic and Country-Code TLDs

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most popular domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs consist of two-character abbreviations that represent each country. Instances of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a gTLD or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an organization that is responsible for the registrations and sets the prerequisites that each concrete Top-Level Domain may have, such as the duration of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar corporations work under the Registry. These are the companies that actually offer the domain name to clients and handle all DNS resource records.

Make Profit From Reselling Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to earn profit from offering domain names to end users. If you sign up for such a program, you can set up your very own e-business. Normally, a domain name 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 users in regions or states where the Registrar may not be popular 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 requires for the domain name registration.

Sell Top-Level Domains Under Your Personal Trademark Name

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will acquire a web page hosting CP where you can settle the prices for the individual TLDs that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also offer invoice management software and web site templates for your web shop, and the automation of the whole procedure coupled with the huge demand for domain names render the domain name reseller business so attractive. You will either have a ready-to-use website and avail of the Registrar platform to sell domains, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your own personal portal and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the option to select between the 2 options, so it all depends on how practiced you are in these issues. As a domain name reseller, you will sell on behalf of your personal trademark name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Gain Money From Trading Web Hosting Accounts As Well

An excellent addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages as well. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to users who wish to set up their web page and require both a domain name and a site hosting package. A few corporations have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can manage a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and cost-free billing transaction software to charge your customers. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared web hosting accounts to customers, and since they offer many different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to clients from all over the globe.