Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-growing network that delivers new opportunities to gain cash on the Internet. One of them is to become a domain reseller and offer domains to end customers, making profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. 1000's of domains 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 engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain consists of 2 parts - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for example, ".com" is the top-level domain name and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

Generic and Country-Code TLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most widespread domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code TLDs contain two-letter abbreviations that denote each country. Examples of country-code top-level domain names 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 name, has a Registry - an institution that manages the registrations and determines the requirements that each concrete top-level domain name may have, including 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 actually offer the domain name to customers and manage all DNS resource records.

Make Revenue From Offering Domains

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to make money from selling domain names to end customers. If you sign up for such a program, you can initiate your own e-business. Typically, a domain will be more inexpensive if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can reach more customers in provinces or states where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will benefit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain name registration.

Trade Top-Level Domains On Behalf Of Your Own Brand

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will obtain a web site hosting CP where you can determine the prices for the specific TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most firms also provide invoicing software and web skins for your virtual store, and the automation of the entire procedure combined with the significant demand for domains render the domain name reseller market niche so tempting. You will either receive a ready-for-use site and avail of the Registrar system to resell domain names, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own personal web portal and order form. Normally, you have the opportunity to choose between the two possibilities, so it all depends on how accomplished you are in these matters. As a domain reseller, you will do business under your very own personal brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Gain Profit From Selling Web Site Hosting Plans Too

A perfect addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting services as well. Thus, you can offer a package deal to customers who would like to develop their web page and need both a domain name and a site hosting package. Some corporations provide such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can manage a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and free-of-cost billing transaction software to charge your customers. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared website hosting accounts to customers, and since they offer many different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to customers from all around the world.