Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-enlarging network that supplies new possibilities to earn cash on the Web. One of these ways is to become a domain name reseller and sell domain names to end customers, making profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each day, and there are millions of currently active domain names, so this is a blooming trading niche that you can be engaged in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain includes 2 components - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (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 Top-Level Domain Names

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most popular domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs include two-character abbreviations that symbolize each country. Examples of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic TLD or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an institution that tackles the registrations and sets the requirements that each concrete TLD may contain, 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 companies that actually offer the domain name to customers and administer all domain name records.

Earn Money From Offering Domains

Multiple Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to gain cash from offering domain names to end users. If you subscribe to such a program, you can start your own personal Internet business. As a rule, a domain name will be cheaper if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can reach more persons in provinces or countries where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will earn a profit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar levies for the domain name registration.

Sell Top-Level Domain Names Under Your Very Own Brand Name

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a Control Panel where you can fix the prices for the various Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most companies also offer invoice management software and web templates for your online storefront, and the automation of the entire process coupled with the expanding demand for domains render the domain reseller industry so alluring. You will either have a ready-for-use web site and avail of the Registrar system to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your own site and form for placing orders. Traditionally, you have the option to choose between the two options, so it all depends on how trained you are in these matters. As a domain reseller, you will sell on behalf of your personal brand and not under the Registrar's.

Gain Money From Reselling Web Site Hosting Accounts As Well

A logical addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services too. In this way, you can give a package deal to persons who would like to manage their site and require both a domain and a site hosting package. Some firms furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can order a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and free-of-charge billing transaction software to charge your clients. You can then sell TLDs and shared web hosting plans to customers, and since they provide a lot of different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to people from all over the world.