Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-developing platform that provides new opportunities to make cash online. One of them is to be 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. Thousands of domains are registered each and every day, and there are millions of presently active domains, so this is an increasing trading niche that you can be engaged in.

TLDs and SLDs

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs include the most common domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code TLDs are made of two-character abbreviations that stand for each country. Instances of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a gTLD or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an organization that is responsible for the registrations and sets the requirements that each specific TLD may entail, 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 in fact offer the domain name to clients and manage all domain resource records.

Gain Revenue From Reselling Domains

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to make profit from selling domain names to end users. If you subscribe to such a program, you can commence your own personal online business. Usually, a domain name will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end user. The cause is that resellers can reach more clients in local regions or states where the Registrar may not be famous at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will cash in on that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Trade Domain Names Under Your Very Own Brand Name

When you register with a domain name reseller program, you will acquire a web site hosting CP where you can set the prices for the various TLDs that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also provide invoicing transaction software and templates for your online storefront, and the automation of the whole procedure together with the enlarging demand for domains make the domain reseller market niche so tempting. You will either have a turn-key web site and avail of the Registrar system to resell domain names, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own personal site and order form. Normally, you have the opportunity to select between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how proficient you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will operate on behalf of your own brand and not under the Registrar's brand.

Make Profit From Providing Web Hosting Services As Well

A nice addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans too. In this way, you can offer a package deal to clients who wish to have their site and demand both a domain name and a web page hosting package. A number of companies offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can purchase a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and charge-free billing transaction software to charge your clients. You can then sell top-level domain names and shared web hosting packages to clients, and since they offer plenty of different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to users from all over the world.