Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-flourishing network that supplies new ways to gain money on the Internet. One of these ways is to become a domain reseller and sell domains to end users, gaining revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each and every day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently functioning domain names, so this is a developing business niche that you can be engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain consists of 2 entities - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the top-level domain name and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs comprise the most common domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code top-level domain names contain 2-letter abbreviations that correspond to each country. Examples of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an institution that administers the registrations and determines the requirements that each given top-level domain name may entail, among them the duration of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the companies that actually sell the domain name to clients and handle all DNS records.

Earn Money From Offering Domains

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that permit people to earn money from selling domains to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can build your very own online business. Generally, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end user. The reason is that resellers can contact more customers in local districts or countries where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will benefit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain registration.

Trade Domain Names Under Your Personal Brand Name

When you register with a domain name reseller program, you will receive a CP where you can choose the prices for the specific Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most companies also offer billing management software and web skins for your web store, and the automation of the entire procedure coupled with the significant demand for domain names render the domain reseller industry so desirable. You will either acquire a pre-developed web 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 build your own website and form for placing orders. Commonly, you have the opportunity to select between the two options, so it all depends on how skillful you are in these matters. As a domain reseller, you will do business under your own personal trademark name and not under the Registrar's.

Gain Profit From Offering Webspace Hosting Accounts Too

A reasonable addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages too. Thus, you can give a package deal to individuals who wish to run their website and demand both a domain and a hosting package. Certain corporations furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can order a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and free-of-cost invoice management software to charge your customers. You can then offer domain names and shared web hosting accounts to customers, and since they provide plenty of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to customers from all over the world.