Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-enlarging system that offers new opportunities to earn cash online. One of them is to be a domain reseller and offer domain names to end users, generating revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently functioning domains, so this is a growing trading niche that you can be involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs include the most common domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the ccTLDs involve 2-letter abbreviations that signify each country. Examples of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic Top-Level Domain or a country-code top-level domain name, has a Registry - an organization that tackles the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each particular Top-Level Domain may entail, among them the duration of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the firms that actually offer the domain name to customers and administer all DNS records.

Make Money From Reselling Domains

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that permit individuals to gain profit from offering domains to end clients. If you sign up for such a program, you can kickstart your own web business. Usually, a domain name will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased directly from the Registrar by an end user. The cause is that resellers can reach more users in local communities or countries where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will benefit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain registration.

Sell Domains Under Your Own Brand Name

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will obtain a website hosting CP where you can determine the prices for the specific top-level domain names that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also provide invoice transaction software and site skins for your online shop, and the automation of the whole procedure coupled with the big demand for domains render the domain name reseller market niche so desirable. You will either have a ready-made website and make use of the Registrar system to resell domain names, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your very own personal online portal and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the opportunity to select between the 2 possibilities, so it all revolves around how expert you are in these matters. As a domain reseller, you will operate on behalf of your very own personal brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Gain Money From Promoting Hosting Services As Well

An adequate supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting accounts as well. Thereby, you can give a package deal to clients who want to have their web site and require both a domain name and a webspace hosting plan. A number of companies offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can manage a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and cost-free invoice transaction software to bill your clients. You can then sell top-level domain names and shared website hosting plans to customers, and since they offer a lot of diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to persons from all around the globe.