Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-expanding system that provides new possibilities to make money online. One of these opportunities is to become a domain name reseller and sell domains to end clients, gaining profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. Thousands of domains are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently functioning domains, so this is a blooming business niche that you can be engaged in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain name is made of 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 Domains

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains include the most common domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the ccTLDs include two-character abbreviations that signify 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 or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an institution that manages the registrations and sets the preconditions that each concrete top-level domain name may involve, like the duration of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar corporations operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that in fact offer the domain name to clients and handle all domain resource records.

Earn Profit From Offering Domains

Multiple Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to gain profit from offering domains to end customers. If you sign up for such a program, you can kickstart your own web business. Typically, a domain 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 reason is that resellers can contact more users in local communities or states where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will cash in on that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain name registration.

Offer Top-Level Domains Under Your Personal Brand Name

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will obtain a web site hosting CP where you can select the prices for the specific top-level domain names that the Registrar provides. Most companies also offer billing software and web design templates for your online store, and the automation of the entire process combined with the swelling demand for domain names render the domain reseller business so attractive. You will either get a pre-made website and utilize the Registrar system to sell domains, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own site and form for placing orders. Traditionally, you have the option to choose between the 2 alternatives, so it all revolves around how practiced you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will operate under your very own personal trademark name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Gain Cash From Offering Web Space Hosting Services Too

A reasonable addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans as well. In this way, you can offer a package deal to persons who desire to have their web portal and require both a domain name and a hosting account. Certain companies offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can order a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and cost-free billing transaction software to bill your customers. You can then sell domain names and shared website hosting plans to customers, and since they provide many diverse domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to persons from all over the world.