Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-developing network that offers new ways to make cash on the Web. One of these opportunities is to be a domain name reseller and sell domain names to end customers, generating revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each day, and there are millions of currently active domains, so this is an enlarging business niche that you can become involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The gTLDs comprise the most widely used domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code top-level domain names are composed of two-letter abbreviations that signify 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 top-level domain name, has a Registry - an organization that administers the registrations and sets the requirements that each specific top-level domain name may involve, such as the length of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually sell the domain name to customers and handle all domain name resource records.

Gain Profit From Offering Domain Names

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to earn revenue from selling domains to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can begin your own electronic business. Commonly, a domain name will cost less if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is obtained directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The reason is that resellers can reach more persons in regional communities or countries where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will make a profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain name registration.

Resell Top-Level Domain Names Under Your Own Personal Trademark Name

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will get a website hosting CP where you can determine the prices for the individual Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most firms also offer billing management software and web page skins for your virtual store, and the automation of the whole process together with the considerable demand for domain names render the domain name reseller business so alluring. You will either receive a turn-key web site and avail of the Registrar system to resell domains, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own personal portal and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the option to pick between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how expert you are in these affairs. As a domain name reseller, you will do business on behalf of your own brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Make Cash From Providing Web Hosting Packages Too

A sensible addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services as well. Thereby, you can give a package deal to clients who would like to run their website and require both a domain name and a webspace hosting account. Given corporations furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can run a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and cost-free invoicing software to charge your clients. You can then offer TLDs and shared web hosting packages to customers, and since they provide a lot of diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to customers from all around the world.