Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-flourishing community that provides new ways to make cash on the Web. One of them is to become a domain name reseller and sell domains to end users, gaining revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each day, and there are millions of presently active domains, so this is a thriving marketing niche that you can be involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The gTLDs comprise the most common domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the ccTLDs are composed of 2-character abbreviations that correspond to each country. Examples of country-code Top-Level Domains 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, has a Registry - an organization that administers the registrations and determines the requirements that each given top-level domain name may involve, including the duration of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar corporations work under the Registry. These are the companies that in fact sell the domain name to clients and handle all domain resource records.

Gain Money From Offering Domain Names

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to gain cash from offering domains to end users. If you subscribe to such a program, you can build your own e-business. As a rule, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is obtained straight from the Registrar by an end user. The explanation is that resellers can contact more users in provinces or states where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will capitalize on that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Sell Domains On Behalf Of Your Very Own Personal Trademark Name

When you subscribe to a domain name reseller program, you will get a website hosting CP where you can fix the prices for the separate Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most firms also offer invoice software and web page layouts for your virtual storefront, and the automation of the whole procedure combined with the flourishing demand for domains render the domain reseller industry so alluring. You will either receive a pre-developed web site and use the Registrar system to resell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your own site and order form. Typically, you have the opportunity to choose between the two options, so it all depends on how skillful you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will sell under your own brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Earn Money From Providing Web Page Hosting Accounts Too

A logical addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting accounts too. In this way, you can offer a package deal to people who wish to develop their web site and require both a domain name and a website hosting package. Particular companies provide such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can buy a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and free invoicing software to charge your customers. You can then offer domains and shared web hosting plans to customers, and since they provide plenty of different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to clients from all over the world.