Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-enlarging network that generates new possibilities to gain cash online. One of these ways is to become a domain reseller and sell domain names to end customers, gaining revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently active domains, so this is an expanding marketing niche that you can be engaged in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain includes 2 pieces - 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 Second-Level Domain.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most famous domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code Top-Level Domains comprise 2-letter abbreviations that stand for 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 TLD, has a Registry - an institution that tackles the registrations and sets the requirements that each given TLD may have, such as the length of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the companies that in fact offer the domain name to customers and administer all domain resource records.

Earn Cash From Trading Domain Names

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that permit people to earn money from selling domains to end users. If you sign up for such a program, you can set up your very own web business. As a rule, a domain name will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end client. The cause is that resellers can reach more people in local regions or states where the Registrar may not be known at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will earn a profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain name registration.

Sell Domain Names On Behalf Of Your Very Own Personal Brand

When you register with a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a website hosting CP where you can determine the prices for the various Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most companies also provide billing software and web page themes for your virtual store, and the automation of the entire procedure combined with the big demand for domains make the domain name reseller business so seductive. You will either get a ready-to-use web site and avail of the Registrar system to sell domains, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your own online portal and order form. Typically, you have the option to choose between the 2 possibilities, so it all depends on how expert you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will do business under your very own personal trademark name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Earn Profit From Selling Hosting Solutions Too

A good supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting accounts as well. Thus, you can offer a package deal to clients who want to set up their web page and require both a domain and a web page hosting package. Given companies have 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 invoice management software to bill your clients. You can then offer Top-Level Domains and shared web hosting plans to customers, and since they offer lots of diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to individuals from all over the world.