Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-expanding community that delivers new possibilities to earn 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 cost of each domain name. 1000's of domains are registered each and every day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently functioning domains, so this is a growing marketing niche that you can be involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain is made of two pieces - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the top-level domain name and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most widespread domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code TLDs include two-letter abbreviations that correspond to each country. Instances of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a gTLD or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an institution that is responsible for the registrations and sets the preconditions that each particular top-level domain name may entail, like the duration of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that in fact offer the domain name to customers and handle all domain name resource records.

Gain Cash From Offering Domain Names

Many Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to make profit from offering domain names to end users. If you sign up for such a program, you can launch your own personal online business. Generally, a domain will cost less if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is purchased directly from the Registrar by an end client. The explanation is that resellers can reach more persons in provinces or states where the Registrar may not be known at all. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will profit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar levies for the domain registration.

Trade Top-Level Domain Names On Behalf Of Your Personal Brand Name

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a web site hosting CP where you can select the prices for the different TLDs that the Registrar provides. Most companies also offer billing transaction software and website skins for your virtual storefront, and the automation of the whole procedure coupled with the rising demand for domains make the domain reseller business niche so seductive. You will either acquire a pre-developed web site and make use of the Registrar platform to resell domains, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your very own personal web site and order form. Typically, you have the option to pick between the 2 options, so it all depends on how experienced you are in these matters. As a domain reseller, you will sell on behalf of your own personal brand name and not under the Registrar's.

Gain Revenue From Reselling Hosting Plans As Well

A reasonable supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages as well. Thereby, you can give a package deal to customers who desire to launch their website and need both a domain and a site hosting account. Given companies offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can run a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and charge-free invoice management software to bill your customers. You can then offer domains and shared website hosting plans to customers, and since they provide plenty of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to users from all over the world.