Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-developing community that delivers new options to earn money on the Web. One of them is to be a domain name reseller and offer domain names to end users, generating revenue 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 an enlarging trading niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain name consists of 2 entities - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the SLD.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most widely used domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the ccTLDs include two-character abbreviations that signify each country. Instances 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 name, has a Registry - an organization that tackles the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each particular top-level domain name may entail, including the duration of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the firms that actually sell the domain name to clients and handle all domain name records.

Earn Revenue From Offering Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that permit individuals to earn cash from selling domain names to end customers. If you subscribe to such a program, you can set up your very own Internet business. Typically, a domain name will cost less if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased straight from the Registrar by an end user. The reason is that resellers can contact more clients in local districts or states where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will take advantage of that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar levies for the domain registration.

Trade TLDs On Behalf Of Your Very Own Personal Brand

When you register with a domain name reseller program, you will get a site hosting CP where you can select the prices for the different Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most firms also provide billing software and web themes for your virtual storefront, and the automation of the entire process coupled with the immense demand for domains render the domain reseller market so tempting. You will either obtain a ready-made web site and use the Registrar platform to sell domains, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own personal portal and form for placing orders. Traditionally, you have the opportunity to select between the two options, so it all revolves around how practiced you are in these things. As a domain name reseller, you will work under your own personal brand name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Make Money From Reselling Web Site Hosting Services Too

A sensible supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services as well. Thus, you can offer a package deal to customers who would like to build their web portal and need both a domain name and a web space hosting plan. Given corporations have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can buy a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and free invoicing software to charge your clients. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared web hosting plans to customers, and since they provide a lot of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to persons from all around the globe.