Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-expanding community that supplies new opportunities to gain money online. One of them is to become a domain reseller and sell domain names to end customers, making revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered each day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently active domain names, so this is a thriving marketing niche that you can become a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

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

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The gTLDs include the best known domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code top-level domain names involve two-letter abbreviations that correspond to each country. Instances of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a gTLD or a country-code top-level domain name, has a Registry - an organization that deals with the registrations and determines the preconditions that each concrete Top-Level Domain may impose, among them the length of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the firms that in fact sell the domain name to customers and manage all domain name resource records.

Earn Revenue From Offering Domains

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to earn money from selling domain names to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can initiate your own electronic business. Commonly, a domain name will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end user. The explanation is that resellers can contact more individuals in regional districts or countries 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 user pays and the one that the Registrar levies for the domain name registration.

Offer Domains Under Your Own Brand

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will get a hosting CP where you can determine the prices for the various Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most companies also provide invoice transaction software and web layouts for your web storefront, and the automation of the entire procedure together with the large demand for domains make the domain reseller business niche so desirable. You will either have a pre-developed web site and avail of the Registrar system to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your very own personal site and order form. Typically, you have the option to decide between the 2 possibilities, so it all depends on how expert you are in these issues. As a domain name reseller, you will work under your very own personal trademark name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Make Cash From Trading Site Hosting Services Too

A perfect supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages too. Thereby, you can give a package deal to persons who desire to build their web portal and require both a domain name and a website hosting package. A few corporations have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can buy a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and free-of-charge billing management software to bill your customers. You can then sell domain names and shared web hosting accounts to customers, and since they offer plenty of diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to users from all around the globe.