Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-flourishing network that offers new ways to earn money online. One of these ways is to be a domain reseller and offer domain names to end customers, gaining revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered each day, and there are millions of presently active domains, so this is a growing business niche that you can become a part of.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain is made of two components - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we pick 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 top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs include the most common domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs involve 2-letter abbreviations that stand for each country. Examples of country-code Top-Level Domains are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a gTLD or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an organization that administers the registrations and sets the preconditions that each given top-level domain name may involve, among them the duration of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that in fact offer the domain name to customers and handle all domain resource records.

Gain Cash From Reselling Domain Names

Numerous Registrars have reseller programs that permit people to earn cash from offering domain names to end users. If you register with such a program, you can commence your own e-business. Commonly, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The reason is that resellers can contact more customers in regions or states where the Registrar may not be known at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will make a profit from 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 Domain Names On Behalf Of Your Very Own Trademark Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will receive a website hosting Control Panel where you can determine the prices for the separate Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most companies also provide invoice transaction software and web design templates for your online shop, and the automation of the whole process together with the considerable demand for domains make the domain name reseller industry so tempting. You will either obtain a pre-made web site and avail of the Registrar system to resell domains, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own personal web portal and form for placing orders. Generally, you have the opportunity to decide between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how skillful you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will sell under your very own brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Make Profit From Reselling Website Hosting Plans Too

An excellent supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting accounts too. Thus, you can offer a package deal to individuals who would like to set up their web portal and need both a domain and a web page hosting account. Particular firms offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can buy a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free-of-cost invoice transaction software to charge your customers. You can then sell top-level domain names and shared hosting accounts to customers, and since they provide plenty of different domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to people from all around the world.