Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-growing community that furnishes new options to gain cash on the Internet. One of these options is to become a domain reseller and sell domains to end users, gaining profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each 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 flourishing business niche that you can be a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain name is composed of two pieces - a Top-Level Domain (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 name.

Generic and Country-Code TLDs

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs comprise the most common domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code top-level domain names contain 2-character abbreviations that symbolize each country. Instances of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code one, has a Registry - an organization that deals with the registrations and sets the preconditions that each particular Top-Level Domain may contain, like the duration of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the companies that actually sell the domain name to customers and handle all domain records.

Gain Profit From Offering Domains

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to gain cash from offering domain names to end customers. If you subscribe to such a program, you can establish your own personal Internet business. Typically, a domain will be more inexpensive 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 people in local regions or states where the Registrar may not be famous at all. 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 client pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain name registration.

Sell TLDs On Behalf Of Your Very Own Personal Brand Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will acquire a web page hosting Control Panel where you can settle the prices for the specific Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most firms also offer invoice software and site templates for your online storefront, and the automation of the whole process coupled with the considerable demand for domain names make the domain reseller business niche so seductive. You will either get a turn-key site and avail of the Registrar system to resell domain names, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your very own personal web portal and order form. Usually, you have the opportunity to decide between the two options, so it all revolves around how trained you are in these matters. As a domain name reseller, you will do business under your own trademark name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Gain Revenue From Offering Web Space Hosting Solutions Too

An excellent addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting solutions as well. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to people who wish to set up their website and require both a domain name and a website hosting account. A number of firms furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can manage 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 TLDs and shared hosting packages to clients, and since they provide a lot of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to clients from all over the world.