Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-increasing platform that delivers new opportunities to gain money online. One of these possibilities is to become a domain name reseller and offer domain names to end customers, gaining profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently active domains, so this is a blossoming marketing niche that you can be involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain is made of 2 pieces - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the top-level domain name and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs include the most conventional domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code Top-Level Domains are composed of 2-character abbreviations that stand for each country. Examples of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code one, has a Registry - an institution that administers the registrations and sets the preconditions that each given TLD may impose, among them the duration of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the firms that in fact offer the domain name to customers and manage all DNS records.

Earn Cash From Trading Domain Names

Numerous Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to gain profit from selling domains to end clients. If you subscribe to such a program, you can kickstart your very own e-business. Regularly, a domain name will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is obtained straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can reach more individuals in local districts or states where the Registrar may not be popular at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain name registration.

Trade Domain Names Under Your Very Own Brand

When you register with a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a hosting Control Panel where you can fix the prices for the separate TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most companies also offer billing software and web design layouts for your web store, and the automation of the whole process coupled with the enormous demand for domain names make the domain reseller business so tempting. You will either acquire a pre-built web site and use the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your very own personal website and order form. Normally, you have the opportunity to pick between the two options, so it all revolves around how trained you are in these matters. As a domain name reseller, you will operate under your personal brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Gain Revenue From Providing Hosting Accounts Too

A nice supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages too. Thus, you can offer a package deal to users who want to manage their site and need both a domain name and a site hosting account. Some companies furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can purchase a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and free-of-cost billing management software to charge your customers. You can then sell top-level domain names and shared web hosting packages to clients, and since they offer lots of different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to clients from all around the globe.