Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-enlarging system that provides new opportunities to gain money on the Web. One of these options is to be a domain name reseller and sell domains to end users, earning revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently functioning domain names, so this is a growing marketing niche that you can be involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain name contains 2 components - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we take domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the top-level domain name and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains include the best known domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code TLDs consist of two-character abbreviations that symbolize each country. Examples of country-code Top-Level Domains are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic Top-Level Domain or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an institution that administers the registrations and sets the requirements that each concrete top-level domain name may entail, such as the duration of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the corporations that in fact offer the domain name to customers and manage all DNS resource records.

Make Money From Selling Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that permit individuals to earn profit from selling domains to end clients. If you register with such a program, you can commence your very own web business. As a rule, a domain name will cost less if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is obtained straight from the Registrar by an end user. The cause is that resellers can reach more customers in areas or countries where the Registrar may not be popular at all. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will earn a profit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain registration.

Offer Domain Names On Behalf Of Your Very Own Personal Trademark Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will obtain a web space hosting CP where you can set the prices for the separate Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most firms also offer invoice management software and web page skins for your web store, and the automation of the entire process coupled with the large demand for domain names make the domain name reseller business niche so attractive. You will either have a pre-developed 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 create your own personal site and form for placing orders. Typically, you have the opportunity to decide between the 2 possibilities, so it all depends on how advanced you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will sell under your own personal brand and not under the Registrar's brand.

Earn Revenue From Offering Web Page Hosting Services As Well

A logical supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting accounts too. Thereby, you can give a package deal to persons who want to run their online portal and require both a domain and a web hosting account. A number of firms supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can order a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and charge-free billing transaction software to charge your customers. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared web hosting packages to clients, and since they offer a lot of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to people from all over the globe.