Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-flourishing community that supplies new opportunities to gain cash on the Web. One of these options is to become a domain reseller and sell domains to end clients, earning 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 1 000 000's of currently active domains, so this is a thriving business niche that you can be involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain name comprises 2 parts - a top-level domain name (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.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The gTLDs include the most widely used domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code TLDs include 2-character abbreviations that represent each country. Instances of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an organization that manages the registrations and determines the requirements that each concrete Top-Level Domain may involve, among them the length of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the companies that in fact sell the domain name to clients and handle all DNS records.

Gain Cash From Trading Domain Names

Numerous Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to make cash from offering domain names to end clients. If you register with such a program, you can initiate your own web business. Normally, 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 user. The reason is that resellers can reach more people in regional districts or states where the Registrar may not be popular at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will benefit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Trade TLDs On Behalf Of Your Own Trademark Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will have a web site hosting CP where you can settle the prices for the separate Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also provide billing management software and web layouts for your virtual store, and the automation of the whole process combined with the vast demand for domain names make the domain name reseller business niche so desirable. You will either get a ready-to-use site and make use of the Registrar platform to sell domains, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your very own portal and form for placing orders. Commonly, you have the option to choose between the two alternatives, so it all revolves around how expert you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will work under your own personal brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Gain Revenue From Trading Web Hosting Solutions Too

A nice addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services as well. Thereby, you can give a package deal to persons who desire to make their web page and need both a domain and a web space hosting package. Some companies provide such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can manage a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and cost-free invoice management software to charge your clients. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared website hosting plans to customers, and since they offer plenty of different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to people from all around the globe.