Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-flourishing system that offers new possibilities to gain money online. One of these opportunities is to be a domain name reseller and offer domains to end customers, earning profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered each and every day, and there are millions of presently active domains, so this is a thriving marketing niche that you can be involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain comprises two pieces - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The gTLDs comprise the most popular domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs contain 2-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 gTLD or a country-code top-level domain name, has a Registry - an institution that tackles the registrations and determines the preconditions that each given top-level domain name may impose, including the length of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar corporations work under the Registry. These are the firms that actually sell the domain name to clients and handle all DNS records.

Earn Revenue From Reselling Domains

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that permit individuals to earn money from selling domain names to end clients. If you sign up for such a program, you can initiate your own Internet business. Regularly, 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 customer. The reason is that resellers can reach more people in local districts or countries where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will benefit 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.

Sell Top-Level Domains On Behalf Of Your Own Personal Brand

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will receive a hosting CP where you can set the prices for the separate top-level domain names that the Registrar provides. Most firms also provide invoicing software and web page layouts for your virtual storefront, and the automation of the entire process combined with the huge demand for domains make the domain reseller industry so seductive. You will either obtain a pre-developed site and make use of the Registrar system to resell domain names, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your very own portal and form for placing orders. Usually, you have the option to choose between the two possibilities, so it all depends on how practiced you are in these affairs. As a domain name reseller, you will sell under your personal trademark name and not under the Registrar's.

Gain Revenue From Supplying Web Page Hosting Accounts As Well

An appropriate addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages as well. In this way, you can offer a package deal to people who desire to build their web portal and demand both a domain and a hosting plan. A number of firms supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can run a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and free billing software to charge your customers. You can then offer TLDs and shared website hosting packages to customers, and since they offer plenty of different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to customers from all over the world.