Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-growing community that generates new opportunities to make money on the Web. One of these ways is to become a domain name reseller and sell domain names to end customers, making profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each and every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently functioning domains, so this is an expanding business niche that you can be engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain is made of two pieces - a top-level domain name (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 Domains

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs comprise the most widely used domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the ccTLDs are made of two-letter abbreviations that symbolize each country. Instances of country-code TLDs 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 tackles the registrations and sets the requirements that each concrete top-level domain name may involve, among them the length of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the firms that in fact sell the domain name to customers and handle all domain name records.

Gain Money From Trading Domains

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that permit people to make cash from selling domains to end clients. If you register with such a program, you can build your own personal Internet business. As a rule, a domain name will cost less if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased directly from the Registrar by an end client. The cause is that resellers can reach more customers in local districts or countries where the Registrar may not be popular at all. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will capitalize on that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain registration.

Sell Top-Level Domain Names On Behalf Of Your Very Own Personal Brand Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will get a web hosting CP where you can select the prices for the different top-level domain names that the Registrar offers. Most firms also offer invoicing software and web site themes for your virtual shop, and the automation of the entire process together with the rising demand for domain names make the domain name reseller market niche so seductive. You will either have a pre-developed web site and avail of the Registrar platform to sell domains, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your own site and form for placing orders. Generally, you have the opportunity to decide between the two possibilities, so it all revolves around how skilled you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will operate on behalf of your own personal trademark name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Gain Revenue From Supplying Web Space Hosting Solutions As Well

A suitable supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting services too. Thus, you can offer a package deal to customers who wish to manage their web site and demand both a domain and a web page hosting package. A number of companies have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can buy a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and cost-free invoice software to charge your customers. You can then offer TLDs and shared hosting accounts to clients, and since they provide lots of different domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to persons from all around the world.