Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-increasing platform that delivers new possibilities to make cash on the Web. One of these ways is to be a domain reseller and sell domains to end users, earning profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. Thousands of domains are registered every day, and there are millions of presently functioning domain names, so this is a thriving trading niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

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

Generic and Country-Code TLDs

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains include the most widely used domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code Top-Level Domains are made of two-character abbreviations that correspond to each country. Instances of country-code Top-Level Domains are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code top-level domain name, has a Registry - an organization that deals with the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each given top-level domain name may have, including the length of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the firms that in fact offer the domain name to customers and handle all domain resource records.

Earn Profit From Offering Domain Names

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to make revenue from selling domain names to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can establish your own electronic business. Regularly, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is obtained directly from the Registrar by an end user. The reason is that resellers can reach more customers in provinces or states where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will profit from 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.

Offer Top-Level Domains Under Your Own Trademark Name

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will receive a web page hosting CP where you can select the prices for the individual TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most companies also offer billing management software and website layouts for your virtual store, and the automation of the entire procedure together with the swelling demand for domain names make the domain reseller industry so desirable. You will either receive a pre-developed web site and use the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own online portal and form for placing orders. Typically, you have the opportunity to decide between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how trained you are in these issues. As a domain name reseller, you will operate on behalf of your personal brand and not under the Registrar's brand.

Make Money From Promoting Web Hosting Solutions Too

A relevant supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans too. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to clients who want to launch their site and require both a domain and a web site hosting plan. A number of corporations have 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 invoice transaction software to charge your customers. You can then offer domain names and shared hosting accounts to customers, and since they offer many different domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to persons from all over the globe.