Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-developing system that furnishes new ways to gain money online. One of these opportunities is to be a domain name reseller and sell domains to end customers, earning profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each and every day, and there are millions of currently active domains, so this is an expanding trading niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most famous domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code Top-Level Domains are made of 2-letter abbreviations that correspond to each country. Instances of country-code top-level domain names are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a gTLD or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an institution that deals with the registrations and sets the requirements that each specific Top-Level Domain may contain, including the duration of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the firms that in fact sell the domain name to clients and handle all domain records.

Earn Money From Reselling Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to make revenue from offering domains to end users. If you sign up for such a program, you can start your own electronic business. Commonly, a domain name will cost less if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The reason is that resellers can contact more customers in regional districts or countries where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will make a profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain name registration.

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

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a web page hosting CP where you can fix the prices for the individual Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most firms also offer invoice management software and web site skins for your online shop, and the automation of the whole process together with the increasing demand for domain names make the domain reseller business niche so seductive. You will either receive a turn-key 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 make your very own personal portal and order form. Typically, you have the opportunity to pick between the two alternatives, so it all revolves around how experienced you are in these issues. As a domain reseller, you will operate on behalf of your very own personal brand name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Earn Revenue From Reselling Website Hosting Plans Too

An appropriate addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans as well. Thus, you can offer a package deal to persons who wish to set up their web page and require both a domain name and a site hosting package. Particular companies have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can have a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and free-of-cost billing software to bill your customers. You can then offer Top-Level Domains and shared web hosting plans to clients, and since they provide lots of diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to persons from all around the world.