Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-enlarging network that supplies new ways to make money on the Web. One of these possibilities is to be a domain reseller and offer domains to end users, gaining profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered each day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently functioning domains, so this is a flourishing marketing niche that you can become involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain comprises two components - a Top-Level Domain (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 SLD.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most widely used domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code Top-Level Domains involve two-character abbreviations that stand for each country. Instances of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a generic TLD or a country-code one, has a Registry - an institution that deals with the registrations and determines the requirements that each specific top-level domain name may impose, among them the length of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually sell the domain name to clients and handle all domain name records.

Make Revenue From Selling Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to earn profit from offering domain names to end users. If you register with such a program, you can set up your very own web business. Typically, a domain will cost less if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The explanation is that resellers can reach more people in regions or countries where the Registrar may not be known at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will cash in on that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain registration.

Sell Top-Level Domain Names Under Your Own Brand

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will obtain a website hosting CP where you can select the prices for the various top-level domain names that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also offer invoice management software and layouts for your virtual store, and the automation of the entire process coupled with the big demand for domain names make the domain name reseller market so seductive. You will either have a pre-developed web site and avail of the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your very own web portal and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the option to pick between the 2 options, so it all revolves around how proficient you are in these matters. As a domain name reseller, you will operate on behalf of your personal brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Gain Cash From Reselling Web Space Hosting Packages Too

An appropriate supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans as well. Thus, you can give a package deal to people who want to make their web page and need both a domain and a web hosting package. Certain companies supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can have a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free-of-charge billing management software to bill your clients. You can then offer domains and shared hosting packages to customers, and since they offer many diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to individuals from all around the world.