Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-enlarging system that provides new options to gain money on the Web. One of these ways is to become a domain reseller and offer domain names to end customers, making profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered each and every day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently active domains, so this is a blossoming marketing niche that you can become a part of.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain consists of two constituents - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain.

Generic and Country-Code TLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The gTLDs comprise the best known domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the ccTLDs contain 2-character abbreviations that denote each country. Examples of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an organization that administers the registrations and determines the preconditions that each particular top-level domain name may have, including the duration of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms work under the Registry. These are the firms that actually sell the domain name to customers and administer all DNS records.

Gain Profit From Trading Domains

Multiple Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to make profit from offering domain names to end clients. If you subscribe to such a program, you can commence your own e-business. Normally, a domain name will be cheaper if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is purchased straight from the Registrar by an end user. The reason is that resellers can reach more clients in regions or states where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will capitalize on 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.

Offer TLDs Under Your Very Own Brand Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will receive a hosting CP where you can determine the prices for the separate top-level domain names that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also offer invoice transaction software and design templates for your virtual shop, and the automation of the whole procedure combined with the significant demand for domain names render the domain reseller industry so tempting. You will either acquire a ready-made website and avail of the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your very own website and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the opportunity to select between the 2 possibilities, so it all revolves around how trained you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will operate on behalf of your personal brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Gain Revenue From Reselling Web Space Hosting Services As Well

A reasonable addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services as well. In this way, you can give a package deal to persons who would like to have their online portal and demand both a domain and a site hosting package. Certain corporations 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 reseller account and free invoicing transaction software to bill your clients. You can then offer Top-Level Domains and shared hosting packages to clients, and since they provide plenty of different domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to clients from all over the world.