Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-developing community that generates new possibilities to gain money on the Internet. One of these ways is to be a domain name reseller and sell domain names to end clients, earning revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered each day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently active domain names, so this is a flowering business niche that you can become involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain contains 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.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs include the most common domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code Top-Level Domains involve two-character abbreviations that signify each country. Examples of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a generic Top-Level Domain or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an institution that is responsible for the registrations and sets the prerequisites that each particular top-level domain name may entail, including the length of the registration term or the residency 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 domain name records.

Make Profit From Trading Domains

Multiple Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to make cash from selling domains to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can launch your very own e-business. Regularly, a domain will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The explanation is that resellers can contact more users in local communities or countries where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will earn a 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 name registration.

Sell TLDs On Behalf Of Your Very Own Brand Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will receive a web site hosting Control Panel where you can fix the prices for the individual Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also offer billing management software and web design layouts for your online storefront, and the automation of the entire process together with the big demand for domain names render the domain name reseller market niche so seductive. You will either have a ready-for-use web site and use the Registrar system to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your very own portal and order form. Usually, you have the opportunity to choose between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how expert you are in these issues. As a domain name reseller, you will work on behalf of your own personal brand name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Earn Cash From Offering Web Site Hosting Services Too

An adequate addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting services as well. Thus, you can give a package deal to users who want to develop their web site and require both a domain and a web hosting account. A number of corporations supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can buy a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and cost-free invoicing transaction software to bill your customers. You can then offer TLDs and shared website hosting accounts to clients, and since they provide plenty of different domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to users from all around the world.