Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-developing community that supplies new possibilities to make money online. One of these possibilities is to become a domain reseller and sell domains to end users, making profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each day, and there are millions of presently active domains, so this is an enlarging marketing niche that you can be involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains include the most popular domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code Top-Level Domains are made of two-letter abbreviations that stand for each country. Examples of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a generic TLD or a country-code top-level domain name, has a Registry - an organization that is responsible for the registrations and sets the prerequisites that each concrete top-level domain name may include, such as the duration of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the companies that in fact sell the domain name to clients and manage all DNS records.

Gain Cash From Offering Domains

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to earn cash from selling domains to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can begin your very own personal electronic business. As a rule, a domain name will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end client. The reason is that resellers can contact more customers in regions or countries where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will take advantage of that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Resell Domains On Behalf Of Your Own Personal Brand

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will get a web space hosting Control Panel where you can settle the prices for the different top-level domain names that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also offer billing transaction software and web site themes for your virtual storefront, and the automation of the entire process coupled with the significant demand for domain names make the domain reseller business niche so tempting. You will either receive a turn-key site and use the Registrar platform to resell domains, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your own site and form for placing orders. Generally, you have the option to select between the 2 options, so it all depends on how practiced you are in these affairs. As a domain name reseller, you will work under your very own trademark name and not under the Registrar's.

Gain Cash From Promoting Webspace Hosting Services Too

A logical supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans too. In this way, you can offer a package deal to people who desire to manage their web site and require both a domain name and a webspace hosting package. Certain companies have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can order a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free billing software to charge your customers. You can then offer domain names and shared hosting packages to customers, and since they provide a lot of different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to clients from all over the world.