Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-enlarging network that provides new options to gain cash online. One of these opportunities is to be a domain reseller and offer domain names to end users, making revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered every day, and there are millions of currently active domains, so this is a growing business niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain name consists of 2 pieces - 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 name and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names comprise the most widespread domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code Top-Level Domains are made of two-letter abbreviations that correspond to each country. Examples of country-code Top-Level Domains are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic TLD or a country-code one, has a Registry - an organization that administers the registrations and determines the preconditions that each concrete TLD may contain, among them the duration of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually sell the domain name to customers and manage all domain name records.

Earn Cash From Selling Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to gain cash from selling domain names to end users. If you sign up for such a program, you can commence your very own web business. Typically, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is obtained directly from the Registrar by an end user. The explanation is that resellers can contact more users in areas or states where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain name registration.

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

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will have a web page hosting CP where you can choose the prices for the various TLDs that the Registrar provides. Most firms also offer billing transaction software and web design skins for your web shop, and the automation of the entire process coupled with the enlarging demand for domain names render the domain name reseller market niche so tempting. You will either obtain a ready-to-use website and utilize the Registrar platform to sell domains, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your very own personal web site and form for placing orders. Commonly, you have the opportunity to select between the two alternatives, so it all revolves around how practiced you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will do business on behalf of your own personal brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Earn Cash From Trading Website Hosting Plans As Well

A suitable addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting solutions too. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to customers who would like to create their online portal and demand both a domain and a web hosting plan. A few companies supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can have a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free invoice software to bill your customers. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared website hosting accounts to clients, and since they provide lots of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to people from all around the world.