Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-enlarging network that offers new possibilities to earn money on the Web. One of these possibilities is to be a domain reseller and sell domains to end clients, earning profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered every day, and there are millions of presently active domains, so this is a thriving business niche that you can be a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain name includes two constituents - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we take domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs comprise the most popular domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code TLDs consist of two-letter abbreviations that stand for each country. Examples of country-code top-level domain names are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an organization that manages the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each concrete Top-Level Domain may contain, including the duration of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually sell the domain name to clients and handle all DNS records.

Earn Profit From Offering Domain Names

Many Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to make money from offering domains to end clients. If you subscribe to such a program, you can set up your own personal Internet business. As a rule, a domain will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end user. The explanation is that resellers can contact more customers in local regions or states where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will take advantage of 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.

Resell Top-Level Domains On Behalf Of Your Own Trademark Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will obtain a webspace hosting CP where you can select the prices for the individual TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also offer invoice management software and web site templates for your virtual shop, and the automation of the entire process together with the swelling demand for domains make the domain name reseller business so desirable. You will either acquire a pre-developed web site and avail of the Registrar platform to resell domain names, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your very own personal web portal and order form. Typically, you have the opportunity to select between the 2 alternatives, so it all depends on how skillful you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will sell under your own trademark name and not under the Registrar's.

Make Profit From Trading Web Hosting Plans As Well

A nice addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans too. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to individuals who would like to develop their web site and need both a domain and a web site hosting package. Given firms furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can manage a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and free-of-charge billing management software to charge your customers. You can then sell top-level domain names and shared website hosting plans to clients, and since they provide plenty of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to persons from all around the globe.