Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-enlarging system that furnishes new options to gain money on the Web. One of these ways is to become a domain reseller and sell domains to end clients, making 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 currently functioning domains, so this is an enlarging trading niche that you can become engaged in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain comprises 2 constituents - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we take domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most conventional domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code Top-Level Domains are made of 2-letter abbreviations that denote 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 one, has a Registry - an institution that manages the registrations and sets the prerequisites that each concrete TLD may include, among them the length of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the companies that actually sell the domain name to clients and administer all domain records.

Gain Money From Offering Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to gain profit from offering domains to end users. If you subscribe to such a program, you can set up your very own Internet business. Generally, 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 user. The cause is that resellers can reach more people in regional communities or countries where the Registrar may not be known at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will make a profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar levies for the domain registration.

Resell TLDs Under Your Very Own Trademark Name

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will obtain a webspace hosting CP where you can settle the prices for the various Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most companies also provide invoice management software and layouts for your virtual storefront, and the automation of the whole procedure combined with the enormous demand for domain names render the domain name reseller market niche so tempting. You will either receive a ready-for-use web site and use the Registrar system to resell domains, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your own site and form for placing orders. Generally, you have the opportunity to choose between the two alternatives, so it all revolves around how advanced you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will sell under your own trademark name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Earn Money From Supplying Site Hosting Services Too

A perfect supplement to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans too. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to persons who desire to build their website and need both a domain and a hosting package. A number of companies furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can have a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free billing management software to bill your clients. You can then offer domain names and shared web hosting plans to clients, and since they offer many different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to users from all over the world.