Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-flourishing platform that provides new ways to earn money on the Internet. One of these ways is to be a domain name reseller and sell domains to end users, generating revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently active domain names, so this is a blooming trading niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs include the most widespread domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code TLDs are composed of two-letter abbreviations that correspond to each country. Instances of country-code top-level domain names are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an institution that deals with the registrations and determines the requirements that each given top-level domain name may contain, including the length of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the corporations that in fact offer the domain name to customers and handle all domain resource records.

Earn Cash From Reselling Domain Names

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to earn profit from offering domains to end clients. If you sign up for such a program, you can start your very own personal web business. Usually, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is purchased straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The reason is that resellers can reach more persons in local communities or countries where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will profit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar levies for the domain name registration.

Resell Domains On Behalf Of Your Own Brand

When you register with a domain name reseller program, you will acquire a website hosting CP where you can select the prices for the different top-level domain names that the Registrar offers. Most companies also provide invoice transaction software and website templates for your online storefront, and the automation of the whole procedure coupled with the great demand for domains make the domain reseller business niche so seductive. You will either receive a ready-to-use site and avail of the Registrar system to sell domains, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your very own personal website and form for placing orders. Generally, you have the opportunity to choose between the two possibilities, so it all depends on how skillful you are in these affairs. As a domain name reseller, you will work under your own brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Gain Profit From Offering Web Space Hosting Solutions As Well

An appropriate addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans as well. Thereby, you can give a package deal to people who would like to manage their site and need both a domain and a site hosting package. A number of companies have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can manage a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free invoicing software to charge your customers. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared web hosting packages to clients, and since they offer lots of different domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to individuals from all over the globe.