Domain name reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-flourishing system that supplies new opportunities to make cash on the Internet. One of these opportunities is to become a domain reseller and sell domains to end clients, gaining profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. 1000's of domains are registered each day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently active domains, so this is an expanding trading niche that you can become involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

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

Generic and Country-Code TLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names comprise the most common domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs involve two-letter abbreviations that symbolize each country. Examples of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic Top-Level Domain or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an institution that deals with the registrations and determines the preconditions that each given top-level domain name may contain, among them the duration of the registration period or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that in fact offer the domain name to customers and handle all DNS resource records.

Make Money From Reselling Domains

Numerous Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to gain profit from offering domain names to end clients. If you subscribe to such a program, you can start your very own personal e-business. Generally, a domain will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The explanation is that resellers can contact more individuals in regions or countries where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will make a profit from that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain registration.

Offer TLDs Under Your Own Brand Name

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will acquire a hosting Control Panel where you can fix the prices for the specific TLDs that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also provide invoicing transaction software and web page layouts for your virtual shop, and the automation of the whole process coupled with the significant demand for domain names make the domain name reseller business so seductive. You will either receive a pre-built website and avail of the Registrar platform to resell domains, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your very own personal web portal and order form. Typically, you have the opportunity to pick between the 2 options, so it all revolves around how skillful you are in these matters. As a domain reseller, you will operate on behalf of your own personal brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Make Cash From Providing Web Site Hosting Plans Too

A relevant supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting services as well. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to people who desire to set up their online portal and require both a domain name and a website hosting account. A few companies supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can run a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and cost-free billing management software to charge your clients. You can then sell domains and shared hosting accounts to customers, and since they offer a lot of different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to persons from all over the world.