Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-growing system that generates new possibilities to gain cash online. One of these opportunities is to become a domain name reseller and offer domains to end clients, gaining profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered each and every day, and there are 1 000 000's of currently functioning domain names, so this is a flowering marketing niche that you can become engaged in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain contains 2 entities - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The Top-Level Domains can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names comprise the best known domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs involve 2-letter abbreviations that denote each country. Instances of country-code top-level domain names are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a gTLD or a country-code TLD, has a Registry - an institution that deals with the registrations and determines the preconditions that each specific top-level domain name may contain, among them the duration of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the firms that in fact offer the domain name to customers and administer all DNS records.

Gain Revenue From Offering Domain Names

Many Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to earn revenue from selling domain names to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can kickstart your own personal electronic business. Generally, a domain name will be cheaper if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The explanation is that resellers can contact more people in regional districts or countries where the Registrar may not be popular at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will take advantage of that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Resell TLDs On Behalf Of Your Very Own Trademark Name

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will have a Control Panel where you can choose the prices for the various Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also provide billing transaction software and web layouts for your online store, and the automation of the entire procedure coupled with the expanding demand for domain names make the domain name reseller industry so seductive. You will either receive a pre-made website and use the Registrar system to sell domain names, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your very own portal and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the option to decide between the two options, so it all revolves around how advanced you are in these matters. As a domain reseller, you will work under your personal brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Make Money From Promoting Hosting Solutions As Well

A reasonable addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services too. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to customers who wish to have their web portal and require both a domain name and a web hosting account. Particular corporations have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can have a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain reseller account and cost-free invoice software to charge your clients. You can then sell top-level domain names and shared hosting packages to clients, and since they offer a lot of different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to users from all around the globe.