Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-enlarging system that provides new ways to earn cash online. One of these opportunities is to be a domain name reseller and offer domains to end clients, earning 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 a growing marketing niche that you can be a part of.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain is made of 2 pieces - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD 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 Domains comprise the most common domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code top-level domain names are made of two-letter abbreviations that signify each country. Examples of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a gTLD or a ccTLD, has a Registry - an organization that tackles the registrations and determines the preconditions that each specific TLD may include, among them the length of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar firms operate under the Registry. These are the companies that actually offer the domain name to customers and administer all domain name records.

Make Money From Selling Domains

Many Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to earn revenue from selling domain names to end users. If you register with such a program, you can initiate your own e-business. Commonly, a domain name 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 cause is that resellers can reach more clients in local communities or countries where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will take advantage of that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Trade Domain Names On Behalf Of Your Own Brand Name

When you register with a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a webspace hosting CP where you can set the prices for the different top-level domain names that the Registrar provides. Most companies also provide invoice management software and web page layouts for your online storefront, and the automation of the entire procedure coupled with the swelling demand for domain names make the domain reseller business niche so desirable. You will either acquire a turn-key web site and utilize the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your very own personal web site and form for placing orders. Normally, you have the option to choose between the 2 options, so it all revolves around how trained you are in these matters. As a domain name reseller, you will work on behalf of your very own brand and not under the Registrar's brand.

Make Cash From Offering Website Hosting Solutions Too

A nice addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting solutions as well. Thus, you can offer a package deal to people who want to make their online portal and demand both a domain and a web site hosting package. A few firms offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can have a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and charge-free invoice management software to bill your customers. You can then offer domain names and shared web hosting packages to clients, and since they offer a lot of different domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to customers from all around the world.