Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-increasing community that furnishes new opportunities to make money online. One of these options is to be a domain name reseller and sell domain names to end users, making revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered every day, and there are millions of currently functioning domain names, so this is a thriving marketing niche that you can be involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs include the most famous domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs are composed of 2-letter abbreviations that symbolize each country. Examples of country-code Top-Level Domains are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a gTLD or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an organization that manages the registrations and determines the preconditions that each given TLD may include, among them the length 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 sell the domain name to customers and handle all domain records.

Gain Revenue From Selling Domain Names

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that permit individuals to make revenue from selling domain names to end users. If you register with such a program, you can kickstart your own e-business. Usually, a domain name will cost less if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end user. The explanation is that resellers can contact more persons in regional districts or countries where the Registrar may not be known at all. This means 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 user pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain registration.

Offer Top-Level Domains On Behalf Of Your Own Personal Brand

When you register with a domain reseller program, you will have a webspace hosting Control Panel where you can choose the prices for the specific TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most companies also provide invoice management software and web page skins for your virtual store, and the automation of the whole procedure together with the enormous demand for domain names render the domain name reseller industry so alluring. You will either obtain a pre-built web site and make use of the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your own personal portal and order form. Usually, you have the opportunity to decide between the two possibilities, so it all revolves around how experienced you are in these affairs. As a domain name reseller, you will work under your very own personal brand and not under the Registrar's brand.

Gain Cash From Reselling Hosting Accounts As Well

A sensible addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting solutions as well. Thus, you can give a package deal to people who desire to create their online portal and require both a domain and a web site hosting account. Some corporations furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can manage a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free-of-cost billing management software to bill your clients. You can then sell TLDs and shared website hosting packages to clients, and since they offer plenty of different domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain name and hosting services to individuals from all around the globe.