Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-expanding network that generates new options to gain cash on the Web. One of them is to be a domain reseller and sell domain names to end clients, generating revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered every day, and there are millions of currently functioning domain names, so this is an increasing marketing niche that you can become involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain name is made of 2 components - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the SLD.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the best known domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the ccTLDs contain two-letter abbreviations that represent each country. Examples of country-code top-level domain names 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 TLD, has a Registry - an institution that administers the registrations and sets the preconditions that each particular top-level domain name may entail, such as the duration of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the companies that actually sell the domain name to clients and administer all domain resource records.

Gain Cash From Reselling Domains

Multiple Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to make profit from offering domain names to end users. If you subscribe to such a program, you can start your own personal Internet business. Commonly, a domain will cost less if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end client. The cause is that resellers can contact more users in regional districts or states where the Registrar may not be known whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will capitalize on that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar levies for the domain registration.

Offer Domain Names On Behalf Of Your Personal Brand Name

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will have a hosting Control Panel where you can settle the prices for the individual top-level domain names that the Registrar provides. Most firms also offer invoice management software and web site layouts for your online store, and the automation of the entire procedure together with the enlarging demand for domains make the domain reseller market niche so seductive. You will either acquire a pre-built site and avail of the Registrar system to resell domains, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your very own web portal and order form. Normally, you have the opportunity to choose between the two options, so it all depends on how proficient you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will do business under your own personal brand name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Make Profit From Providing Hosting Plans Too

A sensible addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting solutions as well. In this way, you can give a package deal to users who want to manage their website and demand both a domain and a webspace hosting package. Some companies furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can buy a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and free-of-charge invoice transaction software to bill your customers. You can then sell domain names and shared web hosting accounts to clients, and since they offer plenty of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to clients from all around the world.