Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-flourishing platform that offers new ways to gain money online. One of these ways is to be a domain reseller and offer domain names to end users, earning profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. Thousands of domains are registered every day, and there are millions of currently active domain names, so this is a thriving business niche that you can be involved in.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain name is composed of 2 parts - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for example, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the SLD.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic Top-Level Domains comprise the most widespread domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the ccTLDs comprise two-letter abbreviations that denote each country. Instances of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each Top-Level Domain, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an institution that tackles the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each concrete Top-Level Domain may impose, such as the length of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar corporations operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that in fact sell the domain name to customers and administer all domain name records.

Gain Revenue From Reselling Domains

Multiple Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to gain cash from offering domains to end customers. If you subscribe to such a program, you can initiate your own personal Internet business. Usually, a domain will cost less if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is obtained directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The explanation is that resellers can contact more users in regional communities or countries where the Registrar may not be famous at all. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides 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 levies for the domain registration.

Resell Domain Names Under Your Very Own Brand

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will acquire a web hosting CP where you can determine the prices for the various Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also offer billing software and website templates for your web storefront, and the automation of the entire process together with the proliferating demand for domains render the domain name reseller market niche so attractive. You will either have a turn-key website and avail of the Registrar platform to resell domain names, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can build your very own personal online portal and form for placing orders. Typically, you have the opportunity to choose between the 2 options, so it all depends on how experienced you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will sell under your personal brand name and not under the Registrar's brand.

Earn Profit From Reselling Webspace Hosting Services As Well

A relevant supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans too. Thereby, you can give a package deal to customers who desire to run their web site and need both a domain name and a site hosting account. A number of firms have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can order a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and charge-free invoicing transaction software to charge your customers. You can then offer domain names and shared hosting accounts to clients, and since they offer a lot of diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to people from all over the world.