Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-expanding community that provides new opportunities to gain cash on the Web. One of them is to be a domain name reseller and sell domain names to end customers, earning profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. 1000's of domains are registered each day, and there are millions of currently functioning domain names, so this is an increasing business niche that you can be involved in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

A domain is made of two parts - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain.

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 popular domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs consist of two-character abbreviations that signify each country. Instances of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic or a country-code one, has a Registry - an organization that handles the registrations and sets the preconditions that each specific Top-Level Domain may involve, like the length of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar corporations work under the Registry. These are the companies that actually sell the domain name to clients and administer all DNS records.

Gain Cash From Offering Domain Names

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that enable individuals to gain revenue from selling domains to end clients. If you register with such a program, you can kickstart your own personal online business. Typically, a domain name will be more inexpensive if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is obtained directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The cause is that resellers can reach more people in regional districts or states where the Registrar may not be popular whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will cash in on that. Your profit 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 Under Your Personal Trademark Name

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will acquire a web page hosting Control Panel where you can set the prices for the individual top-level domain names that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also offer billing management software and site skins for your online store, and the automation of the whole process combined with the towering demand for domains render the domain name reseller market niche so alluring. You will either receive a ready-made web site and avail of the Registrar system to resell domain names, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your very own site and order form. Commonly, you have the option to choose between the two alternatives, so it all revolves around how advanced you are in these things. As a domain name reseller, you will operate under your own brand name and not under the Registrar's.

Make Money From Reselling Web Page Hosting Services Too

A logical addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting services too. Thus, you can give a package deal to individuals who desire to build their site and require both a domain and a web page hosting package. A few firms supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can buy a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and free-of-charge billing management software to charge your customers. You can then sell Top-Level Domains and shared web hosting accounts to customers, and since they offer many diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to persons from all over the world.