Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-growing community that provides new opportunities to make cash on the Web. One of these ways is to be a domain reseller and sell domain names to end customers, making profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail price of each and every domain name. 1000's of domain names are registered each day, and there are millions of currently functioning domains, so this is a blooming marketing niche that you can be a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains Names

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

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domains

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names comprise the most famous domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code Top-Level Domains consist of 2-character abbreviations that signify each country. Examples of country-code TLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a gTLD or a country-code one, has a Registry - an organization that administers the registrations and determines the preconditions that each specific TLD may have, among them the length of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually offer the domain name to clients and manage all domain name records.

Gain Money From Offering Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to make cash from selling domains to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can build your very own e-business. Regularly, a domain name will cost less if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is bought directly from the Registrar by an end client. The explanation is that resellers can reach more customers in local districts or countries where the Registrar may not be popular at all. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will cash in on that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the user pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain registration.

Sell Top-Level Domains Under Your Own Brand

When you register with a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a web page hosting CP where you can select the prices for the individual TLDs that the Registrar provides. Most companies also provide billing management software and design layouts for your online storefront, and the automation of the whole process coupled with the swelling demand for domains make the domain reseller market niche so seductive. You will either obtain a pre-developed website 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 own web site and form for placing orders. Generally, you have the opportunity to decide between the 2 alternatives, so it all depends on how skilled you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will do business under your personal brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Gain Money From Supplying Web Hosting Services Too

A good supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting services too. In this way, you can give a package deal to persons who want to have their website and need both a domain and a site hosting package. A number of corporations have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can purchase a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and free-of-charge invoice management software to charge your clients. You can then sell TLDs and shared web hosting packages to customers, and since they offer many different domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to people from all over the world.