Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-increasing network that supplies new options to gain money on the Internet. One of these ways is to be a domain reseller and offer domain names to end users, gaining revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each and every domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently functioning domains, so this is a growing business niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

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

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic TLDs include the most popular domain name extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code Top-Level Domains include two-character abbreviations that symbolize 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 TLD or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an organization that deals with the registrations and sets the requirements that each concrete top-level domain name may entail, like the duration of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar corporations operate under the Registry. These are the firms that in fact offer the domain name to clients and handle all domain name records.

Gain Profit From Trading Domain Names

Lots of Registrars have reseller programs that allow individuals to gain revenue from offering domain names to end clients. If you sign up for such a program, you can kick off your very own web business. Normally, a domain will be more inexpensive if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is purchased directly from the Registrar by an end client. The explanation is that resellers can contact more people in local communities or countries where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will cash in on that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain registration.

Trade Top-Level Domains Under Your Very Own Trademark Name

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a web site hosting Control Panel where you can set the prices for the specific Top-Level Domains that the Registrar provides. Most corporations also offer invoice software and web site layouts for your virtual storefront, and the automation of the whole process combined with the great demand for domain names make the domain name reseller market niche so tempting. You will either get a ready-for-use web site and utilize the Registrar system to sell domains, or they will give you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can make your own portal and order form. Usually, you have the opportunity to choose between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how expert you are in these things. As a domain name reseller, you will work under your own trademark name and not under the Registrar's.

Make Profit From Offering Website Hosting Solutions Too

A nice supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting accounts as well. Thus, you can offer a package deal to persons who desire to create their site and demand both a domain name and a site hosting plan. A few firms supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can manage a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and free-of-charge invoicing software to charge your clients. You can then sell TLDs and shared website hosting plans to clients, and since they offer a lot of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to users from all over the world.