Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-enlarging platform that generates new options to make money on the Web. One of these opportunities is to become a domain name reseller and offer domain names to end clients, making revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. 1000's of domains are registered every day, and there are 1 000 000's of presently active domain names, so this is an expanding business niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain name comprises 2 constituents - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a second-level domain name (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 top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most common domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code top-level domain names comprise two-letter abbreviations that represent each country. Instances of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each TLD, whether it is a gTLD or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an institution that manages the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each specific TLD may include, like the length of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar corporations work under the Registry. These are the companies that actually offer the domain name to clients and handle all domain resource records.

Make Money From Offering Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to gain profit from offering domain names to end clients. If you register with such a program, you can kick off your own web business. Normally, a domain name will be more inexpensive if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is obtained straight from the Registrar by an end customer. The explanation is that resellers can contact more individuals in regions or countries where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will take advantage of that. Your profit will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar charges for the domain name registration.

Resell Top-Level Domain Names Under Your Personal Trademark Name

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will have a webspace hosting Control Panel where you can select the prices for the separate TLDs that the Registrar offers. Most corporations also offer invoice transaction software and templates for your web storefront, and the automation of the whole process combined with the huge demand for domain names make the domain reseller business niche so desirable. You will either receive a turn-key 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 set up your own personal web page and order form. Normally, you have the opportunity to select between the two options, so it all revolves around how practiced you are in these things. As a domain name reseller, you will operate under your very own brand and not under the Registrar's brand.

Earn Money From Offering Web Hosting Plans Too

A reasonable addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting packages too. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to users who want to build their web page and require both a domain name and a web page hosting plan. Some companies furnish such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can buy a Virtual Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and free-of-charge invoicing transaction software to charge your clients. You can then sell domain names and shared web hosting plans to customers, and since they offer plenty of diverse domain name extensions, you will be able to provide domain name and hosting services to users from all over the globe.