Domain reseller

The Internet is an ever-increasing system that supplies new opportunities to make cash online. One of these options is to be a domain reseller and offer domains to end customers, gaining 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 millions of currently active domains, so this is a blossoming marketing niche that you can become engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain comprises 2 parts - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we take domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names comprise the best known domain extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the ccTLDs contain 2-letter abbreviations that symbolize each country. Instances 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 or a country-code Top-Level Domain, has a Registry - an institution that handles the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each specific TLD may include, such as the length of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies work under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually sell the domain name to customers and manage all domain name records.

Make Revenue From Offering Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that permit people to earn profit from offering domain names to end clients. If you register with such a program, you can initiate your own online business. Generally, a domain name will cost less if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is purchased directly from the Registrar by an end customer. The explanation is that resellers can contact more clients in provinces or countries where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This implies more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will capitalize 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 name registration.

Offer TLDs On Behalf Of Your Personal Brand

When you subscribe to a domain reseller program, you will receive a hosting CP where you can fix the prices for the various top-level domain names that the Registrar provides. Most companies also provide invoice software and themes for your web shop, and the automation of the whole process combined with the increasing demand for domain names render the domain reseller industry so desirable. You will either receive a ready-to-use site and avail of the Registrar platform to resell domains, or they will grant you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your very own site and form for placing orders. Generally, you have the option to choose between the 2 options, so it all depends on how advanced you are in these affairs. As a domain reseller, you will do business on behalf of your personal trademark name and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Earn Profit From Providing Web Hosting Packages As Well

A suitable addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting solutions too. Thereby, you can give a package deal to persons who want to make their site and demand both a domain name and a web hosting account. Given companies have such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can run a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also give you a domain name reseller account and charge-free billing management software to charge your customers. You can then offer domains and shared website hosting accounts to clients, and since they offer plenty of different domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to clients from all over the globe.