Domain reseller

The World Wide Web is an ever-enlarging platform that offers new ways to earn money online. One of these opportunities is to become a domain reseller and offer domains to end users, generating profit from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. Thousands of domains are registered each day, and there are millions of presently functioning domains, so this is an expanding business niche that you can be a part of.

TLDs and SLDs

A domain contains 2 entities - a top-level domain name (TLD) and a second-level domain name (SLD). If we take domain.com, for example, ".com" is the Top-Level Domain and "domain" is the second-level domain name.

gTLDs and ccTLDs

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most widespread domain name extensions such as .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code top-level domain names are composed of two-letter abbreviations that denote each country. Instances of ccTLDs are .ca, .me, .fr, .es, and so on. Each top-level domain name, whether it is a generic top-level domain name or a country-code top-level domain name, has a Registry - an organization that deals with the registrations and sets the requirements that each specific Top-Level Domain may have, like the length of the registration period or the residency of the registrant. A number of Registrar corporations operate under the Registry. These are the companies that in fact offer the domain name to customers and manage all DNS records.

Gain Revenue From Reselling Domains

Many Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to gain money from selling domains to end clients. If you register with such a program, you can commence your very own personal online business. Commonly, a domain name will cost less if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end client. The reason is that resellers can reach more users in provinces or countries where the Registrar may not be popular at all. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both parties will capitalize on that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the client pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain name registration.

Trade TLDs On Behalf Of Your Personal Brand Name

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will receive a hosting Control Panel where you can set the prices for the different top-level domain names that the Registrar offers. Most companies also offer invoicing transaction software and site layouts for your online storefront, and the automation of the whole process combined with the strong demand for domain names make the domain reseller market niche so desirable. You will either receive a ready-for-use website and avail of the Registrar system to sell domain names, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can set up your very own personal portal and order form. Traditionally, you have the opportunity to choose between the two possibilities, so it all depends on how advanced you are in these issues. As a domain reseller, you will do business on behalf of your personal brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Make Money From Supplying Web Hosting Accounts As Well

An excellent addition to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans as well. In this way, you can give a package deal to persons who would like to make their website and demand both a domain name and a web hosting plan. A number of companies offer such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for example, you can have a Virtual Dedicated Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and charge-free invoice software to charge your customers. You can then offer top-level domain names and shared web hosting plans to clients, and since they offer lots of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to individuals from all over the globe.