Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-expanding network that provides new options to earn money online. One of them is to be a domain name reseller and offer domains to end users, earning revenue 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 currently functioning domain names, so this is a thriving business niche that you can be engaged in.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain contains two 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.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The top-level domain names can be generic or country code. The generic top-level domain names include the most popular domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, whereas the country-code top-level domain names comprise two-character abbreviations that represent 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 or a country-code top-level domain name, has a Registry - an organization that is responsible for the registrations and determines the requirements that each specific Top-Level Domain may entail, such as the length of the registration term or the residency of the registrant. Certain Registrar companies operate under the Registry. These are the corporations that actually offer the domain name to clients and manage all domain resource records.

Gain Revenue From Selling Domains

A lot of Registrars have reseller programs that enable people to gain cash from offering domains to end customers. If you sign up for such a program, you can start your own Internet business. Commonly, a domain name will cost less if it is registered through a reseller rather than if it is bought straight from the Registrar by an end user. The explanation is that resellers can contact more individuals in provinces or countries where the Registrar may not be popular at all. 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 client pays and the one that the Registrar requires for the domain registration.

Resell TLDs Under Your Own Personal Brand

When you sign up for a domain name reseller program, you will obtain a webspace hosting CP where you can choose the prices for the various top-level domain names that the Registrar offers. Most companies also offer invoice software and web design layouts for your online store, and the automation of the entire process together with the enormous demand for domain names make the domain reseller business niche so desirable. You will either have a ready-to-use site and make use of the Registrar platform to sell domain names, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your very own personal website and order form. Commonly, you have the option to choose between the two possibilities, so it all revolves around how experienced you are in these things. As a domain reseller, you will work under your own personal brand and not on behalf of the Registrar's brand.

Earn Money From Supplying Webspace Hosting Solutions As Well

A logical addition to your domain name reseller business would be to sell web hosting plans too. Thereby, you can give a package deal to customers who wish to have their online portal and require both a domain and a web page hosting package. Some companies provide such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can purchase a Virtual Private Server or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain name reseller account and cost-free invoice software to bill your customers. You can then sell TLDs and shared website hosting packages to customers, and since they provide many diverse domain extensions, you will be able to offer domain and hosting services to customers from all over the world.