Domain name reseller

The Internet is an ever-growing network that provides new options to gain cash online. One of these opportunities is to be a domain reseller and offer domains to end users, gaining revenue from the difference between the wholesale and the retail cost of each domain name. Thousands of domain names are registered each day, and there are millions of currently active domains, so this is an expanding trading niche that you can become a part of.

Top-Level and Second-Level Domains

A domain contains two components - a Top-Level Domain (TLD) and a Second-Level Domain (SLD). If we pick domain.com, for instance, ".com" is the TLD and "domain" is the Second-Level Domain.

Generic and Country-Code Top-Level Domain Names

The TLDs can be generic or country code. The gTLDs include the most conventional domain extensions like .com, .net, .org, .mobi, .info, while the country-code TLDs involve 2-character abbreviations that denote each country. Examples 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 deals with the registrations and determines the prerequisites that each specific TLD may include, including the duration of the registration term or the citizenship of the registrant. A number of Registrar corporations operate under the Registry. These are the firms that actually sell the domain name to clients and manage all DNS records.

Earn Money From Trading Domain Names

Plenty of Registrars have reseller programs that allow people to earn cash from offering domain names to end customers. If you register with such a program, you can initiate your own e-business. Usually, a domain name will be more inexpensive if it is registered via a reseller rather than if it is obtained directly from the Registrar by an end user. The reason is that resellers can contact more people in local districts or states where the Registrar may not be famous whatsoever. This means more sales for the Registrar, so both sides will earn a profit from that. Your revenue will be the difference between the price that the customer pays and the one that the Registrar imposes for the domain registration.

Offer Domain Names Under Your Own Personal Trademark Name

When you sign up for a domain reseller program, you will receive a web space hosting CP where you can settle the prices for the different Top-Level Domains that the Registrar offers. Most companies also provide invoice management software and layouts for your web storefront, and the automation of the whole process coupled with the huge demand for domain names make the domain name reseller market niche so alluring. You will either obtain a pre-developed site and use the Registrar platform to sell domains, or they will offer you access to their API (Application Programming Interface) so that you can create your own personal portal and form for placing orders. Typically, you have the option to select between the two alternatives, so it all depends on how advanced you are in these affairs. As a domain name reseller, you will sell under your very own brand name and not on behalf of the Registrar's.

Earn Cash From Offering Site Hosting Packages Too

An appropriate supplement to your domain reseller business would be to sell web hosting services as well. Thereby, you can offer a package deal to customers who want to have their online portal and need both a domain name and a web hosting package. A few companies supply such options. With 'ResellersPanel', for instance, you can buy a VPS or a dedicated server, and they will also offer you a domain reseller account and cost-free invoice software to charge your customers. You can then sell domains and shared website hosting plans to clients, and since they offer lots of diverse domain extensions, you will be able to provide domain and hosting services to people from all over the world.