| The subject of Domain Reselling is one that has | | | | making a profit. |
| grown rapidly over the past few years with more | | | | If planned well it can be an inexpensive way to build |
| and more people becoming involved in the idea of it. | | | | a successful business and due to an increase in |
| As the Internet has expanded to include numerous | | | | people wanting websites there are now more domain |
| personal websites and sites that are being used as an | | | | name registrars than ever before; this has led to an |
| extension of a business; Domain Reselling has started | | | | increase in competition. It has also resulted in a |
| to dominate of lot of online activity. | | | | significant drop in domain name prices, making it an |
| This idea of Domain Reselling was first brought to | | | | easy business to enter. |
| light by web design companies who wanted to serve | | | | Over the past few years the benefits of Domain |
| their clients as best as they could. So in order to fulfil | | | | Reselling have been brought to light and as a result |
| this, these web design companies decided to provide | | | | Domain reselling has now expanded from merely |
| extra services in addition to the basic site design and | | | | being a few web design companies running reselling |
| web development that was already on offer. This is | | | | along with their web development. Many Domain |
| when a lot of these companies approached ICANN to | | | | Resellers are now stand alone Internet businesses. |
| form a partnership. ICANN is a worldwide corporation | | | | Domain resellers provide registration of available |
| for accredited domain name registrars. If a | | | | domain names for their clients, and often also engage |
| partnership is formed between ICANN and these | | | | in the process of acquiring expired domains from a |
| web design companies then these web design | | | | Drop registrar for later resale. |
| companies can begin to sell domain names directly to | | | | With the increase in Internet business revolving |
| their own clients using their partners' registrar system. | | | | around Domain Reselling there are now more ways |
| Starting a domain reseller business involves finding an | | | | being brought about of Domain Reselling occurring. A |
| ICANN Accredited Registrar that offers a reseller | | | | domain name auction can provide the reseller with |
| program. In most cases the reseller is provided with a | | | | another means to buy and sell domains, and a savvy |
| user interface through which they may register, | | | | investor can build a successful business around the |
| renew, and transfer domain names using the | | | | right domain properties. |
| registrar's own system. Often they are also provided | | | | In the society that we live in today it is safe to say |
| with software to create their own branded interface | | | | that if you already own an Internet based business |
| to present to their clients, allowing for domain name | | | | such as web design or web hosting then getting into |
| search and registration from the reseller's own site. | | | | the business of Domain Reselling is a must, which is |
| Resellers generally receive highly discounted rates | | | | why most web design, hosting companies and |
| from the registrar because of the volume of | | | | programming houses offer domain names and domain |
| transactions they process. This enables the reseller to | | | | name management as a value-added service to their |
| set competitive prices for their registrations while still | | | | offerings. |