Is starting a domain reseller business really gainful ?

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by houssem-hj, Oct 28, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hello Guys.

    I spend these last five years to buy, sell and trande domains and websites.

    I'm really tired of writing contents and doing on and off-page seo, link exchanging, promoting..... choosing new theme and new subjects for new websites..

    So, I'm just thinking to start a new business (Domains and hosting),

    I read a pretty numbers of topics that's talking about reseller acconts providers like Goddady, resseler Club, Tucows

    and i found recently enom and there are many more others.

    But i'm wondering !!
    is this business really gainful, does it worth to spend the start budget ?
    even $100 is not a fortune, but is it really profitable ?

    I'm wondering too... after a painfull seo work to have a good serp, is it gainful to have a new customer for $1 or $2 profits and waiting for a renewal the next year ?

    If so, which is the best ( with your experience ) ??

    If some members (domain resellers) don't want to post their yearly amounts, a pm will be very helpful.

    So what do you think ?
     
    houssem-hj, Oct 28, 2009 IP
  2. Monique3000

    Monique3000 Peon

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    My husband got me a reseller account when we was working at godaddy, so ours pretty cheap. I planned on using if I ever got around to start web design. But, I;ve been pretty lazy about it.

    I think it can be profitable, but you have to work at it. That means MORE SEO work, etc. I would concentrate on the things that would actually turn a profit, like virtual dedicated and dedicated servers. This is just GD's that I'm using as an example: Take their dedicated servers at $65/mo buy price. Take that and sell it at regular price 70-80+/month and there's some profit.

    Keep in mind I haven't used mine yet, I just happen to glance at the buy prices after I read your post. But that's an idea. Just specialize in something. Again, with GD (I feel like a spokesperson for them now), you don't have to handle support - your plan comes with it. So all you do is make the sales and let their call centers handing the customers. Find a niche and specialize and try to profit there.

    That's just my take on it.
     
    Monique3000, Oct 28, 2009 IP
  3. TDPTemple

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    I really don't think it's really worth the time to be honest.
     
    TDPTemple, Oct 29, 2009 IP
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    i dont think its worth it, people will go to the cheaper big companys,
     
    GS-Liam, Oct 29, 2009 IP
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    i can only spend around $7 for a .com domain, can you offer the lower price?
    even your domain is cheaper, i would still go to Godaddy, name.com instead, since they are reliable.
    hopefully you can get what i mean, it's a completely money wasting plan.
     
    WallaceYeung, Oct 29, 2009 IP
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    mentos Prominent Member

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    In my opinion it still have some room for new comer.
    What you should do is find a reseller plan that don't oversell and have good uptime.
    Chose a niche such as budget web host then promote it.
     
    mentos, Oct 29, 2009 IP
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    Hi,
    Starting a Domain reseller business is a good idea.you can buy a domain names at just $9.59 and you can sell it at $10.you can get the hosting at just $3.35 and sell it at $4 so you can get more profits.In my Experience I got my Domain reseller account from the site goresellers.com .They gave a full featured website at low cost.I am earning more profits from this business.It's a profitable business.:D:D
     
    Horor, Jul 20, 2012 IP
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    It's not really worth it at this point in time.
     
    rsfk-recovery, Jul 20, 2012 IP