How much does it cost to become a reseller?

[user-7256]

Hi,

I only have a limited amount of money.

What's the cheapest I can get a domain reseller account and make my site a domain registrar? (even if it's just .com's and .info's... or somethin. lol)

Thanks,
-Matt

 

[barefoottech]

Depends ,but some Directi and eNOM resellers offer sub-reseller arrangements for free ,(Including Namepros ) ,but this often involves some component of prepaying a balance into a drawdown account to be used for purchases.


and there are other Registrars that offer free reseller accounts like

the Australian Examples Below
Similiar available in most countries
Bottledomains.net.au (W'sale Buy Price .com's $8usd)
Netregistry.com (W'sale Buy price .com's $12.40USD)
But usually with most of the free reseller accounts ,your buy prices for .com and other gTLD's are very expensive and impossible to sell

You only other alternatives is affiliation with an existing registrar or reseller . This is where you refer your client or buy on their behalf at a domain registrar site and they pay you a commision for the sale.
Most major registrars have some form of Affiliation program
If you are only planning on small volume ,this is often a better solution.

One additional comment ,having a RESELLER agreement will not

make my site a domain registrar?

. To become a Registrar involves a lot more than any free or Paid reseller agreement.

 

[CrazyTech]

You can generally find free dn reseller accounts or cheap dn reseller accounts these days (DomainSpeed.com, and my own RegisterStart.com) or you can go with an Enom account but I believe you must upload $100 to prepay.

I'd say you need about $50-$100 to seriously get started and even a little more in some cases wouldn't hurt.