Hi Guys here!
I am actually looking for a domain registrar that offers a reseller's account with a Linux API and does UK domains names as well.

Thanks in advance for ur feedback.

I think OpenSRS is what you are looking for :D

Dotster has a good reselling system too but I don't think they have linux API's to directly connect to their system (correct me if I am wrong)

easyspace.com has great prices. But you have to pay them at least $ 500.- in advance though.

Originally posted by VarunShoor
I think OpenSRS is what you are looking for :D

Dotster has a good reselling system too but I don't think they have linux API's to directly connect to their system (correct me if I am wrong)

You're wrong :)

http://www.dotster.com/Programs/API/

:eek: Thanks for telling. Never knew that, because once I signed up with them for their domain reselling program the only way to change stuff was to change some templates, maybe I didnt look hard enough.

I wonder what is the lowest price you can get for reseller.

The last time I saw was $8.00 domain.

Any place sells lower than that per domain for reseller?

Yep, $7.95 but you have to buy 1000 domains to get that price.

Originally posted by Jedito


You're wrong :)

http://www.dotster.com/Programs/API/

THANKS!!! Just what I am looking for. Just signed up for it and hope to get the keys for access soon...

Originally posted by ASPCode.net


THANKS!!! Just what I am looking for. Just signed up for it and hope to get the keys for access soon...

You're welcome :)

anyone heard of http://www.b2bnameregistration.com/

Are they good? reliable?

Originally posted by Jedito


You're wrong :)

http://www.dotster.com/Programs/API/

Does anyone know pricing for Dotster.com?

Originally posted by M00dy


Does anyone know pricing for Dotster.com?

Its $12 I think, why not check their site? :)

Originally posted by VarunShoor


Its $12 I think, why not check their site? :)

I checked.. they don't have it listed.. with out you signing up

Just remember usernames made on your API with Dotster can not work on Dotsters site. Unless they have changed this?

does register.com resell? i use them all the time for domains. it's a piece of cake.

Originally posted by TomGordon
does register.com resell? i use them all the time for domains. it's a piece of cake. But, is it hard to change the ownership with register.com? It involved paperwork, doesn't it?
Well, other registrar like enom, opensrs, do not require that. You just login and change :) Hassle free :D

http://dotregistrar.com/ - $6.49
http://enom.com/ - $6.95


its becomming harder to make any profits on domain, i would suggest to scrap the idea all together.

Try www.onlinenic.com - you can get them as low as $6.95 a domain! They have pretty much all of them too. I like it, nice templates you can customize. :cool:

I have been very happy so far with eNom's reseller program.

Originally posted by Arsalan
http://enom.com/ - $6.95 Originally posted by ebo in http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=28105
..... I love enom's little virtual bank feature. You just deposit like, $500 or so, and then as you register domains, it takes away $8 everytime you register a domain, so your not constantly getting bills. I love it.... Can anyone tell me that the current reseller price for enom? Thanks in advance :)

Franky

Originally posted by Franky
Can anyone tell me that the current reseller price for enom? Thanks in advance :)

Franky
It's volume based.

-t

Franky, with most of the registrars, you get a better price depending on your volume (not to mention email negotiation skills). Often, as with many things in life, contacting a registrar will get you a better price than what is listed on the site.

Edit: thewitt was quicker than I was...

Thanks thewitt & chicken :cool:

I haven't contacted them yet, but I don't see any price mentioned on their site. Btw, may I have an idea about the volume for having $6.95 and $8.00? Is $8.00 the price when I applied for the first time as a reseller? If not, what's the initial price for the reseller?

$8.95, $7.95, $6.95 (all depend on volume) but the point is that some registrars are selling domains for less them $10 like godaddy.com etc. so whats the point any more ? if you accept credit cards the 2-3% mechant fee and the payment transfer charges to the registrar amount to about 50 cents, making a decent profit while competing with registrars is hard, what do you plan to do ? sell 1000 domains to make $1000 ?

btw i am counting th advertising cost here...

i think its $8.95 for 100 prepaid domains, $7.95 for 500 and $6.95 for 1000

Thanks, Arsalan. Yes, I'm aware of the competitive price on the domain name industry. Do you know better registrars to go with? So far I'm interested in enom due to the features that come with it, such as forwarding, dns management, cname/mx and so on.

I would recommend using enom due to their features, but if you would like to start a site just for domain registrations you could consider using 2 registrars, one for forwarding etc, like enom and one for simple domain registrations like dotregistrar.com, it all depends on your target market! both offer reseller API's (atleast enom does).

Let me have a look at dotregistrar :cool:

well, I have used www.*****.com quiet a lot and they offer $6.95 per domain, yes thats correct $6.95, no volume stuff, nothing else, if only they would allow resellers, if you have customers who dont want instant stuff you can register on their behalf and edit the stuff yourself when needed.

I emailed them regarding reseller program about 3 weeks ago but no reply yet, but other emails have been answered in like 2 days normally. I just hope they offer some kind of API or anything to change stuff so it would be easy to resell their domains.

err why is the URL banned did they do something wrong?

/me clicks the search button.

Update: hrmm, no matches on their name, any mod care to update me on this one?

Varun, what is *****? :eek:
Can you just type the name without the dot com? Thanks.

The domain is "<edit>" without the spaces, I hope the mods dont mind this because they seem to be banned.

<<MOD NOTE:>>
Sure, no problem, that's why things are censored so people can type it another way. We just like to make it difficult for people to type the name. :angry:
<</MOD NOTE>>

Arsalan,
For dotregistrar, when the customer wants to change something, e.g. DNS, etc., do they have to go to dotregistrar to make a change? Or, can I just have a system like opensrs or enom, where customer goes to my site and make a change?

I can't get in to "<edit>". I saw a blank page. :eek: :eek: :confused:

Added
It's working now, but I don't see any information regarding the reseller account :bawling:

http://www.dotregistrar.com/arapi.html

I guess they do have a reseller interface but no details are given on their site about which platform it supports etc... enom has it for all platforms.

allows your customers to register automatically and manage their domains without your intervention.

Cool. That's what I need :cool:

Originally posted by Franky
It's working now, but I don't see any information regarding the reseller account :bawling:

As I said earlier they dont support resellers and you can do stuff manually if you target that kind of client base but they are the cheapest ones I have seen till now.

Arsalan,
Do you anyone who use dotregistrar? If so, could you tell me their URL so that I can visit the sites?
Yeah, there is a demo at dotregistrar, but it's suspended until further notice.

Originally posted by VarunShoor
As I said earlier they dont support resellers and you can do stuff manually if you target that kind of client base but they are the cheapest ones I have seen till now. Why would my clients go through me, if they could go directly to <edit>?

Originally posted by Franky
Why would my clients go through me, if they could go directly to <edit>?
Like anything you want to sell, you have to add value for the customer. If you don't add value, you're not likely to get the business.

-t

Originally posted by Franky
Why would my clients go through me, if they could go directly to <edit>?

Good question, what I was saying is that you could create some kind of frontend and register domains on "their" behalf under "your" username and edit the stuff manually when needed.

Franky: I dont know any one who uses it with their API but if you try to contact them via e-mail you may be able to get a lower price...

Originally posted by VarunShoor
Good question, what I was saying is that you could create some kind of frontend and register domains on "their" behalf under "your" username and edit the stuff manually when needed. But my clients would know that I use <edit>, then in the future they would go directly to <edit>. :(

thewitt, good point :)
I plan to give a 5mb space for each account.

Originally posted by Arsalan
Franky: I dont know any one who uses it with their API but if you try to contact them via e-mail you may be able to get a lower price... I'm gonna email both enom and dotregistrar. Thanks Arsalan! :)

Originally posted by Franky
But my clients would know that I use <edit>, then in the future they would go directly to <edit>. :(


How would they know that when you have a frontend to it and the whois doesnt show anything about ? domain updates take time so you could always create a form that emails you when some person requests a change and you can update it on their behalf, they wouldnt even notice it. Domain arena is becoming way too competitive you have to think about lowering the costs one way or the other :)

But I guess customers still want to do it themselves without my intervention. Also, it's less headache for me.

Originally posted by Franky
Also, it's less headache for me.

true :)

Are there any reseller plans that work with automatic setup with the cobalt raq 4i? So that it can all be done from one sign up form and updated in the raq automatically??

Originally posted by jdp29053
Are there any reseller plans that work with automatic setup with the cobalt raq 4i? So that it can all be done from one sign up form and updated in the raq automatically??

dotster.com provides API's that you can use to directly integrate with their system and do updates, register domain etc. I recommend you visit http://ir.dotster.com for more info.

Hi

I use directi.com they are very good only costs you $7.00 for .com etc they also have .info and .biz a good interface. You have to be able to take the money yourself. Thye can sign up for a name but you just go in and activate it once they customer has paid.

They expect you to keep your account in funds. $50 gets you started very good to deal with too. I run it from a few sites using the interface.

Col Heke

I have had excellent experiences with eNom so far. They provide a custom link you can give your customers that handles registratiion and billing of the CC. If you want Site Integration they have an API that you will need an SSL cert, and will need to take your own CCs.

I think they require a sizable deposit in your account. This is used up by registrations, but is still if you are short on cash you can become a sub reseller with no minimum ballance requriments.

I am currently reselling under Telaserv. They are very helpful and friendly. They really know their stuff. I get charged $8.95 per domain, and can deal with either eNom or Telaserv for help.

I highly recomend either of these companies.

Originally posted by sammasati
I am currently reselling under Telaserv. They are very helpful and friendly. They really know their stuff.
Likewise, enom through telaserv and prefer to deal with telaserv for some things, rather than enom (which I've had some good, some bad experiences with - telaserv answers your emails :D).

my vote goes for enom!!

Originally posted by Chicken

Likewise, enom through telaserv and prefer to deal with telaserv for some things, rather than enom (which I've had some good, some bad experiences with - telaserv answers your emails :D).

I agree, Telaserv always answers emails. eNom has been very helpful in getting some sticky names transfered from NetSol however.

I dealt with one of enoms "partners programs" registerfly who run NameEngine you get the names for $8.95 and charge whatever you like. Looks good and works fine. One Majoor problem they DONT PAY you. They also NEVER answer emails.!! I have cpomplained to enom but to no avail.

By the way I know others who have been caught by them too. I have written off my $130 that they owe me since Feb 2001.

www.directi.com is really good as you have complete control of your own funds.

I can supply other "victims" names, shame on you Registerfly

Check out www.godaddy.com 's reseller/private label offerings..
I don't have that service but have registered numerous domains through them and it works great..

http://registrar.godaddy.com/reseller.asp?isc=domsite&se=&from_app=&prog_id=&mscssid=

laterz,
raqworld

Originally posted by frecol
I dealt with one of enoms "partners programs" registerfly who run NameEngine you get the names for $8.95 and charge whatever you like. Looks good and works fine. One Majoor problem they DONT PAY you. They also NEVER answer emails.!! I have cpomplained to enom but to no avail.

By the way I know others who have been caught by them too. I have written off my $130 that they owe me since Feb 2001.

www.directi.com is really good as you have complete control of your own funds.

I can supply other "victims" names, shame on you Registerfly

I don't know how registerfly is set up, but telaserv sets you up directly with eNom and you get their pricing. You fund you r account, and bill your customers how you want. The cost of the domains is deducted from your account. You can use their API for direct site integration, or if you are small kind like me I just buy the domains into my account, push them to my clients, and bill them for the names on their next invoice.

whats telaserv site ?

Some time ago, David's signature (in the emails) changed to http://intraspatial.net but looking at the site, there isn't much about domain reselling there.

Ohh, I found him here on the forum by the way, his member name is felix220: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=852