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[HostThru.com]

I need a domain reseller account or something where I dont have to do much at all. thanks

[hostjet]

most domain reseller accounts require you to offer service to your customer. AS an enom reseller, you wont have to worry about the billing, but you do have to support your customers.
dotster.com also have a good domain reseller program that you should take a look at.

[bwho]

all you would really need for enom would be a website, and email.

the website to provide your sales, and email for support. depending on the level of support you want to give your clients you could build on this in other ways but as you have stated you dont want to do much at all.

[HostThru.com]

Thanks for the replies I look into enom.

[batcavenet]

Try dotster.com they have a nice package and they do support their own domains.

JDT

[zoli]

dotster.com is a little expensive compared to enom and godaddy.

[Gurudev]

I think wildwestdomains.com provide support to your customers and also process the transactions.

[DWS]

I signed up for Dotster's reseller program earlier, and I found out that they charge:

DNS Management/domain/year - $7.00
Email Forwarding - $6.50
URL Forwarding - $2.75
TLDs - $12.00

Do eNom and GoDaddy charge extra for these services as well, or is it included in your package of... say $8.95?

Don't customers expect to get these things with a domain name? If I resell for Dotster, and want to provide this services, the break even is $28.25 per domain per year. Or am I missing something?

Is it worth a try selling a domain only, without DNS, Email Fwding, URL Fwding?

Thanks,
Mehul

[Gurudev]

Mehul,

Do eNom and GoDaddy charge extra for these services as well

No, they are all included.

Don't customers expect to get these things with a domain name?

Sure, why not? Customers always expect the best for less (or even for free).

Is it worth a try selling a domain only, without DNS, Email Fwding, URL Fwding?

Not unless you sell in volume - a few hundred a month at least. I have been looking at this myself. Domain is a commodity business, margins are low if you want to sell only domains. These reseller services are a good value for hosting service providers but not for domain sellers.

[DWS]

Thanks Gurudev for the explanation.