The Instant Reseller System uses Dotster’s custom Application Programming Interface (API), which provides direct access to our registration engine. In addition to using Dotster’s API, resellers can modify style sheets and headers/footers or use one of our pre-configured templates.
Your customer's credit card is processed through Dotster's Instant Reseller servers. Statements reflect a charge from Universal Registration Services, a Dotster subsidiary. Dotster's name does not appear on the statements.
You choose the retail price points for domain registration, transfers, renewals, URL forwarding, email forwarding, and more—all while receiving wholesale rates from Dotster.
Choose to provide your own customer support or let Dotster provide email support transparently under the Universal Registration Services name.
Your customers receive direct access to the registry, not just an email template offered by many of our competitor’s reseller programs.
Your customers have direct management over their domains.
We’ll send you a monthly check for the difference between your retail price and our wholesale price.
Check your transaction activity in real time with the Instant Reseller System’s extensive query and reporting capabilities. View orders, domain names registrations, and complete payout statistics by date.
Track important statistics such as the number of domains searched for and the percentage of those domains that converted to orders.
In addition to domain name registrations, you can choose from over 10 additional products and services to offer your customers. It's completely up to you what you choose to sell to your customers and at what price. Simply log into your account at any time to add/delete products and services and make pricing adjustments.
Here is a list of products and services offered through the Instant Reseller System. Keep in mind that as we add new products and services to our site, those will also be made available to resellers.
Absolutely nothing! Dotster is currently waiving the $150 set-up fee associated with the Instant Reseller System.
The standard wholesale rate offered to Instant Resellers for .com, .net, .org, .biz and .info domains depends on the volume of domains you intend to register. To determine your wholesale pricing level, please contact us at irsupport@dotster.com. When sending your email, please include the number of domains you wish to transfer to Dotster and the number of new registrations you anticipate you will generate on a monthly basis.
The Instant Reseller System is easy to implement. The time required to deploy the Reseller System on a specific sites depends on your needs. We have resellers who have implemented customized systems in less than an hour. Either way, our system is designed to be quick and easy to implement, letting you get to the business of selling domain names.
Dotster's Instant Reseller System is ideal for non-ICANN accredited business partners who want the ability to register domain names for their clients at discounted rates. Examples of such partners include:
Although these types of partners are usually the most interested in becoming a Dotster reseller, virtually anyone can benefit from implementing domain registration services on their websites.
There are several reasons why becoming an Instant Reseller makes sense.
As an Instant Reseller, you can take advantage of the worldwide explosion in domain name registrations. In addition to the record number of businesses staking their claim on the Web, families and individuals have also discovered the benefits of having their own website.
Whether you’re creating a site dedicated to domain registrations or adding domain registration services to your existing site, every domain sold will increase your profits.
If you already have a Website, domain registration services can entice customers to stay longer and encourage them to return to your site more frequently. Increased traffic means increased profits!
In its simplest form, The Instant Reseller System can be set up in just a few minutes. Once installed, you can let Dotster provide English-based, unbranded customer support via email or provide your own customer support.
It's from Dotster—a name you can trust. As a top-10 ICANN Accredited Registrar, Dotster has earned a reputation for innovation, quality, added value, and top-notch support. We’ve also created the best domain registration engine in the industry, with these outstanding features:
You can set your retail price to any amount you choose.
No. Your customer's credit card transactions are processed directly within Dotster's Instant Reseller servers.
You will receive a check each month for the difference between your Dotster wholesale price and whatever amount you choose to charge your customers.
Your customer's credit card statement will show a charge from Universal Registration Services, a Dotster subsidiary.
Your check is mailed by the 20th day of the month following the month in which commissions of greater than $100 have accrued.
As long as you do not promote pornography or "hate" related material, you can have any kind of website.
It's your choice! You can provide services transparently, or share the spotlight with Dotster and benefit from our name recognition.
It will not be readily apparent. However, per ICANN and Registry rules, Dotster's name must appear in the fine print of the end user registration agreement, and in the NSI WHOIS directory. This is true for all registrars who abide by the rules.
Absolutely. In the Instant Reseller Tools, you can define this information. If you do, your customers will find the fields for designating nameservers populated with your information.
Dotster will provide English-only, unbranded email support, or you can provide your own customer support. If you provide support directly, you have all of the tools necessary to help your client change passwords, check transactions, etc.
No. Your customers have the ability to change this information online and in real-time without your intervention.
You will receive full credit for renewals year after year, as long as your registrants renew their domains through your site, and have not transferred to another registrar.
In most cases, you can select which features you wish to add to your site.
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