If you obtain a server with the intent to start your very own web hosting company and to resell plans to various other people, you may also want to sell domain names, to give your clients the chance to obtain everything they need for their new website from one place. Becoming an accredited registrar involves thousands of dollars along with a lot of documentation, so the most effective solution is to register for a domain reseller account with a current registrar company. Your reseller Internet site will be connected to that account by using the registrar's API. To use this type of account has many different pros - your customers can purchase and to control new website names comfortably; the price for a new registration will be lower compared to what you'd have to spend as an end customer; also you're able to start reselling right away. The registrar businesses which offer domain reseller accounts almost always ask for an amount of money as a deposit.