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Offer domain registration to your hosting customers

Most hosting customers would happily buy their domain from you too — it’s one less account for them and extra recurring revenue for you. OrbixPanel hosts the sites and can run the DNS; the registration itself comes from a domain registrar.

How it fits together

  • Registration — selling/renewing the domain name — is a registrar function. You offer it via a registrar reseller program (many registrars have one with an API and wholesale pricing).
  • DNS + hosting — once a customer has a domain, point it at your OrbixPanel server and you manage the rest.

So “offering domains” means pairing a registrar reseller account with your hosting.

Getting started

  1. Pick a registrar with a reseller program — compare wholesale pricing, the TLDs offered, and whether they have an API you can integrate.
  2. Decide how hands-on to be:
    • Simplest: help customers register at a recommended registrar, then point their domain at your server for them.
    • Fuller: use the registrar reseller API/portal to sell domains under your brand.
  3. Set your markup — domains are usually a thin-margin, high-attach add-on; the value is convenience and stickiness, not big per-domain profit.

Why it reduces churn

A customer whose domain and hosting both live with you has more reason to stay — moving means migrating both. It deepens the relationship and gives you a natural annual renewal touchpoint. See reduce churn.

Once they have a domain

Running OrbixPanel? It hosts sites and manages DNS; pair it with a registrar reseller to offer domains. OrbixPanel.com → — the free, self-hosted, AI-powered hosting control panel.