Turnkey reseller program for registering domain names
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- A) hosting an administration web site on at least one server computer communicatively coupled to a network, said administration web site providing a reseller with a selection of options for generating a custom layout of a registrar'"'"'s web site;
B) receiving from said reseller, by at least one of said at least one server computer, at least one option selected from said selection of options for generating said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site;
C) receiving from a customer, by at least one of said at least one server computer, a request for said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s website;
D) responsive to said request for said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s website, transmitting to said customer, by at least one of said at least one server computer, said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site;
E) registering, via said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site, a domain name to said customer;
F) identifying, by at least one of said at least one server computer, said reseller; and
G) compensating said reseller, by at least one of said at least one server computer, for said domain name registered to said customer.
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Abstract
A reseller program may be used to increase the number of Customer desired domain names that are registered by a Registrar. There are two main embodiments of this reseller program. In the first embodiment, Resellers guide Customers to a Registrar web site through the use of advertisements, links in various web sites and/or links from search engines. The Registrar web site communicates directly with the Customer and registers the Customer desired domain names and compensates the Reseller for guiding the Customer to the Registrar web site. In the second embodiment, Resellers have their own reseller web sites that communicate directly with the Customers and communicate the desired domain names to the Registrar web site so the Registrar web site can register the Customer desired domain names. In this embodiment, the Customer may compensate the Reseller and the Reseller may compensate the Registrar for the services rendered.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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A) hosting an administration web site on at least one server computer communicatively coupled to a network, said administration web site providing a reseller with a selection of options for generating a custom layout of a registrar'"'"'s web site; B) receiving from said reseller, by at least one of said at least one server computer, at least one option selected from said selection of options for generating said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site; C) receiving from a customer, by at least one of said at least one server computer, a request for said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s website; D) responsive to said request for said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s website, transmitting to said customer, by at least one of said at least one server computer, said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site; E) registering, via said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site, a domain name to said customer; F) identifying, by at least one of said at least one server computer, said reseller; and G) compensating said reseller, by at least one of said at least one server computer, for said domain name registered to said customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 24)
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14. A method, comprising:
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A) selecting, from an administration web site accessible via a computer communicatively coupled to a network, at least one option from a selection of options for formatting a custom layout of a registrar'"'"'s web site providing domain name registration functionality via said registrar; B) transmitting to said registrar, via said administration web site, said at least one option for formatting said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site; C) publishing, to a plurality of customers via said network, a link to said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site; and D) receiving compensation from said registrar for a domain name registered to at least one of said plurality of customers via said custom layout of said registrar'"'"'s web site. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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25. A method, comprising:
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A) accepting a reseller into a reseller program; B) generating a reseller web site for said reseller, said reseller web site being communicatively coupled via an applications programming interface to a registrar web site configured to register domain names with an appropriate registry; C) allowing said reseller web site to register one or more domain names for one or more customers via said registrar web site; and D) collecting a fee from said reseller web site when a domain name is registered for a customer via said registrar web site.
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