---
id: "reseller"
kind: "glossary-term"
title: "reseller"
language: "en"
category: "Industry roles and organizations"
updated: "2026-10-04T14:01:23Z"
canonical: "https://tldlog.com/glossary/reseller/"
translations:
  es: "https://tldlog.com/es/glosario/revendedor/"
  de: "https://tldlog.com/de/glossar/reseller/"
  fr: "https://tldlog.com/fr/glossaire/revendeur/"
  it: "https://tldlog.com/it/glossario/rivenditore/"
  pt-BR: "https://tldlog.com/pt/glossario/revendedor/"
  ru: "https://tldlog.com/ru/glossariy/reseller/"
  zh-Hans: "https://tldlog.com/zh/cihui/jingxiaoshang/"
---

# reseller

A business that sells domain names under its own brand while using an accredited registrar's systems and accreditation. The registrar stays responsible to the registry and to ICANN. Many web hosts are resellers. If a reseller closes, the names normally remain with its registrar.

## related terms

- [registrar](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrar/)
- [RAA](https://tldlog.com/glossary/raa/)
- [registrant](https://tldlog.com/glossary/registrant/)
- [domainer](https://tldlog.com/glossary/domainer/)