Domain purchase and cPanel Account Setup... How...?

[Harlequin]

Hi guys.

I want to setup the following on my servers:

1. Facility to check/buy a domain
2. On successful purchase an option for hosting
3. cPanel setup

Options 2 & 3 I can code and have tested. I have them working fine. I will have to tweak them though.

My problem is the domain purchasing process. I have an ENOM account but my ideal scenario is this:

• Customer comes to website
• They choose a domain
• They register the domain
• I then create a hosting acocunt for the domain based on their selection

Suggestions...?

 

[Infopro]

Only one comes to mind: WHMCS - The Complete Client Management, Billing & Support Solution

 

[PlotHost]

Indeed. The best way is to use a script like WHMCS.

 

[pwhjenny]

Yes, you need automatic billing system like whmcs, hostbill or any other that is affordable to you.

 

[jrianto]

Yes, I'm a happy cPanel and WHMCS customer for many years now. These two work together well

 

[Harlequin]

Thanks for that guys. I have WHMCS in the cPanel so can install. Just need a key so I'll have to look at pricing.

Thus far I can code the following:

• Check a domain's availability (I'm currently working through the eNom APIs to do this and having some successes)
• Automatically setup a cPanel account based on which hosting product the customer buys

If anyone out there has already done this and can help me with the following it would be greatly appreciated:

• Allow a customer to check a domain
• Upon succesful domain check take payment
• Setup and configure cPanel hosting

Like I mentioned, I actually have the cPanel bit sussed and just need ti link it into the domain purchase etc. but have to get the domain search and purchase flowing before I can setup the hosting of-course.

Thanks guys.

 

[pwhjenny]

If you have API key, then its pretty simple but before that you need to install whmcs, configure it..

 

[Harlequin]

Hi PW

That means spending money and at this stage I'm not ready to spend on something that's only in development.

 

[pwhjenny]

You do not need to spend money to configure whmcs. You can use its default setup if you want. All you need to purchase is whmcs license.

 

[Harlequin]

I know this might sound mad but I'd like to code (or reverse engineer some code) myself.

My first task is checking the domain availability using eNom's API.

I can inject the code into a browser but vEnom are not being very helpful and the code I have found doesn't work.

Any suggestions...?

 

[cPanelTristan]

That sounds like a question you might want to post onto a general hosting forum like WHT (webhostingtalk.com) instead. Checking domain availability for registering a domain isn't a function of cPanel at all but part of what domain registrar's provide.

If eNom's option isn't working, you might also consider checking with a different domain registrar using their API.

Good luck!

 

[electric]

I know this might sound mad but I'd like to code (or reverse engineer some code) myself.

My first task is checking the domain availability using eNom's API.

I can inject the code into a browser but vEnom are not being very helpful and the code I have found doesn't work.

Any suggestions...?

To me, your reply sounds like:

- I like to learn how motors work.
- I have a car.
- Why can't I understand how the motor works?

If you like to "code", then you should consider visiting a website like sitepointforums.com or one of the hundreds of "how do I learn PHP" websites you can find with a simple google search.

There are literally a thousand applications, both free and pay, that can let you register a domain name and setup hosting for it. Do a search on hotscripts.com...

We are eNom resellers ourselves, and we have several thousand resellers under us who use the eNom API every day with no problems at all. eNom does not help with your coding problems... they provide a working API and it is up to you to learn a programming language that can use it.