How to Resell WPMU DEV Services via WooCommerce

Niels — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 10:46:53 +0000

Are you a WPMU DEV reseller looking to offer their powerful hosting and website tools under your own brand — but frustrated by the limitations of their built-in sales system?

In this blog, we’ll show you how to use WooCommerce + WS Form to create your own fully customizable checkout flow, resell WPMU DEV services under your brand, and handle provisioning manually — while still giving your customers a professional experience.

Why Build Your Own Sales Flow for WPMU DEV services?

While WPMU DEV offers a great set of white-labeled services, it does not provide an API for automating product rollout. That means you’re stuck with their checkout, their supported payment methods, and no option to connect to your own CRM, bookkeeping, or custom workflows.

Let’s take a look at what you’ll actually be building

You’ll use WS Form PRO to create a dynamic product builder that links directly to a WooCommerce product. This allows your customers to fully configure their purchase — including services from WPMU DEV, domain options, and your own custom offerings — all in one seamless flow.

What can your customer choose?

Your custom form will let them build a bundle that might include:

A domain name (via WPMU DEV or any other registrar)
Hosting (via WPMU DEV)
Email inboxes or forwarding (via WPMU DEV or any other provider)
WordPress theme/template selection
Daily/hourly backups
Additional services you offer (SEO, copywriting, maintenance, etc.)

Once configured, the final price is calculated and paid through WooCommerce. After the purchase, you manually provision the services within your WPMU DEV reseller dashboard and activate them for your client.

Real-Time Domain Validation

To improve the experience and avoid failed sales, the form will validate if the domain name is available before the customer can complete checkout.

Here’s how it works:

Customer enters their desired domain name
WS Form triggers a webhook to the GoDaddy OTE API
The API checks if the domain is available for registration
If available: the domain could be added to the cart
If taken: the customer is prompted to try a different name or select “Transfer Domain”

Your checkout process becomes smart, professional, and branded — even without automation on WPMU DEV’s side.

Want to read more?

Visit this blog. In it, we go into detail about the steps you need to take to sell domain names in WooCommerce using WS Form and the GoDaddy API.

How to Sell Domain Names in WooCommerce Using WS Form and the GoDaddy API

Niels — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 10:34:55 +0000

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a dynamic WordPress form that checks if a domain name is available — and lets customers purchase it directly through WooCommerce.

We’ll use WS Form PRO, the GoDaddy API (OTE environment), and optionally Make or Zapier to automate the registration process after payment. This setup ensures you don’t lose a domain to another buyer between the time of search and checkout.

Whether you’re a web designer, hosting reseller, or domain provider, this flexible approach lets you:

Check domain availability in real-time
Offer add-ons like hosting, email, and backups
Trigger domain registration automatically after payment

Checking Domain Availability

When selling domain names through WooCommerce, it’s important to first verify whether the domain is actually available for registration. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a form that checks domain availability using the free GoDaddy OTE (Operational Test Environment) API. This setup allows you to let users search for domain names directly from your WooCommerce store.

If the domain is available, the user can proceed to purchase it as a product. Actual registration of the domain can then be handled automatically in a later step — for example via Make (formerly Integromat) or a custom integration with your preferred registrar.

Although this guide uses the GoDaddy API for availability checking, you can easily adapt the same method for other providers that offer similar APIs. The goal is to offer a smooth customer experience for domain sales — without having to worry about registration until after payment is confirmed.

Creating a Free GoDaddy OTE API Account

To use the GoDaddy API in test mode, you’ll first need to create an OTE (Operational Test Environment) account. This allows you to simulate domain availability checks and registrations without spending money or affecting real domain names. Click here to read the blog with detailed instructions.

Building a Simple Test Form in WS Form

Before styling the form and integrating it into your WooCommerce store, we’ll first create a basic test form to check whether the GoDaddy API connection works correctly.

This form will include:

A text input for entering the desired domain name
A custom button to trigger the availability check
A text field to display the response (true or false)

Want to read more?

Visit this blog. In it, we go into detail about the steps you need to take to sell domain names in WooCommerce using WS Form and the GoDaddy API.

DEV Community: Niels

How to Resell WPMU DEV Services via WooCommerce

Why Build Your Own Sales Flow for WPMU DEV services?

Let’s take a look at what you’ll actually be building

What can your customer choose?

Real-Time Domain Validation

Want to read more?

How to Sell Domain Names in WooCommerce Using WS Form and the GoDaddy API

Checking Domain Availability

Creating a Free GoDaddy OTE API Account

Building a Simple Test Form in WS Form

Want to read more?