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How To Make Great Money Part Time Buying And Selling Domain Names – Part One

This truly is the business to get into in 2005. It’s a red hot opportunity that savvy investors can make a killing on when you know how. And this article will walk you step-by-step through the money-making process.

Don’t be put off by the term “investors”. I’m not talking big money down here. As long as you’ve got a spare £5 a week then great money can be made for only half an hour of your time. Like the sound of that? Thought so.

There’s a few ways you can make money buying domain names and selling them on for profit. And I mean PROFIT. You’ll see why people will be scratching at your door to buy off you in just a moment.

Let’s start with the basics.

All domain names are only registered for a limited amount of time.Registrars can choose to use the name for a period of between 1-10 years. After this the rights to these domain names expire and the user has to renew the name again. If they don’t do this it will be placed on hold for a short time and then deleted. This means it is then available for anyone who wants to buy it!

This Is Where You Can Cash In!

20,000 expired domain names are made available each and every day. Some of them are very attractive and well-established names.

Example. Last year the owners of Race.com carelessly didn’t renew their registration fee. It was grabbed (the term used to describe purchasing an expired name) by a savvy ‘investor’ for a few pounds and sold for thousands and thousands back to the old owner.

The owner was willing to pay huge sums for to the investor because he had built up qualified traffic over X amount of years and didn’t want to lose all the previous custom.

Now I admit that making a sale for thousands is rare, but is certainly possible.

The likeliness is that you can buy a domain name and register it for £5-£50 and then sell it on for anything from £150 – £1000. Do this with five domain names a week, and your looking at a big sum of money for only a couple of hours work.

It’s not just businesses that have carelessly let their domain name that will buy off you. It’s other businesses too that will buy the name to get the old owners’ traffic. It’s a legitimate way of increasing your customer base.

And if the old owner and a new potential owner get into a bidding war…well..the sky really is the limit.

So there’s two main reasons why people will be willing to pay YOU a couple of hundred pounds for a domain name.

a) They carelessly let the domain name expire. That means that they will pay you to get the name back to ensure that they don’t lose their existing traffic that they may have built up over years and years.

B) They are a business in the same field as the one that has let the name expire and therfore will pay you to secure the exisitng custom of a rival.

Here’s step-by-step how you go about this fantastically profitable part time business.

There are several sources of expired domain name information and reserach tools, some free and some that require a payment of a fee.

http://www.wehavethem.com supplies lists of names due to be deleted. http://Www.DeletedDomains.com allows you to do some searching free and more extensive searching for a $99 annual fee.You can search for names that are due to be deleted and also allows you to bid on newly deleted names that have already been grabbed by other ‘investors’.

What you are looking for is an expired domain name with traffic in the last month of anything over 1500. Ensure that the site is an actual consumer site. There’s no point buying a domain name if the previous site wasn’t selling any goods.

If you see a site that had tens of thousands of visitors in the last month GET IT. The likeliness is that the previous owners will be itching to get their name back off of you due to its obvious success.

Also if you see a name with a large qualified traffic thats due to expire and has a high traffic volume use an automated grabbing system such as http://www.snapnames.com and http://www.pool.com. These will ensure the second they become available you will have registered them. The cost is about $60 but only if they get the names for you. Definately worth it in my eyes.

Remember you could easily sell the name for hundreds, maybe thousands.

In part 2 we’ll take a look at how you go about selling the names once you have acquired them. But in the mean time here’s a few domain names which were up for sale at the time of writing this article. Now obviously not all names sell for this much, but it’s a very real possibility that you could stumble across a gem in your business.

my.com $750,000

lovelife.com $350,000

fights.net $16,000

diet.us $35,000

askdoctors.com $7,500

dietary.info $6,000

lovemaking.info $10,000

textmeassage.net $17,000

ejobmarket.com $1,800

smokers.tv $5,000

teens.org $22,000

raregifts,com $20,000

The profits in this business are like no other. Now it’s your turn to get your hands on your share in the billion dollar industry of buying and selling domain names.

Until next time…

Jonathan Street

Becoming a Relevant Force for Your Visitors With Personalized Domain Names

The online hemisphere has become common that a lot of suspecting activities are beginning to come under check. So, if you don’t have a standard online practice and etiquette, you may be blacklisted by Google. The reason is that your activities have been examined by the right arms, and your contents are passed unfit for visitors, because of your mode of operation. However, having to collaborate with SEO service experts, you rest assured of getting a reliable service that is not only authentic but also timeless. On this account, some of the reasons to how SEO service can allow you become a strong force to reckon with both now and future shall be explained further in this article. Interestingly, you can have professionals work with you to achieve profitable gains with standard SEO practices. Moreover, there is no limit to what they can do, as you stand a better chance of becoming popular on various social media platforms, whenever you push yourself towards buying domain names for your business.

So having to work with a domain name gives you an opportunity to make your organic search outcomes stronger, whenever you are searched by online visitors. This freedom only comes when you follow the rules of SEO applications. SEO service professionals can help you with SEO compliance in these ways, which are explained below.

1. Dealing with keyword stuffing

As mentioned earlier, Google has begun blacklisting sites that are not SEO compliant. One of the ways in which you can earn this tagging is when keywords are stuffed on your sites without ensuring compliance. At first, a domain name gives you an opportunity to distinguish your business set up from other. Therefore, creating multiple keywords around your domain name may set your site up as spam. To avoid this from occurring, you should get experts involved with your business set-up, especially when you have to buy a domain name to give your business an online recognition.

2. Battling the publication of plagiarized contents

Setting up a business from a fresh start can be tasking, especially when you have to incorporate other people’s business ideas to create yours. In the digital world, content is king. So, as a wise investor, you shouldn’t be spotted for plagiarizing someone else’s idea. Rather, you should involve the technical knowledge of SEO service professionals to help you draft unique contents that describe and distinguish your business from others. You don’t have to let your ignorance about SEO compliance get you sued by other business owners for plagiarism.

3. Being hosted on a slow website

Before buying a domain name for giving your business recognition, you need to be sure of the type of server your domain names will be hosted on. When visitors approach your websites, they should be able to have a free interaction. If it happens that your server is slow, you may end up losing potential customers, who may be the turning point for the expansion of your business. However, when you allow experts handle how your domain names and content appear on their servers, you rest assured of having the chance to delight your visitors in the quickest fashion.

You can become an unstoppable force with your business set-up, especially when you have experts handle your service. Your domain name can be supported with a good SEO service so that your business can enjoy the popularity that will ensure its tremendous growth. Moreover, you rest assured of having the best service because SEO service professionals have a great understanding of SEO compliance and how to stay competitive in a digital space. So, working with these experts can save you lots of stress.

How to Buy a Domain Name – Tips For the Newbie

If you are planning to make a income on the internet through your own internet marketing website or you just want to put up a website or blog about your favorite subject, there are certain steps that you have to complete first before you will be able to view your website online. One of the first and most important of these steps is buying a domain name. When you are new to this process it may all seem to be a little challenging, knowing just how to get started or what you have to do. If you find yourself in this position this article will definitely aid you when you are ready to buy your first domain name.

What is a domain name?

Simply explained a domain name is your one of a kind address on the internet. It allows Internet browsers (individuals searching the internet) to locate your particular website. Your domain name may be made up of your name, your business name, or variation of a set of relevant words associated with your website, company product, theme or subject. A good domain name will pretty much let people know what your website is about before they actually see or visit it.

Things to do before buying your domain name?

Because people and businesses have been buying up domain names for years now, it has been said that all of the good domain names have been taken already. Maybe this is true to some extent, however with a little research and imagination there should be no reason that you cannot create or find a domain name that you will be suited to you and or your website subject or niche. A good idea is to try to think of names or combinations of words and names that not only will tell the web surfer what your website is about but also be a name that is easy to remember, easy to spell, hard to forget. A domain name can be up to 67 characters in length, so it can also include names made up of a small phrase. such as “BestInTownPhoto.com” or “TheBarkingDogsKennels.com”. These kind of domain names not only focus directly on what your website is about they are easier to remember than abstract or random characters or letters thrown together. You must also be aware that there are different types of domains which all have their certain type of extensions or ending:

-.com – Stands for company/commercial, but it can pretty much be used for any web site.

-.net – Stands for network and is usually used for a network of sites.

–.org – Stands for organization and is supposed to be for non-profit entities.

–.us, .nu, .co.uk, – Are country specific domain extensions that may require the register to be a citizen of the given country.

–.biz, .info – These and other like them are domain types that have been added because there are barely any short and intelligible domain addresses left to register.

When you are determining the type of domain name that is right for you simply stick to these guidelines: In the United States try to get a.com or.net. In other countries, if you cannot get the.com, then using your country’s domain extension is a workable remedy

Write down the different names you come up with that appeal to you, make sure to put down as many as you can think of so that when you begin your search for available names to buy, if your first choice is already taken, as it very well may be, you will have a number of alternate or backup names that you can try. Many times finding the exact domain name you want can be “HIT or MISS” it is good to be prepared. You may also be able to keep the domain name of your choice by simply changing one letter, character or hyphenation within the name.

If you are determined to have a particular domain name and find out that is already in use by someone else there may be the option of purchasing that name directly from the owner by using the “Whois System” to help you identify the current owner of that particular domain name so that you may contact and make a offer to purchase that particular domain name. However because this is your first time buying a domain name and that method can involve much more, I will save the how to about that issue for a later time or article.

Register Your Domain Name

Once you have your list of preferred domain names you can now locate a service online that will not only show you the availability of the names but also register your chosen domain name as well. There are many of these companies and services to choose from. some of the better known and reliable services are:

“GoDaddy.com”,”Domain Name Registry.com” and “Register.com”, you can also do a Google Search for “Domain name registries” to find other places to register your domain name.

Be prepared to pay between $8-$15 for your right to own your name for a one year period. This payment must be made annually to keep your ownership of your Domain name active. That is a good reason to choose a name that you will want to keep for a long time period. so that people will know exactly what your name is and where to find it over the years.

The last thing you will need to do is to take the IP address information provided to you from your webhost and in put input it at your domain name register before your domain name will function properly. It will allow the “DNS” (Domain Name System) to locate your domain name and website when your domain name is typed into a internet browser, this is called pointing you r domain name to your web host servers. A majority of domain registrars will probably require your IP and DNS server names in the course of registration, although some will call for you to go in and enter the information manually enter after your domain name registry fees have been paid.

Once you begin to follow the steps mentioned here in this article to buy your domain name you will see for yourself that they are not complicated at all, in fact buying a domain name is quite a simple process, so don’t let the idea of doing this very important task yourself stop you from getting your first domain name online.

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Considering a Domain Name For Your Home Based Business is Easier Than You Think!

A domain name can be a very important aspect to your home based business. It may project a very important image for you and the products you promote or sell. If you change domains sometime later after you have been set up for sometime, things could get quite complicated. However, choosing a domain name does not have to be hard.

Here are some suggestions to easily help you choose a domain name:

Jot down on a piece of paper approximately ten ideas about a domain name you may want.
Do a domain search to see if one of the ideas you wanted is available. I use GoDaddy.com. Use the.com when first starting out as that is what most people tend to search for when looking for a business.
If the name you want is not available, GoDaddy provides a list on the side of alternative names. GoDaddy may suggest putting words like best, my, or the in front of your idea for a domain name.
You can search for an on line thesaurus on Google and come up with some very unusual alternatives for words. Create interest by adding words like explosion, creations, reports, secrets and etc.
You may be using a domain quite often so sometimes it helps to make it as short as possible. Three to four words would be enough.
Brand yourself and your business by adding your name in front of your idea. This makes it personal. JoeSmithsOnlineReview.com would be an example.
Creative and unusual names pertaining to your business or personal branding need to reflect a positive professional image for your business.

A domain name can be easily chosen using the ideas that you have written down. Personally branding your business to your name gives you a sense of pride in ownership especially if you reflect a positive image for yourself and your business. Make sure your domain name can be easily remembered and that the spelling is exactly what you want before purchasing your domain. Remember to be personal and professional so your business will flourish.

Domain Names and Bulk Domain Registration

Are you sitting around wondering what domain name to register for your business? Having a website is essential for all businesses in this modern day and age. Websites are not just for online businesses. They are for brick and mortar businesses too. Many entrepreneurs are starting to discovery that many print and conventional methods of advertising doesn’t yield good results anymore. That is because people (your customers) are spending more and more time on the Internet. Even senior citizens are learning how to use the Internet to source for products.

With that established firmly as a fact, the next step to take is to get an online presence immediately. As a business owner, you need to put your offers in front of your target prospects, and you need to do so using the Internet. The problem is, many traditional small business owners still don’t know much about the setting up a website. Well, the first thing they need to know is this – registering a domain name.

A domain name for a website is like the brand name for your company. For brick and mortar stores, people have to remember where your store is in order to visit your store. On the Internet, all they need to do is to remember your URL. Therefore, it makes sense to register a domain name that is easy to remember. To come up with a suitable domain name, you need to be creative.

First, brainstorm for a list of possible domain names that you would like to register. Don’t worry about availability at this point. You can always do a check later on. The goal here is to get some good ideas that you can work with. Here are some suggestions. You can choose keywords that your target visitors are likely to use. For instance, if you are selling pillows, you can choose a domain name like “pillowspecialist” as your domain name. Or you can choose something that is short and easy to remember.

Your domain name doesn’t have to consist of words that make sense. Sometimes, words that sound weird are better choices because they are easier to remember (think Google and Yahoo). They are also more likely to be available when you go ahead with the registration.

Once you have a good list of domain names in hand, simply head on to a domain registrar to register for your domain names. You begin by making a search for the domain names on your list. If no one has registered for the domain, you can claim it immediately by registering for it. If a search comes up with negative results, just enter a new domain name to search engine. Some websites offer domain names suggestions as well. Browse through the suggestions to see if you are interested in them.

For better pricing, always register your domain names in bulk. For instance, if you have a few good ideas, don’t just register for one domain name. Register for all the good names. Domain names are like real estate in the virtual world. You need to stake your claim on your assets. If possible, register for all top level domains (i.e. .com, .net, .org, and .info) so that others cannot use the same name as you.

Pick Up Your Own Domain Name

Think up a name and check if yourname.com is available. Personally, I like to use http://www.whois.com to check if a domain name is available. You may also check the registrant contact information using “whois” service if you want to negotiate about purchasing the domain you like from people who registered it first.

To register domain name for our customers we use:

http://www.godaddy.com

We are not affiliates with Godaddy in any way, but I think this is the best online company which provides this service. Their rates are low and you will have 24 hours access to your control panel to change the domain name information in case your office moves or phone number changes. This is very convenient.

If you can’t get that exact name as a dot-com, choose another name. Your site title MUST be the same as your domain name. People won’t remember your domain name, but they will remember your site title if they choose to add your website to their favorites. It will also help to provide better place in Google listings. There are several rules to follow when you choose the domain name:

1. It must be as short as possible but don’t make it something like abc.com only because this domain is available. Be reasonable.

2. Make it memorable. It must represent your company and it is not a bad idea to make your company name as a domain name.

3. Make it include your keywords, something like allwebdesign.com if your website is about web design. This advice is related to search engine optimization issue. Most of search engines like to get “main” keywords in the domain name, title and website description.

4. The domain name must be first level domain, not the sub domain of a bigger website. For example, it is not a good idea to use [http://mydomain.somebigsite.com] as your website name. The first level domain costs about $ 9 dollars and it not an excuse to have business website on a free sub domain. Search engines also do not like such domains and you automatically will be placed lower then your competitors in the search engine listings.

5. It is better to buy a domain name separately from the hosting plan. A domain name is much more important then a hosting provider. As I noticed, the average duration of a web hosting company life is one or two years. If your hosting provider disappears from the web, it may be a problem to get your domain name transferred to your new hosting provider.

It is not difficult to buy and register a domain name at all. You will be given a number of questions related to your location, position and contact information. All this information will be used during the domain name registration and any person who uses “whois” service will have access to that information, so it will be wise to enter only your business information and not to use personal data. When you buy a hosting plan, your hosting provider will send you the letter with the name server ips. You will need to send those numbers to your domain name registrant.

Now you are ready to select a web hosting provider and buy a hosting plan.

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The Best Domain Name For Your Business

As a new business owner, you spent a great deal of time planning your business. You need to spend similar time and care choosing the right domain name. The right choice of name can help you with branding your site. The wrong choice can get your site a negative reaction.

Here are some common pitfalls to avoid when choosing a domain name for your business:

Too Long Ð Sometimes business owners want to get across an idea, and they choose a domain name that is several words or even a sentence long. This is far too long. Keep it short and simple. Too much to type in the URL field can mean that your prospective customer will go to a competitor with a more concise domain name instead.

Even the customer who is determined to find you can be re-routed if your domain is too long. A longer domain name means a greater chance of making a typo. And a typo may mean that your customer is redirected to a site that is not yours, or to a ‘no such URL’ notice which makes them think you don’t have a website at all.

Confusing Ð In some ways, domain names are like vanity license plates. You have a short space for your message and you want to make it count. But if it is so convoluted that you have to puzzle over the meaning, this is not a good choice.

With domain names, someone should hear your name and have a pretty accurate idea of what is found there. If you sell shoes online, the domain name ‘wowgreatshoes’ would be a nice bet. The domain name ‘shinyshinyshiny’ might be interesting or cute, but it does not say ‘we sell shoes.’ Be clear, stay away from inside jokes, and don’t be clever at the expense of common sense.

Dashes Ð To establish a brand for your business, stay away from domain names that involve dashes unless all of your business is conducted online.

When people talk about businesses via word of mouth, they often won’t verbalize a dash and your potential customer will likely type out the domain wrong if yours uses dashes. Your competitors may set up sites that don’t have dashes, to skim off your potential customers who make the error of leaving them out. If your business is conducted solely online this is less of a problem, because people tend to copy and paste domain names Ð dashes and all Ð when browsing.

How I Saved $ 2800 on a Domain Name?

I am sure when you are building up your startup. It’s a frustrating task to

find a good available domain name. Business name is a pure gold if you found a good one. It can make or break your online reputation.

However when I started searching name, it became a frustrating task for me

as I want to be my company found on the Web and the perfect name was not easy task to find. A good domain can be found for free or for a few thousand dollars, or million but don’t pay a fortune for one.

After searching lot I came up with few business names. They were not available but for sale on different marketplaces from $ 2500?-?$ 12000 but as we were the small start up and with less funds we want them in a range of $ 10?-?$ 3000.

Before purchasing a domain one of my friend gave an idea to, try to

found a domain name through a domain name generator.

What basically is a domain name generator?

A domain name generator mixes letter, words and comes up with a new name, suggestion and ideas.

So here we started our search. With many website available on Google we started founding domain name and finally we came up with a great domain name through a website related to domain name generator called domainglo.com

We just gave keyword and it came up with many domain names and suggestions. And within 5 minutes we found a great domain name and we hand registered it for just $ 12.

First, trust me, you need a domain name. You might not need it today for a business but in a few years time you’ll want it.

The way people think about websites is changing, and more personal landing page services are popping up?-?and it takes a matter of minutes to set up. In a few years it may well be common to send a link to your online business. It’s worth future proofing yourself now, rather than gambling on ending up with some godawful domain name because it’s the only one that includes your business name.

Right now you can get a domain name for about $12 a year. That’s ridiculous. The price of a drink or two gets you endless benefits, an awesome email address, and control over your online image. How is that not worth it?

If you don’t have your own domain name, I urge you, go out and get one. Go to domain name generator tool and find the best and most relevant domain name you can find. You won’t regret it.

How Domain Name and Web Hosting Affect Your Online Business?

Since the globalisation has set in, the need of online presence has increased to a great extent. Working in an isolated manner is not an option as everything is interlinked. Hence businesses have to mark a global presence so that they can increase their reach in the market and improve revenue generation. For these reasons, business setups are looking for options, which can help them in getting enough traffic on their websites. But having enough traffic does not guarantee success. There is a need for relevant and valid traffic on the site to increase the sales. Now, the big question is what should be done to attract relevant traffic to the site. There are multiple ways by which one can accomplish the aim of attracting genuine leads, such as choosing the right domain name and having a reliable web hosting service with high up time.

Choosing the right domain name is of prime importance in order to provide a proper sense of the kind of business one is into. While choosing the name, one has to make sure that it adds value to the official website of the company. It is always better to select a name that is easy to memorise and spell. The name should not contain more than two or three words and it is also advisable to include keywords so that your site becomes more result-oriented on search engines. An appropriate domain name can not only generate leads but also help in establishing a brand name for your business. With an easy-to type and memorable name visitors can easily search your website.

A reliable web hosting service for high uptime is recommended for any website. The quality of the web hosting solution can make a huge difference in the performance of the site. Choosing a reliable service provider is one of the prerequisites for a successful online business. With the advancements in technology, not only large companies but also SMEs (small and medium enterprise) can afford having a website of their own. But every provider can not do justice with the website and therefore it becomes crucial to opt for a provider who ensures high uptime for the site. A bad server can ruin the performance of your site and give a bad impression to the visitors, which in turn can hamper company’s sales. Hence it is important to ensure while making a final decision about the website hosting service provider that he facilitates good bandwidth as well as uptime. Making a note of these things can save businesses from losing potential customers. A website with the uninterrupted access can have a great impact on the company’s online business as visitors can navigate the website any time they want to. Proper running of the website is vital and it can be considered as a pivotal factor for a website’s success.

Therefore, a right domain name, domain registration and a trustworthy hosting service can elevate the value of the web portal. The need for quality website hosting and appropriate name forms a crucial part of running an e-commerce website.