There is a huge potential in making cool money just flipping
expired domain names. Once the appropriate research is done with
taking the right steps making money from these domains that are no
longer used can be guaranteed. Just like the normal real estate
around us, one can make good money by just identifying good expired
domains, purchasing them, and working on them before selling for a
higher value. Expired domains are websites that have been previously
registered by another owner who had lost them commonly due to
non-payment of renewal fees.
There are several ways one can work on these website addresses to
make money from them. There are very important things one must
consider and have in perspective whenever we are developing these
names to sell. This to a very large extent determines how much the
eventual domain address maybe worth. Some of the things to consider
carefully include -:
- Top Level Domains-: As a rule of thumb, it
is more profitable to scout for top level domains (website names
that end with dot com) when looking for expired domain names to
buy. A lot of web masters and businesses are more interested in
these types of domains than any other kind of website address.
They are a lot easier to sell than most of the other domain
types and of course they are usually more expensive.
- Keywords-: The search for website addresses
should be centered on keywords you are interested in. Keywords
are very important in web traffic and identity. Everybody wants
to have a website address that can easily be identified on the
internet. It is also a lot easier for a keyword centered domain
name to attract traffic especially search engine traffic than
one that is not centered on any keyword. A good keyword research
tool can be very useful for this.
- Length of Domain Name-: The length of the
name should be as short as possible. It is easier for anybody to
remember a short web name than a long one. This also contributes
immensely in attracting search engine traffic.
- Avoid Names with Figures-: The acquisition
of websites containing figures should be greatly limited as not
so many people are usually interested in these kinds of website
addresses. You may end up finding it difficult to sell it later.
- Existing Traffic: Domain names with
existing traffic are usually hot cakes. Anytime you come across
these kinds of domains, buy them quickly. This is because one
can even take advantage of that traffic to make some money
before selling them off eventually. There are various ways which
one can monetize traffic. Some of these methods are discussed
below.
- Traffic Redirection:
This involves
redirecting or re-channeling the web traffic from an acquired
domain to a new domain that may be fully monetized with
advertising programs like Google AdSense, or affiliate marketing
programs, or any other program designed to make money for the
website owner. This can be done pending when the domain will
eventually be sold.
- Domain Parking: This involves temporarily
directing your website to a particular site that will display
adverts on your domain. You get paid whenever anybody clicks on
such adverts. This method can also be used for acquired domains
that already have existing traffic. This can continue till
whenever you may decide to sell off the domain. There a lot of
parking services available on the internet.
- Listing for sale: There are several places
where one can list a web address for sale. Some of these places
include forums, merchant sites etc. There are a lot of places
where one can list and sell domain names
