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Before you start building your domain name portfolio by acquiring new domains, you need to know where to look for domain names and what to look for.
This section was developed with the aim of putting you straight on track in
starting to find the right domain names with great investment potential.
Before we look at available resources, let’s take a look at what type of domain names one should look at registering. This is very important as you do not want a portfolio of names with no resell value.
What Type of Domains Should be Registered or Acquired?
When looking at acquiring domains you need to look at the following type of domains:
1. Keyword Domains
These types of domains are domain names consisting of keywords that are
regularly searched on search engines. These domains often ensure traffic to the
domain when it is parked or developed into a website.
As example, let us take a look at www.airlineinfo.com. This domain consists of
two keywords, namely airline and info. You can expect that many Internet users
might often want to reserve online airline tickets and some might do searches on
airline info to find websites consisting of airline information. If you have
registered this domain and developed a website, you are likely to appear high in
search engine results and attract a large number of visitors to this domain.
There are a number of tools, listed in this guide, which can assist you in
determining how many times keywords are searched. Be sure to use these tools
before deciding upon a domain name to register.
In short, your aim should be to register domain names consisting of high
searched keywords.
2. Domain Names with Existing Traffic
You will read more about the value of these domain names in the section ‘Expired
Domain Names’ later on. Generally, domain names with existing traffic can be
registered once they expire. Alternatively, these domain names can be bought
from other domainers selling them.
These are good domain names with high value as they ensure an income, especially
if you decide on parking these domains.
3. 3 and 4 Character, Letter and Number .com
These domain names are brilliant domains for investment purposes. The value of
these domains is increasing on a monthly basis. By investing early in acquiring
these, you might build up a powerful portfolio in a few years from now.
Income from these domains will be ensured when reselling them in a few years on
the trading market.
These domains, in all combinations, have been registered and are no longer
available for registration. You can, however, buy these domains from other
domainers on the trading market.
4. Dictionary Word Domains
Dictionary word domains, especially in the .com TLD, have high value due to its
one-word nature. Depending on the keywords, these are often classified Premium
domains, and values could then reach up to the hundreds of thousands, even
million dollar values.
Again, the majority, if not all, of these domain names have been registered and
are no longer available for registration. Although available on aftermarkets and
the trading marketing, they are very highly priced.
Another good and recommended investment of these types of domains are other
TLD’s, such as .net and .org, although the values will never be the same as the
.com TLD.
Today, there are still a number of dictionary word domain names available for
registration. Visit our
available one word dictionary domains site to find domain names
still available for registration.
5. Typo Domains
Typo domains are domain names not spelled correctly. Often these types of domain
names ensure great type-in traffic of people misspelling the original domain
they wanted to visit.
When registering these type of domains, ensure that you conduct research on the
number of searches on the correct spelled domain as well as on the typo.
A word of advice: Stay well clear from registering typo domains of trademarked
services or products.
Here is a great tool, which will assist in finding typo domains, simply click on the link below to download the TypoGenerator.
If you need an online version of a Typo Generator, we recommend the Keyword Typo Generator by SEOChat.com
http://www.seochat.com/seo-tools/keyword-typo-generator
6. Domain Names with Page Rank
Expiring domain names with a pagerank is a good investment for a quick
profitable sale. Many domains with a pagerank expires on a daily basis, often
some domains might have a 3-5 pagerank. These domains holds a high resell value.
If you do decide to engage in trading domain names with pageranks, it is highly
recommended that you sell the domain with a matter of urgency. The reason being
that upon the following pagerank update, the domain will lose its rank if there
is no developed website. Alternatively, you can spend the time and resources in
developing a website for the domain.
Another Word of advice: If you intend to build a portfolio and not develop
websites, stay away from domain names containing combinations on characters,
such as hyphens, and numbers. These domains often do not have high value.
The exception to the rule is if you want to create a website and increase
traffic and income. A domain name like www.credit-cards.com will be a good
investment. Again the strength of the domain will be in its keywords, in the
example being “credit” and “cards”, a highly searched and profitable term.
Keeping Track of Domain Names Acquired
Upon acquiring large number of domain names, from different registrars, it will be wise to keep track on all your domain names and where they are registered. By simply creating a text document you can easily access the domains in your portfolio.
eg.domains created a useful Excel sheet, which can be used to keep track of your domain names. What makes this even more useful is the fact that it also keeps track on domain sales. You can easily view all your sales and total ROI figures.
This tool is highly recommended to all domain newbies, and can be downloaded by clicking the link below.
Download the Domain Name
Income Calculator
Recommended Tools to Assist in Finding Domain Names
Here are some additional tools, which can assist you in deciding whether a
domain name is right to be registered.
AcronymFinder.com
This tool will find meanings for acronyms of popular terms.
Reystar.com
Reystar will provide the most searched terms over a period of time.
7Search.com
7Search will display the top 500 paying keywords on the Internet. This tool is
highly recommended if you register domain names with the aim of parking them.
Google Trends
This is a great tool to see the most searched terms in google.
Domainer Forums and Aftermarkets:
There are a number of forums on the Internet where domainers get together. These
forums often provide sections where domain names can be traded. Here you will
often find domain names at bargain prices.
Many domainers also sell their domains on aftermarkets on auctions.
Recommended forums and aftermarkets are:
DNForum.com
The One Stop Place to Talk, Buy and Sell Domains!
Sedo
With more than 690,000 members around the world trading domains, Sedo’s domain marketplace offers the world’s largest selection of premium domains with more than 11.5 million available for sale!
Afternic
As one of the leading premium domain sellers and a marketing partner with the
majority of the best registrars online, the odds are good that you’ll have a
profitable sale on Afternic.
DNScoop
Sell or buy your domain on this marketplace, and take advantage of its in-house
valuation tool.
The Domain Marketplace
Sell or buy your domain names with natural traffic, one and two word generic
terms, and strong traffic on Domain Marketplace.
V7N Network
On this network, you’ll get access to a large development community and be able
to take advantage of a great sales format.
The Buy Sell Website
This marketplace has listings for both established and start-up websites.
DomainState
This is a great place to sell or buy whether you’ve already priced your domain
or want to put it out for offers and auctions.
NamePros
Post your domain name for sale or buy in this forum of over 90,000 domain name
owners.
TDNam
Put your domain up for auction on or buy from GoDaddy’s site and you’ll enjoy
low commission fees and high visibility.
WebHosting Talk
Get offers or check out specific requests on this forum.
DigitalPoint
Digital Point’s Sites Forum allows you to list sites and find resources at the
same time.
SitePoint
This is another great resource for finding available domain names.
