subject: How To Buy Domains Names That Are Valuable [print this page] How To Buy Domains Names That Are Valuable
In the domaining business, one of the most frequently asked questions is, "how to buy domains that end users will recognize as being profitable?
It is not uncommon for some newbie domain investor to spend hours searching for the perfect domain name to register. Then when they stumble on free to register names that they feel are as good as the next Google - their heart start beating.
They whip out their credit cards and buy the domains, sure that within a short period of time, they will be able to resell the names for profit.
But for many newbies, that initial burst of enthusiasm fades fast as no one even signal interest in any of the names.
If this describe your experience, here is how to buy domains that will be more valuable than the ones you bought in the past:
1. In general - stay away from brandable names. It is important that you buy a name that an audience will understand as soon as they see it.
These kind of names tend to have the keywords in them and people are typing in that keyword in the search engines. These types of names, would be more valuable to an end-user
2. When you are just staring in the domaining for profit business - go easy on the number to names you buy. Read the domain name forums and read Dn Journal and find out what type of domains are moving.
3. From point #2, you should haves saved some money rather than throwing money at rubbish names.
Take some of that money and search through some of the names being sold at Snap Names. You could find some real gems there for as low as $69.
Sure, you can find a good free to register name for $10. But remember, the advanced domainer scan numerous names on a weekly basis so finding that great $10 domain name is getting harder.
Again, when you go to Snap Names - look for domains that have the keywords in them.
4. Avoid long buying long domain names or names with hyphens.
5. Buy only .Coms. Until you know more about the industry, avoid dotnet, dotbiz, dotinfo and the country extensions such as dotpk (Pakistan), dotin (India) etc.
You have a greater margin of error if you register only dotcoms.
Conclusion:
Knowing how to buy domains for profit is a skill that will improve with time. Read up as much as you can about the industry and learn from your mistakes.
If you want to get a good jump start into the business, only buy domains from websites that have waded through the crappy names and only offering the gems.
