This page was created to give you ideas and point you in the right direction on domain name related information like how to choose a good domain name, soon to expire domain names, how to backorder (For Free) domain names that are already registered. We also give you information about how you could make some money buying and selling domain names.
We realize this page is quite large but there is just so much information and we want to give you as much as possible to make your business a success ! Please use the menu on the left to select your topic.
These days, a good domain name is an important business asset and it could make or break an online presence. As a result of the dot COM boom in the late nineties, good domain names can sell for incredibly high amounts of money. Men.com sold for 1.3 Million dollars late December 2003 and still very high prices are paid for domain names.
Businesses now a days, especially small businesses seek a presence online. They register a domain name and put together a little web site offering their product. As the old saying goes - BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME - does unfortunately not apply online. There are about 10 million active web sites out there and you can almost state with 100% certainty that what ever service or product you offer, you will have hundreds or even hundreds of THOUSANDS competitors to deal with on the internet.
Some facts:
The goal of the information on this page is to give you some tips about how you can make
yourself visible and found on the internet. Visibility = Visitors, Visitors = Profit.
Most links provided on this page are external links to sites we have good
personal experiences or partnerships with. We can not guarantee any information
on external sites to be correct and up to date.
How to choose a good domain name ? It depends a bit on what your goal is. If you run a localized business (for example a window washing company), your market might assume a local country extension (.co.uk or .nl etc.). If however you are a company that operates worldwide OR your are interested in selling domain names for profit, you could state that a domain name has to be:
These are however just guidelines. You can still find good sellable names that do not comply with all the above rules.
If your goal is to either run a profitable online business or to sell on the domain name you've bought, it's important to promote your site ! Obviously, the more visitors, the more chance of people buying your service or product. How to do this ? Achieve a high Search engine ranking !
Visitors to your Web site come from search engines and directories, and we can help you generate the visibility you need online!
The first step would be to make sure you are listed ! There are many
services out that that can guarantee you inclusion for the bigger search
engines (see links on the left).
At FXDomains.com
we offer an automated service called
Traffic Blazer. With Traffic Blazer, you can prepare, analyze, optimize
and submit your Web pages to key search engines and directories. And we've
made it easy: No technical expertise is needed. If you can type and click,
you can use Traffic Blazer! Traffic Blazer offers six essential features
to give your site the best chances at search engine listing:
Getting included in search engines is however not enough. You will need
to rank high
(preferably on the first pages) of the bigger search engines for
popular search phrases that your customers would use. And this is
the challenge. There are really only 2 ways to achieve a high ranking.
One is guaranteed, the other is based on knowledge and a percentage of
luck.
1) Guaranteed
Use pay-per-click services like Google adwords -
2) Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
This includes optimizing your pages so the search engines can more easily
index (and rank) you for your product and your customers search phrases.
An unmissable tool to assist you with this is
WordTracker which helps you find the most effective keywords to use
for your site.
Because good link popularity can dramatically increase traffic to your web site. Well placed links are an excellent source of consistent and targeted traffic. And due to recent developments, they can even generate additional search engine traffic to your site. Most of the major search engines now factor Link Popularity into their relevancy algorithms. As a result, increasing the number of quality, relevant sites which link to your site can actually improve your search engine rankings. There is still no one "secret trick" to getting good rankings, but boosting your site's popularity may give it the edge it needs. Knowing who links to your site and increasing the number of quality links is an important part of any web site promotion effort.
To increase link popularity for our customers, FXDomains.com runs a reciprocal links directory.
If you run a quality website, visit our resources section to find out more and request a link exchange. On this page you can also check your current link popularity !
SECRET: Every day thousands of domains are forfeited by their owners who fail to renew or pay for the domain name registration fees on their expiring domain names. This creates an incredible, yet little-known opportunity for you to own a domain that may have been registered as long as two years ago!
HOW IT WORKS: When a domain owner fails to pay registration or renewal fees on a domain name, that domain name is placed on hold for a short period of time. If the domain name owner pays the outstanding registration fees while the expired domain is on hold, he/she may be able to regain the name. If the fees are not paid before the on hold period ends, the domain is deleted from the master domain registry. Once deleted, the domain is just like any name that is not registered: it is available for anyone to register! In fact, because many deleted domains are so valuable, they are grabbed within days or even hours of being deleted, often by domain speculators who realize they can resell the unclaimed domain for a quick and sizable profit.
THE TRICKS: Get access to domain names that have just been deleted or are expected to be deleted soon and back order them !
We can recommend the following services to help you with this:
Pool.com
- RECOMMENDED This site offers FREE
domain name backorders. You only pay a low fee if they manage to
successfully grab the name for you. If more people backordered the same
name, a short auction will follow so you only pay what you want to pay
for the name. They also offer FREE
daily expired domain name lists and soon to expire domains lists
straight in your inbox.First of all, you need to have an idea of what your domain name is worth. Get an official Certified Domain Name Appraisal from FXDomains.com. Pricing starts at only $4.99 for an express appraisal!
If you decide to sell your domain name, either as a one off or as a means to create some extra income in buying up domain names and selling them on for a profit, we can recommend the following, specialized domain name auction sites:
Afternic.com - One of the best known and succesful domain name auction
sites on the net. You need to sign up as a an 'exchange' member which
costs only $19.95 per year. They also do domain name appraisals and if
you sell your domain name, they charge 10% of the final sales price. This
includes their escrow service.
Sedo.co.uk - largest database of domain names for sale on the internet. You can sign up for free to list your domain name for sale. You pay them 10% (or $100 minimum) of the final sale price. They also offer great domain name appraisal services so you can find out what your name is worth and set a realistic price.
