How to Buy Good Domains Names - Guide for Beginners
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:58 amHello everyone,
I am new, and instead of a normal introduction, I thought I'd try and contribute to the forum on something I know how to do well - find and sell (or keep) quality domain names. All the resources are free and I use these steps:
1. I go to http://www.wsmdomains.com/help/expireddaily.html and download any list. But keep in mind that most registrants have a grace period of 5 days before the domain is available again for registering. So I usually pick a list 6 days old or older, or I get little or no results.
2. Download the domain filter (free) at this URL: http://www.alouwebdesign.ca/free-downlo ... filter.htm . With this software, I can import my list and set up filters of all sorts, based on length, prefix, suffix, etc. I can also add a list of words that can be anywhere in the domain name.
Example: .com names are worth more than others so I will filter the others out by adding ".com" to my filter. Now it will only find .com names.
Example 2: Domain names with the word "loan" in them sell well, so I would add "loan" to my filter.
3. After I filter my list, I now copy 500 names at a time to http://www.moniker.com/domains/batch_reg.jsp . It is a bulk domain registration tool, and there may be others I don't know of. It allows 500 maximum names, which is plenty. Now I can see which names are available and pick names I want from that list.
I'll give you some words that are good for domains (for use in the filter):
free
car
vegas
love
foreclosure
If you look at what sold for a lot on eBay you can easily see some other valuable words to add to your filter list.
Hope this helps!
Sherry
I am new, and instead of a normal introduction, I thought I'd try and contribute to the forum on something I know how to do well - find and sell (or keep) quality domain names. All the resources are free and I use these steps:
1. I go to http://www.wsmdomains.com/help/expireddaily.html and download any list. But keep in mind that most registrants have a grace period of 5 days before the domain is available again for registering. So I usually pick a list 6 days old or older, or I get little or no results.
2. Download the domain filter (free) at this URL: http://www.alouwebdesign.ca/free-downlo ... filter.htm . With this software, I can import my list and set up filters of all sorts, based on length, prefix, suffix, etc. I can also add a list of words that can be anywhere in the domain name.
Example: .com names are worth more than others so I will filter the others out by adding ".com" to my filter. Now it will only find .com names.
Example 2: Domain names with the word "loan" in them sell well, so I would add "loan" to my filter.
3. After I filter my list, I now copy 500 names at a time to http://www.moniker.com/domains/batch_reg.jsp . It is a bulk domain registration tool, and there may be others I don't know of. It allows 500 maximum names, which is plenty. Now I can see which names are available and pick names I want from that list.
I'll give you some words that are good for domains (for use in the filter):
free
car
vegas
love
foreclosure
If you look at what sold for a lot on eBay you can easily see some other valuable words to add to your filter list.
Hope this helps!
Sherry