tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16346459756506464712011-11-27T15:49:56.302-08:00Barefoottechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12083187047159579099noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634645975650646471.post-45691103646243845352009-10-28T15:23:00.001-07:002009-10-28T15:23:27.899-07:00THis is amazing<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1634645975650646471-4569110364624384535?l=domains-make-money.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Barefoottechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12083187047159579099noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1634645975650646471.post-26304390264225698712009-10-28T15:13:00.000-07:002009-10-28T15:19:29.281-07:00David Underhill aka Barefoottech<br /><br />Article:<br /> Copyright 2008 by BareFootTech<br /><br /><br /><br /> As more people and companies than ever are investing in domain<br />names, it has become evident that not all of these names will<br />realise their full income earning potential. <br />As a Domain <a href="http://www.nameregistration.com.au">reseller</a> and investor with a reasonable sized portfolio ,I have often been asked the best way<br />to make money from these investment domains. The following are<br />the most common ways to create an income stream or maximize<br />resale value. <br /><br /><ul><li> <b> Park the name with a parking service</b><br/>These<br />places pay a percentage of the advertising revenue derived from<br />ads placed on a page displayed when someone visits your domain.<br />Also most of these parking services also offer a sales listing<br />service to enable easy resale marketing of your domain.<br /></li><li> <b>Make your own park page </b><br/>Similar to the<br />above ,only you create your own small Website with ads and get<br />100% of the revenue. This however will not be as profitable<br />because the parking services get a much greater traffic flow.<br /></li><li> <b>Develop a small, but content rich<br />minisite</b><br/>These small <a<br />href="http://www.minisite.info">minisites</a> are usually filled<br />with articles and contextual ads from Adsense. Also often called<br /><a Href="http://AdsenseSite.info">AdsenseSites</a></li><li><br /><b>Develop a full featured web-site</b><br/>Selling services or<br />products and also have some ads and paid links.This can be<br />either selling your own products or as an affiliate for an<br />existing online website. </li></ul> <br /><br /><b><i>Factors that increase value</i></b><br/><br/> At any of<br />the above stages of development and Value adding,you can make<br />money by reselling the Domain/Site for an increased value above<br />the purchase price. The following is some of the variables<br />determining a fair resale price. <ul><lI> <b>Keywords &<br />brandability of the name</b><br/> i.e. <a<br />href="http://become-rich.org">Become-rich.org</a> is Keyword<br />rich and is valued higher than <a<br />href="http://www.CrappyNames.com">CrappyNames.com</a> </li><li><br /><b>Amount of Visitor Traffic </b><br/> Simple equation More<br />visitors = More Income = Greater Value </li><li><b>Return from<br />site</b><br/> (Income for Ads,Sales or Paid Links) . Higher<br />Income earned ,Higher value for the site </li><li><b>Current<br />Demand for similiar names</b><br/> If a particular type of name<br />is hot property ,all the similar names increase in value because<br />of the demand. </li><li> <b>Current Search Engine<br />Ranking</b><br/> If the Name is Not listed by the major search<br />engines or is on page 346 than value is low, conversely if it is<br />listed on the first page of the listings than value will be<br />higher. </li><li> <b>Number of Sites linking to your<br />site</b><br/> Related to Traffic and S.E.Ranking , More links =<br />more traffic + higher rankings </li><li> <b>How keen is the<br />buyer for name</b><br/> Buyer may want the name for a specific<br />purpose and will pay a premium to ensure they get it.<br /><br /></li></ul> <br/> <b><i>Ways to Lose money on<br />Domains</i></b><br/> <Ul><li> <b>Register a trademarked name<br /></b><br/>like "P*yP*lFees.com" because of the Legal hassles.<br />Most High profile companies can afford an expensive legal battle<br />,can you? </li><li> <b>Pay too much for Domain Name</b><br/>Just<br />because ReallyGreat.com sold for $Big-bucks , doesn't mean<br />paying $bigBucks for any old name will mean reselling it for an<br />even higher price. </li><li> <b>Get scammed by Email and other<br />types of fraud</b><br/>Domain investors attract more than their<br />fair share of Scammers A common one is an email claiming to be<br />someone wishing to buy your name ,all you have to do is use<br />their preferred Appraisal service to confirm the offered price.<br />It is just a ruse to get you to pay an inflated price for this<br />appraisal.</li></ul><br /><br /><br /><br />About the author:<br />David J Underhill aka <a<br />href="http://www.barefoottech.net">BareFootTech</a> is an<br />Australian based domain name<br /> <a href="http://www.nameregistration.com.au">reseller</a> and <br /><A href="http://.www.MiniSite.info">MiniSite</a> developer.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1634645975650646471-2630439026422569871?l=domains-make-money.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Barefoottechhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12083187047159579099noreply@blogger.com0