How do I find a money making domain name? How do I predict domain traffic before I buy a domain name ?

Parking program owners say Domain sellers have submitted 1000’s of domain names and many of them earn even hundreds and thousands of dollars from our parking program by parking their high traffic domain names with out selling their domains. They just sit back and watch their parking revenue. They will make a statement like this, even the world top parking companies may have up to 10 domain names maximum, which earns more than 100 dollars per month. Even my own portfolio doesn’t reaches 1 $ per for a domain name in average.

More domain owners have made single page websites with ADSENSE ads and little content, a video, a widget ETC. They got frustrated with parking their domains.

No one will bring traffic for your domain, if you have a domain with traffic they eat up to 80% and throw 20% to you this is real. You have to work to bring traffic for that. If you ask a domain portfolio owner to give the traffic stats and revenue data for his portfolio, he will simply refuse.

Don’t buy domains on the belief of traffic stats, check other metrics listed below.
(If you are not able to accept with my article check with your friends, known domain sellers as well as domain buyer that how far it is true)

Domain sellers will try to sell domains at great prices. We only have to check from our end the real value of the domain name by checking

The traffic stats
The revenue data
Max PPC value of the keyword
Keyword competition at ADWORDS (No of bidders)
Keyword search results from Overture, Word tracker, 7search and search123.

From this analysis you can make an approximate prediction or guess on the domain value, the possible organic traffic etc. but you can’t able to judge the revenue potential. The revenue of the domain can be increased by proper usage of the domain name. You can become an educated buyer and scientifically determine the domain worth

If some one asks me what your domain traffic is, I will say it is xxxxx is it real, believable, this only happens at real market. Some domain sellers will increase the traffic by means some black hat techniques like auto surf, manual surf, paid traffic, link spam at social groups and friends developing sites. So don’t buy domains purely on traffic stats.

Some people believe that if a tracker is installed on web pages it will give clear stats. Such counters will give single stage traffic data. (Traffic entry data, original source can’t de detected)
If you see parking stats at few parking site, it will predict the quantity of type in traffic. Even very good undeveloped domains receive up to 20 unique visitors only per month. This is the real stats. But you can develop it. It is just a guide line to predict traffic. You have to analyze in this fashion, i.e.; If you convert this traffic in to sale, with each of profits equal to 5000 $ per visitor, how terrific it is.

Alexa Stats

If you check for ALEXA stats. for a parked domain. It will be nice if it shows below 1 million. But there so many black hat techniques to show good stats. If domain is parked it will have an alexa stats you can check it.

Overture

Overture was considered to be the nice tool to find keyword search, but now a days the results are quite clumsy. There is much difference between OVT data and real search traffic. It shows same traffic if you interchange the keywords
EG apple fruit = fruit apple, but in some cases you can’t even find out which is correct
EG London flights = flights London, (Such a thing will be useless)
Few confusion like spray varnish and varnish spray, spray lacquer and lacquer spray, also occur. Such can be easily found out if you use trillion tool bar, 7search ETC

Link Popularity.

If you acquire a domain name, which has been a developed website with lot of links from other websites, blogs, forums, web directories, article directories, news groups, social media sites, then there will be a residual traffic because of such links. There are so many SEO tools available to check link popularity. We have to check for both the quality and quantity of incoming links. If the links are from news articles, it will vanish with in a few days. Similarly links from irrelevant sites will consume unnecessary band width with out any business. Even the listing at paid directories like yahoo will last for a year only. Links with longevity and niche will be valuable Eg link from Dmoz.org etc. Such listings will supply a steady traffic for several years. Single link from major website worth more compared to several links from smaller websites

Search Engine Listed pages.

This is applicable only for websites and not for a domain name. This shows how many times your website appears for different keywords and key phrases on major search engine result pages. The competition will be high for short commercial words and will be very low for long phrases. You can even catch unrelated non-commercial keyword on search engine result pages, if you write a small description of few 100 words on your site about that keyword.

For Eg. If I have a domain broker site, then i have to try to get listed on pages like
Domain brokers, domain brokering, domain broking, best domain broker, top domain broker, name broker, domain seller, sell domains, domain sale, buy sell domain ETC.

More and more pages your links present, more and more search engine traffic you get. But the traffic from search engines will have a high fluctuation.

Keyword Frequency

If you acquire a domain name with higher frequency on major search engines “More than a million” you can sell your domains for good prices. But if you have low frequency of less than 5000 presence on major search engines it is very easy to capture that SERP page. Highly brand able.

PPC value of your domain keyword

If the keyword present in your domain has a higher bid value at GOOGLE _ ADWORDS then you can fetch a high price for your domain. Each and every time the advertiser pays to have a link on that SERP page for a few number of clicks @ up to 20 $ per click. If he acquires that domain name and optimize for that keyword, it is easy for him to catch that SERP page and it is further more not at all required to pay for ADWORDS to get traffic for that keyword. Domain of renewal is more than enough.

Bidder competition at PPC

If bidder competition is high, then PPC value automatically increases and there are more chances that your domain sells at higher price. More PPC advertisers think to acquire your domain to save advertisement cost

Paid traffic

Some domain sellers pay for traffic until they sell their domain for good prices by making a guarantee on domain traffic. The traffic will very soon disappear as you acquire that domain. So only I repeat you the same statement, not buy domains on pure traffic stats only.

Traffic from expired domain.

Now these days it has become very difficult to find a never registered domain name. Even though you get good traffic from these expired domains. You have to check the domain name very carefully and the past usage of that domain name from archive.org . Even the experienced domainers make mistakes in such domain acquisitions. This traffic gradually decreases with time but will be available even for few years. You also have to check whether the traffic is useful for you else it is a waste of your band width.

Typo Domains and Misspelled domains

Typos and misspelled domains will give you an appreciable amount of traffic to your website. You can acquire such domains and redirect them to your main site. There are several SEO tools available to find domain typos and misspelled variations. You can acquire such domains if they get high traffic volumes, then only it is profitable. It is best if you register them and not to buy at aftermarket prices. You can also check for abbreviations and acronyms, if available register them

Funny Domains

Take care, there are few domains which become funny when two or more keywords join together, eg lacquerspray ( lacquer spray becomes funny as lacquers pray) some more good domains sound s as adult domains because of this funny nature. Spell your domain several times to avoid such mistakes.

sell domains through domain brokers ?

1.) what is the worth of my domain name ?

Worth of domain depends on its demand, If your mail in-box is filled with offers for your domain name on a regular basis, your domain worth's more and you can easily judge the price of your domain as most of the buyers will mail you like "i need this domain and i will pay you $ xxxx like this" and you continually mail Higher offers needed like that for average sale prices. If you find out that he need your domain at any cost " you can demand in Millions"

On the other hand if you didn't receive any offers for your domain then you have to spend to promote your domains. Normally domains sold from Low $ xxx to even Millions of dollars. In this case the price greatly depends on how fast you wish to sell your domain name, promote and make others gets interested in your domain. Currently fund.com was sold in the early 2008 for 10 Million US dollars. Companies and individuals are ready to pay such a big bucks to acquire a quality domain. At present companies and individuals who are new comers for online presence are even ready to pay more to acquire quality domains.

Even then price your domains in the price range with mid of $ xxx to low of $ xxxxx. except if you own a domain which gets a lot of offers. You have to spend to promote and sell your domains, so don't sell your domains below mid of xxx Dollars. make efforts to get high offers from domain buyers

Please note if you are unaware about the worth of domain names. you can't sell your domain name for real prices. as every one wants to grab domains at cheap prices.

2.) Will you please appraise my domain name ? what do you think about the worth of my domain name ?

you can check with the previous domain sales at Dnjournal, Namebio ETC, even though so many software appraisals are available for free at various sites. I think that some free manual appraisals are also available, Make a search at Google / MSN / Yahoo i think name boy offers it. You can get some manual appraisals at several domain forums, which are quite valuable for low profile domains.

However if you own a Great Name. Just refer various domain forums and view appraisals, make a question how appraisals are made, but never tell your domain name for appraisal, such appraisals will reduce the value of your domain.

3.) I heard that even high offers for domains are refused by domain sellers ?

Most of the domain buyers make very low offers, they will tactically try to grab your domains at much cheaper cost that the prevailing market prices. Once you get a high offers from some end users, you can easily judge the potential value of your domain name, at the same time if you get some professional appraisal from multiple appraisers.

You can have a clear cut idea about the value of your domain, and you can stick to your final price, even the high offers from others point of view looks low and hence you can simply refuse those offers.In such cases you can even hire a domain broker to place your domain on his home page. such broker sites have millions of page views per month and you will get more offers for your domain.

Domain brokers also make end user campaign to sell domains to end users.end user prices are several times higher compared to ordinary domain sales. You have to pay a small percentage of your sale price [ Generally 10% ] as domain broker fee.

4.) What is the maximum price of a domain for sale ? high offer price ?

At few domain market places as well as domain auction sites, you may find domains listed for sale with asking prices in millions of dollars. they listed them with hope that it will sell for millions, and with that motivation they pay their renewals again and again for several years with no buyers.If you carefully look at them. you find that there is no sales correspondence. so if you feel your domain will cost millions, no one will help you to sell your domain. most of the domain brokers wont even list million dollar domain.

5.) I have a Million dollar domain ? I wish to sell ? How to start the domain sales?

It is very easy to sell a Million dollar domain, either at domain auction sites or at domain market places. You have to list the domain at very low asking prices, Just ask to make offers accept offer when your reserve price met, else wait until the domain sells

Where as domain broker site like ours will start domain auction at low asking price and will proceed up to 7 days. when your domain receives offers higher than your reserve price then we will sell your domain on behalf of you and hand over the cash to you and transfer the domain name to my client. we offer domain brokerage service for a small fee of 10 %.

6.) Does selling my domain name make me rich ?

It depends on your domain name and how lucky you are. But most high priced domain transactions are done some where by well qualified professional as deep secrets. Most of the domainers wont even reach that line, on the other hand you can make some money if you register some good domains and sell them, But you wont become rich from them. At the same time you can leverage the potential in your domain when you establish a business on your domain name. Like a job site, dating site, mailing service ETC. Some people even make good money from selling domain names. So don't try to approach domain sales as a get quick rich scheme, such a luck happens to very few domain sellers only. may be, you also a one in that, But please dont build air castles. wait and see such lucky domain sellers with great domains.

7.) What is the current position of the domain market ?

It is very difficult to precisely tell about the position of domain market. Few high profile domains are sold privately in a secret way. Most sales price will not be publicly revealed to the market.few B2C sales is also kept secret. Most of the domain sales at domain broker sites are of low value ranges from low $ xxx to high $ xxxx only. Please note it is a 2 billion dollar industry. If a domain is sold at domain broker. then the domain sales will be published by major domain journals and news agents. Most sales are being transacted directly between the domain buyer and seller i.e 1 to 1 sales, no middle men. But rare.

8.) Which domain broker is best?

I am answering this once again for domain sellers, so as to help them. One who responds your mails at a faster rate, and completes your domain sales and all transactions on behalf of you, takes much responsibility to sell your domain names. first thing is to check the listed domains whether his own domains or others, did any sales or not. Listing at different places gives more visibility for your domains. whether he sells or not list there, if it is free. paid listing is not required except home page listing.

Most of the domain brokers offer similar service, either big or small. It should be active. some sites acts as domain brokers, just write blogs, reviews, forums or list their own domains ETC. but don't work to sell your domains.

9.) How do i choose a domain broker to sell my domain names ?

check out for the domain brokerage fee, check with similar domain broker sites, is it equal to other brokers. Is there any any track record for any sales made so far. even though many brokers are new, even i, just offer an opportunity, you are not transferring your domains, just mail set of domain names to list at domain brokerage site

You have to check a few

> The brokerage commission rate. Most of the major domain brokers offer same fee. major brokers wont charge any fee to bidders to make a bid as it affects their business.

> Does the broker have a sales record, don't hesitate to ask questions to domain broker and check how fast he responds to your questions, with responsibility.

> How many names are listed, who is their owners check with who is database.

> How easy it would be for buyers to navigate through the site, and make a purchase with trust.

> Check for domain prices listed there, are these with in your price range,means affordable.very low prices means worst, very high means unaffordable, Moderate pricing is better for business.

> Does site offer minimum offer prices, BIN prices etc (or) only make offers.

> Do business with more than one domain broker. Try to increase the exposure for your domain names as much as possible.

> At last don't be more greedy, glance at broker site will show 100's and 100's of domain names for sale. Don't price your domains just like some thing by your self with " out of market prices"


10.) What i have to do if i had a good experience with a domain broker ?

The domain name market is still young, you can spread the name of domain broker at few forums, comment at blogs, tell your friend, spread word of mouth. You help more domain buyers and domain sellers to make business with us. At the same time more chances for your domains to be sold. all sorts of priority will be given to friends who offer initial help to build our business, that is a general thing you know. Don't forget to place a link point to the site home page, if possible.

11.) what if i have to do if i had a bad experience with domain broker ?

Don't do any further business with him, make your friends and well wishers to be aware of that domain broker. If possible mail an advice to the broker to correct his activities, as it affects his business. I also invite happily if you offer constructive criticism.

12.) Some one wants to buy my domain name ? i am worried about scams ?

If you wish to sell domains for the asked price, you can directly ask the domain buyer to raise an escrow. but at your risk. You can hire a domain broker who can act on behalf of you, to do the transaction. If you think that your domain will sell for higher prices, you can list your domain at the domain broker site and divert that buyer to domain brokers site. when ever an offer gets received you domain will be subjected for a 7 day auction to get multiple bids so that your online property will be sold for higher prices.