(A Guide to Generating and Profiting With Your
Domains)
Until recently, many fail to realize the fact that we are now
in the era of information age meaning that information seems very important for
us to thrive and achieve greater heights in this present world.
That answers the question of why the need of domains or
website? The truth is not far fetched, with the transformation that’s happening
around us with regards to information marketing and product marketing the need
to have a website can not be over emphasized. Companies who have products now
prefer to market it online than offline because it seems invaluable and some of
them have come to the conclusion that for their product to gain leadership both
in the domestic and foreign market, the need to market it online, that’s why
online marketing or advertising of product seems unavoidable.
Lets start by reminding our readers that I am equally
committed to contributing positively towards the development of the human
society in the areas of business, politics, sport, information (online and
offline) empowerment, entrepreneurship skills, education and so on.
The aims and objectives of this article to expose you to ways
by which you can have your own website, without having to worry on how to
design it or go about the InfoTech aspect of it.
In case you are wondering what a
domain name means, it’s just the name you give to a website. This is equally
the name that you enter in your browser when you want to access any website.
For example visit www.libertyreserve.com, www.stockmarketnigeria, www.facebook.com and so on.
Some years back during the dot com rush,
domain names were bought from the original owners for as high as $12,000,000.
We would not be helping matters at all if we
tell you to rush and buy a domain and sell it for that exorbitant amount. The
simple truth now is that those generic names are all gone.
We will simply tell you not to be discouraged
or thinking you can not still make profit from a domain at least that is the
whole essence of reading this article. Researches have shown that domain names
still sells for thousands of dollars. see for yourself at www.flippa.com:
We also visited ebay.com and saw a domain
where the marketer is asking for $2,000,000. This is crazy and highly
ridiculous, am waiting for who will buy it. www.intoblog.com
The next question that will
be bothering your mind now is how do I choose a good Domain?
At this junction, you need
not to worry yourself of which domain to buy. Lots of work must have gone to
this because there are many names in your area of specialization all competing
for your attention.
Choosing the right domain
name is as important as selling your product to your customer. Some people
often feel that domain names that contain short words or phrase often sell more
than the other, but the truth is either of the two you choose, your chances of
getting traffic is very much equal.
Though, you should stick
with domain names that contain at most three words that contain your motives.
Also do not worry if the dot com of a domain you have in mind is gone the .org
or .net or .info can also work perfectly depending on the niche market you are
targeting {Though strongly advise you choose .com extension, you can also add
dash. i.e. entrepreneur-nigeria.com} Think ahead when choosing your domain name;
remember its going to be part of your advert campaign and most of the time this
flow is important because you have limited text to put in your campaign.
The next question ma sure
must have been bothering your mind now is how do I register a domain name?
There are several
registration companies online but www.namecheap.com is one that I know accepts MasterCard originating
from Nigeria, moreover domain registration sites can be searched via Google.
Here is a simple procedure
to register your domain name.
After you must have
registered a domain name then another problem most people have is on how to add
value to the domain?
According statistics, new
domain names are registered every four seconds but lots of domains get sold
everyday. Gone are the days when you just come up
with a supposedly sweet good domain names and
go to sleep; now you need to add some value.
Adding value to your domain
seems very important:
The easiest way to add
value to your domain is to build market around it, then it is expected to
generate you some income while you wait for potential buyer.
Here is an easy approach to
this:
Create a blog and start
adding articles to it.
Convince the potential
buyer by monetizing it i.e. generating some income from it already.
Simple ways to monetize your
domain:
1. Advertising: This
is the easiest of all the monetization strategies. There are so many advert networks
but the most rated is Adsense.
2. Sell Physical
Products: If you have any physical product that can be associated with your
domain, it will be good to sell it through you link.
3. Digital Products: Software,
games and other downloadable products can also be sold through your domain
page.
4. Affiliate Products: There
are many affiliate sites, register with any of them and start promoting
products that is in your niche.
5. Services: This
involves charging people for work done, selling your time or expertise.
Some traffic generating
ideas includes:
It’s highly advised to stay
away from duplicated article contents because it will kill the domain. Make
sure you write up contents is unique.
Endeavour to write free
books for up to 5-7 pages and give to people for free including links for your
domain for people who will like to visit and encourage people to share the
book.
Participate in targeted
forum or forums in your market and drop valuable comments and post.
Article submission is very
vital, you will be lucky if a publisher with huge list use your article as
publication.
How to
Sell Your Domain
At this junction, am sure
for most people who are curious on how to make a decent income from domain.
Well these are ways on how to sell your domain at reasonable amount without
having to regret.
Congratulations you are on
your way to making money with your domain name if you have followed the steps
above.
The amount you sell your
domain name is entirely your own decision but I can assure you that it’s a win
situation for you.
If you are ready to sell
your domain visit sedo.com, flippa.com and list it there for sell.
You can do a search on
Google and see other sites where your domain can be sold.
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