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Making Money with Expired Domains


There are billions of websites and thousands more popping up each day and they all require a name. As competition on the Internet intensifies, more and more people are actively looking for a quality domain for their site. Unfortunately for them there are already over 30 million dotcoms taken, which often times leaves webmasters with two choices. Settle for a long unpleasant looking domain or spend thousands to purchase a quality one from a private owner. Examples of the few most valuable domains ever sold are:

* Business.com sold for $7,500,000

* Casino.com sold for $5,500,000

* AsSeenOnTV.com sold for $5,100,000

Exceptional domains are obviously worth a lot of money, but what good does that do anyone now? Here is where expired domains come into the picture. While there are over 20,000 domains being registered each day, most people don't realize that there are also just as many expiring. Many times their owners don't realize how valuable the domain is when they let it go. Because of this, it's not uncommon to hear about a user grabbing an expired domain for $20 and selling it for 100 times that.

How do users find these valuable expired domains? They use a special type of search engine known as an expired domain search engine. While most of the domains that expire are junk there are handful each day that are worth a fair amount of money. To find this needle in a haystack you need to use a powerful expired domain search engine. A comparison chart of the top 5 expired domain search engines can be found at http://www.droplistpro.com/comparison-chart.htm.

A demo of an expired domain name search engine can be found at (http://www.droplistpro.com/domain-search-demo.htm).

Chris Richmond, domain enthusiast and programmer, recently finished what is called an expired domain name search engine. With it you can search through millions of expiring domains by content, dictionary, length, status, and more. A demo of this new search engine can be found at http://www.droplistpro.com/domain-search-demo.htm


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Opposing Views

Did You Sell Any Go Daddy Premium Domain Names During the Super Bowl?
Elliot's Blog (blog)
Since domain names listed on both Afternic DLS and Sedo MLS are shown on Godaddy searches, I was wondering if anyone saw an uptick in premium domain purchases on Sunday night and/or yesterday. I don't have a large enough list of domain names that ...
2012 Super Bowl Commercials: GoDaddy, Danica Patrick Sell Domain NamesOpposing Views
GoDaddy and .Co take center stage with Super Bowl CommercialsDomain Name Wire
Godaddy Set Sales Record For Super Bowl SundayTheDomains.com
Business Insider
all 54 news articles »


U. buys .xxx domain names in preventative move
The Brown Daily Herald
By Meia Geddes The University bought two domain names to avoid association with adult content, but brownuniversity.xxx had already been purchased. Students surfing the Internet for adult content will not find it on brownu.xxx or brownuniv.xxx — the ...

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USA TODAY

Letters: Internet domain names can confuse consumers
USA TODAY
I agree with USA TODAY's editorial on the problems with the expansion of the Internet domain name suffixes by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("Editorial: ICANN expanding websites to 1000 dot-anythings").



Christian Science Monitor

Domain Names Flood the Market
PC Magazine
This should flood the market with potential domain names and have a number of interesting effects on the grey market for domain names. Applicants must pay $185000 to be evaluated for a specific gTLD. An obvious one would be, for example, ...
Domain names: Internet takes big step toward end of .com eraChristian Science Monitor
Domain Names: The End Of The Dot-Com Era?Huffington Post
ICANN to start accepting applications for new web domain namesInternetRetailer.com
Generation NT (US) -WBUR -Global Gold Internet Services
all 739 news articles »


6 questions about DOMAINfest answered
Domain Name Wire
Register your domain names with Searchen Networks Inc., Check domain name availability. Search for domain names. Domain Name Wire is the Domain Name Industry's News Source. A look back at last week's DOMAINfest conference. Before heading to DOMAINfest ...

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Go Daddy "Secures" Top Spot in Recent SSL Survey
MarketWatch (press release)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Feb 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Go Daddy, the world's largest provider of Web hosting, domain names and new SSL Certificates, helped more customers secure online data transactions than any other certificate authority last month, ...

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American University Intellectual Property Brief

Operation Fake Sweep: Protecting the NFL Brand
American University Intellectual Property Brief
Beginning on October 1, 2011, several government agencies commenced “Operation Fake Sweep,” a coordinated effort to seize counterfeit NFL merchandise and the domain names of websites accused of selling counterfeit merchandise or streaming live sports ...
Seized: $5 Million In Fake Super Bowl SouvenirsABC News (blog)

all 43 news articles »


Counterfeit merchandise domain names seized ahead of NFL Super Bowl
SmartCompany.com.au
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency have seized 307 domain names for allegedly selling counterfeit merchandise, ahead of the NFL Super Bowl. According to Ars Technica, ICE Agents are using civil forfeiture laws (usually invoked ...



Key-Systems CEO discusses Moniker and SnapNames acquisition
Domain Name Wire
Register your domain names with Searchen Networks Inc., Check domain name availability. Search for domain names. Domain Name Wire is the Domain Name Industry's News Source. No dramatic changes on tap but more ccTLDs and other improvements on the way.



Kinderis Says New Web Domain Names Create Opportunities
Washington Post
12 (Bloomberg) -- Adrian Kinderis, a member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' advisory council and chief executive officer of ARI Registry Services, talks about domain names. Icann, manager of the Web's address system under a ...

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