Selling a Domain Name

top9 · Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 5

If you have registered a desirable domain name and don't want to use it for your own web site, you may consider selling this domain name to any one else. Already registered domains can be sold for much more than the original registration fee depending on the value of the domain. Profit margin is high, and selling a domain name can be easy, if you know the right steps to take. Before selling domain names on the Internet there are a few things to consider ensuring successful sales like demand of the domain name, popularity of the existing site duration like 1 year etc.

frankcois · Joined: 27 Feb 2008 Posts: 52

Always remember that the current domain name resale market is much weaker than it was just a couple of years ago, at the height of the Dot-com bubble.

Back then, if you owned a decent domain name, you could generally sit back and wait for the buyers to come to you. Nowadays, you need to be much more proactive in your approach if you want to successfully sell your domain name(s).

At the same time, never discount the possibility of "walk-in" buyers; in other words, potential buyers coming across your domain name during a search, and enquiring about its availability.

To this end, it's essential that you keep your Whois record (the record of ownership of your domain name) updated at all times, and free from errors. You just never know who might be trying to contact you!

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