Friday, November 11, 2011

How About Flipping Aged Domains As an Online Home Business Opportunity?

Aged domains, as the name suggests, have been around for awhile either as addresses for active websites or as parked sites attracting traffic and profits for the owner based on their name alone.


Buying these pieces of virtual real estate at auctions on domain directories and then selling them immediately for a quick profit can be a very lucrative home business model to adopt online. There are 5 important considerations you should keep in mind when you're searching for older domains to purchase from the different directories on the Web to resell for a profit and here they are:


1. You should make sure you aren't infringing on any trademark regulations before you register an aged domain. If you decide to build a website around a keyword name for example, and then sell it at a later date before checking for any trademarks you run the risk of having your web page seized by the company owning the rights to the name. You may also be sued and found liable for trademark violations by a court of law and ordered to pay a dollar amount to the owner.


2. You should always try to find keyword rich domains which will turn up on the first page of search results in the major search engines online. If people are using your domain as a search term in Google the value of your find will increase significantly giving you an excellent return from your investment upon resale.


3. Before making an offer on an aged domain you should check to see if there's any residual traffic still flowing to it. This of course will add to its value because when you sell it and someone constructs a website using your address they will have instant traffic flowing to it from its previous existence.


These could be natural, organic visitors sent by Google and company or people finding there way to the new website via existing back links on the Internet.


4. As with any new name you should also consider the domain length with an aged address. Two words is usually the cut off point because anything any longer is more difficult to remember and is more prone to errors when someone is trying to type it into the browser's address window thereby making it more difficult to find on the Web.


5. Try to find out as much as possible about the history of the aged domain before you buy it. For example, was the name used on a sales page or on a blog? Was the domain associated with a positive and popular website or did it have a bad reputation online. If it was related to a negative situation then this could reduce its value drastically and make it very difficult to resell.


If you keep all of these points in mind when you're looking for an aged domain to flip for a quick profit you're more likely to make a wise and profitable purchase for your online home business.


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