Course to buy and sell domains for profit

If you want to start earning money with domains, know that there are several basic methods to acquire web page names :

• Try a name or niche words in case they are not registered
• Register variants of words, phrases or brands. In the case of trademarks, you must be especially careful with copyright rights.
• Search for previously registered domains and buy those that are about to expire or are already expired.
• Test TLD variants of an already created domain

What is the TLD in a domain

The TLD is the ending that the domains have, for example in AprenderGratis it is .ES.

Thus, most of the endings refer to countries or territories such as .ES to Spain, .MX to Mexico, .US to the United States, etc.

There are also TLDs that refer to organizations, such as .ORG or .EDU, and more and more new ones are appearing, linked to domain activity such as .app.

You should pay attention to domain TLDs that are on the rise, such as .IO, which are for the Indian Ocean geographic area but are increasingly used as web addresses for mobile applications.

But how to know the value of a domain

Perhaps the simplest formula to determine the value of a domain is:

• If the domain has already been active: how many visits did it receive and how many active links does it maintain?
• If the domain has not been spammed
• If the domain is a .COM this class of TLD is still the best paid in the market

Perhaps the investigation can be increased and add how many words it had indexed in Google, including the number of pages that are still left. This will always be for the purchase of expired domains, not for new domains.

Check how much similar domain names are selling for on sites like Sedo.com or Expired Domains , a large marketplace for domains that are expired or about to expire.

To buy a domain you must do it through an authorized registrar, today most of the websites that offer web page hosting will also offer you the possibility of buying domains on their platform.

For example, in Spain Webempresa is well known for its cheap hosting solutions (space to host web pages) for medium-sized companies, they also offer you the possibility of buying a domain on their platform from €14 per year with taxes included.

In addition, the Webempresa search engine itself will tell you if the domain you have thought of is occupied , it will even offer you variants of it if the domain is registered by someone else.

Bulk purchase of domains: Namesilo

The issue of buying domains you have to think about how many domains you want to host in your portfolio.

Let me explain, if you have about 10 domains and the cost per domain is €14 on average in the Spanish market, you will be paying about €140 per year for them.

There is always the option of going to sites like Namesilo or GoDaddy to be able to acquire domains at a very low cost, they are United States platforms specialized in buying, selling and parking domains and their prices are very competitive.

Namesilo, for example, you will have to pay $9.25 USD: between the fact that the price is lower and the cost in dollars to euros benefits you , in the end if you have a large number of domains it will benefit you to have it in a portfolio like this.

Search for expired domains

Perhaps this is the section that is least talked about in the Hispanic market, there are pages where you can buy expired domains or about to expire, saving you a lot of money if you are thinking of premium domains.

• Ranking bull : is a platform focused on the Hispanic market where, in addition, you can offer your domain for sale
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• Dinadot
• Godaddy Auctions : May be the leading marketplace for expired or expiring domains, it’s one of the largest registrars on the planet.
• Sedo : also has its own market place so you can sell your domain. Perhaps it is one of the oldest sites that are dedicated to this business.
• DomCop : they offer you a lot of information, the downside is that to see everything you need a premium account with a monthly payment.
• ExpiredDomains â€“ This is the team favourite, you need to create an account to view the domains, the account is free and you can browse almost 500 Million expired domains â€¦ great for an afternoon.
• Flippa : with a fairly current design on the platform, you can buy both expired domains and complete web projects.

Perhaps this is the turning point. One of the things you can do if you want to dedicate yourself professionally is to multiply the access points by which you will be contacted or disseminated from your list of domains:

• If the domain is from a TLD of an existing site: contact the marketing department to offer your domain and the starting price
• Sites like eBay with massive traffic, allow domain sales and bids
• Go to specific domain sales platforms like Flippa or Sedo .
• Offer the domains in the specific Forobeta market place : this can work really well for the Hispanic market.
• Also for the Spanish market, Bulk Domains can work well .

Apart from all this, depending on the number of domains you have, it would be convenient to have a portfolio website where you offer your domains.

These should be uploaded with an abundant description each one and with all the keywords that they may contain around it, so you will be creating your own market. The idea is that when you make yourself known, future buyers can contact you directly.

As a general rule, I recommend using a platform that gives you the security that the buyer is going to deposit the money and that you are going to do your part.

Using Sedo, Flippa or even relying on ForoBeta’s trading point measurement system can be a good solution.

This point is quite simple but you must also make a decision: fixed price or auction?

While some buyers may be attracted by the option to buy at a fixed price, since it allows them to know exactly the investment they are going to make, others prefer auctions because they consider them more favorable to obtain a good price. This decision will be in your hand and will determine part of the business.

Spaces like those mentioned in lesson 3 to buy and sell domains offer an escrow service as part of their offer, thus avoiding later legal disputes.

Once you have made the sale of a domain, you must transfer it to the buyer. However, this procedure depends on the domain provider.

Finally, the buyer’s data is entered into the registry. If the sale has taken place on a specialized platform, you will normally have their advice to make the transfer.

• The buyer requests the domain name from his registrar
• More than 60 days must have passed since your purchase or since the last domain transfer.
• Verify the status of the domain, it must not be pending deletion or redemption.
• The domain must be unlocked.
• You must have access to the domain’s EPP or Authcode.
• Whois Privacy Protection must be disabled.

Have you sold or bought a domain thanks to this guide? Let me know how it went and if we can improve this tutorial.