| the ultimate goal for a cheap domain name investor is | | | | MagazineSubscriptions.com, then every day you might |
| likely to be a high-ticket sale or lucrative leasing | | | | find that a few people type the domain into their |
| agreement, the downside is that domains cost real | | | | browser to see what happens. By signing up for an |
| money to maintain. Each additional domain in an | | | | appropriate affiliate program LINK, and redirecting the |
| investor's portfolio adds $10-12 to the total | | | | traffic straight to it, you can capitalize on this traffic |
| maintenance bill due each year. | | | | by turning highly-targeted visitors into buyers. |
| At face value, a $10 annual fee is hardly going to | | | | When you're looking for appropriate affiliate |
| trouble a serious investor - but for a domain portfolio | | | | programs to join, you should consider the major |
| consisting of several hundred domains, the total fixed | | | | affiliate networks such as Commission Junction, |
| costs balloon to mid-$4 figures a year. | | | | LinkShare, ShareASale and FineClicks. |
| This hefty fee creates a significant "renewal hole" | | | | 2) Sell Domian Name through Pay per click search |
| that has to be bridged for an investor to even | | | | engines and bulk traffic aggregators |
| maintain parity, let alone make any kind of profit | | | | If you have more general traffic - or traffic that is |
| from their domain portfolio. For example, the portfolio | | | | not immediately commercial - you can send it to |
| of a domain investor with 250 domains must | | | | pay-per-click search engines and bulk traffic |
| generate $2,500 a year (assuming renewals at $10 | | | | aggregators (sites that specialize in taking in large |
| each) every year just to pay the renewal fee for all | | | | quantities of untargeted visitors and matching them |
| those domains. This is beginning to sound like the Red | | | | up with useful sponsored links) |
| Queen in Alice in Wonderland... you have to run as | | | | Pay per click search engines will typically offer a |
| fast as you can just to keep up! | | | | bounty of a few cents for every visitor that visits |
| It therefore pays to squeeze every drop of revenue | | | | their "landing page" (a special page populated by |
| out of a domain portfolio, even while hanging on and | | | | popular search terms) and then clicks on a link. Some |
| waiting for that big sale. | | | | PPC search engines pay a flat fee per click; others |
| There are 2 main ways to derive an income from a | | | | pay a percentage of the revenue they receive for |
| portfolio of domain names, assuming that they get at | | | | each visit. Some examples of PPC search engines are |
| least a minimum of traffic. This traffic might be in the | | | | and |
| form of typeins - people typing into their browsers | | | | Bulk traffic aggregators operate in a similar way to |
| to see what's there - or from old links, in the case of | | | | PPC search engines, in that they take unfocused |
| domains that used to be websites before they | | | | traffic and try to shoehorn it into commercial interest |
| expired. | | | | categories that PAY. Many of these services have |
| 1) Sell Domain Name through Affiliate Programs | | | | been established specifically to handle the needs of |
| If you have cheap domain names that are getting | | | | people with large portfolios of domain names, since |
| even a handful of visitors a day, and you can work | | | | they offer additional services such as the ability to |
| out exactly what those visitors might be looking for, | | | | add a "Domain for Sale" notice or personalized |
| then affiliate programs are likely to be the easiest | | | | greeting on the landing page, something that PPC |
| way to earn some money from the domains. | | | | search engines generally lack. |
| For example, if you have the domain | | | | |