| Today's article is about buying and reselling domain | | | | The second way a person would make money from |
| names for profit. Buying a domain and reselling it can | | | | buying then reselling a domain name is; to hold on to |
| put lots of profit in your pocket if you do things right. | | | | it for a while before they sell it. They would |
| First you need to know what domain names sell the | | | | advertise and market the website domain in the time |
| best. Then you have to know that a small domain | | | | they own it. Then after advertising and marketing |
| name is worth a lot more than a long domain name. | | | | the website for a while (a period of 3 months to a |
| For example; would be worth more than For the | | | | year), they will drive page rank, SEO, and more |
| simple reason of, a small domain name is easier to | | | | visitors. |
| type in to an address bar. Yes, having a small domain | | | | Driving page rank and SEO will make the domain |
| means a lot to a person interested in buying the | | | | worth more money than at the time they bought |
| domain from you. | | | | the domain. It will be worth more money because |
| Then you have to learn about page rank and SEO. | | | | the website will have a steady flow of traffic going |
| Page rank is an important factor when buying or | | | | to it. Then the domain owner could resell it for a |
| selling a domain name. If the website already has lots | | | | substantial amount of money compared to if they |
| of visitors, it will have a higher page rank, thus | | | | sold it right away. |
| making it worth more money. | | | | There are two places I would recommend buying |
| SEO is important; if the domain name can already be | | | | domains for profit. and are the best places you can |
| found on search engines, it will tend to be worth | | | | buy available domain names for a good price. You |
| more money. Some people will buy a good domain | | | | could try and resell them on the same websites you |
| name for a cheap price because it has low page rank | | | | bought them from also. |
| or low SEO. Then they will advertise the crap out of | | | | Or you could resell them in related forums or social |
| the domain to make the page rank higher. Then they | | | | marketplace groups. Lots of people will sell, say, a |
| can sell the domain for a lot more money, making | | | | business domain and then sell it in a business related |
| more profit in the long run. | | | | forum. Or they would resell it in a social marketplace |
| Selling domain names can be very profitable. In fact, | | | | group related to business. |
| some people making a living from buying and reselling | | | | You have to be smart if you are going to try buying |
| domain names. Here is what an average domain seller | | | | and reselling domain names. Don't just buy a bunch a |
| would do to make money. There are two ways to | | | | domain names because they sound good. Do some |
| make money from selling domain names. | | | | research to find out if they are worth money or |
| The first way is from buying a good domain name | | | | could be worth money. |
| and reselling it quick for immediate profit. Let's say, | | | | You could also buy what we call potential domain |
| you buy for $100.00. That's only 4 letters long and | | | | names. For example, the person that bought the |
| right off the bat would be worth money to someone | | | | domain; or probably made a good profit for |
| for being a short domain name. This domain name is | | | | themselves. They bought the domain long before the |
| probably already receiving traffic, so it has very good | | | | president got elected. Then they held on to it and |
| money making potential to an owner of the domain. | | | | waited for the results. After Mr. Obama got elected |
| The seller could potentially sell this domain for $500.00 | | | | as president they probably got offers from all over |
| or more for a fast sale and $400.00 profit. There are | | | | to sell the domain. Now the $100.00 domain turned in |
| domain cost estimators you could use to find what | | | | to thousands of dollars profit. |
| you should sell the domain for. | | | | So the answer is YES! You can make really good |
| I use a website called to find out what a domain is | | | | money if you want to buy and resell domain names. |
| worth. On dnScoop they say is worth $471.00 if you | | | | There are lots of strategies out there. It takes a little |
| were to resell it. So buying it for $100.00 would be a | | | | research, a little experience, and a little bit of a |
| good profit if you wanted to buy then resell it | | | | gamble. But in the long run, buying and reselling |
| quickly. | | | | domain names can be a very profitable business. |