The location of a web site on the internet is just like the postal address of a place on the face of this earth. If you want to locate a house, you will need to know its address. If you know the address you can find that place. Same is the case with the web sites which exist on the internet. These web sites have their own numeric address. As it is very difficult for people to remember the numeric addresses, the scientists have converted the numeric addresses into the words and alphabets which people can recognize and remember. These names of the web sites are called as domain names. Domain names are very important. If a web site has a domain name which is easily memorized by people, the chances of getting more web visits will be higher. On the other hand if a website’s domain name is not attractive enough, it may fail to attract the attention of the internet surfers. As there is a lot of competition in the online world, every small detail may have the potential of giving you an edge over the competitors. Keeping this in mind you must pay all due attention towards the domain name of your web site.
If you want to get a proper domain name for your web site, you need to use your own creative abilities for this purpose. First of all, you need to find some good domain names. These names need to be attractive enough and still easily memorable. It is important that these names should be related to the nature of business you want to carry out. Select some appealing name and get it registered.
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Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.
Showing posts with label Domain Names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Domain Names. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Creating A Domain Name for Easy Profit
Creating a domain name without knowledge can cost you money. Don't believe me? Listen to this. If I cannot find your domain name or even remember it after you told me about it, I cannot do business through your site. There are so many websites on the Internet that you will be lost in cyberspace even before you can get off the ground! Registering a catchy, well researched, and keyword-enhanced domain name is as good as money in the bank.
The ignorant chooses a domain because it sounds good, or they just like it. The wise will have no such compunctions and will in fact research the name exhaustively just to get the right fit. If you are choosing a domain name on the World Wide Web for any reason other than charity, then you will want to make the most profitable choice you can find.
Here are some of the best reasons to think carefully when creating a domain name. Get this right and your profit could be assured, just from the domain name alone.
Get A Domain Name That Will Increase In Value Each Year.
How will you know that your domain name will be more valuable with time? You can start by looking at trends in the industry or niche that you want to operate in. The days of the analog telephone is dead so you may not want to register a domain that includes the words analog telephone if you are in that industry. Instead look at where the industry is going. Internet, cellular, satellite, or mobile phones are in and will be here for a while so if you are operating in the telephone industry, it would be safer to go with words that have a future.
Create A Domain Name That Will Get Some Traffic
Do some quick research to get some ideas using the Google ad words tool located at this address: adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal. You will get a graphic of how many searches are made for that term and how many people are trying to market on the web, using that term. You can also type in your term at Google.com to see how many websites are on the Internet with those terms. Enclose the word or phrase in quotes like these ( " ") to get more accurate results. For example "holiday camping gear".
Combine Keywords When Creating a Domain Name to Get the Best Fit
If you think about it, it makes sense. If you are selling bull horns, automotive air horns, or goat horns you may want to include those words into your domain name. Remember that the days of single word domain names are long gone. These days you need to find short and preferably memorable phrases that will help you out. Combining words that tell your story will immediately tell your customers what you are selling.
Find a Good Registrar to register your domain names
There are many of these registrars competing for your business. Prices range from $1.99 to over $30.00 for the rights to use a domain name for a year. ICANN currently has an accredited list of registrars. Go here: icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html and browse their list. You will also find a good list of TLD’s (top level domains) here as well. Do not get hung up research however. Remember that a .com is still the most popular form of the domain name. If you type the domain name with www but without a TLD, your browser will default to the .com form of the name.
Find Quick Ways To Profit From Creating A Domain Name
Now that you have a domain name and hopefully a website, here are some ways to use the domain name and quickly profit from it:
1. Redirect an affiliate URL to the domain name without setting up a website.
2. Park the Domain Name for profit from type-in, and search engine traffic
3. Develop the domain name and resell it for a profit later
4. Develop a brand around the domain name and sell advertising on it
5. Use the domain name as a gateway to send traffic to other sites you own
All of the above would be viable options for creating a domain name and quickly profiting from the same. Creating a domain name will land you in the middle of a growing online business with no end in sight. Get start today and profit for years to come.
Anthony Chambers is an expert writer and online marketer who specializes in helping people get the most out of the Internet. If you are pondering a career online, check out his latest offer at: Domain Profits Guide
The ignorant chooses a domain because it sounds good, or they just like it. The wise will have no such compunctions and will in fact research the name exhaustively just to get the right fit. If you are choosing a domain name on the World Wide Web for any reason other than charity, then you will want to make the most profitable choice you can find.
Here are some of the best reasons to think carefully when creating a domain name. Get this right and your profit could be assured, just from the domain name alone.
Get A Domain Name That Will Increase In Value Each Year.
How will you know that your domain name will be more valuable with time? You can start by looking at trends in the industry or niche that you want to operate in. The days of the analog telephone is dead so you may not want to register a domain that includes the words analog telephone if you are in that industry. Instead look at where the industry is going. Internet, cellular, satellite, or mobile phones are in and will be here for a while so if you are operating in the telephone industry, it would be safer to go with words that have a future.
Create A Domain Name That Will Get Some Traffic
Do some quick research to get some ideas using the Google ad words tool located at this address: adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal. You will get a graphic of how many searches are made for that term and how many people are trying to market on the web, using that term. You can also type in your term at Google.com to see how many websites are on the Internet with those terms. Enclose the word or phrase in quotes like these ( " ") to get more accurate results. For example "holiday camping gear".
Combine Keywords When Creating a Domain Name to Get the Best Fit
If you think about it, it makes sense. If you are selling bull horns, automotive air horns, or goat horns you may want to include those words into your domain name. Remember that the days of single word domain names are long gone. These days you need to find short and preferably memorable phrases that will help you out. Combining words that tell your story will immediately tell your customers what you are selling.
Find a Good Registrar to register your domain names
There are many of these registrars competing for your business. Prices range from $1.99 to over $30.00 for the rights to use a domain name for a year. ICANN currently has an accredited list of registrars. Go here: icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html and browse their list. You will also find a good list of TLD’s (top level domains) here as well. Do not get hung up research however. Remember that a .com is still the most popular form of the domain name. If you type the domain name with www but without a TLD, your browser will default to the .com form of the name.
Find Quick Ways To Profit From Creating A Domain Name
Now that you have a domain name and hopefully a website, here are some ways to use the domain name and quickly profit from it:
1. Redirect an affiliate URL to the domain name without setting up a website.
2. Park the Domain Name for profit from type-in, and search engine traffic
3. Develop the domain name and resell it for a profit later
4. Develop a brand around the domain name and sell advertising on it
5. Use the domain name as a gateway to send traffic to other sites you own
All of the above would be viable options for creating a domain name and quickly profiting from the same. Creating a domain name will land you in the middle of a growing online business with no end in sight. Get start today and profit for years to come.
Anthony Chambers is an expert writer and online marketer who specializes in helping people get the most out of the Internet. If you are pondering a career online, check out his latest offer at: Domain Profits Guide
How To Choose A Good Domain Name
What is a domain name?
A domain name is like “google.com”. A name that people use to find your website.
How to choose a good domain name?
If you already have a business name, you might want to register a domain name that is as close to it as possible for branding purposes.
Also consider the following:
A good domain can have the following few attributes, but it does not necessary need to have them all:
* contain keywords
* gives an idea to people to what the site is about
* short and brandable
* no confusing characters or dashes
* .com over other extensions
Contain keywords
Keywords can be in domain as makemoneyonline.com contains the commonly searched phrase: “make money online”.
How do I know that it is a commonly search term? A simple way is to do a search for your targeted keywords on overture keyword selector. This is only an estimated number based on yahoo/overture search engine searches. This does not contain Google searches, which is a much larger number. The more searches the better.
A good domain with good keywords can help bring in organic traffic, which means visitors that enter your site from a search engine.
This can be good if you plan to only promote what your domain means.
However, do remember that a domain name like a business name should not be limiting. A domain name like buyleathershoes.com is not good if you want to sell more varieties of shoes in the future. What if you want to sell track shoes or sandals, for example? When people look at the domain buyleathershoes.com, they wouldn’t think that you would sell any other thing that leather shoes, and this brings me to the next attribute, brandable names.
Brandable names
A brandable name is something like google.com, digg.com or even like my site omicra.com(which teaches internet marketing for businesses), they can give an idea of what the site is about but they don’t need to. It is short, easy to pronounce and easy to spell which makes it easy to remember.
Remember when people don’t know how to pronounce a word or name, they would avoid saying it. This can be very bad for your website because you are stopping people from spreading your website by word of mouth.
The good thing about such domains is that they can really be used for anything. You can sell leather shoes or even hair spray because it does not limit your website. However, when this is good for a multi-purpose or web2.0 site, it is not necessary good for sites such as those that want to promote single products. A person who wants to buy a Linksys router, for example, would rather go to linksysrouters.com than medora.com if they have no prior experience of both websites.
Domains with dashes
A domain like buy-leather-shoes.com has an disadvantage over a domain without dashes because when you want to tell it to people by mouth, you can’t just say “buy leather shoes dot com”, you must say “buy dash leather dash shoes dot com”. This is not good if you plan to do any word of mouth promotion like radio promotion, where the dj has the read it out. It gets hard to remember too.
This is rather ok for smaller sites that you don’t plan on expanding much like if you have a business that sells leather shoes at main domain like brett.com, but you are running a promotional campaign on buy-leather-shoes.com because it is more descriptive of your business than brett.com. Still, however, it is disadvantaged compared to buyleathershoes.com.
A small advantage that dashes have is that it can make things clearer when there is a need for example expertsexchange.com can be “expert sex change” when it actually means “experts exchange”.
Why a .com over a .net?
People remember .com better. If your site is buyleathershoes.net, a number of people won’t remember the extension and go to buyleathershoes.com instead. However, a .org might be more appropriate to some organisations than .com.
Where do I register a domain name?
I would suggest namecheap. Enter the domain name in the text box and click search. Follow the instructions from there.
What if my domain is already taken?
Then you have 2 choices. Buy another domain or buy the domain from the current owner. But remember that the current owner may be a domainer, they buy domains for the sole purpose of reselling so they might charge you a high price. If the domain is currently being used for a popular site, the owner probably won’t sell it.
You should consult experts if you are dealing with very highly priced domains.
JC Lee is a webmaster that runs Omicra.com. Omicra.com is a site that is targeted at small and medium businesses. The site aims to provide the best and most practical answers on how businesses can establish a web presence and use the internet to make more money. He can be hired to set up a website from scratch including buying domain name.
A domain name is like “google.com”. A name that people use to find your website.
How to choose a good domain name?
If you already have a business name, you might want to register a domain name that is as close to it as possible for branding purposes.
Also consider the following:
A good domain can have the following few attributes, but it does not necessary need to have them all:
* contain keywords
* gives an idea to people to what the site is about
* short and brandable
* no confusing characters or dashes
* .com over other extensions
Contain keywords
Keywords can be in domain as makemoneyonline.com contains the commonly searched phrase: “make money online”.
How do I know that it is a commonly search term? A simple way is to do a search for your targeted keywords on overture keyword selector. This is only an estimated number based on yahoo/overture search engine searches. This does not contain Google searches, which is a much larger number. The more searches the better.
A good domain with good keywords can help bring in organic traffic, which means visitors that enter your site from a search engine.
This can be good if you plan to only promote what your domain means.
However, do remember that a domain name like a business name should not be limiting. A domain name like buyleathershoes.com is not good if you want to sell more varieties of shoes in the future. What if you want to sell track shoes or sandals, for example? When people look at the domain buyleathershoes.com, they wouldn’t think that you would sell any other thing that leather shoes, and this brings me to the next attribute, brandable names.
Brandable names
A brandable name is something like google.com, digg.com or even like my site omicra.com(which teaches internet marketing for businesses), they can give an idea of what the site is about but they don’t need to. It is short, easy to pronounce and easy to spell which makes it easy to remember.
Remember when people don’t know how to pronounce a word or name, they would avoid saying it. This can be very bad for your website because you are stopping people from spreading your website by word of mouth.
The good thing about such domains is that they can really be used for anything. You can sell leather shoes or even hair spray because it does not limit your website. However, when this is good for a multi-purpose or web2.0 site, it is not necessary good for sites such as those that want to promote single products. A person who wants to buy a Linksys router, for example, would rather go to linksysrouters.com than medora.com if they have no prior experience of both websites.
Domains with dashes
A domain like buy-leather-shoes.com has an disadvantage over a domain without dashes because when you want to tell it to people by mouth, you can’t just say “buy leather shoes dot com”, you must say “buy dash leather dash shoes dot com”. This is not good if you plan to do any word of mouth promotion like radio promotion, where the dj has the read it out. It gets hard to remember too.
This is rather ok for smaller sites that you don’t plan on expanding much like if you have a business that sells leather shoes at main domain like brett.com, but you are running a promotional campaign on buy-leather-shoes.com because it is more descriptive of your business than brett.com. Still, however, it is disadvantaged compared to buyleathershoes.com.
A small advantage that dashes have is that it can make things clearer when there is a need for example expertsexchange.com can be “expert sex change” when it actually means “experts exchange”.
Why a .com over a .net?
People remember .com better. If your site is buyleathershoes.net, a number of people won’t remember the extension and go to buyleathershoes.com instead. However, a .org might be more appropriate to some organisations than .com.
Where do I register a domain name?
I would suggest namecheap. Enter the domain name in the text box and click search. Follow the instructions from there.
What if my domain is already taken?
Then you have 2 choices. Buy another domain or buy the domain from the current owner. But remember that the current owner may be a domainer, they buy domains for the sole purpose of reselling so they might charge you a high price. If the domain is currently being used for a popular site, the owner probably won’t sell it.
You should consult experts if you are dealing with very highly priced domains.
JC Lee is a webmaster that runs Omicra.com. Omicra.com is a site that is targeted at small and medium businesses. The site aims to provide the best and most practical answers on how businesses can establish a web presence and use the internet to make more money. He can be hired to set up a website from scratch including buying domain name.
10 Benefits Of Having Your Own Domain Name
Want an edge over 95% of the affiliate marketers on the web? Get a domain name. A domain name is like setting up an address for people to stop by and do business with you.
1. Professional appearance.
Really, which website are you more inclined to click:
http://www.mypowermall.com/Biz/Home/555555 or http://www.onlinesavingsforyou.com?
The first one reeks of “cookie cutter” or replicated websites and there are thousands of others out there EXACTLY like it. The second one shows independence and singularity. For this example, hundreds of thousands of people have clicked on a Power Mall website. The chance of click-through to your affilitate generated website is slim and getting slimmer every time another signs up for this opportunity. More people will click on the second because it is something they have not seen before. You move from the crowd promoting the cookie cutter website to standing apart and representing yourself as your own business.
2. Recall of your website.
Look at those website names again. Which one is easier to remember? Which one will look better on a business card? Are they going to get your replicated site if they the search for “Powermall” because that is what they remember or are they more likely to remember onlinesavingsforyou.com?
3. Promote yourself and not just your affiliates.
At some point, you may decide you do not want to continue to represent the affiliate site you are promoting now. Any of the ranking you have achieved in a search engine will be worthless to you.. If you have your own website, you simple change your content, remove the link to the opportunity, add a new link or whatever and maintain your presence.
4. You can build a contact list with your own capture page.
Anyone in internet marketing knows the “list” is the vehicle to success. If you are promoting several different affiliate businesses using only their back office auto-responders, you are missing the opportunity to cross sell to your other opportunities. You need to set up a capture page using your own auto-responder to collect their contact information, before you send them to your affiliate website.
5. Give yourself a true web presence.
You can create your own content with your name creating credibility. Use your website to promote yourself while you promote your affiliates. As you develop multiple streams of income, you can use your domain to promote them with your “branding”. As you build your presence, you will be building your credibility.
6. A “real” email address.
Think about it. Which shows more credibility as an online marketer?
AnnMartin@OnlineSavingsForYou.com or aprilsmom@yahoo.com? It is as simple as that.
7. Able to promote multiple products.
Because you have your own domain with your own website, you can promote multiple products or opportunities from one place. When you use websites like MySpace, Ryze, DirectMatches, etc. to market, you take people to your website and not put in four or five affiliate links.
8. Investment in your online future.
You have made a move toward having an online business by signing up as an affiliate so you have an obvious interest in online business success. You need to think about your future as an online marketer and what will take you to the next level. A domain name of your own is the next logical step. You will learn a tremendous amount of information online and but all will point you toward getting your own domain name to be in business.
9. It is easy to do.
You can get a domain name for less than $10 for a one-year registration. Hosting can cost you less than $20 month. Doesn’t it make sense to put these tools to work for you?
10. Puts you into business psychologically.
If you have made a commitment to a domain name, virtually that puts you into business. You need to use that to pull yourself into business mentally and physically. Get to work! Learn as much as you can but most of all, start promoting your domain!
If you don’t understand the benefits of having your own domain name and how it can make your business explode, you really should rethink your desire to have an online business. Your domain name will be the cornerstone and provides a base for building a solid online business.
Glenn Sojourner has more than twenty five years experience as a management consultant working with large major corporations. He has been a success affiliate marketer for the past three years. Glenn@ThisLifeIsGreat.com http://www.ThisLifeIsGreat.com
1. Professional appearance.
Really, which website are you more inclined to click:
http://www.mypowermall.com/Biz/Home/555555 or http://www.onlinesavingsforyou.com?
The first one reeks of “cookie cutter” or replicated websites and there are thousands of others out there EXACTLY like it. The second one shows independence and singularity. For this example, hundreds of thousands of people have clicked on a Power Mall website. The chance of click-through to your affilitate generated website is slim and getting slimmer every time another signs up for this opportunity. More people will click on the second because it is something they have not seen before. You move from the crowd promoting the cookie cutter website to standing apart and representing yourself as your own business.
2. Recall of your website.
Look at those website names again. Which one is easier to remember? Which one will look better on a business card? Are they going to get your replicated site if they the search for “Powermall” because that is what they remember or are they more likely to remember onlinesavingsforyou.com?
3. Promote yourself and not just your affiliates.
At some point, you may decide you do not want to continue to represent the affiliate site you are promoting now. Any of the ranking you have achieved in a search engine will be worthless to you.. If you have your own website, you simple change your content, remove the link to the opportunity, add a new link or whatever and maintain your presence.
4. You can build a contact list with your own capture page.
Anyone in internet marketing knows the “list” is the vehicle to success. If you are promoting several different affiliate businesses using only their back office auto-responders, you are missing the opportunity to cross sell to your other opportunities. You need to set up a capture page using your own auto-responder to collect their contact information, before you send them to your affiliate website.
5. Give yourself a true web presence.
You can create your own content with your name creating credibility. Use your website to promote yourself while you promote your affiliates. As you develop multiple streams of income, you can use your domain to promote them with your “branding”. As you build your presence, you will be building your credibility.
6. A “real” email address.
Think about it. Which shows more credibility as an online marketer?
AnnMartin@OnlineSavingsForYou.com or aprilsmom@yahoo.com? It is as simple as that.
7. Able to promote multiple products.
Because you have your own domain with your own website, you can promote multiple products or opportunities from one place. When you use websites like MySpace, Ryze, DirectMatches, etc. to market, you take people to your website and not put in four or five affiliate links.
8. Investment in your online future.
You have made a move toward having an online business by signing up as an affiliate so you have an obvious interest in online business success. You need to think about your future as an online marketer and what will take you to the next level. A domain name of your own is the next logical step. You will learn a tremendous amount of information online and but all will point you toward getting your own domain name to be in business.
9. It is easy to do.
You can get a domain name for less than $10 for a one-year registration. Hosting can cost you less than $20 month. Doesn’t it make sense to put these tools to work for you?
10. Puts you into business psychologically.
If you have made a commitment to a domain name, virtually that puts you into business. You need to use that to pull yourself into business mentally and physically. Get to work! Learn as much as you can but most of all, start promoting your domain!
If you don’t understand the benefits of having your own domain name and how it can make your business explode, you really should rethink your desire to have an online business. Your domain name will be the cornerstone and provides a base for building a solid online business.
Glenn Sojourner has more than twenty five years experience as a management consultant working with large major corporations. He has been a success affiliate marketer for the past three years. Glenn@ThisLifeIsGreat.com http://www.ThisLifeIsGreat.com
Domain Registering Tips
Searching for a domain name? So where do you think you are going to search domain names available for use? You might have definitely come across websites while checking for available domain name that offer services where you can search for domain names under the titles like ‘Check for domain name availability’ or ‘domain name check’ or ‘domain lookup’. Think twice before using such services, because not all of them are perfect and their results are not quite reliable. So always search for the availability of domain names in a well known search engine.
The domain names that you once searched for and had been shown available but now when you finally decide to register a domain name you see that it has already been taken and now this leaves you in a state of panic because you have already designed your website with that name and now you need to change this banner you designed emptying your pockets and now imagine repeating the whole process all over again. The domain names that you search for could be immediately registered and even a delay of couple of days could prove disastrous for your website and could lead to you compromising for your website title which would be the identity for your website for a given period of time.
While registering for domain names care should be taken that the website name should be registered first and then the website name should be embedded in the website. This could save a lot of time and efforts. After registering a domain name you could select one of the web hosting companies of your choice and then host your website. Now at least you can rest assured that your website has a fixed name and you could use that name in your website titles and banners without worrying about it being taken away. This is just a precautionary measure, not that each and every one who doesn’t purchase domain name first is affected by it.
The domain name if taken could be acquired once again when its validity expires. A domain name is registered by a webmaster for a fixed period of time and if he would like to own it again he needs to renew his domain registration once again. The webmaster is notified through email close to the date of expiry of his domain name so that he could renew his domain name well before it gets expired and if he fails to do so, his domain name expires and is made available for other webmasters to acquire
If you are reluctant towards losing the domain name of your choice and would not like to compromise over your website name, you could find out who currently owns the website name you liked your website should have and then find out whether the owner of the domain name would like to sell it you. Of course you will have to shell out a few more dollars as per the domain owner’s demand.
http://www.onlinemoneyblog.biz/domain_registering_tips.asp
The domain names that you once searched for and had been shown available but now when you finally decide to register a domain name you see that it has already been taken and now this leaves you in a state of panic because you have already designed your website with that name and now you need to change this banner you designed emptying your pockets and now imagine repeating the whole process all over again. The domain names that you search for could be immediately registered and even a delay of couple of days could prove disastrous for your website and could lead to you compromising for your website title which would be the identity for your website for a given period of time.
While registering for domain names care should be taken that the website name should be registered first and then the website name should be embedded in the website. This could save a lot of time and efforts. After registering a domain name you could select one of the web hosting companies of your choice and then host your website. Now at least you can rest assured that your website has a fixed name and you could use that name in your website titles and banners without worrying about it being taken away. This is just a precautionary measure, not that each and every one who doesn’t purchase domain name first is affected by it.
The domain name if taken could be acquired once again when its validity expires. A domain name is registered by a webmaster for a fixed period of time and if he would like to own it again he needs to renew his domain registration once again. The webmaster is notified through email close to the date of expiry of his domain name so that he could renew his domain name well before it gets expired and if he fails to do so, his domain name expires and is made available for other webmasters to acquire
If you are reluctant towards losing the domain name of your choice and would not like to compromise over your website name, you could find out who currently owns the website name you liked your website should have and then find out whether the owner of the domain name would like to sell it you. Of course you will have to shell out a few more dollars as per the domain owner’s demand.
http://www.onlinemoneyblog.biz/domain_registering_tips.asp
What Is Domain Parking? The Power Of Domain Names
Domain name reselling has for long given the best returns on investments. Today domain name sales account for some big numbers. For example vodka.com sold for an estimated $3 million. In most cases these domains were purchased for $6-8 which is the price for registering a new domain name. Unbelievable, but true. The returns on domain names are amazingly volatile.
But what do domain resellers do till they are able to sell their domain names? This is where domain name parking comes into the picture. A solid method of making revenue even while the domain remains unsold.
Let us now delve further into what is domain name parking...
Domain parking is a method of revenue generation on undeveloped domains from advertising streams/links. Domain parking services are provided primarily by domain registrars. However, emerging trends show that domain parking services are now also being provided increasingly by non- registrar domain parking services. Domain parking services use advertising feeds from web advertising services to display ads on parked domain pages. Domain parking service providers offer domain name owners two options for monetizing. One being a "one click lander" and the other a "two click lander". A landing page is the page where a site visitor first lands on. A one click landing page offers visitors a range of advertising links on a single page. On the other hand the two click landing page first shows up a home page with various category links. A visitor selects a category and is then directed to the specific category of advertising links.
A publisher (domain owner) gets paid for every click on ads deemed valid by the domain parking service. This is termed as EPC (Earnings per Click/ Pay Per Click).Other terms used are CTR or a Click Through Rate. For example, if a site receives 10 page impressions or unique visitors, and 1 click on an ad link, the CTR would be 10%. The base calculation being the ad clicks divided by page views or impressions multiplied by 100.
Domain parking is generally practised by domain owners not intending to develop full scale sites. Most domain parkers fall into the category of domaineers who purchase potential niche domain names for resale. Domain parking proves very useful for these domaineers who profit from ad revenue generated even while their domain names remain unsold. Domain parking also proves useful to website owners planning to develop a site over a long time period. Instead of simply displaying a "site under construction" banner, they can easily monetize their site potential using domain parking services to generate ad revenue till the site actually launches.
Today, domain parking services offer geographically targeted advertising to optimize domain revenue. For example, a site visitor from Germany would view ads specifically for the German/European region. This helps in maximizing the domain potential to the utmost. You might find it hard to believe but advertisers pay decent dollar amounts for ads in niche keywords like debt consolidation, credit cards, mortgage etc. Getting $2-5 per click is a reality and domaineers making $200-300 on a parked domain name is no myth.
If you haven't yet made your first domain investment, now is the best time to start a profitable business investment. You could be surprised with your returns.
Varon writes expert articles on the domain industry on various domain forums like namepros and other tech sites. He also has his own blog where he propounds unique methods to maximize domain revenue. Varon's blog can be found at http://www.domain-parking-monetizing.com
But what do domain resellers do till they are able to sell their domain names? This is where domain name parking comes into the picture. A solid method of making revenue even while the domain remains unsold.
Let us now delve further into what is domain name parking...
Domain parking is a method of revenue generation on undeveloped domains from advertising streams/links. Domain parking services are provided primarily by domain registrars. However, emerging trends show that domain parking services are now also being provided increasingly by non- registrar domain parking services. Domain parking services use advertising feeds from web advertising services to display ads on parked domain pages. Domain parking service providers offer domain name owners two options for monetizing. One being a "one click lander" and the other a "two click lander". A landing page is the page where a site visitor first lands on. A one click landing page offers visitors a range of advertising links on a single page. On the other hand the two click landing page first shows up a home page with various category links. A visitor selects a category and is then directed to the specific category of advertising links.
A publisher (domain owner) gets paid for every click on ads deemed valid by the domain parking service. This is termed as EPC (Earnings per Click/ Pay Per Click).Other terms used are CTR or a Click Through Rate. For example, if a site receives 10 page impressions or unique visitors, and 1 click on an ad link, the CTR would be 10%. The base calculation being the ad clicks divided by page views or impressions multiplied by 100.
Domain parking is generally practised by domain owners not intending to develop full scale sites. Most domain parkers fall into the category of domaineers who purchase potential niche domain names for resale. Domain parking proves very useful for these domaineers who profit from ad revenue generated even while their domain names remain unsold. Domain parking also proves useful to website owners planning to develop a site over a long time period. Instead of simply displaying a "site under construction" banner, they can easily monetize their site potential using domain parking services to generate ad revenue till the site actually launches.
Today, domain parking services offer geographically targeted advertising to optimize domain revenue. For example, a site visitor from Germany would view ads specifically for the German/European region. This helps in maximizing the domain potential to the utmost. You might find it hard to believe but advertisers pay decent dollar amounts for ads in niche keywords like debt consolidation, credit cards, mortgage etc. Getting $2-5 per click is a reality and domaineers making $200-300 on a parked domain name is no myth.
If you haven't yet made your first domain investment, now is the best time to start a profitable business investment. You could be surprised with your returns.
Varon writes expert articles on the domain industry on various domain forums like namepros and other tech sites. He also has his own blog where he propounds unique methods to maximize domain revenue. Varon's blog can be found at http://www.domain-parking-monetizing.com
6 Steps to Get Started With Domain Names
Every business requires some front to promote its products. With the blazing growth of World Wide Web the use of internet as a means of promoting your business is very essential. The first step in this field is to make a global presence, and the best and easiest way to do it is to make a website. This way your portal is open to the world. Here are six steps to get started with domain names.
First step for getting started is to make a professional website. The website content and all the feel and look of the website should be very professional. The numbers of websites are growing at a tremendous rate and this requires you to make your website stand out.
Second step is to have a domain name that best describes your website. If the website name describes the website or your business then it will look very professional.
Third step for the domain name is to book your domain name early as the names are diminishing at a very fast rate. For this you can contact the hosting services. There are numerous hosts providing you with required domain name.
Fourth step for domain name is to take advantage of the websites that offer the domain names that they have already acquired and will sell them to make profit. This way you can get the domain name even if you have missed it at the first time.
Fifth step for domain name is to use a domain name that is straight forward and very obvious. The person should write the name of the product he is looking for and add www and .com at the end of the service name. It should lead to your website. This way you can generate traffic without much support from the search engines.
Sixth step for domain name is to acquire all the extensions available at present like .com, .org, .in etc. this will help you in future growth of your company. You can use these names for specific products.
Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, ‘Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide‘
Download it free here: Secrets of Article Promotion
Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.
First step for getting started is to make a professional website. The website content and all the feel and look of the website should be very professional. The numbers of websites are growing at a tremendous rate and this requires you to make your website stand out.
Second step is to have a domain name that best describes your website. If the website name describes the website or your business then it will look very professional.
Third step for the domain name is to book your domain name early as the names are diminishing at a very fast rate. For this you can contact the hosting services. There are numerous hosts providing you with required domain name.
Fourth step for domain name is to take advantage of the websites that offer the domain names that they have already acquired and will sell them to make profit. This way you can get the domain name even if you have missed it at the first time.
Fifth step for domain name is to use a domain name that is straight forward and very obvious. The person should write the name of the product he is looking for and add www and .com at the end of the service name. It should lead to your website. This way you can generate traffic without much support from the search engines.
Sixth step for domain name is to acquire all the extensions available at present like .com, .org, .in etc. this will help you in future growth of your company. You can use these names for specific products.
Do you want to learn more about how I do it? I have just completed my brand new guide to article marketing success, ‘Your Article Writing and Promotion Guide‘
Download it free here: Secrets of Article Promotion
Sean Mize is a full time internet marketer who has written over 1574 articles in print and 11 published ebooks.
Sell Domain Names by Yourself
Have a good domain? Now a days, many people have domain names that are worth thousands of dollars, and gain thousands more every year. But when it comes to actually selling domains, brokerages take up a big part of the market. What does this mean? It means that many brokers will offer to sell domains to you in exchange for commission on the sale. But the best way to stay on top of the market and make the most money in selling domains is to sell domains on your own. It’s a statistical fact, those that sell domain names on their own usually make the most money.
The key to sell domain names for top dollar is your reputation as a domain seller. Get a good reputation, and people will be attracted to your sales. If you have cultivated a past record of providing quality domains without hassle, your sales will spread virally. Webmasters and domain buyers will be talking about how you sell domain names of high quality, and after awhile, everyone will know about you. Remember that buyers recommend buyers, and you can often use the same buyer many times for your sales.
If you have never sold a domain before, then I suggest you go to a place like Sedo and have them do it for you. However, the most experienced users sell domain names on their own. They might post on forums, post on their high traffic blog, or get other high traffic blogs to write about their domain name for sale. Make sure you put all of your facts out there, and try to never have any bad reputation. Even if some random guy tries to ruin your thread, deal with it professionally. Report him to a moderator and get the posts deleted. Sell domain names with class. Nobody wants to deal with someone who types like they are 13 years old and have no idea how to sell domain names. Besides, even if you are 13, present yourself as if you are 25.
Finally, when you sell domain names, offer some sort of protection to buyers, and let them know that you care about a good transaction. Never do anything that will get your name on the wall of shame. Sell domain names on your own and you will find that when you get to keep 100% of the sale, you made the most money possible. If you sell domain names anywhere that wants to take a fee, you will always make less money than you deserve.
For strategies to sell domain names read the Domain Ebook.
Check out The Domain Ebook - it contains all the exclusive information that you need to find the highest paying domain names that you can get your hands on! Go there NOW!
The key to sell domain names for top dollar is your reputation as a domain seller. Get a good reputation, and people will be attracted to your sales. If you have cultivated a past record of providing quality domains without hassle, your sales will spread virally. Webmasters and domain buyers will be talking about how you sell domain names of high quality, and after awhile, everyone will know about you. Remember that buyers recommend buyers, and you can often use the same buyer many times for your sales.
If you have never sold a domain before, then I suggest you go to a place like Sedo and have them do it for you. However, the most experienced users sell domain names on their own. They might post on forums, post on their high traffic blog, or get other high traffic blogs to write about their domain name for sale. Make sure you put all of your facts out there, and try to never have any bad reputation. Even if some random guy tries to ruin your thread, deal with it professionally. Report him to a moderator and get the posts deleted. Sell domain names with class. Nobody wants to deal with someone who types like they are 13 years old and have no idea how to sell domain names. Besides, even if you are 13, present yourself as if you are 25.
Finally, when you sell domain names, offer some sort of protection to buyers, and let them know that you care about a good transaction. Never do anything that will get your name on the wall of shame. Sell domain names on your own and you will find that when you get to keep 100% of the sale, you made the most money possible. If you sell domain names anywhere that wants to take a fee, you will always make less money than you deserve.
For strategies to sell domain names read the Domain Ebook.
Check out The Domain Ebook - it contains all the exclusive information that you need to find the highest paying domain names that you can get your hands on! Go there NOW!
Global Domains International (GDI) - Building a Domain Empire
DMarie Holtz is an independent entrepreneur with 10 years experience in network marketing. She has a B.S. in Business and Dietetics, an A.S. in Business and an A.A.S. in Marketing. She recently has begun developing web sites to help promote her businesses and interests online. They include the site above and http://makemoneyhome.ws
Monday, July 16, 2007
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