How To Make Money Selling Domains?

Buying and selling domains in simple words is known as domain flipping.

It is a very lucrative business similar to real estate where you buy and sell homes or other properties to make big profits. However, domain flipping demands less effort and almost no technical skills compared to real estate business where you really need some technical knowledge and better marketing skills to sell any property. To start this lucrative online business, you just need some domain names that are in profitable niche and are in high demand. Of course it’s not easy as you might think but once you understand this whole game, you will be able to make more money online compared to web designers or copywriters.

Tips on How to Find a Great Domain Name:

• However, when it comes to making money selling domain, EMD (Exact Match Domains) with .Com extensions are always in high demand. Due to millions of website online, getting a one words keywords rich domain such as “weight loss” etc is nearly impossible. So, you can add a suitable word like “quick weight loss “or “fast weight loss “ etc to buy a domain name with .Com extensions as even two or three words domain name in ever green niches always sell every well.
• Don’t just run after the .Com extensions only, if .Com is not available look for other top domain extensions such as .Org, .Net or .Biz. These domain extensions also sell very well as different types of business are always look for these domain extensions. For example charity organizations are more interested in .Org extension then .Com. similarly small business is more interested in .Biz. .Net most like represent the word “network” so, service providing companies such as webhosting etc are more interested in buying a .Net domain extension.
• If possible spend sometime to do a market research to find the suitable audience for selling domains. Country oriented domain extensions like.US. Co.uk, .Com.au, etc are also very profitable.
• Don’t register a domain with hyphens as to my experience they did not sell very well. Also look for domain name that is more generic and easy to remember but it did not mean that easy to remember domains are more profitable.
• Don’t buy a domain name that is actually a brand name like a product or service name

Register Domains

Domain Registration

OK, once you find some suitable domain names, its time to register them, first you can use a bulk domain search tool to check the availability of domains. Once you see the green signal, just register the domain name with Godaddy.com or Namecheap.com whatever you like.

Selling the Domains

Finding some best domain names and registering them is just the first step. So, flipping the domain names is actually the money making step. Below are 2 best domain parking websites where you can sell your domains to make money.

Sedo.com

It is probably the biggest and most famous domain parking website with huge buyer database. Every day hundreds even thousands of domains are bough and sold here so, it’s really the best place to begin. However, you have to pay 10% commission upon selling your domain. For example, if you sell your domain for $100, you can only keep $90 in your pocket.

GoDaddy Auctions

No doubt GoDaddy is the biggest and probably the most popular domain registrar. However, the best thing about GoDaddy is that they have a marketplace where you can put your domains for sale. As Godaddy is the biggest domain registrar so here you will very easily find hundreds of buyers for your domains.

Additional Tips

You can also join popular webmaster forums such as WarriorForum and DigitalPointsForum to sell your domain. Both these forums are extremely popular among webmasters and online markets so, you will definably find a good buyer every easily and quickly here.