Expired Domain Market - Realities and Perceptions (Part I)

by John Khu

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Published on this site: August 29th, 2009 - See more articles from this month

Expired domain market offers you several advantages and benefits of making money out of expired or expiring domain names. This business is unique in a sense that it originates from using something that is considered dead and wastage by a number of people. It is almost like a product recycling market where wastage products are recycled back into the system once again.

In expired domain market, domains drop dead everyday in the millions. When you become an expired domain trader, you will be recycling some of these domains back into the system by giving it a life. This business is quite unique because of its innumerable advantages as well as demerits. Here are some salient points about this wonderful business:

1. Anyone can make some money from expired domains by buying them at low prices and later selling at some profit. It is almost like any other business where you will be selling products and services.
   
   
2. It is also possible to make some money from the existing traffic coming to your domain during the entire tenure when you own that domain. Everyone loves traffic and incoming links. You can easily use this trend to make money out of your expired domain.
   
   
3. Anyone can buy a single domain expired at a price that suits his or her pocket. Depending on your available budget, you can even buy domains at thousands of dollars. In general, a simple and average expired domain costs just under $50.
   
   
4. Just remember that all domains are unique and special; there may be some people who need your domains.
   
   
5. Also remember that you will need to spend some money to keep your domains with you. It could be the annual renewal fees or even costs involved in developing the domain to make more money.
   
   
6. You will also need to maintain your expired domain by investing some money in auctioning the domains.
   
   
7. The only negative issue with expired domain market is that it is very volatile and liquid. You may need to spend weeks of time to buy an expired domain. You may also need months of time to dispose that domain by selling at a decent profit. You may even not sell any domains for days together!
   
   
8. Expired domains are dead investments until your sell them at profit. You will need to monetize your domain name in order to make money. Monetizing could be anything in nature; it could be promoting your domain or even flipping it into a highly targeted web site.
   
   
9. Expired domain could be a busy market where thousands of people will be fighting for a breathing space. In fact, it is very chaotic with so many people trying to buy single expired domain.
   
   
10. It is very difficult to know the value of your domain when you actually buy it. The value of the domain could be zero or even thousands depending on how you monetize it.
    

Expired domain market is an exciting and thrilling place where you can use your knowledge, skill and intelligence to buy domains of your choice.

John Khu is an author and also a seasoned professional with vast experience in expired domain name business. He is also the owner of the path breaking web sites called http://www.expireddomainsecret.com and http://www.expireddomaingains.com which provides complete and up-to-date information on expired domains and their eternal secrets.