Buying/reconstucting an aged domain and how do you do it?

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Hi, this is my first time posting but I've lurked for a while but I couldn't find answers online for a problem I have and everyone here seems nice and knowledgeable so i figure I'd ask.

I was thinking about buying an aged domain so I can skip the sandbox, I have no sites ranked and waiting for my new ones to leave it so I was wondering if there is a way you go about doing this? I watched the backlinks hydra video on how to buy one and towards the end it suggests you change the who-is info (would this product go into this into more detail if I bought it as well)?. all of my sites are hosted on bluehost so I was wondering if i buy a domain will it get transferred into my bluehost account and will that automatically change the who-is info?

My second question is if I buy the aged domain that was (not-related-to-niche-at-all).com and all of a sudden change it to (not-related-to-niche-at-all).com/nichekeyword/ would the new page of the domain still be considered aged (the /nichekeyword/ part) or do I have to make my niche site on the home domain without my keyword in there to gain the benefits of it's age and will the domain be penalized by Google for changing it my niche so suddenly from what it originally was and, if so, is there a time-frame to switching an old domain to something new so it doesn't seem unnatural or is it all in my head? Thank you in advance to anyone who answers, I know this post was a bit long-winded but it's the first time I asked questions about IM so I hope you understand
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  • Profile picture of the author SydneyFreelance
    Usually you set the nameservers of the domain where every you purchased your domain from. You can also change the Who-Is info there are well.

    Not sure about any penalty regarding changing your niche, however if you were to set it up like (not-related-to-niche-at-all).com/nichekeyword/ - this would not rank as well as actually having your KW in your root domain. It's all about being relevant.
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  • Profile picture of the author Epic Stephen
    1st what SydneyFreelance said

    and 2nd i will suggest you to be carefully when you buy an aged domain it might be banned by google
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    • Profile picture of the author L41db4ck
      Originally Posted by zoomx View Post

      1st what SydneyFreelance said

      and 2nd i will suggest you to be carefully when you buy an aged domain it might be banned by google
      You mean, It might have already been banned by Google?? Or de-indexed? Or what?
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      • Profile picture of the author onSubie
        Originally Posted by L41db4ck View Post

        You mean, It might have already been banned by Google?? Or de-indexed? Or what?
        Yes, when buying aged domains it is important to do proper research. Not enough room here to go into detail but basically:

        You want to find domains that have:
        - age
        - authority (some domains will keep their PR for a while)
        - backlinks (some aged domains come with many existing backlinks already pointing there)

        You want to avoid domains that have:
        - been banned by google
        - de-indexed
        - flagged as spam/pron/blackhat

        An aged domain can have a bad history instead of a good history so make sure you aren't getting a domain with a rap sheet.

        Once you buy a domain, you don't have to recreate it but you may want to preserve the backlink juice by recreating the urls in the backlink "a href", or use redirects so Google still "counts" the backlinks.

        Mahlon
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  • Profile picture of the author awddude
    Yeah you can get ripped off buying aged domains it's true. I found this guide:

    Buying Aged Domains Guide

    And it states:

    1.) Check if it has been dropped on Domain Tools

    Dropped means expired. If previous owners let it expire and renewed it, it can lose a lot of its ranking power. I bought a domain where this happened, but haven't found it hard to rank on the other hand.

    2.) Check if the Pagerank is valid.

    Google a "info:http://www.domain.com" and use SEOQuake to see the true PR.



    Places to shop for aged domains:

    Flippa
    Go Daddy
    NamePros
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  • Profile picture of the author retsek
    I typically prole Godaddy and find domains that are DMOZ listed. Alot of crap gets listed in dmoz, but you often find a gem. Right now i'm bidding on one that is PR4, tons of natural backlinks and archive.org shows it had lots of great content in a valuable topic, but it never had advertising.

    I have no idea why someone would let a site like this lapse, but whoever he is ..he has 26 hours left to claim it or else its mine.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tadresources
    I would go for a domain that is related to the site. Not to just anything that comes into your head.

    If you're worried about not being able to find a good one check out godaddy.com I've picked up a lot of domains for $12 + 1 years domain registration that have been 10 years old or more.

    The problem (or advantage to you) with godaddy is that everyone goes for sites with traffic so if you search by age you will find that those with zero traffic come with no one else bidding on it.

    My mentor for example showed me yesterday how she picked up cookiedough.info which I think she said was 10 years old and is for one of her receipe sites and she got it for just $12.

    One advise she always gives me though is to find your domain first before your niche and then you can end up with much better niche sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author samuelford
    First of all the best place to buy aged domains by far is at digitalspy. bigger choice for cheaper prices. When you are looking you should follow this criteria:

    1. check if it has been dropped before on domaintools.com if it has leave it alone.

    2. use SEO quake to validate its pagerank and use SEO spyglass (both free) to check to see if it has 3 or more high PR backlinks that are DOFOLLOW

    3. If it passes and you buy it, it's vital that you install "who is" privacy immediately onto it, as google will retract its pagerank if it finds out that ownership has changed hands.

    If you do all this you should be fine.

    PM me if you need more help.
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    • Profile picture of the author retsek
      Originally Posted by samuelford View Post

      First of all the best place to buy aged domains by far is at digitalspy. bigger choice for cheaper prices. When you are looking you should follow this criteria:

      1. check if it has been dropped before on domaintools.com if it has leave it alone.

      2. use SEO quake to validate its pagerank and use SEO spyglass (both free) to check to see if it has 3 or more high PR backlinks that are DOFOLLOW

      3. If it passes and you buy it, it's vital that you install "who is" privacy immediately onto it, as google will retract its pagerank if it finds out that ownership has changed hands.

      If you do all this you should be fine.

      PM me if you need more help.

      .3 is simply is not true.
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      • Profile picture of the author Mike Anthony
        I'm amazed no one has talked about Doing a fake pagerank check. I find no big point in buying aged domains unless its for the links coming to it that have built up its pagerank.
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