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How To Deal With "Laying Around" Useless Domains ?

by Hamza
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Hi!

As marketers we buy a lot of domains, but not all of them are winners and we just have to deal with it ...

I have dozens of successful sites and i have domains with both godaddy and namecheap, but in both accounts i have a handful of domains that aren't being used and they got no branding or search engines value at all, and I'm sure that many of you are with me in the same boat.

So i was wondering if you guys have any ideas on how the one can make use of this domains somehow ? currently my plan is to let them die and expire waiting to hear from you guys .

Hamza,
#deal #domains #laying around #useless
  • Profile picture of the author swords
    Definitely let them expire, don't let them renew.

    I have the same issue and am looking for similar advice, however, I'm afraid the obvious is the answer. You can't do anything besides *maybe* selling them to someone.
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    • Profile picture of the author Hamza
      Originally Posted by swords View Post

      Definitely let them expire, don't let them renew.

      I have the same issue and am looking for similar advice, however, I'm afraid the obvious is the answer. You can't do anything besides *maybe* selling them to someone.
      Yeah sure thing man! expiration is the way to go if we couldn't find a way to use them.

      few years ago i used to renew them "hoping" that i'd find a way to fit them in my schedule ... but i learned my lesson hhhhh

      What i did with 6 domains a few months ago is i spent a few bucks on getting 6 articles done and putted one on each site, uploaded a premium theme to make them look good and sold them in bulk on flippa for $297 which was x4 my investment back

      but the thing is, this method is not guaranteed and you might end up wasting more money and time and getting no buyers ...
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  • Profile picture of the author Oscar D
    You could also consider posting them in this section of Warrior Forum: Complete Web Sites For Sale!

    There are always buyers looking for a bargain, domain name for a new project etc

    Just a suggestion, but might be a useful way for you to try and get back at least the price you paid for the domains?
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  • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
    Originally Posted by Hamza View Post

    in both accounts i have a handful of domains that aren't being used and they got no branding or search engines value at all
    Fix that.

    I have the domain existentwoman.com and it's never even had a site connected to it.

    But it could have.

    Remember in science class when you learned about potential and kinetic energy?

    Kinetic energy is when a site makes you money. Potential energy is when it COULD.

    Possibility is valuable.
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    "The Golden Town is the Golden Town no longer. They have sold their pillars for brass and their temples for money, they have made coins out of their golden doors. It is become a dark town full of trouble, there is no ease in its streets, beauty has left it and the old songs are gone." - Lord Dunsany, The Messengers
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  • Profile picture of the author Ninawa
    Sell them cheap
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  • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
    How about adsense for domains?

    Another little advance by the big G. You can just point your domain to Google's servers and everything is all taken care of.

    The quick start guide:
    https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...-3&medium=link

    And the details.
    Pointing your domains to Google's servers - AdSense Help

    'As soon as the records validate, usually within 24 hours, we'll start serving ads to traffic that comes to your site.'

    I guess that's about as simple as it could get. I don't buy a domain unless I'm ready to use it, but I'm curious about the way G sets up the pages. If you try it maybe you could post a link?
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  • Profile picture of the author cashflowprofit
    Perhaps there is another way around this. You can do a JV where you provide the domain and webhosting and someone can provide their skills for content, web design and SEO. I think perhaps within a month or so with monetization, your domains will be ripe for a flip. You can split the profits and am sure the returns that you get will be more than sufficient, considering that not much effort has gone into it.

    Or perhaps host some autoblogs?? Just throwing some ideas around.
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