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flipping domain name question

by qashkai
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hi guys, i recently started looking at expiring domain names to look for some good ones i could possibly sell.

so far i've seen one particular domain for mortgages, a company name. There are 2-3 companies with this exact name in my country, but the top ranked is using a .net TLD and the second one is .co.uk with a hyphen in the middle of the name.

i've never done this before so i'm not sure if it's worth it, i was thinking i could buy the name and then approach them about buying it somehow, not sure how i'd get through to the right person.

i was just wondering, do people actually buy in situations like these? i doubt they invest a lot on SEO since they seem to be smaller companies, so that makes me think they won't want to dish out money for a .com
#domain #flipping #question
  • Profile picture of the author ringer37
    Owning the .com would have no effect on seo for them, unless they started putting content on it and backlinking of course. But simply for branding purposes I wouldn't be surprised if they buy it. I get emails all the time from companies asking to sell me a domain name that is similar to one I already own, so it must work pretty well.
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  • Profile picture of the author Arshaan
    Sorry I don't agree with you. Having a ".com" domain name is considered better than having a ".co.uk" domain name as its more universal and other reasons.

    Also this second company that has a hyphen in the domain name would be VERY interested in your offer. (Plus they get a ".com")

    A hyphen in a domain name looks spammy to visitors and Google. If you think about it, what top sites have hyphens in them? Google, Facebook, CNN?
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