Possible to Flip Domains?

Maybe Kenny Rogers was right ... "you gotta know when to hold'em and when to fold'em."

Listen to Gene above and buy his products, he is an expert in the field.

Rather than blindly registering domains and hoping they are worth something, I would do this:

1- Find some relatively obscure niches that get decent amounts of traffic (these will usually be sub-niches in the broader fields like hobbies, sports, personal development, human relationships, travel, etc.) Find subjects that have raving maniac fans.

2- Start with a "root" keyword and do an "exact match" search using the free Google Adwords tool.

3- Download 800 search terms for the root keyword.

4- Separate the list in half and run the top 400 search terms through a bulk domain name checking tool (like at Godaddy)

5- 1st priority is to find .com domains that have exact match searches of 2,000 or more and are "buying" keywords (those that would have commercial intent).

Most times you may not find any good names, but keep searching as there are some out there. Occasionally you might find several in one search. Obviously, the higher the search volume and the greater the commercial intent, the better.

6- Once you find one domain, register it for less than $10.

7- Now here's the key: Do a search in Google on that keyword and make a list of the domains that pop up on the first 3-5 pages. Visit those sites, join their lists, etc.

8- Contact the owner and casually mention that you own the dot com version of the keyword that brought you to his site. Tell him how many searches a month it gets as well as the domains that you'll be contacting in order to pass on this domain you own to someone who can really make good use of it.

9- Work your way down your domain list starting with the #1 site until you have contacted all the owners.

10- You could do another similar search for a closely related term in the same niche if you don't get a buyer.

I think if you work consistently at doing this, you ought to be able to start turning a name every day after a week or two.

And don't just try to double your money. Highly searched commercial terms are worth anywhere from $300 to $20K if you find yourself in the right position.

By the way, every one of these steps are FREE except actually buying the domain so your total investment is under $10 per name.

If you can't sell a name after trying pretty hard, then park it or put it up for auction. If nothing happens, drop it after a year and don't waste another registration fee.

Good luck,

Steve