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Should I buy these domains?

by bumba1988
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Hi All,

Coming straight to the point:

I have found two domains which are exact match for two distinct keywords. But, those are not .com, but one is .org and the other is .net. Now, the CPC, according to MS, are around $18.

However, the search volumes are low as Exact Global Searches per month are around 300-400.

Competition is around 300,000 pages for both.

Now, my question is should I buy these domains? Even if I should, then what to do with these? Build a site or just try to resell at a higher price?

Looking forward to your responses.

N.B. If this is not the correct category to post this, please move it to the appropriate category.
#buy #domains
  • Profile picture of the author warriorkay
    Quick thoughts...

    Even though the CPC is quite high, the exact searches
    are not high enough to excite a potential buyer who will
    buy just based on the domain itself.

    If the competition is very low or non-existent, it won't
    hurt you to build a site around it. A couple hundred
    searches a month on an $18 CPC term won't hurt
    anyone,

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    • Profile picture of the author bumba1988
      Originally Posted by warriorkay View Post

      Quick thoughts...

      Even though the CPC is quite high, the exact searches
      are not high enough to excite a potential buyer who will
      buy just based on the domain itself.

      If the competition is very low or non-existent, it won't
      hurt you to build a site around it. A couple hundred
      searches a month on an $18 CPC term won't hurt
      anyone,

      Kingsley
      Thanks for the response. The competition is around 300000 per month. I guess that's low but not sure if these domains are good to go or not. What do you say?
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      • Profile picture of the author warriorkay
        Originally Posted by bumba1988 View Post

        Thanks for the response. The competition is around 300000 per month. I guess that's low but not sure if these domains are good to go or not. What do you say?
        That's, sadly, not the right way of "really" looking at the
        true competition! I know, that's what lots of the books say
        and we had all been suckered into this in the past..

        But the true ways, among others, include checking the top 10
        results in the search engines, to see how many backlinks they
        have and of course the quality of the backlinks.

        If the number (and sometimes, quality) of the backlinks are
        not that high, then that's sign of low competition.

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        • Profile picture of the author bumba1988
          Originally Posted by warriorkay View Post

          That's, sadly, not the right way of "really" looking at the
          true competition! I know, that's what lots of the books say
          and we had all been suckered into this in the past..

          But the true ways, among others, include checking the top 10
          results in the search engines, to see how many backlinks they
          have and of course the quality of the backlinks.

          If the number (and sometimes, quality) of the backlinks are
          not that high, then that's sign of low competition.

          Kingsley
          Thanks understood!!!

          why not? EMDs are always an asset even if traffic is relatively low.
          Thanks for your response. Do you mean Exact Match Domain by EMD?
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      • Profile picture of the author Inari
        why not? EMDs are always an asset even if traffic is relatively low.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by bumba1988 View Post

    Competition is around 300,000 pages for both.
    How is this relevant to you?

    Would you rather compete for a keyword with only 10,000 SERP's listings of which the whole of the first page comprises age-old authority sites each with thousands of backlinks from other age-old authority sites, or for a keyword with 300,000 listings of which the first page comprise directory articles and stuff you can overtake in 48 hours?

    When I'm thinking about the keywords for which I might/will compete with a potential new site, I have only 5 competitors, and those are numbers 1 - 5 in Google's SERP's for the keyword. It makes no difference to me whether they're followed by 995 other sites or by 9,999,995.

    It seems to me that SEO is mostly about relevance and quality, not so much about quantitative approaches. I'm "just saying" ...
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    • Profile picture of the author bumba1988
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      How is this relevant to you?

      Would you rather compete for a keyword with only 10,000 SERP's listings of which the whole of the first page comprises age-old authority sites each with thousands of backlinks from other age-old authority sites, or for a keyword with 300,000 listings of which the first page comprise directory articles and stuff you can overtake in 48 hours?

      When I'm thinking about the keywords for which I might/will compete with a potential new site, I have only 5 competitors, and those are numbers 1 - 5 in Google's SERP's for the keyword. It makes no difference to me whether they're followed by 995 other sites or by 9,999,995.

      It seems to me that SEO is mostly about relevance and quality, not so much about "quantitative approaches". I'm "just saying" ...
      Thanks a lot for your words. However, will these be hot in market if I try to resell them?

      I don't intend to make any site, but reselling the domain would work best for me. However, if making a site yields more profits, I will just do that.

      Honestly I wouldn't bother. Even ranked at number one, you would get a little less than half of the traffic that searches the term. So around 150-200. However you said that's the global results, which aren't always reliable.

      Also an $18 CPC might sound really good but the chances are you will make a fraction of that.

      Just my thoughts
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  • Profile picture of the author atomiccloud
    Honestly I wouldn't bother. Even ranked at number one, you would get a little less than half of the traffic that searches the term. So around 150-200. However you said that's the global results, which aren't always reliable.

    Also an $18 CPC might sound really good but the chances are you will make a fraction of that.

    Just my thoughts
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  • Profile picture of the author aryangarg
    search for the keyword in Google, If you see .com with exact phrase then don't buy .. if its not there, then buy .org or .net and create a website on it.
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