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Elliot's Blog made a big change on hisblog late last night and rebranded it as DomainInvesting.com

He changed the color scheme and made a few changes to the design of the website.

He stated below:

I think you can appreciate the reasons I moved from a personal brand to DomainInvesting.com. The primary reasons I made the change are as follows:

My blog moves from a personal blog to an industry blog
Aligns with branding of other popular domain name websites
It becomes the authoritative brand for people who don’t know me, especially those outside of the domain space
Expert contributors may share articles without confusion over who wrote the article
Possible SEO benefits for domain investing keywords

Well done to Elliot

SOME MISTAKES DOMAINERS MAKE WHEN THEY ARE NEW IN DOMAIN BUSINESS

Domain Name Business is a great business, no doubt about that, especially for old timers who have been in the business for long — long enough to have learned the rope. There are equally great opportunitie for new timers who are willing to learn before diving. I decided to write this piece because of experience I had with some young Domainers few days ago in a public forum. There I was privileged to meet with some enthusiastic fresh Domainers who are really eager to learn the business. They are brilliant minds indeed and if enough resources is given their way, they’ll go places in no time.

I was delighted to answer some of their questions but couldn’t continue due to some personal reasons. The zeal, the burning desire, and the efforts these guys are putting in into learning is amazingly contagious. And the speed at which they learn is commendable too. However, I equally noticed just like in every fresh Domainers some mistakes that need to be pointed out and corrected in other to minimize potential heart break in the business.

There are so many ways domain can bring you money and there many ways too you can loose money to domain if you aren’t careful. In other to take care of this, you need to be in he know. Below are some of the simple and most common mistakes you need to avoid if you hope to maximize your chances of making money in domain.

1. Registering Bad Domains — I remember those days when I was new in domain; how I quickly rushed and registered up to 5o domain names that all turned out to be useless. Neither could I forget picking trade mark domains in the hope of selling for big buck only to have it turned back to the trade mark owner with nothing given to me in return. New Domainers used to have all kinds of delusional approach to domain — especially when one heard that certain domain sold for huge buck, they go wired registering anything related to the said domain not taking into cognizance factors that influenced the sell. Such factors may includes: Development, prior knowledge, and events

Before you register any domain, be sure to check the quality, then compare and contrast. Don’t just register it because you imagined it is good, your imagination may not be good enough in this matter. Brainstorm the domain in question by following these processes -

Ask yourselves – What class of domain does this falls into?

(a) Keywords Rich Domain — If the domain is made up of two or three words, find out if the phase is rich keywords. How you know if such domain is Keyword Rich Domain is by finding out how many times people search that keyword on search engines. How do you find out? No, not by typing it directly on Google search engine and looking for the number of returned results – that’s a terribly wrong search technique.

Look for any keyword search application within your reach such as Word Tracker Scout and other domain tools, but bear in mind that none of these tools comes close to Google Keyword Tools. Check the phrase and see how many search volume it has, this is what determines whether the domain is good or not – the higher the search volume, the better the keyword.

You can also use Bing Keywords Tools just as alternative to the Google tools, it doesn’t match but it’s quite accurate and gives you close idea especially if you are experienced with old Google keyword tools. If the phrase you brainstormed has good search volume (i.e the local search is greater than 1,000), you can proceed to register it as a Keyword Rich domain name – such domain is guaranteed to sell at reasonably high amount on a good day.

(b) Future Trend Domain — I am sorry to tell you that you may not have what it takes to engage in trend Domaining at early stage of your domain business adventure. Anyone who succeeds in trend domain is no doubt among the best Domainers – why? Because you don’t register trend domain when it is trending, they are registered long before the trend starts. By the time the average Domainers begin to hear the trend, virtually all the worthwhile domain in that trend must have gone, leaving you with only craps you think that is worth anything.

The only technical way to succeed in this is if you have a knack to spot the future trend long ahead of time and graphic understanding of qualities of good domain names and how domain business work in details.

Let me give you tiny secret you may not know yet – Before any technology begins to emerge, it has been in experiment, the board rooms, the laboratories, and other places like that long before it hits the news which is when most of you begins to hear about it, some have already known about it years ahead. This is how professional Domainers get future trend domains. So, what is trending for you now or you think is about to trend is actually old piece of news for some. 3D is trending since last year, 3DPrinters.com was registered in 1999!

Yes! Thunder do strike but you don’t have to wait for a one in a million chances in your domain business; you need actionable approach if you hope to really make money. Except you have a thousand or two thousand dollars to invest in registering every conceivable phrases around the future trend hoping that two or three sells out of your hundreds of domain will cover the cost and make you profit. If not, then investing in future trend domain may not be for you yet.

(c) Premium Generic Domain — This is the choicest class of domain for businesses looking to enhance their brand equity. Any domain that falls under this class of domain is always highly priced but how sure are you that yours falls under this category? Every good domain name can be called premium domain but in this regard, I’ll treat only dictionary one word domain, 1-4 letters acronym, and generic coined words as premium generic domain.

Any dictionary one word domain is a good name though the more popular it is the better domain it is.
Any 1-4 letter acronym is also a good domain, who shows interest in it and how long you are will to hold onto it is what determines the final sell.
Where new domainers make mistake most is trying to form words out of the blues. If you are to do that, such generic domain must possess certain qualities to make it good. It must be Short, Brandable, Memorable, and Pronounceable. Anything short of these four qualities is void

2. Being too Eager to Sell Domain — In effort to sell as fast as possible (doesn’t matter if the domain they wants to sell is just a crap) they end up spamming forums and domain marketplaces; marring their reputation in the process. In domain business, reputable and experience is everything – once you have it, you can sell any thing.

What to do: Invest enough time in building personal reputation. Put selling behind first. Invest in domain education. Ask questions to industry experts. Associate with the in house Domainers. Be ready to invest time into domain business; that time includes holding your domain for longer time before selling.

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Sold

wholesale.co.uk $30,000

drink.co.uk £9,500

freeheating.co.uk $7,500

stamps.co.uk £16,000

executor.co.uk £12,000

wisyno: How far with the land rover company in Northern Ireland for blrc? Have u mailed them? Did they reply?

Talking about reserveaccomodation, you seems to be in love with 'reserve' domains. Flyreserve

Yes o, i rang the company to inform them that dem dey do copyright o because my domain still dey their website as their email, they apologized, they ask me how they can reach me so we could talk about it, i told them to give me their email and they gave me, so i don mail dem, still expecting their reply.

REMMEI: Ara yin o kin bale iswearigawd..so rugged man is the one that bleeped up 9ice career?..tell me which career that rugged man get self?..he's trying to fight back with 9ice boy "ALAGA IBILE" lil time now na to dey beg for collaboration with OLAMIDE...mtchewww!

ALAGA IBILE KO, ALAGA DADUBULE NI..

Who sang Respect Is Reciprocal?

toploo have answered u!

If you have any buyer for my below domains, pls pm me

c1v.co.uk

cluo.co.uk

blrc.co.uk

nsns.co.uk

vemik.com

If you have buyer for my below PMD, pm me

c1v.co.uk

cluo.co.uk

blrc.co.uk

nsns.co.uk

vemik.com

ReserveAccommodation.com

oladayo042: Are you just knowing? I don't understand his reasons for rebranding.

yes oo i don't know at all, i always see Wisyno calling the person Mike but i no know sey na Mikereal O!

Mikereal don win lotto $1m, he con take style package himself away from us

wisyno: Mike, no p. Apology accepted.

Is gcfr Mikereal?

Paulpenny: i love ruggedman....since 2005....and i still love him....he f.v.c.k up 9ice's career for fun...lol

[size=20pt]You really nack the wall.
9ice na shigidi now, na him sey make dem carry am go dustbin depot

Him don forget sey no matter the money u dey make, ur boss na ur boss

Ruggedman don warn ma many times sey maybe be he 9ice forget sy his name na Ruggedman...

Ruggedman messed up 9ice career [/size]

Adigun don enter Ruggedybaba one chance

oladayo042: I can help you buy a domain name for just #200. How about that?

lol

Rastamann: Am not saying Davido is rude but what will one say about a guy that gave him $3000 just like that? I don't know the criteria for choosing the winner but I watched most of the entries and this guy (winner) was surely not the best dancer!

You are a BLACK-RACIST

Chlbenze: If i want to transfer a domain to someone in thesame godaddy platform, what are the requirement to make a successful transfer

Your Customer Number or the email u used register

tellwisdom: My guy, go and spend ur peanut and don't disturb us

This is one of the mosquitoes a.k.a BAD_BELE PEOPLE

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lol

This is serious o, Lord have mercy!

[size=25pt]American poverty figure edges up to 46.5 million[/size]

[size=15pt]The number of Americans in poverty rose slightly last year to 46.5 million, according to US Census data, despite a stock market recovery.[/size]


Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24139251

Shawnmayor: @dotcom, i'm having problems logging to yim. i just need the phone number and you might probably get a call soon. do you get?

Yes, i sent u offline already

BAD NEWS FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE UK

No more Bank Accounts and Driver License for illegal Immigrants in the UK
As an Illegal Immigrant, your Right to Appeal a deportation order has now been limited from 17 means to just 4.


Illegal immigrants and foreign prisoners face tough new curbs on their rights of appeal under a new Government crackdown.

The Immigration Bill will see the grounds on which foreign nationals can lodge an appeal against deportation slashed from the current 17 to just four.

This is partly in response to the frustration successive home secretaries faced in their repeated attempts to deport the radical cleric Abu Qatada.

Qatada used human rights laws to outwit government lawyers for 12 years before Home Secretary Theresa May finally managed to deport him to Jordan in July.

The Bill, which is the centrepiece of the coalition's legislative programme this year, also includes moves to block illegal immigrants from opening bank accounts in the UK.

Banks will have to check against a database of known immigration offenders before opening accounts, and employers will face heavier fines if they employ staff here illegally.

Private landlords will have to check the status of their tenants to stop people with no right to live in the UK getting access to private rented housing.

Watch and Read here: http://news.sky.com/story/1152442/immigration-laws-tough-overhaul-introduced

greatfa4: Bros make u answer me na

I don add u since yesterday bro

gcfr.com:
same reason u cant find kixra.com n d dictionary

Congrats, thats one of the answer i love to hear. Now u don pass the one i no even ask. thats A1 4u. Now, answer me sir, whats the meaning of Nairaland in the oxford dic...?

Okattamgbee: Please can i still cancel a domain thats is 2months old?

I thin its a NO. I think it has to be 5 days. let my ogas at the top confirm it here as usual !

Join this group & market your domain there https://www./644141232286210/

Join this group to market your domain there https://www./644141232286210/

gcfr.com:
thier is a huge difference between the following domains:
cloudincomeproperties( you can tell from first look that they deal on properties of any kind)
cloudincome?? LoL
goodluck.

So because a company deal with properties, does that mean such company cannot own another domain for a different business?

Simple question

gcfr.com:
lmao, lol $7k. Sorry but cloudincome is meaningless (no offence $0) why? Simply google up d meaning of the two words ua mergin n tell us if it makes sense.

What is the meaning of Nairaland? I can't find it in the Oxford Dic..

wisyno: Grandstar, we can do some business here o. Since you like cloudincomes and think it can sell for $7k, I hereby offer it to you for $1k, so that u can sell for $7k or more and make huge profit. How u see am?

Contact cloudincomeproperties.com maybe they might have interest

Shawnmayor: dotcom, when ure ready, ive got some good geo-domains waiting to be reg'd that we can flip fast. ive been researching and collecting the domains somewhere over the weeks. lyk i said when ure ready. i will cont to be watching from the sidelines

Me sef get unreg domain plenty wey i never reg sef.