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legalwealth:
I've claimed the slot! !!

Wow! You sef do 'pass me not.'

I just noticed that this thread has been moved to the Webmasters section. Someone should please talk to the mod here to move it back to the Business section to help more people find it. This thread doesn't belong in this section.

aydj:
Even if it was casino.org, I don't think I would have bought it cos in my own opinion, .org names are mostly good for "non profit" organizations or establishments.

Casino .org is actually a premium name. Some keywords are so great that they do well in every extension; 'casino' is one of them.

blym4real:
if you are interested in one word dictionary domain: CASINO .ORG is in auction on namepros.

That's a horrible domain name to buy.

What you have on NamePros is "C-a-s-i-n-o dot org", an eleven character name with a whooping five hypens and not "Casino dot org" like you thought.

adahgold:
This business is not the fastest...

lol......

Nobody promised it will be the fastest.

Usiyaro:
@2sex and all other ogas please answer these few questions clearly and straightforward I have come across them in few pages back but it's confusing, dnt take me to be unserious cus it was with all what I read here that I was able to make my first purchase that I mentioned few pages back, please help expand my knowledge and answer these few qst:-
1. Once I get a buyer how do I refer him to
my account to buy my
domain/s listed for sale?

Just tell them to type the domain into their address bar. When you forward your domain to Sedo's nameservers, everyone visiting the domain will land on the sales page.

2. Let's say my domain registrar is
godaddy, if I have a buyer from
sedo, how do I know when to make a transfer,
how do I transfer my
domain from my godaddy account to either
another account on godaddy or
another registrar account.

Sedo will tell you when (and how)
to begin the transfer after they've collected the cash from the buyer.

3.Is the a rule I need to follow before I make a
transfer because I read my domain can be locked by ICAAN for 6
months if don't follow due
process that's why am scared.( kindly explain d process) tanx all.

The ICAAN rule is that 'you can't transfer a newly registered name to another registrar in the first 60 days after registration.' You can transfer the name within the same registrar and a few of us here have sold a name in less than a month after regging it. The solution is to simply ask the buyer to open an account at the registrar where you regged the name.

Thank you.

Kapitain:
@oladayo042
Please i need to discuss sth with you, I sent you a PM. Mention me

I've replied your PM sir.

Usiyaro:
@2sex can I order a single domain in different orders say the full and short form? For example forexpro and forexprofessional can I? And can I also sell both to a single buyer? *I dnt own d domains above just using them for example as I have a domain in mind n d long n short forms available*

Yes, for both questions.

Geeky:
2sex abeg whats the name of the website where you showed us a screenshot of. I mean the hookup city example. I know you wisely hid it but i need it o! please share. Thanks in advance.

NameDroppers dot com

SirChotas:
Please, which is more important for Google indexing: exact matches for keyword or current web traffic?



Would forexample.com be more highly ranked than eg.com because it contains the keywords 'for' and 'example' even though they both have the same services, and eg.com has more web traffic?

I am sorry but this question is above my pay grade. This is purely a SEO question, an area where I'm not well versed.

Nonetheless, from all of the Google updates and blogs that I've read, content is king when it comes to ranking and authority backlinks help greatly.

Usiyaro:
@oladayo042 do you still use legalwealth for your PayPal transactions? Sent him mails n no reply, tried whatsapping him n no reply.... Calling him no picks(or am I calling, emailing a wrong contact?) , dis dude very busy ooo how do u make contact with him when you have an urgent transaction via PayPal?(please share contact) What's his PayPal email address and when payment is done how will he know the money he received is mine?

Please ensure that you talk to him before using his paypal email to receive any fund. You can also reach him on Skype - @Presegs

NAPPIE:
please I want to ask few question (novice)

• is it possible to sell domain to someone without Godaddy account.

• please how can one go about it.

Yes, you can sell a domain to someone without a GoDaddy account. GoDaddy is only one out of the hundreds of domain registrars available. Anybody with an account with any other registrar can make a transfer request for your domain name registered at GoDaddy. After supplying the 'auth code' and accepting the transfer, GoDaddy will transfer the name to the other registrar.

chinedulivingstone:
Oladeyo how can I get a bank statement because sedo send me a mail about opening account back look at what the send for me. In order for us to process the reactivation of the Sedo account, please  also send a proof of your postal address (bank statement, utility bill addressed to you and dated in last 6 months) to security@sedo.com. pls help me I did understan wat that min by postal address

Just send them your valid ID (Driver's Licence, Intl Passport, or National ID Card) and a PHCN bill that contains the same address you used when registering. They will reopen your account.

Treasure28:
Please, what is the cost of listing your domain name on those auction sites for flipping?

Listing on Afternic, GoDaddy Premium, Sedo, and Bodis is free while Flippa charges $9 to list a domain and GoDaddy Auctions require a $5 annual membership fee.

mintyx:
Please i need useful to this...

I registered this domain qasa.info sometime last year and its expiring now.

I registered it in mind of this electronics company QASA that make household electronics.

I noticed they are offshoot if Q-link company and still making use of Q-link website and are yet to even buy qasa.com.

Im thinking, based on all these whether i should still go ahead and renew the domain or let it off??

please i need valuable contributions to these..

If this is the only reason you want to renew the name, please don't renew it.

If they feel the need for a website, they'll naturally go for the .com first.

Hey guys,

I am very sorry for not responding to questions posted here over the week. I just got a job and now spend a chunk of my time at work.

I will answer as many questions as I can over the weekend and I implore others (madridfc, 2sex, Chibenze, etc) to visit here more often.

Thank you.

Treasure28:
Hope the exchangers are dependable . What about the other question about a domain name that forms just one word together with its extension and the common ones, which is more brandable? Thanks a bunch.

Arbitrage and LegalWealth are two exchangers I can vouch for.

Domain hacks are good if it makes a popular word, preferably a noun or present tense verb. Think Gam.es, Sear.ch, etc. However, I doubt if these type of names will still be available for hand registration.

Activityj:
bro thanks for your answer! I won't accept that the domain worths nothing, just say the .asia domains are not stable market. You can check the history of some sold LLL .asia. Thanks once more!

Thank you for pointing me to past sales. I am willing to learn anyday anytime.

I have checked past sales and I saw that some random LLL dot asia domains sold for nice $$$ in the past. I also noticed that most LLL dot asia that sold are being used as a redirect rather than being a standalone website. So why not compose a sales pitch and email all companies in Asian countries that uses 'TRA' as their name? Already, I can see a TRA Co. Ltd Japan, a machinery parts manufacturer.

Please disregard my $0 valuation though I still maintain that Flippa will not move this type of name.

chinedulivingstone:
my oga oladayo look at this domain what do you thank about it www.raw00 .com

I am sorry but Raw00 doesn't make the cut of what makes a good domain.

If you want to buy a Keyword+Number domain name, let that number be anything other than zero and let it not be more than a single number. '0' looks very much like 'O', which means there is a chance that people will think it is Rawoo dot com. Also, the number 'zero' generates a negative vibe of nothingness. Zero just means 'nothing' and that's not a good name for any business.

By the way, I own Pot6 and Vapor7 (both in .com).

dammylarey:
where and how much can i buy domain reseller @cheap rate?

GoDaddy dot com, mostly for $2 using coupon codes. You can search for their coupon codes on this thread or Google.

Treasure28:
Please what are the alternatives to domiciliary account for receiving ur money

Paypal, mostly. You can use the exchangers when you need to receive funds.

jendy36:
Hello boss... is legit asset dot com a good name?
I also registered petsabode dot com, picsontop dot com, legit assets dot com, 2vkl dot com. What's your advice @oga oladayo042

As a rule of thumb, if you want to buy a two word domain name where the first word is a noun, always buy [Singular Noun+Keyword.com]. No matter how valuable the noun keyword is, plural noun+keyword doesn't seem to do well. CloudHosting.com is better than CloudsHosting.com; HempCity.com is better than HempsCity.com; EventManagement.com is better than EventsManagement.com; and so on. If the noun is coming before the keyword, let the noun be singular.

On the note above, PetsAbode and PicsOnTop are not good enough. The singular, PetAbode would have been a nice name while even PicOnTop is useless. What business will anybody build on PicsOnTop? In fact, you should ask yourself this question before you buy any name.

If we evaluate LegitAsset(s) based on the question above, you'll notice that the options are limited. A site that lists legit assets? A site that sells legit assets? I can see you are using the name for real estate listings, which is most likely not the first thought that comes to peoples' mind when they see the name. Looks like you have a good reason for buying this one.

2vkl is definitely a no-no. Mixing up letters and numbers in order to have a 4C domain name is not a good investment. You can actually find a NLLL dot com where that LLL is a popular three letter English word e.g. 7Gap dot com is currently available and you can see that it is way better than 2VKL dot com. Nonetheless, this does not make it a good buy.

Activityj:
Please i want to sell this domain fast! Help me find buyer and i will give 15% of the sell price! The domain name is: Tra.Asia

Please ignore the advice to list on Flippa. This domain is worth $0.

Asia is not as cohesive as Europe; if Japan is not fighting China over some island, India and Indonesia will be annexing each others territory. Asians don't see themselves as one and that has hindered the mass adoption of .Asia extension on the continent.

A NLer owns Poetry.Asia, which is way more better than Tra.Asia, and he will have a hard time selling it because of that extension. Even a cohesive Eurozone can not get traction for .euro.

Never buy anything other than .com. Follow what works.

Usiyaro:
How do I know if a registered domain is a trademark?

Go to uspto.gov. Click on 'Links' and select 'TESS.' Click on 'Basic Word Mark
Search (New User)' and enter the name you want to check for trademark.

What I shouldn't do when I spot a trademarked name?

Please don't buy a trademarked name. It's not worth the hassles.

When searching for some domain names I come across some that says "bundle qualified" please what does that mean?

It means GoDaddy wants to sell you a bundle that contains hosting, website optimization, etc. Ignore it and buy domain only.

jonescyras:
1
. Would you advice a beginner to use appraisal tool?
I had my finders busy on my phone browsing for good flippable domains and I got a domain which I think would yield green!. I registered with freevaluator dot com and it values the domain 355$, the domain is in this form
"Five............dotcom
If I were to depend on the appraisal, I would register the name, but pro like you may take it with a somewhat eye and look down on it in disdain, so I want to know, if a domain name is gotten, and it has a great appraisal , should it be registered?

I'm very sorry for replying this late.

Appraisals are worth zilch. If your name is worth what they call it, what stops one of the appraisal sites from buying your domain name for 1/4th of its appraised value and resell it for its 'fair value?'

Appraisal sites give a value based on certain metrics, which are useless to the end user. A perfect textbook example is TripleAdvantage dot com, which sold for $12k while its appraised value is less than $1k. Determine whether the domain you want to buy is good enough that somebody will pay you to have it, regardless of its appraised value. If it is good, regardless of appraisal, go for it.

2
. I took my self much time on expireddomains dot net and various domains popped up, I will love to know, are there any criteria in choosing an expired or deleted names other than the quality of the names?,
I could see boxes that have "PR, BL, DP, ABY, Alexa Dmoz C N O D
Do they give much qualities to name(expired names)? If yes

What would you give as the minimum for each??

To the best of my knowledge, end users don't care about any of those metrics you have up there. You should pay more attention to what buyers care about - good names. If the name is good, all those metrics do not matter.

3

. What if I find a word dot org and other different from dot com, for example, life.org stopwars.org , realestatedot info or anything other than dot com (I know the listed names have been registered, just saying)
Would you say they should be bought?

Being a one-worder does not automatically confer value on a domain name. 'Aadvark' is an English word, so is 'Tectonism.' So many one word domains, even in dot com, will never sell because there are millions of words in the dictionary and only a portion of those are relevant in our day to day life.

Nonetheless, if you find a decent one-word domain available for registration in any of the legacy TLDs (com, net, org, and info), buy it. The chance of this happening, however, is similar to the chance of Shekau becoming the president of Nigeria. :-)

cc: @jonescyras

deluxglobal:
@oladayo042 pls what can yo say about this domain 'thebigstores.com'

Please understand that domain appraisals are very subjective and mine will not be different. Take it as the opinion of an uninformed guy.

Adding prefixes like 'A,' 'The,' 'My,' 'Your,' and 'Our' to the front of a domain name reduces its value. So the 'the' in front of your name makes it less valuable than 'Big Stores' dot com. If you want to buy a name with any of these prefixes, the main keyword must be in popular use and preferably be a single word.

Now let's examine 'Big Stores' as a standalone. 'Big Stores' sounds like a nice brandable name for a great supermarket chain, though 'Big Store' (the singular) is more valuable.

In summary, TheBigStores is not a good buy to me. The 'the' in the name just wiped out the little value in 'Big Stores.' Will you name your business 'Big Stores' or 'The Big Stores'? Read more on why here: https://www.brandbucket.com/help/faq/sellers/what_kind_of_names_do_you_accept_for_listing (under 'other things to avoid').

chinedulivingstone:
Mr oladayo pls let's say if I registered domain name on godaddy and list thesame domain on godaddy and afternic them how are my going to go about the DNS server pls help me thank you

Please make your questions as clear as possible. I need to understand your questions to answer them correctly.

Though you can list the same name at GoDaddy and Afternic, you can point it to only one of them at a time. If you use GoDaddy, there will be a small downward-facing arrow in front of all your domain names under 'My Domains.' Click on that arrow in front of that particular domain and select 'Set Nameservers.' To park at Afternic, click on 'Custom' and put NS1.AFTERNIC.COM AND NS2.AFTERNIC.COM in the two boxes and click 'Ok.' After few minutes, your domain will be pointing towards your Afternic listing page.

Iytech:
Oladayo, I can see you are now helping to put the new guys (I hate using the word "newbie" ) through. God bless you.

BTW, I found an exact match domain with over 10,000 searches in the entertainment niche. But from my research, there is not much commercial value attached to the key words. Probably, the people who type in the phrase, just want to get some free info. Can't find no advert on google for the phrase but the keyword tool put the CPC at 0.92. I know there could be some IM gurus who could make some money on the traffic that this name could get with some advance techniques. Do you think I should buy this domain (with respect to the ease or difficulty of flipping)?

Oga boss, it's been a very long time.

If you are very confident that the keywords have no commercial value, please don't buy it. This conclusion is actually easy for me. The fact that over ten thousand people search for the keywords on Google doesn't automatically make it valuable. If the domain is a dot com, ask yourself why it is available till date.

The major reason why end users buy names is to build businesses on it. A 10,000 search volume keyword with no commercial value is not a good buy, in my own opinion. I will provide an example to buttress my position.

DownloadPDFConverter dot com is currently available (01/04/2015 at 9:23 pm) and has been like that since June 2012. This name has 12,100 search volume, $0.23 CPC and the keywords even have some commercial value but no one is interested in taking it till now. Why? Though the keywords have some commercial value, that value is very low. The service that the keywords describe is a low value service that has tons of competition. (Caveat: Though I won't buy this name, I'm not asking anyone to buy it.)

Above all, please remember that this is entirely my opinion, which may be wrong. Please take it with a pinch of salt.

deluxglobal:
Thanks bro for your massive contribution, i appreciate....
one more thing pls;
Can i list my domain on other sites for selling other than afternic or sedo, for example
i listed my domain on afternic, then also on ebay and godaddy auction...... AM I SAFE to do this?

Yes, you can. You can list your domain name on as many sites as you want to. However, you can only point it one markeplace at a time.

chinedulivingstone:
MR OLADAYO i list some domain on godaddy and afternic and i dont know how to go about the DNS setting pls help me

If you use GoDaddy, there will be a small downward-facing arrow in front of all your domain names under 'My Domains.' Click on that arrow and select 'Set Nameservers.' GoDaddy and Afternic will supply you with what you should put in those boxes, usually NS1.AFTERNIC.COM AND NS2.AFTERNIC.COM for Afternic.

deluxglobal:
I bless the day i visited this thread, and i thank you all for the ideas you have all put here. On this day 31st march 2015, i took the bold step to register my first domain to sell (torontohenna.com).
Pls all gurus in the house, i need some assistance in terms of promoting and selling it, my questions are stated below;

-pls does the domain looks good and sell-able

What prompted you to register TorontoHenna? NewYorkCityHenna dot com is still available, btw.

-I registered on afternic and i was told to change my domain nameserver,what will i input in my host option on the domain edit file?

If you use GoDaddy, click on the small arrow in front of the domain name and select 'Set Nameservers.'

-I also registered on sedo and did the certification, but instead of getting certified i was banned, what document should i send to claim my account back.

Contact their support and tell them about your account. They will ask you to send a valid ID and utility bill.

henrimoto:
@oladayo042. What do you think about .co domain extensions ? Secondly, namecheap domain registration is not cheap even with their promo coupons..

If you want to buy .co domain names, let it be either:
a. Three letters (good English alphabets) - This category tends to be sellable for low XX or more.
b. Generic domain names -
c. Trend domain names - When a new trend comes out, domainers scramble to cover all bases in terms of domain extensions. The initial attention will be focused mainly on dot com and those who take the risk of picking the .co get rewarded handsomely. The domain name must be the category killer for the new trend.

However, .co is a big gamble to take at $13 a pop and $2X for renewal on most registrars. If you want to buy a .co, you better be sure you are buying one that will sell.

2. Why not use GoDaddy as a starter? Buying at $2 per domain gives you more leeway, in terms of finance, to get it right. Every $10 you spend per domain at Namecheap can be used to buy five names at GoDaddy.

henrimoto:
@oladayo042, how effective is the live chat support of godaddy ? I don't know if you've tried it..

See @goldtooth answer above. Their chat system is very effective.