A Guide To Domaining

Posted in Influential | On 2nd October 2009 | 1 Comments

Lets face it Domaining is big business, they trade hands daily ranging from a few cents to millions of dollars, many people have become very rich by buying and selling domains.

So where do you get started? It’s easy picking domain names and waiting for the cash to roll in.. or is it?

In this article we have collected a great list of Domain Name resources which will assist you and help you gain more experience in the domain niche, it might not make you a millionaire, but knowledge has its value too.

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Domain Search Tools

Sometimes people drop domains with some significant value or that are brandable, these tools can help you pick up some of these gems.

Xona.com – Domain hacks search
Stuckdomains.com – Expired Domains and domain inspiration
Justdropped.com – Dropped and expiring domain name tool
Domainsbot.com – Domain name search engine
Squurl.com – Fast domain name search tool

Domain Name Suggestion Tools

Finding that perfect domain name can sometimes be a difficult task, alot of great domains have already been registered, so if you have trouble finding a domain name, one of these tools will surely help.

Makewords.com – Domain name generator
Nameboy.com – Domain name generator
Dotomator.com – domain name suggestions
Domaintools.com – Domain name suggestions
Wordoid.com – Domain suggestion tool

Domain Information Tools

When purchasing domain names its always a good idea to check them out, backlinks, pagrank and age etc…
These tools cover the information you need to discover before putting in a bid.

Dnsstuff.com – Many tools including WHOIS lookup, Reverse DNS lookup and Traceroute
Myipneighbors.com – Find what sites are on your IP
Dnscoop.com – Tools for PR, backlinks and WHOIS
Seorush.com – Find PR, Traffic Ranks and feedback on how to improve

Domain Name Forums

Communities can be a fantastic tool for any domainer, by speaking with people from your niche you can pick up value tips and tricks of the trade.

Dnforum.com
Acorndomains.co.uk (mostly UK names)
Namepros.com
Dotsauce.com
Domainstate.com

Domain Name Magazines/Blogs

Keeping up to date with the latest domaining news can be beneficial in many respects, below are some of the top sites with the worlds latest domain news.

Dotsauce.com
Dnjournal.com
Ricklatona.com
Domaining.com
Dailydomainer.com
Domainnamenews.com

Domain Name Marketplaces

Below is a short list of some domain name marketplaces where you can buy and sell domain names, this isn’t a full list by any means, but they are popular outlets where you may enjoy some success.

Sedo.com
Sitepoint.com
Dotsauce.com
Namepros.com
Forums.digitalpoint.com

Domainers On Twitter

Rick Latonahttp://twitter.com/ccTLDS
Chef Patrickhttp://twitter.com/ChefPatrick
Sha’riushttp://twitter.com/r9v
Dotsaucehttp://twitter.com/DotSauce
Ron James (Namepros) - http://twitter.com/domainbuyer
Bido - http://twitter.com/bidodotcom
Domain Name Wire - http://twitter.com/DomainNameWire
GoDrops - http://twitter.com/godrops
Buy Domainshttp://twitter.com/BuyDomains
ebusinessnames - http://twitter.com/ebusinessnames
DNMarket - http://twitter.com/DNMarket

McBonio

McBonio is a full time web designer, blogger and general web lurker. He runs Tropica Web Design, which is a web agency based in Liverpool, UK. You can also catch McBonio at Twitter: @mcbonio

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  • Learned Fool
    October 2, 2009