sábado, 5 de junio de 2010

How to Make Money From Domain Flipping

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Internet marketers know that they stand a better chance for financial freedom if they have multiple sources of income coming in. This is why so many internet marketers are involved in so many different projects. Besides product creation and affiliate sales, one of the best ways to make some extra cash online is via purchasing and selling domains. The latter is known as domain “flipping” and can be very profitable if you do it right. Here are some hints that will help you generate even more cash from the sale of domains.

Sell high but buy low. Purchase domains when they are on sale. Many of the major domain name registrar services will have sales and promotions to allow you to buy domain names at discounted prices. Make sure to take advantage of these benefits. This way you will be able to turn a profit simply by offering the domain at retail price. The lower your buying rate the higher your profit will be. You should be wary of any place that is attempting to sell domains for extremely low prices. Make sure that you are dealing with a legitimate registration service when purchasing the domains.

Get an appraisal for the domain name that you purchased. Use some of the free and paid appraisal services in order to get an idea of how much value your domain name really has. You might consider getting your domain name appraised a waste of time. That’s not true. Possessing documentation that supports your asking price is the most important reason for getting your domain name appraised.

If you get an appraisal done it is harder to anyone to say that your domain name is worth less than the price that you are asking for. It’s a good thing that domain name appraisals are not expensive. There are even websites that give free evaluations of domain names.Recently I bought a domain name for one of my clients, Dr. Kim, and if he doesn’t use it I know that I can flip it to another Doctor.

Make certain that you price your domain appropriately. A domain name that has never been attached to a website is going to be harder to sell for a large profit. It is still possible to make money but you must be certain to set appropriate prices. It is unlikely that you will earn a profit of hundreds of dollars from a domain name that has never been used before. Losing the sale is quite likely if your domains are priced too high. Conversely, if your price is too low then you might not make a profit at all. Use the prices other domains are being sold for as a guideline when determining how much you should ask for the domains you are selling.

It’s a perfectly legitimate business model to flip domain names. This type of business has made lots of money for many internet marketers. Of course not every domain name flipping business is identical. The amount of money you stand to make is directly proportional to the amount of time you spend expanding your business.

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