A Beginner’s Guide to Successful Domaining

Buying and selling of domains are volatile in nature yet it is a huge business in the marketplace. You will only need Google to dig deep into information of ‘domaining’ to view a sea of information on the subject.

So what’s the deal with domaining? Why is it so popular? You have probably heard stories about people selling domain names for thousands of dollars. Some of these stories are true.

Domain Sales

Here are few high profiles recorded domain sales from the past decade –

1. Insurance.com — an insurance quotation site — sold for $35.6 million in 2010
2. PrivateJet.com — a private jet booking service — sold for $30.1 million in 2012
3. Hotels.com — a hotel deals site — sold for $11 million in 2001
4. FB.com — sold (to Facebook) for $8.5 million in 2010
5. Beer.com — (now parked and unused!) sold for $7 million in 2004
6. iCloud.com sold (to Apple) for $6 million in 2011
7. IG.com — a stock trading site — sold for $4.7 million in 2013
8. Whisky.com — an information site — sold for $3.1 million in 2014

How are new gTLDs doing in China?

Kassey Lee examines the market for new domains in China.

More than 1,000 new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) were released five years ago. How are they doing in China? Let’s look at the best-selling ones as they relate to China.

A bit of personal preference. I don’t like to call them “new gTLDs” because they are actually no longer new and the term “gTLD” is not easy to understand. So, I just call them niche extensions because many of them have specific uses — such as .club, .app, and .news.

Frank Schilling wins cybersquatting dispute

Indian insurance company falls short in UDRP.

Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has successfully defended the domain name CareHealthInsurance.com in a UDRP.
The three-person World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel determined that the Complainant, Religare Health Insurance Company Limited in India, did not show that Name Administration registered the domain name in bad faith. The Complainant had a high bar to overcome because care, health, and insurance are terms common

Register Domain Names Before Filing for TM!

In my article about checking for trademarks, Jackie asked, “Why do you prefer trademarkia.com over trademark247.com?” The simple reason is that I had not used the other website before but found Trademarkia.com to be effective enough to continue using it. Essentially, it gave me the information I was seeking and I did not have a need to search around to find something else.

Flipping Domain Names For Profit: How To Make Money Buying And Selling Domain Names

Flipping Domain Names For Profit

How To Make Money Buying And Selling Domain Names

Flipping domain names for profit may not be your Ideal small business on your mind, however when done right, making money through the sell of domain names can be a very lucrative business.

It also has to be said that flipping domain names for profit are not your average business model. It is most definitely not your get rich quick scheme either.

If you want to make money selling domain names, you will have to do market research and due diligence way before you buy your domain.

Buying the rights to an internet domain name that someone else wants allows you to charge them either for licensing or purchase. Even sites that others don’t want right away can be an opportunity for advertisement.