Top 10 Secrets to Smart Domain Investing

Investing in domains is like investing in anything else in that it requires strategy and knowledge of best practices to be successful. Use these tips from our domain experts to build your portfolio in the smartest way.

1)      Familiarize yourself with the domain industry, including various blogs and conferences. What categories of names are other domain investors acquiring? What are experienced domainers talking about? What has sold recently, and for how much?

2)      Pay attention to emerging trends. 2011 was the year for cloud computing, and Cloud.com was valued by Citrix (the company that purchased Cloud.com) at $18 million. You can use tools like Google Insights for Search to view historical and current interest in any topic and Twitter Trending Topics to view what is hot right now.

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ICANN Urged to “Phase In” New TLDs

Assistant Secretary of Commerce Strickling suggests ICANN takes steps to make sure the new TLD program is operating as intended.

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Quiz.com Domain Now Available For Sale!

Get a solid foothold in this new era of customer engagement by inquiring about Quiz.com today.

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Domain Name Resources

 

Domain Name Sales

Weekly AfternicDLS Sales January 16 – January 22

Afternic Domain sales for the week of 1/16/12 – 1/22/12

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Domain News

Possible.com: Super Premium Domain Now Available for Sale!

Capture the imagination of an online audience searching for answers. Possible.com is a targeted, super-premium domain name that can help your business capture a share of the search volume for related term(s).

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Ask The Expert

How Fast Will My Domains Sell?

While it’s impossible to offer specific “listing-to-sale” timelines on a particular domain name, Afternic DLS is eclipsing the competition–with a 94% year-over-year jump in listed domain sales for the first half of 2011.

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Best Practices

Afternic 101: Why Choose Afternic?

See why Afternic remains alone at the top of the domaining industry.

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