Grabbing Expiring Domain Names
I've already described the domain name business, some of the history, and a strategy involving expiring domain names to build your portfolio (with background on how a domain name expires). Now let's go over methods for obtaining expiring domains.
Note: This is also relevant if you are not a domainer, but you are trying to obtain a great domain name for your business.
In my searching on the net, I found two articles which nicely sum up the methods required. The first and perhaps most informative article I found was by Mike Davidson. In his article entitled How to Snatch an Expiring Domain, Mike goes over the method he used to acquire the domain for his news site, Newsvine.
The second article I found was a guide to tools and services for grabbing expired domains. This guide was contained within an overall guide to expired domain names.
I hope these two articles help you develop a robust plan for snagging the domain names you desire.
There is still one more piece to this puzzle that I have yet to cover. How do we find great domain names? That'll be the topic of my next (and perhaps final) post on the subject of domainers and domain names as a business.
Tags for this post: Domainers, Domain Name Business, Expiring Domain Names