Outsourcing End User Domain Sales Leads with Fancy Hands

November 16, 2012 by

class="alignright size-full wp-image-10010" title="FancyHands" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Fancy-Hands-Logo.png" alt="" width="300" height="65" />Outsourcing time consuming tasks related to Domaining is something that I’ve thought about over the years, but never really had the opportunity or budget to hire for.

Then along came title="FancyHands.com" href="http://fncy.it/Q2baTd">Fancy Hands, an innovative new company offering US-based personal assistants on affordable subscription plans.

My main interest after signing up was to receive a return on investment, so I sent out my first task requests for end-user domain sales research. I started this experiment with no expectations of what the Fancy Hands assistants might come up with.

Below are my initial task request trials and the domain sales leads results.

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Trial 1: Research businesses who use the term “Sale Du Jour” or “Du Jour”

I am interested in selling my domain name SaleDuJour.com and would like to find potential buyers. If you would please research and compose a list of businesses who are using the term “Sale Du Jour” or related terms suffixed with “Du Jour” for promotional or branding purposes. Please include contact details (name, email, phone, URL) where available. Thanks!

Result

class="size-full wp-image-10034 alignright" style="border: 1px solid black;" title="Thumbs Up" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/thumb-up.png" alt="" width="137" height="72" />I received 7 comprehensive leads that included all the contact details I requested and short notes and example copy from the website for reference.

I can tell that this assistant took the task to heart and considered which results would be good candidates for owning my domain. Thank you Julie B. for an impressive first result.

Trial 2: Research websites or businesses that host photo caption games

I am interested in selling my domain name CaptionGame.com and would like to find potential buyers. If you would please research and compose a list of businesses, applications or websites that host photo caption games or contests. Please include contact details (name, email, phone, URL) where available. Thanks!

Result

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It turned out to be a valuable list of leads, saving me significant amount of time. I can navigate to these websites and gather WhoIs information with one-click using my title="12 Useful Browser Bookmarklets For Domain Name and SEO Research" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/04/28/browser-bookmarklets-domain-name-seo/">handy domaining bookmarklets.

Maybe I should offer the bookmarklet to the Fancy Hands assistant? That could automate the automation so to speak, though it may not be useful in some cases with private WhoIs or websites using sub-domains.

Trial 3: Research Electronic music discussion forums

I am interested in selling my domain name ElectroForums.com and would like to find potential buyers. If you would please research and compose a list of Electronic music discussion forums. Please include contact details of owners (name, email, phone, URL) where available. Thanks!

Result

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To this particular Fancy Hands assistants’ credit, they did include a name and email address for each of the three forums and that’s one less thing I’ll have to search for as in the previous trial.

I may try this task again with different wording, so that the assistant won’t place so much emphasis on finding contact information.

Conclusion

Overall I was pleasantly surprised with the sales leads and satisfied with the time savings. I’ll be tailoring my outreach emails to these new contacts and hopefully garner some interest in a shiny new .com domain name. Speaking of, would you believe you can title="How To Automate End User Domain Sales Marketing" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/06/10/how-to-automate-end-user-domain-sales-marketing/">automate your domain sales emails as well?

I will continue to use Fancy Hands to outsource end-user domain sales leads and hopefully take advantage of round-the-clock assistants help for other tasks. They could be the secretary I’ve always wanted, but couldn’t afford until now!

You can title="FancyHands.com" href="http://fncy.it/Q2baTd">sign up for Fancy Hands through this link and receive 50% off your first month of tasks.

I would love to hear your reaction and thoughts on this experiment.  Are there other ways you might use Fancy Hands to automate your online business?

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Another Free High Profile Backlink: Instagram Launches Web Profiles

November 12, 2012 by

Does social media activity contribute to SEO performance? Some say it doesn’t. I’m standing by my theory that social activity is indirectly beneficial for any business. I recommend having a presence on as many relevant social websites as possible.

Instagram, the massively popular photo sharing application href="http://blog.instagram.com/post/35068144047/announcing-instagram-profiles-on-the-web">has just launched web profiles. A few months ago it was LinkedIn Company Pages, preceded by Google+ for business, and of course Facebook Pages. There are dozens more social networks for every niche; each one a potential opportunity to expand your web presence.

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Reality Check Disclaimer

  • You won’t get a PageRank boost and you won’t be able to choose your own anchor text. In most cases your website address is displayed as the full URL and tagged “nofollow.”
  • You can’t set it and forget it.

The Payoff and the Process

Getting new visitors should be the first and most obvious benefit to getting backlinks for to your website. We all want to increase traffic and backlinks are a great source for targeted leads, especially if you know the link is permanent.

As with Twitter, we can potentially gain additional “do follow” backlinks from Instagram apps created with their API and user directories, tools and spinoff websites that will inevitably spring up. Your Twitter biography is syndicated all over the web. This was the primary reason for my writing  href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/11/28/using-social-media-for-seo/">5 tips on using social for SEO.

class="alignright size-full wp-image-9970" title="Social Media Success" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/social-media-success.jpg" alt="" width="379" height="317" />It’s important for personal branding to at least set up a presence on social networks of interest. For the best results you’ll want to engage with people of relevant interests to your business.

You’ve probably been told to engage on social media at least a dozen times at this point. I would break the process down to two simple steps.

First of all, you should friend, follow, connect and circle to your hearts content. Expand your reach. Secondly, share your own content and relevant news and resources, photos and more. href="http://klout.com/">Klout offers a good measure of how successful you are at engaging your network.

An engaged profile will be ranked higher internally on applications, directories, lists, other profiles; this equates to more exposure to search engine indexation and more traffic.

Get Started

Have you created your Twitter profile and Facebook page? LinkedIn Company profile? Google+ for business? How about a Google Places listing for your brick-and-mortar business?

If you want to be heard, you’ll need a SoundCloud and YouTube profile.

If you want to be seen, get a Flickr, Pinterest, Tumblr blog and a brand new profile on title="DotSauce on Instagram" href="http://instagram.com/dotsauce">Instagram.

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Domaining Radar: A Domain Name Registrar for Geeks

November 7, 2012 by

New domain name industry businesses and services are cropping up at an increasing pace. The industry is growing steadily alongside high demand for web services and anticipation of an explosion of new TLDs in 2013. My Domaining Radar is pinging regularly. I enjoy sharing the interesting new domain related businesses I find. There continues to be plenty of gaps to be filled in the operations of some domain investors or developers and the next big idea just might work for you.

class="alignright size-full wp-image-9913" title="NameTerrific" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/nameterrific.png" alt="" width="282" height="28" />My latest discovery is a start-up announced Monday href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4743455">on HackerNews. NameTerrific has set out to become the first domain name registrar for geeks and more importantly to href="http://blog.nameterrific.com/2012/11/the-fix/">fix some problems and annoyances associated with mainstream registrars.

NameTerrific has been under development by Founder “Ryan” Zhou Tong for approximately 8 months.

So, what does NameTerrific propose to fix? And just how geeky is it?

You’re probably well aware of some of the controversial issues consumers deal with when registering domain names.

  • Default Parking Pages with Ads – NameTerrific believes this is an unethical and ugly practice. New domain names default pages should and will remain clean with NameTerrific.
  • Sub-domain Hijacking – I’m not sure what registrars are still engaging in this detestable practice of redirecting undefined sub-domains (possibly typos) to landing pages with ads.
  • Endless Up-selling - Ryan believes that a few dollars savings is not worth a lifetime of clicking “No Thanks” to up-sell offers. NameTerrific plans to keep their focus on just domains.
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The other side of NameTerrific is catering to geeks, those who want full control of DNS management with a web UI and API access. Customers can select from two different backends; the standard Unicast PowerDNS or an Anycast Amazon Route 53 cloud solution.

Other geeky perks include advanced DNS features such as Dynamic DNS, Intelligent Failover, Alias Records, and DNS Snippet which allows you to quickly add, replicate and make changes to multiple DNS records.

If that didn’t go quite as far over your head as it did mine, you’ll want to check out href="https://www.nameterrific.com/">NameTerrific and consider creating an account. According to their blog, if you upgrade to Pro membership before 2013 you’ll receive a free 3-month trial.

Let me know what you think of NameTerrific by leaving a comment below. Subscribe to DotSauce to be notified when more new businesses pop up on my Domaining Radar. ;)

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Google Introduces Disavow Backlinks Tool for SEO

October 22, 2012 by

A much-anticipated new tool aimed at combating negative links has just been released by Google.

Within your Google Webmaster Tools website profile, you now have the option to disavow backlinks that you would like Google to ignore when considering your website or domain for indexing.

Google’s head of web spam Matt Cutts announced the Disavow Link tool recently at PubCon and has published an introduction video (embedded below) with suggestions as to why webmasters may want to use it as well as a word of warning to webmasters to use caution and proceed slowly.

Do You Need to Disavow Links?

Most people should not need to use this tool.

You may have purchased a domain name that was previously used and abused, so to speak, in that it may have negative, spammy or irrelevant backlinks. You may have hired a shady SEO company who did bulk commenting, directory submission, poorly written articles,  paid links, link-exchange schemes, forum spam, or other black hat techniques of years past. These are a few reasons you may need to use the Google Disavow links tool.

How It Works

The process is as simple as uploading a text file with a single domain or URL on each line that you would like to be disavowed or ignored.

It may take several weeks for links to be disavowed, because Google will need to reindex all the pages in question. You should attempt to remove any links by contacting the offending websites and use the tool only for those links you can’t remove manually.

You can get access to the href="https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main">Disavow links tool at Google Webmaster Tools and learn more about it from Matt Cutts in this video.

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Free Escrow Service for Domain Name Sales Under $500

August 1, 2012 by

A revolution in buyer and seller protection for an industry that is no stranger to scams and theft is underway.

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Francois Carrillo, founder of the popular domain news aggregator href="http://www.domaining.com/">Domaining.com, is now offering free escrow services for domain sale transactions under $500 at  href="http://ecop.com/">eCop.com.

Update Nov. 2: The service is now available for free to paid members ($75/yr).

Offering Privacy and Security Where Greatly Needed

Free escrow services for domain and website sales could prove to legitimize a market with a struggling public perception.

The move could propel eCop into the position of a household name in domain sales. A large percentage of transactions fall within this starting price range, particularly on forums, small marketplaces, personal portfolios and private sales.

eCop should gain many new partners with domain flippers and anyone wanting to sell one or more domain names. It’s truly an opportunity that should not be passed up for the security and privacy of both buyers and sellers.

eCop also offers an option for domain brokers to automate transactions between domain sellers and buyers, including their commission.

Domain Theft and Hijacking

Sites such as href="http://domaintheft.org/">DomainTheft.org and members on industry forums have resorted to operating as private investigators to oust thieves and seek justice for stolen domains and websites.

PayPal is notorious for being part of the problem by not offering solid seller protection for virtual goods and services. At present, anyone can buy a domain name or website with a direct payment and easily steal it by requesting a credit card charge back. It’s happened to me personally on more than one occasion.

A free escrow service could virtually eliminate this serious concern that has plagued domainers for many years. Buyer security and confidence will also be greatly enhanced as they will no longer have to worry about not receiving a domain after payment is made.

It’s also important to secure your domain registrar account properly with a good password and private email address.

Use eCop, Share eCop

I plan to, and would urge all of you to take advantage of the offer by eCop for any sales where you might not have had any protection at all.

The public also needs to be aware of this free service when selling domains for their protection, so please pass the news on to your friends, family and colleagues.

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Programmer Helps Narrow List of Decent Five and Six Letter Available Domains

July 17, 2012 by

Web developer and programmer Corey Ballou has developed a new and simple, yet refined application for discovering short domain names.

Whether you are looking to build up your domain portfolio or find a brand name for your startup business, these lists may prove an invaluable resource for those who crave short and sweet.

You can browse and search through a list of href="http://www.coreyballou.com/five-character-domain-names/">10,000 five letter and over href="http://www.coreyballou.com/six-character-domain-names/">50,000 six letter domains.

Short Domains With Potential

It is hard today to find truly pronounceable short domain names, however, the results found through this application could work well as a full or partial acronym with a business name.

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Why It Works

What makes the application yield better results than a complete available domain database is that the results are filtered for the most common English language two letter and three letter combinations.

Users are able to sort each list by letter or search for a beginning or ending character set.

Great application, Corey! I encourage you to continue development of tools related to available domain names as the space is lacking. There are only a few other tools featured previously on DotSauce that may still come in handy to research and title="Best Ways to Find Five Letter Domains" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/03/02/find-five-letter-domains/">find five letter domains.

Best of luck on your search for nice short .com domain names.

Keep in mind they will not be around for very long!

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Google Launches Consumer Surveys, Offers New Revenue Stream for Publishers

March 30, 2012 by

Google has just launched an innovative new service that aims to monetize web content by providing crowdsourced consumer surveys for businesses.

href="http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys">Google Consumer Surveys will connect brands wishing to collect consumer information to publishers wanting to monetize premium content. Publishers will be able to host consumer surveys that will be presented to visitors as a replacement for advertisements, pay-walls, access to premium content and services, or any other item of value a website owner would like to offer.

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VentureBeat href="http://venturebeat.com/2012/03/29/google-consumer-surveys/">reports Google Consumer Surveys launched this week and brands are currently paying $0.10 to $0.50 for each response to survey questions. There is an application form for interested publishers.

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Traditionally, website owners would offer free content, downloads or discounts as incentive for email newsletter subscriptions or membership. Google Consumer Surveys is a promising new option for directly monetizing premium content or features on your website.

Crowdsourced services have thrived in recent years. The success of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk spurred an href="http://www.crowdsourcing.org/directory">entire industry of crowdsourced services for various niches. Google has taken note of the success of crowdsourcing and has developed an ingenious product to fulfill the needs of businesses, publishers and even consumers who get to access to free content.

Do you think Google Consumer Surveys will perform well for publishers and businesses? Do you plan on giving it a try? Please leave a comment with your thoughts or questions about this new option for website monetization.

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Using Domain Names as the Cornerstone of SEO

January 12, 2012 by

Savvy domain investors have been aware of the concept and benefits of using keywords in their domain names for SEO purposes since the beginning. The rest of the world has started to catch on in recent years.

While doing some freelance projects for my New Year website development special, I couldn’t help but notice a trend that comes up in almost every site; keyword domains. Clients are either interested in finding a great keyword domain or already have one ready to go.

Leading SEOs and even title="Google May Adjust Keyword Domain Rankings: How To Avoid Getting Dropped" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/03/17/google-may-adjust-keyword-domain-rankings-how-to-avoid-getting-dropped/">Google’s Matt Cutts have confirmed that keywords in domain names offer benefits to search rankings. The benefits have been observed by many and even thought to be too much by some.

My personal philosophy and reasoning for using keyword domain names extends beyond this primary benefit. In this article, I will share some ideas on keyword domains and why I think everyone should consider using them.

Keyword Targeting

class="size-full wp-image-6361 alignright" title="Targeting" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/precise-target.jpg" alt="" width="211" height="220" />The #1 reason that keywords in domain names are beneficial for SEO is not because of some secret Google algorithm, it’s simply that other web properties will link to your website using the keywords in your domain or business name.

You can use the popular Google AdWords href="https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal">keyword tool to title="Google: 55% of Search Queries Are 3+ Words, 70% Have No Exact Match" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/10/04/google-55-of-search-queries-are-3-words-70-have-no-exact-match/">discover high search volume / low competition keyword phrases that may be available to register as .com domains.

Branding

class="alignright size-medium wp-image-8407" title="Brand" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/brand_stamp-285x175.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="175" />It’s true that title="Investing In Quality Brandable Domain Names" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/09/05/investing-in-brandable-domain-names/">brandable domain names can work just as well as purely keyword domain names; a previous post covered all those details. As mentioned in the editorial, keywords can also play a part in the branding process.

For example, a Raleigh Catering company could find SEO benefit using a domain like RaleighCateringPros.com. The Pros suffix is relevant to the business, but will not be searched for by new customers. However, over time, the site will gain backlinks which include the phrase “Raleigh Catering.”

Keywords provide instant recognition which is great for usability, advertising and marketing. They also bring preconceived expectations, so be sure to deliver with relevant content.

Remember that domain names are essentially your cornerstone for SEO. You’ll still need to work hard to title="12 Tips and New Standards for Optimizing Your Website" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/06/08/optimizing-your-website/">optimize you website, it’s content and engage in a constantly changing social web.

Do you use keywords in your domain names? Are you struggling to find a viable domain? Please leave a comment below to share your experience using domain names for SEO.

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Web Development Special: Start With A Great Business Website

December 13, 2011 by

A new year is almost here! I would like to extend a special offer to DotSauce readers seeking professional website development.

Included in this new package-deal are lots of extras that will offer a complete business web presence ready to take on 2012. I’m making this available to anyone for less than $800.

I am also liquidating an established website forum for only $1500. Both are extraordinary deals, so please continue reading for all the details.

Start 2012 With A Modern, Professional Website

With this web development special you are getting much more than a customized design. I am offering a complete business website launch done right with search and website optimization, design, marketing, social network integration and much more.

The following 10 features and services are all included in this limited-time special offer.

1. eCommerce, Social or Membership Sites – Using the latest online business solutions such as WP-eCommerce, BuddyPress and more, we can create a wide variety of feature rich websites.

2. Professional WordPress Theme Customization – Take your choice of premium layouts from ThemeForest or other professional themes and frameworks as a starting point for your business.

3. Logo and Graphic Design – In addition to customizing your website however you like, a great looking new brand and promotional graphics will give a finishing touch.

4. Comprehensive SEO – Starting from the beginning, your website will be optimized to rank for targeted keywords of your choice. In addition to complete on-site optimization, I am now offering initial link-building and other methods of driving traffic and gaining authority for your new site.

5. Website and Marketing Copy – Content is king. So, for your business to succeed in 2012 you need great web copy. I have written for the web for over a decade and would be happy to get you started with website copy for your products or services. I will also include starter content for your company blog and social profiles.

6. Comprehensive Website Optimization – Your site will load lightning fast and will prove to be a great experience for your visitors. Several plugins, features and tweaks will make your business up to par with the latest title="12 Tips and New Standards for Optimizing Your Website" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/06/08/optimizing-your-website/">website optimization standards.

7. Hand-selected Plugins and Extras – Along with SEO and website optimization, I will also share my favorite WordPress management plugins and other unique solutions that may fit your needs.

8. Six Months of Free WordPress Hosting – I will be glad to host your website on my server for up to 6 months at no additional cost to you.

9. Custom Facebook and Twitter Profiles – You don’t have to worry about finally getting a Twitter profile and setting up your Facebook page. Included in this package are custom social networking profiles that will be linked with your website and drive leads for you in 2012.

10. WordPress Instruction – Each of the elements of your new site may seem overwhelming, but they are really not, and I will be available to walk you through the process of managing your website effectively and easily.

All these services are included in this New Year Special for style="text-decoration: underline;">only $799.

Because many of these services demand a lot of time, I will only be able to accept a limited number of clients. So, please title="5 Tips on Using Social for SEO" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/contact/">contact me now to express your interest in working with me to build your online business.

Example Works

Here are a few sites I’ve completed for clients who took advantage of some of these services.

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Contact Me To Get Started

Thank you for your interest in my web development services. For just $799 you can have a professional online business presence. Please href="http://www.dotsauce.com/contact/">contact me here as soon as possible with the details of your online business needs.

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5 Tips on Using Social for SEO

November 28, 2011 by

Social media is often overlooked in its roll as an element of SEO. In this article I share 5 areas of interest along with some suggestions for using social media marketing and social networking to increase you presence and rankings on search engines.

1. Set the Right Twitter Name

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One of the most powerful tips for ranking high for your personal or brand name is to carefully craft your Twitter profile name. Not the username, but the name associated with the profile that gets displayed as the page title.

Use the keyword, name or phrase you want to rank for. No other words, characters or icons.

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Over time your profile will gain backlinks from yourself and your own website and likely dozens more from Twitter profile directories and applications. An active profile almost always has a shot at ranking on page 1.

2. Fresh Content and Embedding Twitter Updates

One of the latest updates to Google’s search algorithm is rewarding fresh content. Google href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/giving-you-fresher-more-recent-search.html">recently reported they’ve implemented this update which applies to queries posed in a way in which the newest content would be the most beneficial for the searcher.

The latest news and most-recent resources in your industry may be receiving a big traffic boost.

In href="http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/11/get-post-and-safely-surfacing-more-of.html">other news from Google, it has been confirmed that indexing of dynamic content such as AJAX/JavaScript is now live. This includes elements like Twitter status updates widgets and advanced commenting platforms like Disqus and Facebook Comments.

Social media updates are often a source of fresh content, so these two Google updates go hand-in-hand.

3. Sharing for More Than Backlinks

Sharing your content is probably one of the most common, yet most under-utilized SEO techniques. Many website owners believe that there is not any direct SEO benefit to sharing links on Facebook or Twitter because the links are shortened, redirected, and tagged no-follow. What they’ve failed to realize is that SEO is no longer all about backlinks.

Search engines now monitor social media activity and may reward unique and valuable shares. It’s also href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/10/30/best-seo-advice-all-year/">been confirmed that no-follow links do provide some value.

Be sure to have the latest sharing button embed codes and make use of them to spread your content.

4. Engagement on Google+

The +1 button may not seem like much now, but overtime its value will prove great in terms of SEO. As more people adopt Google+ as their social network of choice, the addition of +1′s and share data will make your search results very attractive.

A page with a lot of recommendations may gain a significant boost within your network as well as friends of friends.

id="attachment_8341" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 465px"> class="size-full wp-image-8341 " style="border: 1px solid black;" title="Social SEO - Shared on Google Plus" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/social-seo.png" alt="" width="455" height="172" /> class="wp-caption-text">StudioPress has been shared on Google+.

This should encourage you to add new people of interest to your circles to grow your Google+ network. You should also advertise the Google+1 button prominently.

I’d be thrilled if you gave DotSauce Magazine the honor of a recommendation on Google+! The button is at the top right near the newsletter subscription.

5. Learning More About SEO

Likely the most valuable contribution social media provides to SEO is the latest news. Your lists, circles, groups or wall can be an excellent resource for broadening your knowledge on SEO.

class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2097" title="social-networking" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/social-networking-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="160" />Follow industry leading publications and known SEO experts to stay up-to-date on the latest in a constantly evolving industry.

I share SEO and social media marketing updates which inspire and inform me on Twitter href="http://twitter.com/DotSauce" rel="nofollow" >@DotSauce and the href="http://facebook.com/DotSauce" rel="nofollow" >DotSauce Facebook page. Follow and connect to keep informed.

Thank you for reviewing my tips on leveraging social media for SEO benefit. Please leave a comment below if you would like to contribute one of your own. Best of luck and happy networking.

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GoDaddy Begins Marketing Premium Listings to VIP Accounts

October 4, 2011 by

Late yesterday, I received an email from my GoDaddy Account Manager informing me of a very interesting new service. VIP accounts are being offered exclusive access to a master list of Premium Listing domains and will soon be able to setup keyword alerts to monitor domain listings of interest.

If you’re not familiar with Premium Listings, it is essentially a domain aftermarket setup within GoDaddy’s storefront. Any domain managed with them can be priced and featured within the registration path of those searching for similar domains. I’ve previously written about some of the success I’ve had and title="GoDaddy’s Recommended Pricing for Premium Domain Listings and My First Sale" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/04/05/godaddys-recommended-pricing-for-premium-domain-listings-and-my-first-sale/">how to setup Premium Listings on GoDaddy.

Here is the message I received from my account manager with the interesting parts highlighted:

Many of my clients are actively using our Premium Domain channel as a way of acquiring high value domains for a very small investment. In several situations, paying more money for the one right name is better than pay registration fees for 10 mediocre names.

I  have access to our master inventory of domains currently available through our Premium Domains offering. I want to help you build the value of your portfolio by making sure you’re buying the right domains, not just a lot of domains. Let’s run some searches from our list to show you that there are many domains you might be interested in acquiring. What specific keywords or niches are you actively looking  in when buying domains?

We have been hard at work developing a tool that will allow us to sort through the massive inventory of premium domain assets and being alerted when new names are added based on your keywords. This was very much a manual process up till now. Please send me your top 5-10 keywords as soon as possible.

Just a simple reply from your email with the keywords will help me to set this up.

This is great news for both buyers and sellers. It looks as if VIP account holders will soon be able to target current Premium Listing domains of interest by keyword and monitor new listings as they come in.

VIP account holders are a great audience to market the new service to. I’m sure this will bolster sales as domain buyers sign up for keyword alerts and discover good deals.

Presently, domain investors are associating the Premium Listings aftermarket with selling because there is no easy way to browse or discover good deals.

If the new service offering does well, I’m sure GoDaddy will consider making a Premium Listings keyword search and alerts tool available to the public.

Would you be interested in signing up for Premium Listings alerts? Will this encourage you to list your domains? Please leave a comment below with your thoughts.

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Domain Flipping: Advanced Tips and Techniques

September 27, 2011 by

class="alignright size-full wp-image-8088" title="Time Is Money" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/time-is-money.png" alt="" width="269" height="252" />When you think of domain flipping what kind of time-span do you associate with it? Are you flipping domains like Bruce Lee or doing a slow somersault in quick-sand? Many aspiring domain flippers buy up domains of interest and hold on to them, inevitably renewing each year in the hopes that the right buyer will come along.

By actively building your online presence and dedicating time to proven online marketing and sales techniques you can start title="Selling Domains: 10 Articles You Might Have Missed" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/03/07/selling-domains-articles-you-missed/">selling domain names more frequently.

In this article, I will share tips and techniques that have benefited me in the past and continue to provide great outlets for selling domains today.

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Personal Branding

An important starting point for domain flipping is to have a legitimate identity. Nobody truly wants to do business with an anonymous person. If you can own your name online I highly recommend it; MarkFulton.com is one of my most prized possessions. Create a website and interlink your social profiles as a platform to build your personal brand identity.

Blogging

After setting up your identity on the web my next recommendation would be to begin blogging. This can either be at your personal web page or a new company page or brand identity. Write a few posts about topics related to your domains, the domains themselves, post a sale, share some news; the point is to get original content indexed and have an outlet to advertise and accept inquiries.

Email List Building

With your blog setup, now is a great time to setup an email list and start capturing verified emails. Offer an incentive whether it be blog updates,  domain deals, a free download or eBook. Use a dedicated newsletter management service such as title="No Excuse for Not Having an Email List, MailChimp Goes Free for Up To 2000 Subscribers" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/02/02/email-list-mailchimp-goes-free/">MailChimp that will not only let you send out your blog updates, but email your list directly and track conversions.

Networking

There are millions of people who buy domain names, build websites and start online ventures who are not exactly involved in domain industry circles. title="Facebook Domain Marketplace Group Upgraded, Join 900+ Members Buying and Selling" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/05/07/facebook-domain-marketplace-upgraded/">Network with fellow domainers on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, then spend some time branching out to related industries. Connect and engage with people you are sure know what a domain name is and maybe even own a few already.

Keyword Niche Marketing

A popular, albeit dated, domain flipping tactic is to market to small businesses, blogs and on forums associated with the keywords in a domain.

I don’t recommend commenting on blogs, posting on an excessive number of forums or spamming business owners. These practices can leave a permanent record of your domain sale and are usually not effective. Alternatively, you can target hashtags or keywords on Twitter using href="https://www.inboxq.com/">InboxQ.

Domain Forum Engagement

After you’ve checked out some of the niche forums, don’t forget we are flipping domains after-all. If you are confident that your asking price is reasonable enough for fellow resellers, compose a sales thread on href="http://www.dotsauce.com/link.php?id=namepros" rel="nofollow">NamePros and href="http://www.dotsauce.com/link.php?id=dnforum" rel="nofollow">DNForum ($50 membership) for one of the easiest and fastest methods of domain flipping.

Domain Auctions

The right auction both online and offline can provide good exposure to your domain sale. You’ll have the most success here with well-aged domain names. Consider submitting your domains to some of the leading title="30 Free Places to List Your Domains For Sale" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/01/24/28-free-places-domains-for-sale/">free domain marketplaces, live domain auction events or online auctions such as href="http://flippa.com/">Flippa and href="http://cax.com/">Cax.com for a great opportunity to flip domains.

Advertising

Spending a little money to advertise a sale can pay off for the right domain names. Consider creating a banner or text advertisement campaign to feature on a high-traffic destination to get targeted exposure. Google AdSense and Facebook Ads are cheap and could spark a sale.

What are your top domain flipping techniques?

Thanks for reading through my tips and techniques for selling domains, now it’s your turn. I would love to hear about your own domain flipping practices. Share your story in the comments area or just fill us in on a great domain sales resource.

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Investing In Quality Brandable Domain Names

September 5, 2011 by

I’m usually touting the benefits of keyword domain names in many articles. In this post I’d like to analyze another common domain name type, brandables. A brandable domain is often thought of as a short, made-up word such as Google or Twitter, however this isn’t always the norm. There are different types of brandable domains, even those that do use keywords, so let’s dive in and see what they are all about.

First, a quick word on why a quality brand is important. A recent study shared by href="http://econsultancy.com/us/blog/7120-social-media-drives-3-of-traffic-to-e-commerce-sites">eConsultancy found that just 3% of traffic to eCommerce websites comes from social media, while a staggering 46% comes from brand familiarity. Your domain is your brand.

id="attachment_6057" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 490px"> class="size-full wp-image-6057 " title="Brand Familiarity" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/brand-familiarity-website-visits.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="253" /> class="wp-caption-text">Brand familiarity boosts web traffic

Brandable: What You Don’t Need to Worry About

Keywords

For once, you can throw Google AdWords keyword data out the window–well, almost. You may still be interested in targeting a specific keyword to be a part of your brand name, particularly if you will be using a two-word domain as a keyword/brand-word combination. You can now create your own words successfully if you follow a few guidelines featured below.

Definitions

The language of the internet evolves much faster than Merriam Webster can keep up. Your brand does not neccisarily need to have a known definition. I decided to name my href="http://tweetsocial.com/">Twitter forum community “TweetSocial.com” 3 years before it was included in the Oxford Dictionary as a new word for 2011.

What Makes a Domain Brandable?

Pronunciation

How a domain name is spoken aloud is one of the most important factors in determining brandability. Often called the “radio test,” you can simply ask a few friends to spell out a domain name over the phone or in person. If your domain name can not be understood clearly and remembered through word-of-mouth marketing that will hurt your brandability.

Length

While many brands use title="Google: 55% of Search Queries Are 3+ Words, 70% Have No Exact Match" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/10/04/google-55-of-search-queries-are-3-words-70-have-no-exact-match/">three-words I recommend first researching two-word options. When it comes to the internet, shorter is always better.

I would estimate the majority of valuable brandable domain sales are between 4 and 6 characters. Virtually all title="Four Letter .COM Domains ALL Registered!" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2007/11/02/four-letter-domains-all-registered/">four-letter domains and quality, pronounceable title="Five Excellent Tools for Researching Five Letter Domains" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2008/01/07/five-tools-researching-five-letter-domains/">five-letter domains have been claimed, so you’ll need to browse the aftermarket for extremely short brands.

Meaning

Not to be confused with a definition, meaning lends some since of relation to a particular product, service or industry. “DotSauce” is a play on hot sauce, but the dot connects the publication with all things Internet. Use an industry term, relevant word, idea, color, or some other identifier that the target audience will associate with.

Appeal

When looking for brandable domains to potentially resell, you’ll want to make sure that you have meaning, as described above, but you also want to be sure that there is a possibility that the domain will actually sell. I’ve shared some title="5 Tips on Selling Domain Names for Maximum Profit" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2009/09/24/selling-domain-names/">tips for picking domains that have selling potential in the past. It helps to get into the mind of an entrepreneur working in a particular industry; would they find this domain a viable or premium option to build their business on versus a keyword or longer domain?

Discriptors

Some words are simply great or must-haves for certain industries which can make it hard to find suitable brand options. If you’re looking to go the discovery route, you may find the href="http://www.bustaname.com/">Bust-A-Name tool with built in thesaurus very helpful for finding related words and descriptors for your brand names.

Pull out a sheet of paper and take a few minutes to jot down any quality keywords that may describe your area of interest. You can then plug those keywords into Bust-A-Name along with the other root word you would also like included to see what is available.

Detractors

Now that you know what elements contribute to a great brand, there are a few things you definitely want to consider avoiding when selecting quality brandable domains.

  • Doubled up letters (‘SportSShop,’ ‘KinGGames’) – Domains like this do not do well with the “radio test” mentioned previously and it opens up the possibility of losing traffic to typos.
  • Intentional misspellings (Flickr) – Dropping vowels, replacing S with Z or doubling up certain letters just looks plain unprofessional and is not good for memorability or usability.
  • Unintended meanings – I’m sure everyone has seen the list of unfortunate domains like PenIsland.com. Watch out for hidden meanings you might not want to associate your identity with.
  • Domain hacks (Del.icio.us) – Some people are fans of these quirky brands that use the TLD extension as part of the brand name itself to create a word. I believe this can hurt memorability and marketing efforts online and in person.

Researching and flipping brandable domain names is not a walk in the park and it certainly pays to be patient. The right end-user may not come along for a year or more. Now is a great time to start investing in quality .com brands as they are becoming increasingly rare and title="Domain Name Price Index Goes Live in Partnership with Sedo" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/07/14/idnx-domain-price-index/">domain prices are trending upward.

Can’t wait?

Consider joining the title="DotSauce Domain Club" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/signup/">DotSauce Domain Club to learn more about domain investing and browse our members-only inventory of $19 .com names, including dozens of quality brandable domains.

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How Steve Jobs Got The AppStore.com Domain and Trademark For Free

August 26, 2011 by

I’m sure you’ve all heard about Steve Jobs resigning as CEO of Apple. Today, I read a post that stood out among the sea of farewells and Apple nostalgia. I really didn’t think I would be writing a post about Steve Jobs myself, but this is a great look at the impact domains, especially generic brands, can have on business.

href="http://thenextweb.com/apple/2011/08/26/salesforce-ceo-gave-app-store-domain-and-trademark-to-steve-jobs-as-a-thank-you/">The Next Web shared the interesting story of how Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, gave a very special gift to Steve Jobs as thanks for his influence and sage advice.

In 2003, Benioff brought a few members of his executive team to visit Steve Jobs. The words of wisdom he would receive turned out to have profound implications for both Salesforce and Apple.

“You have a fantastic enterprise application here, but you’ve got to build an ecosystem.”

The Salesforce.com team took the advice to heart and developed a new technology called “App Store”, where users could buy enterprise applications and run them within Salesforce.

The project ended up launching under a different name, “App Exchange.” But, Benioff liked the App Store name so much that he purchased the domain name AppStore.com and corresponding trademark.

Years later, in 2008, Benioff was in the audience when Steve Jobs announced his own App Store. After the announcement, Benioff went up to Steve Jobs and offered the AppStore.com domain and the trademark rights as a gift, in appreciation of his help in 2003.

Apple now defends the trademark in court and uses the powerful generic brand to reign-supreme over other application platforms. Now that is a domain that is truly priceless.

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10 More Time-Saving Domain and SEO Bookmarklets

August 23, 2011 by

Last year, my original list of 12 domain name and SEO bookmarklets turned out to be quite a popular resource. Having instant access to data and analytics for any domain you’re browsing is such a convenience.

class="alignright size-full wp-image-8088" title="Time Is Money" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/time-is-money.png" alt="" width="224" height="211" />I’m pleased to be sharing a bunch more new bookmarklets I’ve come across recently in a great post by Tom Critchlow  href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/some-nifty-seo-bookmarklets-to-make-you-more-efficient">on SEOMoz. These SEO-centric bookmarklets provide immediate access to pertinent data from Google and leading SEO tools.

The bookmarklets below may appear like regular hyperlinks, but you will need to drag and drop these links to your browser toolbar or save them as bookmarks for them to function properly. Consider creating a folder to drag the bookmarklets to if you plan on using many of them.

Domain Name and SEO Bookmarklets

These bookmarklets, when clicked from the browser toolbar, will provide quick access to valuable information and analytics about the website currently being viewed.

Bookmarklet: style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/links?site='+location.host" rel="nofollow">OSE Report  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Open Site Explorer by SEOMoz offers a comprehensive SEO report

Bookmarklet:  style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/pages?site='+location.host" rel="nofollow">OSE Top Pages  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Analyzes a domain name for the most authoritative pages

Bookmarklet:  style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/anchors?site='+location.host+'&source=phrases& rel="nofollow">OSE Anchor Text  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Displays a report on the anchor text used to link to a domain

Bookmarklet: style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='http://www.google.com/search?q=site:'+location.host" rel="nofollow">Google Site Search  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Performs a query to retrieve all indexed pages for a domain

Bookmarklet: style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:'+location.href" rel="nofollow">Google Cache  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Access the most recent Google cache version of a URL

Bookmarklet: style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q='+location.hostname.replace('www.','').replace('.com','').replace('.co.uk','').replace('.org','').replace('.net','').replace('.ca','').replace('.fr','').replace('.gov','').replace('.mil','').replace('.edu','');" rel="nofollow">Google Insights  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Performs a search for the term popularity of a domain name without the TLD

Bookmarklet: style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='https://www.google.com/adplanner/#siteSearch?uid=d%252B'+location.host+'&geo=US&lp=false';" rel="nofollow">Google Ad Planner  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Runs a comprehensive report on a domain including traffic estimates and related sites

Bookmarklet: style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/dotsauce/~3/-sZjU9IURng/#" rel="nofollow">SEM Rush  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Comprehensive PPC  marketing report

Bookmarklet: style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='http://www.majesticseo.com/reports/compare-domain-backlink-history?d0='+location.host+'&d1=&type=0&IndexDataSource=H'" rel="nofollow">MajesticSEO  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Displays a report on backlinks to a domain over time

Bookmarklet: style="background: #ddd; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 2px;"> onclick="window.alert('Drag this link to your browser toolbar, or right-click it and choose Bookmark This Link...');return false;" href="javascript:location.href='http://topsy.com/s?q=site:'+location.hostname.replace('www.','')" rel="nofollow">Topsy  style="font-size: 10px;">(Drag & Drop link to your toolbar) /> Description: Shows the latest engagement activity on Twitter for a particular domain

More Bookmarklets

Get title="12 Useful Browser Bookmarklets For Domain Name and SEO Research" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2010/04/28/browser-bookmarklets-domain-name-seo/">12 more domain and SEO bookmarklets from my previous article for quick access to data on DomainTools, Estibot, Archive.org, Compete, Delicious and others.

Share the Time Savings

I hope you’ve enjoyed these time-saving bookmarklets for domain name and SEO research. Please consider sharing this post with your fellow web professionals if you found them particularly useful.

What are your favorite bookmarklets? Leave a comment below and let us know which ones you use the most or share a useful bookmarklet not mentioned here.

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Handpicked Expired Domains List, Quality .Coms Available to Register

August 15, 2011 by

This is the fourth in a series of updates featuring handpicked expired domain name lists. These lists were originally shared exclusively with DotSauce Domain Club members.

class="alignright size-full wp-image-6260" title="Domain Club" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/domain-club-sm.gif" alt="" width="190" height="60" />First, a quick heads-up to Domain Club members, a new available domain list was just published exclusively for you alongside this public sample list. Login now to take a look.

The domains featured below were originally published on the Domain Club private forum on May 15th, 2011. These are the remaining domains that were not claimed by members.

Handpicked Expired Domains

This list of available domains is courtesy of the  href="http://www.dotsauce.com/signup/">DotSauce Domain Club and were available as of the time of this posting.

Please do not republish elsewhere. Enjoy!

  • DeluxeSoap.com
  • TimeshareFAQs.com
  • StealthMarketer.com
  • RentalTerms.com
  • ShopRealtime.com
  • LittleFreebies.com
  • OnlineMulti.com
  • StangRacer.com
  • PleasureWand.com
  • AutomationDaily.com
  • BlastoffBlog.com
  • ThumbnailTool.com
  • MarketplaceList.com
  • WarriorWeek.com
  • BodyBlogging.com
  • RevenueTrend.com
  • InviteZone.com
  • SweetAddict.com
  • BundledBusiness.com
  • ClothingFreebies.com
  • AffordableDVDs.com
  • BlazerSales.com
  • SeasonalSites.com

The original list featured 12 more names that have since been claimed.

To get exclusive, instant access to new and archived handpicked expired domains, read about our href="http://www.dotsauce.com/signup/">Domain Club Pro membership.

Previous Expired Domain Lists

If you didn’t find anything of interest in this list, you’re welcome to have a look at the few remaining domains from the previous three samples.

  • title="Handpicked Expired Domains Available To Register" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/06/06/handpicked-expired-domains/">Handpicked Expired Domains #1
  • title="Expired Domains Available to Register" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/06/20/expired-domains-available-domains/">Handpicked Expired Domains #2
  • href="http://www.dotsauce.com/2011/06/30/handpicked-expired-domains-2/">Handpicked Expired Domains #3

As always, using this href="http://www.dotsauce.com/link.php?id=GoDaddyDiscount">promotional link for $7.49 domains at GoDaddy you can take advantage of special savings on registrations.

Thank you for taking a look at the latest DotSauce Domain Club expired domains list. Please leave a comment below if you would like to say thanks for a domain you’ve registered.

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Hot August, Cool Deal: Professional Website Development Only $300

August 5, 2011 by

Continuing my series of web development special offers here on DotSauce, I am extending great discounted rates on professional WordPress web development and optimization through the month of August.

For almost any type of website you’re looking for, I can create a great solution using WordPress, the webs’ most popular and user-friendly content management system.

Get this cool deal on professional WordPress development for only $300 until the end of this sweltering hot summer.

Here is a list of types of websites available as starting points, though I would be happy to discuss other options you might be interested in.

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  • Personal blog
  • Professional portfolio
  • Professional business web presence
  • eCommerce or affiliate product portal
  • Niche magazine
  • Startup web presence
  • Community / forums
  • Question & answer hub
  • Directory
  • Classifieds
  • Job board
  • Membership site

August Development Special

Included in this special offer are the following features and services.

  • Beautiful designs using the latest standards. Integrate your existing logo or get a new one.
  • Full search engine optimization services
  • Social media integration and other interactive features
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Asking Price vs. Make Offer

August 2, 2011 by

This is a decision that domain investors are making continually. By parking a domain or not listing the name for sale on major marketplaces, we are inviting interested parties to make an offer. Many of you are familiar with these inquiries. Sometimes an incoming offer is acceptable, but many low-ball offers do not lead to a sale.

I came across an insightful article on Inc. Magazine recently featuring href="http://www.inc.com/guides/2011/01/five-things-to-never-say-while-negotiating.html">5 negotiation tips that can definitely relate to domain sales.

First Mover Wins

class="alignright size-medium wp-image-6232" title="Asking Price" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/business-is-good-285x175.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="175" />In particular, negotiation tip #3 suggests an idea that is contrary to popular belief. Is it better to ask for buyers to make an offer or to set your asking price? The answer may surprise you.

Some studies suggest that the outcome of a negotiation ends up being closer to what the first party proposes. The article quotes an interesting excerpt from Negotiation, a book by Adam Galinsky and Roderick Swaab.

“In our studies, we found that the final outcome of a negotiation is affected by whether the buyer or the seller makes the first offer. Specifically, when a seller makes the first offer, the final settlement price tends to be higher than when the buyer makes the first offer.”

So, as it turns out, it should prove beneficial to your bottom-line to set an asking price you are comfortable with. Thinking back on my own personal sales history, this seems to make sense. If we look at the industry as a whole, the vast majority of domains that are sold started with asking prices.

Domain investors should definitely take advantage of the opportunity in pricing their domains. When listing your domains for sale on your portfolio or public marketplaces, set a reasonable asking price to put negotiations in your favor before they begin.

Related: Top 10 Reasons Your Domain Name Won't Sell

Still a Place for Offers

class="alignright size-full wp-image-8024" title="make-offer-note" src="http://www.dotsauce.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/make-offer-note.png" alt="" width="235" height="195" />Of course, it is OK to accept offers for particular domains you are not ready to price or are not interested in selling in the short-term.

Be sure to research comparable domain sales and analytics for your domains and stay abreast of the latest title="Domain Price Index" href="http://www.dotsauce.com/domain-price-index/">domain pricing trends to decide if an offer is reasonable.

Negotiation tip #5 offers sage advice for dealing with low-ball offers you will inevitably receive:

Don’t take it personally. If you respond with a cool head, there may be an opportunity to make a deal no matter the starting point.

Related: Domain Sales Strategy: How To Be Three Steps Ahead

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