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Here’s a question that gets asked regularly by new investors: how can domainers make money? The majority of people who are attracted to this industry know of the seven-figure domain sales from investors such as Rick Schwartz, but they don't necessarily know the ways to make money through domain names on a regular basis.

Making seven-figure deals is out of the reach of most of us, and this lack of "easy money" ultimately makes some new investors quit the business before they've fully researched the many ways and means of making money through domain names. In fact, this post is partly inspired by an investor that contacted me last week, asking what the criteria of a million dollar domain was, and how they could get one of these domains.

Domain name investors can make money by using domain names in a number of ways. While there are many, this article will be concentrating on a select few:
  1. Domain parking
  2. Domain development
  3. Domain sales
  4. Domain brokering

Domain Parking

You’ll have no doubt seen domain parking in some form or another. It’s essentially a way of making money from a domain name without putting a full website on it. You basically permit others to place adverts on your site. For every click, you get a certain amount of money. Services such as Sedo or DomainNameSales/Uniregistry make this a very simple process, and you can have adverts on your domain name within a matter of minutes.

In the early 2000’s, this was a very popular way of making money via domain names, and owners of highly trafficked domains earned thousands of dollars per month with very little work required to maintain the revenue stream.

Now however, there are only a small number of investors that rely on domain parking as a revenue source. There are, of course, domain names that make their owners thousands of dollars per month, but to the majority of investors, these names are out of reach.

In my own portfolio, for example, I have several domains that earn their renewal fees each year, but I definitely don't rely on parking as a source of revenue.


Domain Development

Putting a website on a domain name can be extremely profitable. The combination of a premium domain name and high quality content can produce thousands of visitors per month that can either equate to paying customers, or can contribute towards your advertising income from the website.

Domain development can be relatively inexpensive, and requires a hosting plan one of the many web hosting providers, as well as some basic knowledge of coding. Content management systems such as WordPress take the majority of the work out of developing a website, so it's an accessible way of making some extra money.

There are several types of domain name development that can bring in revenue: lead generation, informational websites, directories and product sites.

Each of these website categories has clear revenue strategies, and if you own the right domain name, you can build something of real value. A good website that produces revenue and regular visitors also brings value to your domain name, meaning that if you want to sell your website and domain at any point, it may be more attractive to an end-user.


Domain Name Sales

Currently the most popular way of making money from a domain name is to sell it. Thousands of investors check expired domain name lists regularly to find suitable investment grade domain names that have a high chance of selling to an end-user at some point. There are many more investors that also regularly make domain acquisitions privately, with the same goal in mind.

Traditionally, the domain name sales model has been to buy a domain name and sell it to an end-user at a higher price. Throughout 2015 and into 2016 as the liquid Chinese domain market grew, the idea of selling to other domain investors became more popular as domain investors were buying and selling short domains at four-, five- or even six-figure prices on a regular basis.


Domain Brokerage

If you are good at sales, and have plenty of experience in handling the sale of domain names, you may wish to consider domain name brokerage as a way to make money within the domain industry. It's something that many investors do from time to time, and it can often be lucrative.

Domain name brokers typically earn anywhere between 7.5% and 15% of a domain name sale that they arrange, and while it's hard work, the ultimate reward can be satisfying.

This form of money-making within the domain industry isn't for everyone, and can require a tremendous amount of work to become successful.

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These are four ways to make money within the domain name industry. I feel that the point of this article is, hopefully, to show that there are plenty of ways to become successful within this industry, and that newer investors shouldn't become overly fascinated with the lure of impossible seven-figure sales from newly registered domains.

If you're creative and hard working, there are so many possibilities to become successful with domain names.
 
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1st of all..Thanx a ton for the wonderful solutions..and Yes I agree with Developing of our domains to sites..and increasing its value...as well as earning some revenues through it..

As we develop it..and increase the traffic of the site..it helps in increasing the overall value of the asset..untill its sold. And it can fetch us monthly earnings if we can create a system.

..i will personally apply this method with my small portfolio..as i have 2 shared BlueHost hosting plans.
Creating sites with wordpress..doing some seo..and leveraging the value of the web domain as an asset with the right content will surely increase the value and create a way for monthly revenues.

I will give a try to it..
Thanx mate.. :)

..sAm
 
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1st of all..Thanx a ton for the wonderful solutions..and Yes I agree with Developing of our domains to sites..and increasing its value...as well as earning some revenues through it..

As we develop it..and increase the traffic of the site..it helps in increasing the overall value of the asset..untill its sold. And it can fetch us monthly earnings if we can create a system.

..i will personally apply this method with my small portfolio..as i have 2 shared BlueHost hosting plans.
Creating sites with wordpress..doing some seo..and leveraging the value of the web domain as an asset with the right content will surely increase the value and create a way for monthly revenues.

I will give a try to it..
Thanx mate.. :)

..sAm




sir can u help me to make income earning site for my this collection

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askmeroute.com
askmelogic.com
skilledfinder.com
thiscab.com
usecouponnow.com
nowthisjob.com
skilledcart.com
skillexposure.com
iqexposure.com
lifeonmarsplanet.com
spaceexposure.com
spaceexclusive.com
spacesystemexploration.com
 
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@anil.kumar try parking your portfolio first and foremost if you havent already. You dont have a bad set of domain names. You might be good off trying to sell all in hopes of developing one.

- This cab - Could be something like, compare different fares of various cab apps and earns commission/ or say skilledfinder could be a freelance site. However its hard to just slap 20 sites togeather and expect them to be income domains.
 
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thanks sir for your valuable suggestion . i will try to make cab offer comparison site.
 
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Yea if you are not gifted at coding as i know I'm not there are many valuable sites that can help. - Upwork.com you can hire someone to code somthing from scratch.

There are also sites such as - CodeCanyon which have thousands of scripts premade which with a few tweeks (upwork or your own work) can suite almost any need.
 
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** Sorry to post twice but, on codecanyon make sure to know what your buying. It may seem like a full script, however it could be like a wordpress plugin, ask the owner any questions as you might have.
 
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I developed a few domain names. But the best way to develop domain names is to have names with a good back link profile. This will help to get some rankings. I am developing Apprentice.tv at the moment. This domain name has authority backlinks and that helps with ranking.

Thanks for the article.
 
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@anil.kumar try parking your portfolio first and foremost if you havent already. You dont have a bad set of domain names. You might be good off trying to sell all in hopes of developing one.

- This cab - Could be something like, compare different fares of various cab apps and earns commission/ or say skilledfinder could be a freelance site. However its hard to just slap 20 sites togeather and expect them to be income domains.

I agree with @Joshh71390


sir can u help me to make income earning site for my this collection

askmetuition.com
askmeroute.com
askmelogic.com
skilledfinder.com
thiscab.com
usecouponnow.com
nowthisjob.com
skilledcart.com
skillexposure.com
iqexposure.com
lifeonmarsplanet.com
spaceexposure.com
spaceexclusive.com
spacesystemexploration.com



@anil.kumar first of all park your domains for a week or two..analyse the traffic or clicks you are receiving.
Meanwhile brainstorm some ideas for each of the domains to develop..and how to monetize it.

@Joshh71390 is correct..there are a ton of resources online..read and go through them...tread carefully..analyze carefully the codes and plugins and leverage the site with it

if u need any help just pm me up..would be happy to help u ;)
Good luck mate..

..sAm
 
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Hmm.. launch a new TLD, promote it to newbies saying .COM is outdated and our domains are innovative. Sell them with premium EAP pricing and premium renewals, report several fake five-figure sales to draw in more gullible investors and watch the registrations boom...
 
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You can also rent your domain name.
 
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thanks to all for sharing valuable experience .
 
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Yea if you are not gifted at coding as i know I'm not there are many valuable sites that can help. - Upwork.com you can hire someone to code somthing from scratch.

There are also sites such as - CodeCanyon which have thousands of scripts premade which with a few tweeks (upwork or your own work) can suite almost any need.
Hi Joshh-we have a few exceptional pinyin names re caifu.ch zudeche.com etc where would we find a developer for these re Chinese-any ideas? Thank you in advance.
 
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@London555 hello. I am not sure as I do not know what they mean. However a name is just a name. John can be a painter or a domain broker. His name is just what people call him.

If eBay was owned before they made the company. eBay would not be an auction site, and what we have now would just have a different site.

Not sure if that makes sense, but with an idea, any developer can create what you have in mind.
 
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@London555 hello. I am not sure as I do not know what they mean. However a name is just a name. John can be a painter or a domain broker. His name is just what people call him.

If eBay was owned before they made the company. eBay would not be an auction site, and what we have now would just have a different site.

Not sure if that makes sense, but with an idea, any developer can create what you have in mind.
Thank you but i meant where would i find a Chinese speaking developer-any ideas? TY!
 
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Upwork.Com just state that in the description. They have worldwide freelancers. I have hired / worked for people all over the world for videos and apps.
 
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Parking is dead. Your best bet is to develop your domain name.
 
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Parking is not dead... how do you figure. I have domains that clear regarding fees every single month. 1200% anual return is not a synonym for death...
 
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I'm talking on a whole @Josh71390. Maybe not dead for you or me,but for a lot of the newbies it is.
 
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Parking is not dead... how do you figure. I have domains that clear regarding fees every single month. 1200% anual return is not a synonym for death...
sir can i know your domain name that given you income from parking .
 
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pls where is the best to park?
 
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It is not where to park. Parking revenue is based on your domain traffic.

I have mixed of solutions for my domains, doing everything I can to increase revenue, moving domains from parking to developed, develop to parking, and of course selling.

I wrote an article about this last May (Sources of Income), sharing what I'm doing for my portfolio to increase my monthly revenue.
 
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It is not where to park. Parking revenue is based on your domain traffic.

I have mixed of solutions for my domains, doing everything I can to increase revenue, moving domains from parking to developed, develop to parking, and of course selling.

I wrote an article about this last May (Sources of Income), sharing what I'm doing for my portfolio to increase my monthly revenue.
Pls can you gimme the link on the article? thanks
 
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