Grabbing Expired Domains in Style-Some Tips and Suggestions

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Copyright © 2008 John Khu


Grabbing good expired domains from a pool of open domains involves fierce competition and intense fighting among like-minded domain traders. The place where you buy your domains is akin to a market place where people jostle and push their way around to grab expired domains in the last minute. Buying expired domains is a precise game and a well-calibrated exercise that demands extraordinary effort and alertness from domain traders. Expired domains also pose a big and tough challenge to people and faint-hearted ones may find the game very tough and tedious.

To grab excellent domain expiring, you may have to develop the knack of playing the game in a hard way. The grabbing game gets fiercer and tougher as great domains start to expire; somehow, all most all domain traders seem to know about the impending expiry of a particular domain! Ultimately, you may need compete and fight your way to buy a good expired domain name. Here are some general tips and suggestions that, hopefully, will tell you how you can empower yourself to grab great looking domain names.

Before learning the hidden secrets and tricks of domain grabbing, you will need to understand one mandatory issue that is quite critical for your domain trading success. More requests you make to an expired domain registry, better and brighter your chances of grabbing a great domain.

Dealing with different registrars

All registrars have their own ways of operations. None of them is similar and dependent. Most of them are independent and have their policies and issues. The manner in which they announce the expiry of domain names could be different; some of them may be very regular in announcing expired names, while others may do only in a fortnight or so. Thus, there is a critical need to register your name on the database of almost all registrars that handle expired domains.

Using number computer nodal points

Seasoned and highly experienced domain traders make it a point to use a bank of computers. Using multiple computers will help you save both time and energy, and it will help you reach the registrars in double quick time.

Using different browser in the same computer

If you do not have an access to many computers, you can open several browsers like Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox and Mozilla within the same computer to save time and energy.

High-speed broadband internet connection

A blazing fast internet will help you reach the database within the blink of your eye lids. You can also process as many requests as possible with a quick internet connection. Slow speed will hurt your domain trading business, as you will not be able to reach the registrar's web site in time.

Efficient and useful feedback mechanism

Learning more about the intrinsic behavior of a particular registrar will help you understand the modes operandi of the registrars and how they act and behave in a particular way. Whois web portal is the best available tool to carry out a detailed research activity on registrars and expiring domains.

Requesting bulk registration facilities

Bulk registration is a useful utility that assist you buying several expired domains at the same time. Slow web page templates supplied by a registrar may hurt your business with its slow processing mode. On the other hand, bulk registration may help you process several requests at the same time.

Developing quality of self-initiative to act quickly

Grabbing great-expired domain names needs an immense research effort and dedicated effort. Knowing more about the past of a particular domain will not only help you know the insider information, it will also tell you whether the domain in question is useful or not.

Finding expired domains could be your game, only when you apply the above principles diligently and without fail. Start learning to know how you can grab expire domain names with considerable ease and enjoy snatching them in front of your competitor's own eyes!


About the Author:
John Khu is an author and also a seasoned professional with vast experience in expired domain name business. He is also the owner of the path breaking web sites called http://www.expireddomainsecret.com and http://www.expireddomaingains.com which provides complete and up-to-date information on expired domains and their eternal secrets.