The other day i was walking along and small car flashed past me , i figured another courrier in a hurry ? it reminded me of a job i had years ago as a courrier for a typesetting company , i would drive around and a beeper would go off and tell me where to pick up a rough layout for a newspaper advert. This was in the 80’s before computers were common, so after i picked the rough layout i would return it to the office where a team of typestters were working in a room at a frantic pace. The ad would then be returned to the advertising agency to be approved or perhaps more adjustmments ? as you can imagine this did take a while from start to finish, no cut and paste in those days or photoshop. As time went by i left the job and a couple of years later i drove past the office where i had worked as a typesetters courrier, it was gone by then , it seems technology haad taken over , although the typesettting industry was still about , the mainstay of the business (advertising firms) were now using their own computers and the internet to do their business and changes to adverts.

As i drove about in the typesetting courrier car i noticed that many other cars were also doing courrier type work and quite often they were going from the office blocks in St Kilda rd to the City and then maybe back to the office blocks. It occured to me that maybe i could be doing a ‘mail run’ exclusive to this area and i would just find a set amount of clients to service and have a stable work day. I started to make plans and as i got closer to really having a go, something changed the way many businnesses were handling their documents ?? …. the fax was invented ! and i never bothered with the exclusive courrier service idea , and although it may have had some success there was no doubt this new piece of technology was taking over. Yes the fax was a godsend for businesses needing quick communtication methods and perhaps a legal signature on a document, this was just another example of technology taking over.

The house where i am living is being sold and the other day the owner knocked on the door and said the photographer is here, i looked out the front door and noticed a 4wd and a long enclosed trailer, a gent got out and walked to the back of the trailer, then opened up the doors and the next thing i heard the sound of an air compressor ? and i gotta admit i was slightly confused at this point. What is going on ? is he the photographer or not. I continued to watch and about 20 minutes later it appeared, as i watched a 20-25 ft balloon which looked like a Zepplin balloon from the early 20th century was manoeuvred from the back of the trailer and connected was a line of thin rope. Now it was starting to make sense, yes the photographer was here. He was here to take an aerial photo of the house and land from above, and with that he slowly released the balloon into the air and as the wind took in to the best position he snapped away via remote control. He soon lowered the balloon down and released the helium as it was positioned back into the trailer. It occurred to me you just never know how some people make their money ? The house owner said to me that the photographer was due the day before but had to cancel because of the high winds, next thing i knew there was a man inside the house with an laser light to do the floor plan, again another example of how people make a living in our world.

This is the first of hopefully many 10 Question interviews, although this one is more to the web/technology side of things, there will be plenty covering all topics and subects down the road. But for now please do read this one and learn a bit about domaining and where to buy them.

David Lye is at the forefront of the Australian Domaining Industry with his website www.netfleet.com.au which offers domain name owners to opportunity to list their domain names/website addresses for sale on what is australias most secret growing industry, Domain Names, which are website addresses and are now a hot commodity indeed, currently you need to hold and Australian Business Number to register a domain name with the extension of .com.au or .net.au, i asked david if he would like to answer 10 questions about the domaining industry in Australia, He was happy to oblige, below are the 10 questions i asked.

Me .. What was your first website ?
David .. My first website was www.PrivateFleet.com.au. We started the website in about 2000 to support my company Private Fleet. Main reason for doing so was the old line ‘because everyone needs to have a website’. It was a few years before I realised that a website can be one of the most powerful tools for growing your business. Private Fleet now employs about 45 people and the vast majority of sales are derived through this website.

Me .. How many websites do you run ?
David .. We currently run about 300 or so websites with a further 3,000 undeveloped domain names sitting in the ever-growing queue for development!

Me .. Do you design the websites yourself ?
David .. For the cheapy websites, I usually do. I take advantage of third party software to help but will spend an hour or two getting them together. For the bigger projects, I outsource the development, content writing and some of the search engine optimisation to people who will do a much better job than me. I think it’s important that the time and money you spend on each site is proportional to the value (or potential value) of the domain name you’re developing.

Me .. Can anyone do it ?
David .. Absolutely. Creating a website has never been easier. I have extremely limited tech knowledge myself but anyone can post on a blog for example. One of the harder-to-learn attributes is knowing your content matter- this is generally best if you have a genuine interest in the subject of the website.

Me .. Should all business’s have a website ?
David .. If a business needs to communicate with the outside world, a website is as essential as a phone number. However, properly used it can be so much more than that.

Me .. Are we still in the goldrush days of the net ?
David .. From a domain name point of view in Australia, I believe we are, yes! Savvy operators are snapping up unused (or under utilised) domain names every day, many of which will turn into extremely valuable assets in just a few short years. The thing is, they aren’t making any more names. The English language has it’s limits so as long as demand increases, website & domain values will appreciate. There are still hundreds of thousands of businesses that haven’t yet put together a basic website who will add to this demand in the next few years. Population growth, faster internet, better technology will also underpin this supply/demand differential.

Me .. Do people know enough about domaining in Australia ?
David .. In a word, no. Often the mainstream confuse domaining with cybersquatting and associate it with the seedy internet world of scams and bank account phishing. The simplest way to explain domaining is to liken it to virtual real estate. People buying, selling and developing these virtual plots of land. Some sites are dress-circle prime CBD property worth many thousands of dollars, others are on the outskirts of the city but will no doubt be valuable in time as the population grows. Better understanding will help give this little industry the recognition it deserves.

Me .. Should domain names be available to people in Australia who are not a business ?
David .. Domain names are available to individuals but only if they use the extension id.au although I believe the take-up of these particular domains has been very slow. My personal belief is that rather than confuse the public with an alternate domain extension, they should indeed relax the ABN restriction on com.au and net.au. Just as com has ceased to mean commercial in the US, com.au does little to describe the website except for saying it’s Australian. That, I do think is important. The ABN restriction is a great way to ensure Aussie content so if it were to be relaxed, I’d like to see something else to keep the namespace Australian.

Me .. Your biggest mistake ?
David .. Thinking in 2000,2001,2003,and 2004 that all the best domain names had gone and there was no point registering domains. Every day I find more domains that are worth investing in, so imagine what gold nuggets would have been available 8 or 9 years ago!

Me .. The future of the internet ?
David .. Big question and one I’d struggle to answer. It will certainly become more and more mobile with people increasingly accessing the internet from their mobile phones. Social networking will probably continue to evolve and may even threaten the internet behemoths of Google, Microsoft etc in terms of penetration. As a domainer, I’d like to think that as long as there exists online content, people will need addresses to find and refer to this content so domain names will remain part of the picture.

Thanks david, to see Davids website go to www.netfleet.com.au

As time goes by and all the ‘good’ dot coms become scarcer , .net is a popular second choice and many are happy to buy up .net names , .net is also popular all over the world and is one of the older extensions that exist , so it is well recognized all over the world , there are many varied opinions about the direction the domaining world is going ? as stated before this is speculation and for some it means a gold mine …. but I am still baffled by all the new terms ? NNN and LLL or CCCC

These are abbreviations for letters , numbers and characters , LLLL mean four letter domains , NNNN means four number domains or CCCC means four character domains (letters and numbers) but they may also be presented by stating the exact characteristics , example LLLN , means three letters and one number , or NNL means two numbers and one letter , because short names are considered prime , these mix and match combinations are starting to get good money , the LLLL market has gone crazy and all have been bought out …. there were 450,000 of them and now you have to buy one in the resale market because there are none left to hand reg , and some strange terms for these exist , cvcv or maybe abba domains ??????
cvcv is short for consonant , vowel, consonant, vowel , of course AEIOU being the vowels , an abba domain is one with repeating letters in the middle and at the end …. uwwu.com or alla.com, get the idea , the LLLL market has gone crazy with people claiming names are pronouncible , example myqt.com = my cutie , yes they will tell you a name is also brandable ….wovy.com would be an example , and to some it sounds good so it may sell , it’s up to the end user to decide ????

What is an end user ….. well they are the ones that decide your domain name is worth buying !!!!!! they are the ones who will pay you a good price for a domain name , other domainers are called resellers ….. they buy a domain and then resell it at a later date ….. maybe they already have an end user in mind ?? as long as you are happy with the sale , it’s all good

Hyphens are the only character other than letters or numbers allowed when creating a domain name , although not considered to be the best choice ….. with most alternatives being already registered … people do use them , example is j-o-b.info , still a short name …..so maybe a chance some would think ??? NN-N or L-N or N-N or N-N-N and L-L-L are going fast , so some have no problem with the hyphen , some say search engines give you higher ranking if you have a hyphen , unsure about that

Letters to be considered prime are ABCDEFGHILMNOPRST, semi prime numbers are JKUVW, least favorite QXYZ
Numbers considered to be prime are 1235789, none prime are 4 6 and 0 , although 0 is popular with some domainers
Spelling is also important example , england spell as astronaught , america spell as astronaut , check spelling !! mum is english spelling , mom is american spelling ……. remember this when registering a name , it’s important

Back ordering ? … a domain name can be back ordered , which means if a name becomes unregistered at a domain register , it can be placed on order and re-registered by a person who has backordered it , every register have there own rules regarding back ordering , POOL.COM will charge US$60. if your back order is successful , this includes 1 yrs reg as well , if more than one person has back ordered the domain name they hold a ‘mini auction’ to establish a new owner . If you get a good name you may consider the price worthwhile. Many names are on back order these days , and you can try if you think worth while.

Some domaining terms are :

icann ……………. the governing body of the domain industry
dn …………..………short for domain name
domaining ………. means to buy and sell domain names , names/website address’s
newbie …………. new to domaining (still learning) also called noob (newb)
end user ………….. person who buys a name and normally wants to develop it into a website
tld ………………. top level domain
cc ………………. country code , also the extension for cocos islands
forum …………… a website where people discuss ideas relating to a topic
generic tld …………..com .net .org .info , are generic top level domains
lowballer ………….. offers under value offers for names
domain parking ….. when a domain is not a website , it can be parked with advertising placed on it
extensions …………. the end part of a domain name , example is .com
ppc ………………….…. is short for ‘pay per clic’ when parking a domain , you earn ppc revenue
numeric domains ……….domains using numbers instead of letters/words
live auction ………. as it suggests , a live auction for domain name, will be more popular in the future
escrow ……………. a form of paying over the internet , escrow.com is considered to be a very safe way to pay
paypal ……….. used on ebay all the time …… considered good , but not as good as escrow , depends on amount
hand reg ………….. means to think of a name and register it , to register ‘a new name’
appraisal ………… esitbot.com offer a free appraisal service ……. but it’s only vague price guide ??
seo ………………… search engine operation , google, yahoo , ask jeeves are all search engines
registra …………. is where you register domain names , godaddy.com is one of many and is very popular
back order ……… to be next in line to register a name if it becomes unregistered …( dropped name )
dropped name ……… becomes unregistered …… ran out of registration , was not renewed
bin …………………. is short for buy it now , the buy it now price is the BIN PRICE
optimize ……..…… modify your parking domain name for better advertising results
keywords ………… the best words for your domain name, cars.com .. best keyword is .. car or maybe auto
liquid …………… easy to sell ….. always in demand a LLL.COM or NNN.COM is considered liquid
reseller ………….. buys and sells domains from other domainers, and normally seeking low prices
whois ………… is the question of ‘who owns the domain’ ? whois can normally tell you
Go to geektools.com and click on the whois link then type in the name , normally an email address is in the whois info
if you are perhaps trying to contact the owner of a domain name (to make an offer ?) or ask a question
web 3.0 is a term for what many feel the web will become , maybe a 3d experience , not too many years away ??

Remember to turn off the auto renew , you will get many reminders when it’s time to renew your domain, normally at 90 days
60 days , 30 days , 1 week , if you leave the auto renew on , it will deduct from your credit/debit card automatically.
Two famous domainers are , frank schilling and rick schwartz , they own many keyword domains between them and have made many millions of dollars from domaining ….. it’s worth doing a google search and reading about them , ricksblog.com

Some great sites to look at and join , even ebay.com has domain sellers in the computer section /domain names, bido.com
ricksblog.com 3character.com estibot.com fabulous.com parked.com parkingpanel.com revenuedirect.com bodis.com
pool.com sedo.com godaddy.com namepros.com dnforum.com greatnames.com domaining.com snapnames.com
namejet.com namebio.com wordtracker.com tdnam.com dotweekly.com enom.tv channelme.tv ahead.tv dotweekly.com
namenewbie.com numericdomains.com domainstate.com domaintools.com google.com nameslot.com dnsaleprice.com
moniker.com alldrops.com europeregistry.com geektools.com whois.com escrow.com paypal.com.au dnjournal.com

The future of domaining seems bright , with many $1,000,000 + sales over the past couple of years !!!!!
Some say they may become listed on the stockmarket as time goes by ? Different extensions have different reg fees But compared to the stock market or property ownership , it is a great cheap way to invest ….. good luck , have fun , as i write this icann are considering allowing for gtld registrations, remember gtld is short for generic top level domain, this means even cities can apply for the own extension, exampe would be .sydney or .nsw , so if you saw a website called restaurants.nsw youwould know exactly what the website is about , although with so many trademarks in the world it does seem its going to get complicated very quickly indeed. As with many things, if you are seeking more information do a google search and you will get answers, altough to join namepros.com will give you one of the best information resources available to domainers, google is a great resource as well , remember they have a news section and there is always stories about domain names

                                                   By Mbinboise

Ok I am interested in this ‘domaining’ but I still would like to know more ??????? of course , this is what you need .
Information !!!!! so now it’s time to go over to namepros.com and join their free forum ! this is the bible for many domainers and is free to join , ask questions …. even buy and sell , this is truly a wealth of information for those new to the industry ,, there is even a section for ‘newbies’ and you can learn so much by just reading other peoples questions and seeing what opinions are offered by more experienced domainers , they have different sections for different extensions , like .tv or perhaps .mobi or maybe .us ? yes people discuss different extensions and their pros and cons , it all adds up to helping you make better choices ? you may wish to go the /market place section and see what domains are going for ? they have a fixed price section and a make an offer section , also a auction section , each section has rules …so read them , it helps you understand when you may use this section , there is also dnforum.com another place to read and see what is happening in the world of domaining , there is a joining fee if you wish to buy and sell there …… but you can read the threads at dnforum..com for free, namepros.com has no joining fee, , these websites have moderators to keep things going smoothly.

Wow I think this is interesting …… love to see some sales ??? ok , then go to dnjournal.com, they supply the weekly sales and have a breakdown of each extension , .com , .net, .org and so on . Even a CCTLD section ?????? what’s that you ask ??
At the top left hand side of dnjournal.com there is a heading ‘sales ‘ click on that link and you will see the weeks sales and where they were sold , also you can click on ytd (year to date sales) link at the top left hand side of dnjournal..com , cctld is short for COUNTRY CODE TOP LEVEL DOMAINS , example of a top level country code is .co.uk , they also have .me.uk ……. but .co.uk is the more popular address , in australia we have .com.au but we also have .net.au , out tld is .com.au ….. it’s the best known of all our extensions , so it’s our TLD . India have .co.in or .in , .in is the more popular , so that is their TLD . The country code part is normally at the bottom of the report , many people are interested in the country code section , one that always creates interest is the .de extension , this is the german extension and there have been some big sales in this extension …….. something to watch out for ? Hey I would like to buy a CCTLD ….. but from where ??

Europeregistry.com is a popular sight that can act as an agent for you if there are restrictions , I recently purchased a .co.uk domain name and they acted as an agent for me , sometimes it’s hard to park a cctld , but you may still consider it worthwhile to just own the name as an investment and not worry about parking . I just want a .com name which is best register I wonder ?

One of the benefits of namepros.com is they have a thread (discussion link) about godaddy.com promo codes ??????
These are codes that are supplied from other namepros members , letting you know how to achieve a discount each time you register a name , perhaps a name costs $9.99 to register , well with a promo code you may get it for $7.15 , this is handy if you are registering a lot of names each year ……. this is a very popular thread and worth paying attention to !!! don’t forget this.
Godaddy.com also have a link to tdnam.com on their homepage (their domain auction link) it costs about $5 dollars a year to join , some feel it’s worthwhile and like to be able to also advertise their names as well at sedo or afterneic .Each domain selling website have their own rules regarding ‘duel listings’ …… most are ok with it ? not sure about something ?? ask !
The best thing to do is contact support , each parking company or name selling site have a ‘support section’ there to help you

Simple type in support@godaddy.com or help@godaddy.com , or support@sedo.com or help@sedo.com
there will also be links on the webpage to click on but generally the above method works well , godaddy are quite good at customer support , sedo does not have a good reputation for customer support ….. but it works for some I guess .
I bought a name !!!!! …..yipppeeeee , from another domainer.. but what now I wonder ? Well normally you will have to accept the name , you will receive an email from go daddy or another domain register confirming the account change has been initiated from the person you purchased it from, if it’s from goadddy, there is a link after you click on , my account >manage domains ..‘pending account changes ….. you will click on this and accept any pending account changes , you will also receive a email from godaddy giving you a security code and a transaction code , you will see where to insert these at pending account changes, after you have done that ….. click ok !!! then you may wish to change the domain name to your favorite parking company ,change nameservers, many domainers have accounts at different registers so they can do inhouse transfers and not pay transfer fees to other registers this is called a free push …. most domainers have an account at different registers for this purpose …. Domains that have been registered or transferred into godaddy account have a 60 day transfer restriction , most just transfer into their own godaddy account ,in other words the person you bought the domain from may not have had it for 60 days before selling, only godaddy have this rule , but once the 60 days is up you can transfer out of godaddy , godaddy have a rule of having to wait 60 days to transfer out from their register to another register.

All the good ones are gone ???? maybe or maybe not ! many believe that the extension .tv is going to grow because it seems related to internet tv , well it is the cctld of an island nation of tuvalu and although a country code, many associate it with tv , and with the internet and television on a collision course many feel this is the way to go ? the main register for .tv is a company called enom.tv , they offer a free ‘channel’ when you reg a .tv from them ….. go to channelme.tv and you will see what they offer , to have your own ‘channel’ you must register at enom.tv , but unlike other extensions this company charges for what is considerd ‘premium names’ some name are $500 a year to register !!!!! and some people feel they are worth it ? namepros have a forum dedicated to .tv and there is plenty of discussion about the premium pricing .. have a look and make an opinion , there is a site called ahead.tv , they give you prices that people paid for premium names ? ..interesting reading

Godaddy have sales for .tv , but renewals can be u.s$40 without promo codes ,enom.tv offer $25. but 2 yrs to reg at first $50. A good godaddy discount code is gdbb776 , it can achieve a 15-20 % discount !

Also numeric domains are gaining interest , postal codes , birthdates , part numbers , also asian folk have a strong association with numbers , numbers are also considered safe when it comes to trademark issues , the thing about numbers is that they are universal …… no matter what country you are from , you know what number one is , then there is the consideration that with so many people using mobile phones for the internet, numbers are quicker to type in than letters ….. so phones may become more ‘numeric friendly’ in the future ?? to get an idea of this stuff go to 4636.net (word dial) this company owns many numeric domains and have an interesting view on the future. Numericdomains.com is a popular blog site relating to numeric domains.
The .mobi extension is aimed at mobile phones and devices but has yet to take off …. but a mobile network does seem to be happening , with ads for wireless becoming more regular and technology always changing , some believe there is place for .mobi and some think it’s the biggest flop ever , .info has many fans and some feel this domain extension is under valued ? possible chances for the future with this extension and good buys to be had ? …..generic keywords at good prices ??

The modern world is changing fast and netter communications is always at the forefront of technology , so abput ten years in japan it was noticed that a better way to keep track of stock at one of the car manufacturing plants might be to work out a code system that could be scanned and then stored in a database that could be read for constabt updates of stock movement and stock numbers , this system was called Q.R Codes , which is short for quick resonse codes and it became quite popular to the point this code system was opened up to the rest of Japan and they have never looked back ! These days you can go to Mac Donalds in Japan and buy a big mac or shake and on the wrapper/container you will find these qr codes that if scanned with a mobile phone can then take you to a website which is contained within the code, so if at Mac Donalds and you scan on a code it may take you to a website that has nutritional information or a website that has MacDonald’s job vacancies, it is huge in Japan and the whisper is soon the rest of the world will start to embrace these because it allows advertisers a new dimension to their ads , so now not only can you read the existing advert , but you can also scan a code which is also in the advert and it will take you to the companies website and you can either purchase products or make bookings and what ever else you may need ? All new phones will have this software in them and it will become a standard feature sooner than later , the are apps for the new iphones to make the phone able to read the codes, and once you have this is your phone you are on your way to another world , imagine you are in a unfamiliar city and you see a code with the heading city information, one quick click and you know where you are , what’s on offer and eating outlets and so on, it seems these codes may be the next big thing , so consider this as part of a business advertising strategy because these days you need to be able to communicate with your customers in many different formats, there are other codes out there but at this point the qr code seems to be the most popular and holds the most information.

                                                   By Lockergnome

Ok I bought I domain now what ? well remember that vacant block of land , number one smith street , because this is not a website , but still exists , you will park it ? yes park it .This is the term used for creating some small revenue from your domain name while it’s not for sale or sitting idle or while you wait to perhaps one day try to sell it. domain parking is like putting a mobile billboard on your vacant block of land , there are companies that put advertising on your domain name site and share the advertising revenue with you , you wont make a fortune but you might make a couple dollars a year towards the renewal cost of that particular domain, some of the great domain names do make good money from ‘parking; remember furniture.com , well if this domain name was just parking because of it’s popular subject matter ‘furniture’ there would be many people that type in that name and click on the ads , this particular example would most likely pay for it’s registration fees many times over in a year … even if undeveloped (not a website) some of the best domain names are undeveloped and make good money from being parked …. names like business and travel will always be popular and people will go looking for these sights , and when they get there , even if only parking , will get clicks on the ads, thus making income. If I click on my own ads or get my friends to click on the ads , will the parking company know ? ….. yes and they will probably close your account with them.

The have fraud tracking software to detect strange patterns on which names are getting clicks , they will know who is trying to cheat them …… avoid this , they hope for direct navigation traffic , which is that people type in your address out of interest to see what is there ? sights like pets.com do very well out of this. That is why such a domain name has a great value , because of the ‘interest factor’ a website that doesn’t even need advertising is a great asset in this fast changing world , where the marketing dollar has great influence ! this is called a generic word domain , because it has a common dictionary word

Some companies offer parking and a sales service as well , sedo.com is one of the most popular companies for parking and selling although they do not pay much for parking revenue , they are at the forefront of selling , they do sell many names each week, and are considered the industries best place to buy and sell …. they also have auctions !! Some people list their names for sale there and park elsewhere ….. this is allowed , some people are happy to keep all their names at the same place , and they are not too fussed about parking revenue , just happy to keep the management of their names all at one place . Ok I am going to park my name ……. what do I do ?? you will need to change name servers yes, name servers ?? each parking company has their own name servers , there are some changes that you have to make.

Example is that if you want to park at sedo.com , you will change your name servers (also reffered to as DNS name servers)

so if your name is registered at godaddy.com , you would go to > my account > manage accounts , they click on name servers. Then you click on custom name servers , change the name servers to (if parking at sedo) ns1.sedoparking.com and ns2.sedoparking.com , seems complicated but once you have done it , it’s quite easy and you are able to change name servers very easily , or perhaps you are parking at revenuedirect.com, once again you would go to manage accounts and click on name servers , then click on custom name servers , then change to ns1.revenuedirect.com and ns2revenuedirect.com , each parking company have their own ns1 and ns2 ….. then click save changes !!! soon you will look at your domain name and see there are ads on it.

To try and improve your chances of getting people to click on your ads , there is a tool called optimization and this allows you to add a keyword or keywords to make the ads more to the subject matter of the domain name , example , if your site is a car site , lets say … conceptcars.com , you will use keywords such as ‘concept’ or ‘new’ or perhaps ‘modern’ these keywords will determine the type of ads for your domain name and help to either sell it or create some advertising revenue . You can play with this optimization tool until you feel you have the correct ‘keywords’ if a prospective buyer looks at your sight , it’s nice for them to get a slight idea of what the domain name may look like if developed into a website .

I am trying to find a good name ? but I am unsure if the subject is popular ? ok , lets go to google and on the opening page where it says ‘more’ or ‘even more ‘click and find labs then click on it , then click on ‘google trends’ then type in your word and another option , separated by a comma ….. example robot,robo you will see that robot is the popular term , so try and reg a name that has robot instead of robo …. but of course the term robo may become popular in the future ? so you have to consider your choices ? remember this speculating and not every one chooses a great name , as with property and stocks there are good ones and bad ones, another google tool is google suggest , once again go to ‘more’ even more . then click on labs and then google suggest , this will tell you how many people search for a term , and how many sites contain that subject

This gives you an idea of how popular a subject is > also if there are lots of ads in the right hand side of google page you will see this is also a popular subject because of many ads for the subject , once again sounds confusing , but like most things once you do it once, you normally get the idea . One company called wordtracker.com also offer a free statistics tool that tells you how many people searched for a particular term each day , this will give you an idea of how popular the name you are thinking of buying or registering is. Of course you may choose to buy a existing name , in which case you will search the sites that sell domain names , such as sedo.com ,afternic.com, snapnames.com ,tdnam.com or moniker.com, pool.com.

All these sight have many names to choose from , it’s up to you to make an offer or bid for it at an auction ? but it’s good to do some research before spending any hard earned cash !!

Ok I am going to buy a name ? …. how do I pay ? well like most things on the internet you need either a credit card or a debit visa card or if buying from another domainer you will need a paypal account (as used on ebay) also some may request a escrow payment …… go to escrow.com and open an account , it’s not too hard and this is considered quite a safe way of paying and receiving money over the internet , they even have a ‘domain name section’ some people are happy to use paypal for purchases of $200 or less, many swear by escrow.com , handy to have both paypal and escrow accounts . paypal.com.au

Maybe one day we will all have our own 3d shop ?

                                                   By lambcom

                                                   By Porterken

Small business for women from other parts of the world, they still share the need for independence and the need for opportunity to try things because that’s how we all learn , by sharing and learning about business

                                                   By Dotcommothers

The Art Of Domaining

Welcome to the art of domaining , What is domaining ? Domaining is the business of buying, selling domain names.

What is a domain name ? A domain name is a website address , all websites have a domain name, does a domain name have to be a website ? No , an example would be number one smith street is a vacant block of land , but it still has an address … ‘number one smith street‘ The same applies to a website , you can have a domain name without a website , but not a website without a domain name , ever since the internet began in the mid 1980’s people have been registering domain names .

The most popular domains are the .coms because this is the extension first used on the internet and the most recognizable, so it has a value much greater than any other extension, some people do not use search engines , they just type in the subject and add a .com example ‘travel.com’ this is called direct navigation , instead of using a search engine like google or yahoo , they just type in the subect and normally use .com , many countries still use .com as one of their main extensions. What is an extension ? An extension is the end part of a domain name , most countries now have their own extensions , australia has the extension .com.au , england has the extension .co.uk , india has .in , the american extension is .us . Although most people assume .com to be the most used american extension …… and they are correct, .us has not really taken off yet .

In a world of fast communications a good internet address is very important and people pay for best ones available!! if your business is selling furniture, you would want a website address like furniture.com, because it’s short and easy to remember.

Plus it has the generic keyword of furniture in it’s title many people would type in furniture.com before they went to a search engine. Maybe you sell outdoor furniture, then the best address would be outdoorfurniture.com. Short and to the point is what a good domain name/website address is. People pay money to own the rights to a good domain name !!!!! diamond.com was sold last year for u.s$7.5 million dollars , because this was considered to be a good domain name for the owner of a business which deals in diamonds , this domain was registered for about u.s$10 per year …… yes $10 per year A truly great investment for the person who sold it !! The average cost to register a domain is about ten dollars a year and there are no restrictions on how much you can sell it for, domain names have finally been recognized as a great way to invest by the media and also by the broader investment community , but as a whole it still remains a mystery to most people .

Domaining is considered by many to be the ‘goldrush’ of the 21st century and many are starting to see amazing returns on their investments. Domains are the REAL ESTATE of the 21st century , plus with the benefit of a low reg fee cost of $10 a year. Although you can buy an established name for more if you want ? many people are still hand regging new names each day . This means they are thinking of website address’s and registering the rights to the name, Some people are registering names in the .us extension or perhaps the chinese extension .cn , they are many opportunities all over the world , because india has such a large population , the .in extension has become a popular extension , some people just invest in the .in extension. Some just invest in the .com extension …….. there is a saying that ‘dot com is king’ so many only deal in this extension. The australian extension of .com.au is one of the few restricted domain extensions, you are supposed to have the domain you own associated to your business , some believe these restrictions will be lifted in the future , but for now it still has restrictions , but don’t worry ………. there’s the rest of the world to buy domains from !!!!

There are websites dedicated to the buying and selling of domain names , you can place your names for sale there or buy a name from these sites , some people feel it’s better to buy an already registered name ….. perhaps people are already searching for it ? or it may be a name you thought of and someone else registered it before you ? but you feel there is a good future for that particular topic , so you buy it from them , this happens all the time and this is how you can make money from buying a domain name , you might buy a good name and hold it for a few years , then sell for a good profit, but of course you are speculating on what is a good name ? Do your research on what topics you think may be popular ? Not every name is a great investment ? some people only buy names that have been already registered because they believe there are no good names left and they prefer to buy into an established market already , some look into new technology and try to find a good name that way or maybe the next craze ?? …… and get in early

So you got your website up and running (finally) everyone else is doing it and some even get some money from doing it ….. but how ? The answer is affilaite marketing because that’s what makes the internet go around, nearly every site you look at is promoting something, so a blogger/website opporater is called a publisher and a person/business supplying goods and services are called the merchant and the middleman is the affiliate company and as time goes by there are many many affiliate companies on the internet and you can easily lose a day just trying to check them all out. It’s get’s very confusing and can put you off even trying. Yes there is also the option of google ads on your site but affiliates normally do well if using specific banners for the topics they are writing about because the banners are quite visual and inviting to click on. As i said it’s hard to get all the best info and much time can be lost trying to set it all up. So when i was doing some searching the other day i came across the ad below and i really think it was worth sharing, it seemed like a good learning idea and perhaps a way to save some time. So if you are going to start a blog site or website (who isn’t these days) it may be worth looking into this idea just to save a whole lot of time and get a good start on your new venture ! … (it’s worth a look at least)

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