What I Discovered In My Research

CeeDomains · Jul 20, 2018

Hello NamePros Community! I'm new to both domaining and NamePros and would love your input on the following (potential) issue.

Through GoDaddy I previously purchased several domain names that I would like to sell, a few of which I'd like to sell to end users. I'm currently researching keywords, how to sell to end users, how to construct landing pages, etc. During my keyword research, I discovered a Twitter community that matches one of my domain names in keywords as well as meaning. Perfect match. It just needed the ".com" extention so naturally, I'd like to contact the creator of that group. Here's where there's a possible issue: This community references my ".com" domain name (word-for-word) as a link, however, the link leads to a GoDaddy default parked page. Is this an issue as I believe it to be (though I could be wrong)? I'm thinking I may need to slightly alter my approach, though I'm unsure how. Could I use the fact that they have my domain listed on their community "details" page to my advantage?

And input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

TheDomainsGroup · Jul 20, 2018

Of course. They likely owned the domain previously and either did not maintain/keep tabs on renewal or didn't see any value in the domain or website they hosted on the domain. They could have also been bought out, changed company names, or went out of business.

Regardless it is an excellent start to finding an end user and makes for an easy ice breaker. Something as simple as "Hello I notice you have <domain here> on your profile. I appreciate you promoting my domain and was wondering if you would be interested in purchasing it." Don't work yourself up. If they are interested, they will reply.

CeeDomains said:
Could I use the fact that they have my domain listed on their community "details" page to my advantage?

And input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

CeeDomains · Jul 21, 2018

Hello, TheDomainsGroup - thanks for responding. I agree with all of the thought-provoking possibilities that you've stated. Hmm...they could also be building their audience on Twitter to eventually transition to a website. I actually have two other closely related domain names that they may want as well. I will definitely give it a shot once I get my landing page together; I'm considering using Efty or Undeveloped since I'm still in the learning stage. I'll need all the help I can get LOL! Thanks again for your response and I'll keep you posted.

Rich · Jul 21, 2018

I've heard good things about efty and undeveloped, can't tell you how many domains I have that are registered at twitter but quality domains tend to find the right buyer regardless of landing pages.

CeeDomains · Jul 21, 2018

TheDomainsGroup said:
Of course. They likely owned the domain previously and either did not maintain/keep tabs on renewal or didn't see any value in the domain or website they hosted on the domain. They could have also been bought out, changed company names, or went out of business.

Regardless it is an excellent start to finding an end user and makes for an easy ice breaker. Something as simple as "Hello I notice you have <domain here> on your profile. I appreciate you promoting my domain and was wondering if you would be interested in purchasing it." Don't work yourself up. If they are interested, they will reply.

Rich said:
I've heard good things about efty and undeveloped, can't tell you how many domains I have that are registered at twitter but quality domains tend to find the right buyer regardless of landing pages.

Hi, Rich, thanks for your input. This is true. To your point, when targeting domain industry-related end users, how effective do you believe a landing page would be vs just using a good e-mail pitch (for example)? Of course, assuming it's for a (hopefully) quality domain

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Rich · Jul 21, 2018

Not sure I understand the question. I don't have much experience with landing pages as I park most of my domains with contact form on next page. I will be moving most of my names to landing pages soon, I'd like them to rank in google and provoke more inbound inquiries. When you've been buying and selling a while, depending on your business model, you'll know what names to pitch and what to set on the shelf to await offers.

CeeDomains · Jul 22, 2018

Thanks, Rich.

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