Domain overload.....PLEASE help, I need advice asap!

[00timebandit00]

Hi there,

I am new to your forum and this is my first post.

I have a large number of exact keyword domains which I purchased as part of a "system" (I won't say the name here!). They are all low competition keywords, researched by the "system", and some found by me with Market Samuari. The idea was that this "system" would put up sites within minutes and then market them for me. My intention was that this was a side line for my business, not the main part. This is important because anything I now do with these domains is diverting my attention away from what I need to be doing.

Problem: The "system" I paid monthly to be a part of didn't market the way it said it would, so some of the sites aren't even friggin linked at all!! *Grrrrrr* Because the "system" built the websites, even though I saved most of the sites I can't sell them as they have my adsense code and I don't know how to edit that without my (now expired) membership. I let the hosting lapse because I wasn't making enough. (Linking not done = around 5 visitors a day across all the sites).

This means I can only sell the domain names (some of which had traffic, although not very much) UNLESS I rebuild them all from scratch.

I have less than $80USD left to spend (yes, I spent all my money on domain names..I have a family and money is very tight at this time of year so can't even put another $20 in), so if I rebuild these sites I will have to do so for next to nothing, and perhaps sign up for an EVO2/senuke etc etc trial to help me boost the sites.

Another problem is the range of niches - since I now need to do by hand what was previously on autopilot, this is already driving me nuts! I've put the site on Noomle and am using a spinner (free trial version) to help. It has been pretty crazy and I'm only on the first site.


Advice needed:
Would you try to sell the domain names in bulk? If so, what is the best way?

How can you rebuild so many sites (the first batch expire around the end of August) quickly, without going over $80USD??

Please help! Some of these sites are likely to be quite profitable so I am really reluctant to sell them as just names. :tri:

---------- Post added at 10:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:36 AM ----------

Ok, answering myself.....

Could sell a few of the domains, (but which ones? ahhhrrrrggh)and buy

Using wordpress, +
hosting, bluehost $6 month
caff cont. $77
Scrapebx $97

This is about the minimum I can get away with...I think. So I need some of the domains sold quickly...OR I need one domain sold for Just over 100. How to choose which domain? Should I list them all...and then see which sells?

 

[DotUSDomains]

Sorry to say, $80 wont pay for much, in the way to get any money back quickly,

2 things i've learnt with seo/marketing,

1: It's not cheap
2: if it's for sale on the internet, it's NO GOOD FOR SEO (EG: directory/forum/blog submissions are all CRAP)

You need to find a company, who does not have "submission to google.com for $49.95 per month on tbere website"

I say try and sell the domains, quicker way to make money.

As $80 wont do anything i'm afraid.

Paying for marketing, means your paying for a real humans time, there is no automated marketing, that i know of, everything else is purely bullshit.


If someone reads this post and offers to set up blogs and submitt them to 2000 directories, please tell them to nicely F*ck off

You'll probably get 10 so called seo experts claiming blog submissions are the way to go

Sorry i got of topic again

Try and sell the domains, and make some money back that way, if you ggot them all for reg feee, then you may be ok.

Anyway, good luck, sorry i wasnt much help. As you might have guesed i hate all so called seo experts (which include about 7894 on this forum alone)

 

[Domainace]

I've bought a few of those "systems" in my time. The first mistake is to give control of your website to people who are trying to make a quick buck. These quick-buck people are easy to identify, because they use keywords such as: systems, turnkey, autopilot, and other phrases that imply you will make money with little ongoing effort.

If the names you acquired were all available to register when you got them, I doubt you'll get much by trying to sell them. That's just a guess, as you haven't posted the names.

My advice would be to go over all the names and choose the 2 or 3 very best names, which you can develop yourself. A couple original articles that you write yourself will give you more long-term value than a scraper will. Autoblogs are a dead-end unless you have a way to monetize them quickly and heavily before they are deindexed.

Don't buy any more crap. Just build a site and stick adsense on it until you understand what works. Keep your $80 for hosting. Good luck.

 

[enlytend]

You got some very sound advice from DotUSDomains and Domainance.

Just to stress a couple of the more important points they made:

You have $80 left and you have a family - don't throw good money after bad. You have too many domains to renew, pick one or two "keepers" and build them into an online business. Choose domains on a subject or subjects that you know or are interested in learning more about.

Spend the money on hosting, research and write your own content. If your content is good, real people will link to it - one bona-fide link that passes genuine traffic is worth more than hundreds of spammy forum/blog/directory links.

Don't waste time and money on this sort of thing:

caff cont. $77
Scrapebx $97

Adsense is the easiest way to monetize your content - start with that. Read their terms and program policies so you don't do something stupid and lose your account.

Don't waste money on "how to get rich with Adsense" or "how to get rich with affiliate program" nonsense. Neither is rocket science and there's a lot of good information on getting started that's free.

Try to sell the rest of the domains... if you can't sell them, let them drop. You made a mistake - lesson learned!

directory/forum/blog submissions are all CRAP)

You need to find a company, who does not have "submission to google.com for $49.95 per month on tbere website"

Ditto that!!!! If someone talks about "submitting your website to hundreds of search engines, RUN the other way.

Google has a great little guide to SEO basics - read it. http://www.google.com/webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf If you decide you need help, Google also has some great tips for choosing a legitimate SEO firm: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35291

Good luck!

 

[~ The 34 Year Buzz!!]

Good advice here:

...don't throw good money after bad....
...Choose domains on a subject or subjects that you know or are interested in learning more about.

The "system" is no replacement for real web development skills.
New Year = Start over with a better plan + Consider spending the $80 on food.

Also, you could quickly sell at least 50% of the domains to help support the other half.

 

[Kate]

I have a large number of exact keyword domains which I purchased as part of a "system" (I won't say the name here!).

Why not ?
A large number of domains ? How large ?

You could post the domains in the appraisal section. Maybe it would be a good idea to cut losses, get rid off/drop everything that is not profitable, keep a few and concentrate on quality development.

 

[00timebandit00]

Over 100...oh boy! The ones I researched I'm not so worried about, since I know they are easy to rank for, their competition sucks, and I have the exact match domain! The ones researched by the "system" (normally I would NEVER have touched such a thing - it was promoted by my favourite affiliate, I haven't gotten around to complaining to him yet)...back to the "system", it employed people to research profitable keywords. These ones I don't like so much because when I run them through Market Samurai they look like they will generate a couple of visitors a day. When questioned about this the owner/promoter of the "system" said they got their research from places other than google and that was why the figures were so different. Obviously this is very, very wrong. I knew that 60% of traffic came from the goog, so annoyed I was taken in.

Yes, off to the appraisal section shortly. Really wanted them handled in one transaction, but I guess it isn't going to happen. Now I get to waste time selling them (assuming I can) for my stupidity.