domain Please Appraise howtobuygold.com

[geotico]

Hello Everyone!

Wondered what you would appraise howtobuygold.com for.

Thanks for the help!

 

[geotico]

Anyone have an opinion on this? Would really appriciate the imput!

Thanks again!

 

[Jawed]

It's a reg fee name.

The only thing you can do is develop it if you have time. A blog would be a good idea.

Personally I wouldn't waste my time on such names.

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Welcome to NamePros!

 

[JB Lions]

I think it's a lot better than reg fee. With .coms I like at least 1,000 exact match, this has 9,900. And the other day, while working on a site of mine, came across goldeneaglecoin.com, which has an affiliate program at Google Affiliate Network, probably some other affiliate programs where people can buy gold. Get people to the site with information on how to buy gold, then show where they can, via your affiliate link. Nice content/sales site.

 

[Keith]

Zero $$$

Everyone knows how and where to buy gold. I doubt resellers will touch and endusers will have no interest IMO.

 

[johname]

Nice name! Would develop nicely $xxxx (but not on np :p lol) Buying gold without getting nailed by a middle man not ease. And its a topice that surely will get interested readers.

 

[geotico]

Well I can't believe anyone would think the name has no value with 9,900 exact match for a keyword charging around $7.00 for google ads. There is no question the domain is worth money, only what value it holds.

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Zero $$$

Everyone knows how and where to buy gold. I doubt resellers will touch and endusers will have no interest IMO.

Then why are 9,900 people searching this monthly?

 

[Bannen]

Do you own this one?

Nice name. Healthy exact monthly searches. Regged in around 10 extensions... and the hyphenated version (3 hyphens!) is also regged in at least 7 extensions. Just that fact alone means this name is attractive to many and should fetch at least in the mid to high xxx range for resellers.

The searches are healthy so this would be a good one to develop for ad income; however the name implies an info site/resource so I think it would be very difficult to sell this one to a proper end user; feels like the only market for this one is a domainer or sitebuilder who wants to try optimize a site with some medium-level development, better than minisite but less than all-out dev, in hopes of scoring spot 1 page 1 of search engines and scooping all that search traffic.

Nice name. If I had it I'd definitely shoot for a website with adsense, something around 10 pages minimum, with helpful and original content.

GL

I was going to say welcome to Namepros, looking at only 4 posts by you... then see you've been a member since '08, ha ha. 1 post back then, 3 today; maybe in another 4 years you'll read my appraisal? :P

 

[geotico]

Do you own this one?

Nice name. Healthy exact monthly searches. Regged in around 10 extensions... and the hyphenated version (3 hyphens!) is also regged in at least 7 extensions. Just that fact alone means this name is attractive to many and should fetch at least in the mid to high xxx range for resellers.

The searches are healthy so this would be a good one to develop for ad income; however the name implies an info site/resource so I think it would be very difficult to sell this one to a proper end user; feels like the only market for this one is a domainer or sitebuilder who wants to try optimize a site with some medium-level development, better than minisite but less than all-out dev, in hopes of scoring spot 1 page 1 of search engines and scooping all that search traffic.

Nice name. If I had it I'd definitely shoot for a website with adsense, something around 10 pages minimum, with helpful and original content.

GL

I was going to say welcome to Namepros, looking at only 4 posts by you... then see you've been a member since '08, ha ha. 1 post back then, 3 today; maybe in another 4 years you'll read my appraisal? :P

HAHA

I started developing a site and got away from looking to sell domains. I am very thankful for your feedback! I'm thinking about developing 10 pages and doing some linking and seeing what happens. If this got to 1 page one it would make good money no doubt. I just don't know how long that would take (or if possible).

 

[slumdog]

nice name i think, have to get it to google P1 to attract buyers imo ,
have something similar ,, longish ,with good searches and cpc, IndianJewelleryDesigns (com) , maybe even gold products can be an option here, ..

 

[geotico]

noticed the exact match went up over 12,000 now monthly. I think more and more people are going to be buying gold in the coming years.

 

[Bannen]

If this got to 1 page one / I just don't know how long that would take (or if possible).

To strongly increase your chances:
- use a blog platform rather than static site; google doles preference to dynamic, regularly-updated content. Wordpress is great.

- make sure your HOME PAGE has the title 'how to buy gold' and is written well for optimization. Do not use the blog post list or latest blog entry as the home page, create a home page with the exact same phrase as is in your domain name, and sprinkle the content with that keyphrase also, 3 - 5 times in the content. Very important for optimization fast.

- Write longer pages than minisites do. Minisites average 200 - 400 words/page; shoot for 400 - 600 words at bare minimum so SE's see it as a strong content site.

- Include a photo on each page and make sure each photo is titled with gold-related search terms. Use legal photos you paid for, too dangerous to steal from google images these days.

- Put the blog live once you have 8 or 10 pages/posts ready to go. Each week after that add another post, so you top out at 15 or 20.

- make sure you have both a dedicated contact page, and an up to date privacy policy.

- Hunt down a few quality links/linkshares. Wait until you have some quality content on your site though... try to be actually helpful, unlike most other made-for-adsense sites. This will help you possibly get larger/better sites to link share with you. 10 links in from great/relevant sites is thousands of times better than hundreds of links from tiny useless sites.

I could write more, but that's a start. You probably knew it already. But if following this outline doesn't get your site to page1spot1 on SE's within a few weeks, then nothing short of fullblown development will, because this is a strong site plan; much stronger than minisites, but weaker than all out development.

pro is that you have a niche long-tail term so you have a good chance of getting optimized well, with a decent site; con is that it's a little more difficult to get 4-word domain names optimized well, and you also have some competition, as I expect a few of the other 17 or so extension-holders probably have minisites/blogs for this term...

Still, worth a shot, IMO

 

[Keith]

Well I can't believe anyone would think the name has no value with 9,900 exact match for a keyword charging around $7.00 for google ads. There is no question the domain is worth money, only what value it holds.

Maybe I was a bit harsh.

$100 max as it sits.

 

[domains_for_sale]

Great "How To" domain! I am willing to bet you can get a quick high $xxx to low $x,xxx. You have good search stats and good end-user potential. Some people on here are just being ridiculous, really all you need to do is look at namebio to compare some past sales.

 

[Keith]

You have good search stats and good end-user potential. Some people on here are just being ridiculous, really all you need to do is look at namebio to compare some past sales.

Yes and beyond that you just need to pinpoint one enduser who is willing to pay a premium for your domain!

Sorry but I value domains based on the need to sell today. If this was put to auction right now, the most it would get is low $xxx. It's a different story if you're talking development and the enduser dream scenario :imho:

 

[domains_for_sale]

Well, judging by the advertisers alone tells me it has good end-user potential. End-users could careless if this domain is developed or not, all they are going to do is pay an SEO/Designer to create an informative landing page within that keyword results and link back to their main website.

I would say savvy gold businesses would consider this domain a priority to purchase. The people searching for "how to buy gold" are all good solid leads. You need to look at this from a buying question point of view.

 

[Keith]

Well, judging by the advertisers alone tells me it has good end-user potential. End-users could careless if this domain is developed or not, all they are going to do is pay an SEO/Designer to create an informative landing page within that keyword results and link back to their main website.

I would say savvy gold businesses would consider this domain a priority to purchase. The people searching for "how to buy gold" are all good solid leads. You need to look at this from a buying question point of view.

Endusers clearly haven't valued this domain enough to make a significant offer since 2003. On the flip side, the owner hasn't been able to move it at a premium price via contact with endusers or resellers.

So I have to ask if demand is truly there for this one?

I should clarify that the above statement is an assumption. Maybe the owner has rejected multiple 4-5 figure offers but I have my doubts.

 

[geotico]

I just purchased the domain within the last couple days. I was curious to see if I should flip the domain or build a site like Bannen discribed (Thanks Bannen!). I'm going to try and develop the domain and get page 1 ranking. I believe that would achieve high $X,XXX in this field. If not I can accept advertising or adsense and make monthly revenue.

If anyone else has thoughts please let me know. I also own wheretobuygold dot com and wheretobuysilver dot com. Was thinking about putting a directory on those. Thoughts?

Thanks again all!

 

[verbster]

TV is now showing multiple shows about finding gold. That alone has raised interest in gold, not to mention it's upward value over the last few years. Start your development, give it a little time, and I'll bet you get some interesting offers.

 

[hopkism]

Do you own this one?

Nice name. Healthy exact monthly searches. Regged in around 10 extensions... and the hyphenated version (3 hyphens!) is also regged in at least 7 extensions. Just that fact alone means this name is attractive to many and should fetch at least in the mid to high xxx range for resellers.

The searches are healthy so this would be a good one to develop for ad income; however the name implies an info site/resource so I think it would be very difficult to sell this one to a proper end user; feels like the only market for this one is a domainer or sitebuilder who wants to try optimize a site with some medium-level development, better than minisite but less than all-out dev, in hopes of scoring spot 1 page 1 of search engines and scooping all that search traffic.

Nice name. If I had it I'd definitely shoot for a website with adsense, something around 10 pages minimum, with helpful and original content.

GL

I was going to say welcome to Namepros, looking at only 4 posts by you... then see you've been a member since '08, ha ha. 1 post back then, 3 today; maybe in another 4 years you'll read my appraisal? :P

I agree 100% on this one. On itself you will not be able to resell it for much. But this is a great name to develop!

There are a lot of opportunities right now in gold. There are several merchants on CJ you could use that sell it as well as Adsense rewarding you with some nice clicks.

As stated, don't get mini site route. Fill this one up with some nice articles and some great content on how to buy gold. Take advantage of the 9,000 searches and make sure you give them some quality information. If you supply the invaluable information and the ad for the merchant is right there, what's to stop them?

This is the kind of domain I would love to have especially for my interest in the topic as a development project. Best of luck!