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Most of my sales are hand-registered geo names or names that refer to a specific geographic area. I focus on City + Product or Service, usually two-word or three-word names. How do I choose which names to register? Here is a summary of the steps I follow to identify good names that I would register and sell between $300 and $500.
I work with a list of about 50 popular cities in the United States, most of which I have chosen based on population volume.
I check daily drop lists against each one of those cities, one by one, applying the cities in the form of filters. This may be tedious work, but after doing it for a while, things speed up.
If I find a product or service attached to that city, such as TampaFlowers.com or PhoenixGoldBuyer.com, I register them. Of course these keywords are easy because they are recognizable and I have already sold similar names, but in some cases, with less popular keywords, it is necessary go to Google and determine if the keyword for the product or service is popular enough.
I check the keywords for the domains on Google (Tampa Flowers or Phoenix Gold Buyers). If a considerable number of results show up, that is a sign that the name might be worth registering. But, more confirmation is required.
I also check if the same keywords are registered with a different city. For example, if PhoenixGoldBuyers.com drops and I check that a few other City + Gold Buyers are not only taken, but also developed, that is another good sign that the name is desirable to end-users.
If the singular version is also available, it might be convenient to register both before attempting to sell one of them. If you are trying to sell the plural version, but the singular is available to register, why would the end-user buy yours when he can hand-register the one that is available?
The most important characteristics of hand-registered geo names are: memorability, number of potential end-users and whether the name is the exact match for the industry or business you are contacting.
There are several other considerations, but I will have to leave it here for now...
I work with a list of about 50 popular cities in the United States, most of which I have chosen based on population volume.
I check daily drop lists against each one of those cities, one by one, applying the cities in the form of filters. This may be tedious work, but after doing it for a while, things speed up.
If I find a product or service attached to that city, such as TampaFlowers.com or PhoenixGoldBuyer.com, I register them. Of course these keywords are easy because they are recognizable and I have already sold similar names, but in some cases, with less popular keywords, it is necessary go to Google and determine if the keyword for the product or service is popular enough.
I check the keywords for the domains on Google (Tampa Flowers or Phoenix Gold Buyers). If a considerable number of results show up, that is a sign that the name might be worth registering. But, more confirmation is required.
I also check if the same keywords are registered with a different city. For example, if PhoenixGoldBuyers.com drops and I check that a few other City + Gold Buyers are not only taken, but also developed, that is another good sign that the name is desirable to end-users.
If the singular version is also available, it might be convenient to register both before attempting to sell one of them. If you are trying to sell the plural version, but the singular is available to register, why would the end-user buy yours when he can hand-register the one that is available?
The most important characteristics of hand-registered geo names are: memorability, number of potential end-users and whether the name is the exact match for the industry or business you are contacting.
There are several other considerations, but I will have to leave it here for now...
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