HostPapers - article An Introduction to ‘Domaining’

Well, then I must say you should not go further into this article. As I believe these pre-conceived ideas are not right!

There is no easy money in the domain industry. In fact, you have to constantly be on your toes searching for premium domains, expired domains and reading forum posts for a good sale.

You cannot start of with a really low budget of under 20 – 25 $. You have to have a good budget or be a creative genius. If you are the latter, then go right ahead register a good .com you feel has potential and get some capital from its sale. If you aren’t then you may have to gain a lot of experience already existing on the internet. For gaining some exposure on the domain Industry I would suggest doing the following things:

Visit the Domain Name Appraisal sections of some Domain Name forums and you will get a knack on how much domains can be priced at.
Visit DNJournal.com and keep track of the highest sales, it gives you ideas on what domains have high buyers.
Be professional in putting forward your domain related offers.
Be prompt in replies.

Here are some basic features on which a domain name is valued at

Overture results with Extension

To check the results for overture, visit http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ and type in your domain name with extension.

Overture results without Extension [Not Better that previous one]

To check the results for overture, visit http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ and type in your domain name without extension.

Google results with extension

To check the results for overture, visit http://www.google.com and type in your domain name with extension.

Google results without extension

To check the results for overture, visit http://www.google.com and type in your domain name without extension.

Is the domain DMOZ listed? [Helps a lot!]

To check the results for overture, visit http://www.dmoz.com and type in your domain name with extension.

Is the domain Yahoo! Listed [Also helps]

To check the results for overture, visit http://www.yahoo.com and type in your domain name with extension.

At the time this article is written. It is a right hand rule that generally .com domains will be much more valued then other of its TLD counterparts like .info, .biz, .net, .org etc.

A few resources that you may find useful in your domain name selling experience are listed below:

Whois Queries

This will help you find out contact details, expiration date, registrar, etc. for an already registered domain name

http://www.whois.sc/

http://www.freewho.com/

http://www.internic.net/whois.html

Payment Mediums

Below listed are some payment methods that will help you for monetary transactions

https://www.paypal.com/

http://www.escrow.com/

http://www.ikobo.com

http://www.2checkout.com/