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Drop Domain – Need Help

Discussion in 'Domain Research' started by ddwebguru, Dec 14, 2011.

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  1. ddwebguru

    ddwebguru Active Member

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    Hi!
    Can someone tell me if it’s ok to buy dropped domains? Are there any problems of which I should think beforehand?
    Thanks in advance.
     
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    Yes you can buy dropped domains, just be careful not to register anything with a trade mark and you should be fine.

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    You might want to consider whether the domain(s) in question have previous history as a developed website. You can do this by checking the way back archive:

    http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

    If a previous site existed it could have both positive and negative implications etc.
     
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    ...and you can check alexa.com to see if there are existing backlinks to the domain or if the previous site had any pagerank
     
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