Complete and utter newbie

[baritoneuk]

Hi.

I signed up with this forum around a month ago and not had much of a chance yet to get involved (we've just had a baby in the meantime so please forgive me!)

I run a small web design business amongst other things and I realised that I should get around to doing something with the 40+ domain names I have registered that don't have any content.

I've put some of them on Google domains, but I don't expect to make much from that. I'm afraid this post is another one of those "where on earth do I get started" ones. I'm a little overwhelmed by the sheer number of posts on this forum (and others) and really don't know where to begin. I'd like to make some money from the domains, but I'm concerned that this is going to cost a lot of time and money. I'd like to do some research to find out a little more about this. The problem is, with forums like these, the people are made up of people who are experts and complete novices such as myself.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Examples of domains that I have are:
selectreviews.co.uk
selectschools.co.uk
thestringshop.co.uk
brambledesigns.co.uk

Thanks!

 

[stender]

Theres various options you can do.

Mini Site - i.e. few pages of content with some google ads and or some affiliate links. There is a thread on here about making a domain earn £1 a week which is worth a read.

Affiliate Site - Would suggest looking into this depending on your names.
you can either have individual items or there are plenty of tools and shops and scripts around.

Storeburst - see storeburst section.

Parking - not a lot of money in it these days.

or ideally come up with a great idea which people will pay to use or you can sell for several million. This is my preferred route.

There are other routes but I would advise reading as much as you can on here and other such forums/blogs before proceeding down any said route.

And then you can start reading again about SEO assuming you don't already know.

Welcome and good luck.

 

[accelerator]

If you're interested in making money from domains, then take a look at domainprices.co.uk and dnjournal.com.

If you want to get into affiliate marketing then try affiliates4u.com.

In either domaining or affiliate marketing, if you want to make money then it's important to identify areas where you have reasonable revenue levels available. Having good insight is half the battle. Also go niche, don't go general.

Rgds

 

[baritoneuk]

Thanks guys- that's really helpful. I'll look into these resources later.

When you say there's not much to made from domain parking these days, are you saying that at one time it was lucrative?

 

[accelerator]

Thanks guys- that's really helpful. I'll look into these resources later.

When you say there's not much to made from domain parking these days, are you saying that at one time it was lucrative?

I was never that heavily into parking but a few years ago it offered relatively good income levels for not a lot of work. My understanding (which might not be that accurrate) is that parking has been hit by a number of factors, e.g. declining PPC rates offered by parking companies, downgrading of parking pages in the SERPs, that make it significantly less attractive nowadays.

Rgds

 

[Bailey]

Blimey, stender and accelerator carry on talking - I'm definately listening and learning where i'm going wrong on parking.

Oh and Welcome baritoneuk

 

[stender]

Don't take any notice of me! I've been on here far to long and still make diddly each month! saying that most of it is down to creating sites and then never bothering to get them ranked, and moving onto another project. I should of learnt by now.

 

[accelerator]

Search for "The death of parking" and you'll find out more.

Rgds

 

[seanc]

in the old days parking was good.. £2 a click!! sometimes (even more)
several hundred domains later, im lucky if i get £2 a day...

its defiantly dead.....

way to go?
as said..


minisite, with unique content and google adsense
or an affiliate site

personally i use affiliate window, storeburst and amazon.. as much as it surprises me, amazon wins hands down

 

[Ashton]

Hey Baritone, website designer here too.

I know the feeling of having a lot of domains but not time to develop! Its strange going out of the 9-5 desgining for clients, to design for yourself. I guess the thing to keep an eye on is the potential for success when doing it in your spare time.

 

[stender]

It's like a builders house, always in need of repair but the last thing to get done.

 

[crabfoot]

Methinks you want suggestions for the names you mentioned. I can't be enormously helpful, but I wouldnt call them rubbish, either.

selectreviews. co.uk is a good name for a site selling product reviews - but to be truly a moneyspinner, it would need a lot of input. It might work as a review site for dieting products - try moreniche.

selectschools. co.uk - that has an obvious applicaton, but most good schools don't need to advertise, and those that do would pay peanuts commissions. Maybe The Telegraph would buy it ...

thestringshop. co.uk could be a good idea for selling instrument strings, but you need to hold stock - the investment needed is significant, and they have a finite shelf life (especially the nylon ones). For low investment, it might succeed as an eBay affiliate site, collecting together the eBay offerings into one place.

brambledesigns. co.uk - a nice brandable name - point it at your web design site, if you aren't using it already.

That's my twopenn'orth.