Introduction to Domain Investments presentation was done at Startup Cafe, Pitampura, New Delhi on 10th June 2018.

1. By Aishwin Vikhona

2. TYPES
OF
DOMAIN
INVEST
MENTS
Keyword – Exact Match Domains (EMD)
 MobileAppDeveloper.com
 ContentWriting.com
 PMD – Partial Match Domains
 GameSpot.com – Video games
 ServerGuy.com – Server
 DomainKhan.com – Domain Names
Brandable Domains
 Eg. Zomato, upwork, flippa
Liquid Domains
Short valuable domains

3. Builds Authority
Relatively faster in google rankings
Easy to remember
High type-in traffic

4. Date Domain Name Amount
7th June 2018 Shopping.io $10,000 USD
6th June 2018 FindLoans.com $10,000 USD
4th June 2018 Feed.co $85,000 USD
15th May 2018 DigitalMarketer.de $17,090 USD
9th May 2018 BlockchainWallet.com $15,750 USD
7th May 2018 Tempt.com $32,001 USD
18th Feb 2018 Inspection.com $335,000 USD
16th March 2018 CrosswordPuzzles.com $249,980 USD
30th Jan 2018 FakeNews.com $65,000 USD

5.  They are trademarkable
 Wider market and not limited to a product or a location
 Easier to brand – Amul the taste of India.
 Less confusion
 Higher availabliblity – more options
 Youtube / eBay / Twitter / Fiver / Uber
 Disadvantages :
 Low CTR on Google / Adv

6. Date Domain Name Amount
4th Feb 2018 Presto.com $150,000 USD
5th Jan 2018 Publica.com $75,000 USD
16th Feb 2018 eBike.com $71,938 USD
25th Mar 2018 Margo.com $60,780 USD
27th May 2018 Walrus.com $55,000 USD
25th Apr 2018 Ycoin.com $50,000 USD
17th Jan 2018 Orbs.com $50,000 USD
25th Mar 2018 Unimoney.com $45,011 USD

7.  Short domains are mostly liquid
 LL.com
 LLL.com
 LL.net
 LL.org

8. Date Domain Name Amount
CO.net $100,000
DAX.com $500,000
FO.com $510,000
HG.com $3,770,000
DA.com $650,000
WSB.com $85,000
FLO.com $127,258
CPU.com $140,000

9. VMR.com
YOT.com
VKH.com
VJL.com

10. TLD – Top Level Domains
.com
.net
.org
gTLD – Generic Top Level Domains
.bike, .mobile, .attorney
ccTLD – Country code Top Level Domains
.in, .co.uk, .us

11.  Handreg -
 Cheaper option
 Starts from $8 – Rs.600 per year
 You can buy from anywhere – Godaddy
Premium Aftermarket – Direct Outreach and Buy / Buying at Auction
 Expired Domains

12. Traffic
Extension – Dot com
Does not have hyphen or number
Passes Radio test

13.  Pricing it correctly
Selling Methods :
Listing at Marketplace
Outbound marketing
Whois :
Ensuring the right Whois is updated and the domain does not have a privacy
protection.

14.  Look for recent sales at Namebio
 Understand the quality of a domain, think like an end user and what they would
do with the domain.
 Check Google Trends
 Google exact searches and CPC from google adwords

15. Listing them at Aftermarket
Namebio
Godaddy
Afternic – The network
Sedo
Brandbucket / Brandpa / Namerific
Flippa

16.  https://www.afternic.com/domain-
reseller-network
 Huge network

18.  Finding the right buyer via Google search.
 Finding the right buyer via Namebio
Contacting the potential buyer
Contacting via Email
Linkedin

19.  Do your Homework well!
 Research is the key, contact when you are sure they would buy.

20. JustDrive.co
Swachh.com
FlowCRM.com
Hookahs.in
JunkRemoval.us

21. Good Research Skills
Patience
Sales Skills
Negotiation Skills