Domain Owl

Have you ever seen this term? Do you know what it is? Here is my very simple take on this subject.

A person that is considered to be a “Drop Registrar” is someone who registers expired internet domain names as soon as they become available or are deleted from the domain name registry.  Keeping an eye out for up coming domain names is the trick at being successful as a drop registrar. Typically a drop registrar will use automated software to achieve their goal in grabbing up these domain names.

What happens when a domain name expires is, the domain name becomes available to be registered as a domain name through the registration process. If it is a name with potential value, it will more than likely be picked up very quickly by a drop registrar.

A drop registrars whole purpose is to register a domain name once it has expired in hopes to make a profit. Expired domains are very big business as they can be very valuable do to the name itself or the existing traffic that still comes to the site.

So the basics are, watch for domain names that will soon expire and that will be of some value do to the name itself. Purchase and register the name upon expiration. You then turn the domain name for a profit. Some of these domain names will sell for a lot of money, and some will sell for less.  The object is to make a profit.

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I told myself a long time ago to keep my mind open and always be aware of current events and trends because when that certain special word(s) comes along it’s time for action. Domain Name Speculation can make you wealthy.

Domain name speculation is a method used by people to select and register domain names to sell at a later date in the hopes of turning a profit. Imagine having been the person who bought the domain name gold.com or olympics.com.

The idea here is to identify future domain names that you can turn around and sell at a large profit. Keeping an eye on future trends can be very lucrative. Snatching up a domain name that will dominate position do to the description in the domain name and selling them when the time is right.

Domain name speculation may be tied to current events. If there is something of great interest in the news that is getting a lot of attention, the idea would be to purchase the domain name and sell it quickly, as the opportunity of selling it may be limited.

Being able to find domain names very early in the market is essential. The top level domain of .com is the most sought after as it is well established. Other top level domains such as .net or .info are also used, but not as popular.

Other domain name speculation techniques are secondary market domains. These are domain names that have previously been registered but have expired. These domain names can be profitable as well. They have age associated with the name and established back links that may still bring visitors to the site.

Pre-owned domains with short names are greatly in demand. Three letter domains are near impossible to find, but upcoming expiration for these domain names can be watched and purchased quickly when they do expire.

Doing a little research, watching market trends and keeping an eye on current events can payoff. Not a bad way to make a living really. Sitting in front of you computer all day, researching.

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I was thinking the other day that when I started fiddling around with domain names I was completely mystified by some of the terms I came across when doing random domain searches. One of these terms was Top-Level Domain. After thinking and digging and asking questions here is my take on what this term means. I would really like to have your opinion on this. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

The term top-level domain, also known as (TLD) refers to the highest level of the domain name in a web site’s address. This may be a little confusing as we are taught to read from left to right. When it comes to domain names and their address they are read from right to left, starting with the top-level domain name.

You may most recognize the top-level domain name as .com. This is the part of the domain that is followed by the last dot in the web address. This can also be .net .gov .org and so on.

It is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that is responsible for making sure that the top-level domain gets assigned to responsible organizations capable of maintaining DNS top-level domains (also known as root zones). It is also important to note that ICANN operates Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) as well.

The groups of top-level domains consist of country-code top-level domains and generic top-level domains.

Country Top-level Domains

The Country code top-level domain (ccTLD), are assigned the domain name system by a 2 letter country codes. For example: .uk for United Kingdom, .us for the United States, .sg for Singapore and so on. There are literally hundreds of country coded top-level domains.

Category Top-level Domains

The Categories group is known as the generic top-level domain. These are your .gov, .edu, .com and so on.

So, a general definition of top-level domain name is that it is at the end of the domain name – the portion following the last dot in the address.

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