Generic Domain Names Archive

In real estate, the stock market or domain name investing, it’s an oft-stated business rule that you make your money on the buy, not the sell.

But how do you make sure you’re value investing like Warren Buffett in the domain name industry? What do top domain name brokers look for when buying domain names for their own personal investment portfolio?

Today’s interview answers those questions and more. Warning: this is a long show, but it’s well worth your time as there are nuggets of gold around finding generic premium domains, contacting hard-to-locate registrants, making offers and a new reverse auction sales platform that’s offering some great buying opportunities. Real buy and sell information, including pricing, is discussed.

Michael Cyger September 23, 2013 12

In a search engine pay-per-click advertising campaign, achieving more clicks may simply be a matter of employing a generic domain name.

Two studies show that the use of a generic domain name in search engine ads resulted in higher click-through rates (CTRs) compared to ads with a non-generic domain name.

Astrid William September 25, 2011 9

Large companies realize that owning a generic domain name can provide enormous benefits, including: trust, authority, type-in traffic, branding, search engine ranking, cost savings on future marketing, and many more. Below are some large companies that own generic domain names. If you see any missing, be sure to suggest them in the comments. 1800Contacts – […]

DomainSherpa January 13, 2011 7