Tuesday, October 6, 2009

How to Sell a Domain Or Website

So, you have a website or a domain you want to sell. Read this article and you will learn how to do it.

The first step in selling a website or a domain name is to check if the domain can be transferred. In certain circumstances, a domain can not be transferred for 60 days. To check whether a domain is available for transfer the best is to send an e-mail to your registrar (the company where you registered the domain).

Depending on the time you can invest in the sale you have two options to get started. The 1st one is to do it all by yourself and the 2nd one is to hire a domain name broker.

If you decide to sell it by yourself here is how to do it:

  • Search on Google for "webmasters forum" and see if the listed sites have a "buy, sell, trade" section for domains or web pages. If they do, create an account and put a message describing what you're selling. Potential customers will contact you for details.
  • List your site in as many places as possible, web directories, comments on forums or blogs, etc..
  • Depending on the available founds you can invest some money in advertising. For instance you can buy advertising on Google, the search engine itself and other sites where they sell advertising.

If you do not have the time to do all these by your self or you believe that an expert could get more on your domain, you can hire a domain broker. One of the most popular brokerage services and domains/websites auction websites is Sedo.com. Registration is free. Sedo is the most popular site in selling/auctioning intellectual property.

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