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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-07-25

Amy — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:02:00 +0000

@mattbleasby Well Overstock.com just bought O.co for $350k …why not? in reply to mattbleasby #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18

Amy — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:02:00 +0000

Has anyone made any good domain sales lately? #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-07

Amy — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:02:00 +0000

RT @samaxntha: Why is godaddy.com so goddamn confusing? – The more u click the more u spend #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

Amy — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:02:00 +0000

@IrishDomainer Ahh you had mentioned I dont have many domains listed on my site. I added a few more domains & wanted to thank u for ur help! in reply to IrishDomainer #

What is Twitter? Tweet? Impact on Domaining?

Amy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:27:11 +0000

Twitter is a website which allows you to connect with people of like interests (family, friends, coworkers,same interests groups,…) through a blurt, SMS, or texting fashion. It is becoming so popular, your mom might even be on it by next month. When you leave a message on twitter.com it is called a tweet. (If you already know about Twitter and just want the juicy Twitter Domain info, skip to the bottom.)

Twitter Logo for Tweets and Domains and Websites

Twitter can be pretty addictive to some because of its ease of use, interactivity with your community, and its texting nature. You are only allowed to type in 140 letter which includes spaces. This make you, and most importantly others consciously make messages concise and to the point. Twitter also makes it easy to make friends or ‘follow’ other twitters. This allows you so see all of the other users twitter updates and lets you communicate with them. Basically people follow and are followed.

The reason the following feature also make Twitter attractive to some is people want to be heard and some people want to hear. On everyone’s main Twitter page, it clearly shows how many users that particular twitter is following and being followed by. Anyone can click on either following or followers. When you click on either, you see a list of users. You are able to click on any of the users and see what topics they have been laying tweets about. If you are interested, you may follow them also. All the while, anyone can do the same to you. This comes in handy and drives relationship.

This relationship building is one very important way domainers, whether domain sellers, domain buyers, or domain developers. They can use twitter, by building relationships with like minded people. A domainer can network with other domainers, content providers, web developers, and others. Hell you might even find someone who is not a domainer but is interested in one of your websites. Did I hear end user sales? The domainers dream.

Twitter allows you to gain and share knowledge fast and efficiently. If you build up enough friends you could possibly help or be helped with questions at any time of the day. Don’t get me wrong, twitter is a great place where people are sharing their life events, but you also see many tweets about how do I do this and that. Technical questions work well on Twitter because as I mentioned earlier, some people want to be heard and some want to hear. Tweeter who want to be heard love to help and answer those hard questions. Questions were people outside of twitter would pay hundreds of dollars to figure out. Keep in mind, there are doctors, lawyers, high-paid web designers, artists, professional mommies, and more on twitter so the knowledge you receive will be as good as your Twitted company.

Back to a domain specific twitter benefit, for domainers who develop their domains into blogs or websites, twitter makes a great extension or component of a domain. A perfect example is how savy big businesses are using twitter to connect to customers. Allow people interested in your domain niche connect with you and your site through a twitter account made specifically for your domain. This domain twitter method can also drive up the value and price of your domain if they both work smoothly together. Keep in mind, a twitter account and a domain relationship will not work in every situation. If you are using Wordpress for your website, I recommend this wordpress plugin to integrate your website and your Twitter account.

Like any social network it is very important to give more than you take. If you stick to this motto on Twitter you can really become successful. For goodness sakes Don’t Be Spammy! Promote others, help others with questions, be sincere, give your tweeters what they want and your efforts will come back ten fold.

Don’t forget to check out my twitter: twitter.com/DomainGirl

6 Ways to Sell Your Domains

Amy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:57:59 +0000

There are many many ways to sell a domain. All the methods require patience, persistence, and confidence simply because you are selling a product. Sometimes a domain will sell it’s self and sometimes you will have to put effort into the domain sales process. I will define a few methods to sell domains below and remember not every suggestion will work for every domain name.

1) Find an end user for your domain. An end user is an individual who will use the domain for themselves. Domain end users will attempt to develop the domain instead of trying to flip the domain.
2) Ebay is always an option. There are good domains bought and sold on Ebay on a daily basis. They offer low list fees and you might get lucky! This method will not be for everyone or every domain, but is a good tool to use. Be sure to read and under stand how to sell on Ebay prior to listing a domain.

3) Find a domain reseller. There are people, like myself who buy and sell domains on a daily basis and have existing contacts to reach out to to purchase your domain. In most cases you will get a higher price and a quicker sale for your domains if you work with a professional domain reseller.

4) Another great tool in your domain sales toolbag should be Craigslist. I must admit it is pretty hard to sell a domain name on Craigslist. However, it is free to list and people will view your ad. The problem you will more than likely not have a very high success rate on Craigslist in moving your domain names. But you never know, luck could be in your cards!

5) List your domain in a magazine or newspaper which is either in the same industry or relating industry. This obviously will not work for every domain, but can make you good money for some domains.

6) Another sometimes unobvious choice is to use all options mentioned above. The more eyes on your domains the better odds you have to sell them. I assure you, if you do nothing to sale your domain, your odds are slim to none unless you just have a super popular domain.

Find End Users to Buy Domains

Amy — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:44:09 +0000

Domain end users are the best type of person you can sell a domain to. Not only will you make more profit off of a domain end user, and enduser will benefit from the domain more than a domain reseller because they will more than likely develop the domain. Endusers are going to care about the domain and make it more valuable. They will either make the website into a blog, product sales site, a content site, or anything else they are passionate about.

Below I will list a few steps on how to find a targeted end user for your domain.

1) Find websites similar to yours but of less quality. An example of this is if you have ChicagoLaserVision.com and possible target might be a company who is using Chicago-Laser-Vision.com. If they have the right budget, your domain could increase their websites usefulness over night just by having a more targeted domain.

2) Type your domain in Google and see what ads show up and contact those companies. These companies are paying companies like Google advertising money for certain keywords. If you can sell them a domain that is already targeted to their keywords, they can bring natural traffic to their website by owning your website. An example is, lets say you own ParisBed.com. Type in ‘Paris Bed’ in Google or Yahoo and look at all of the ads you see pop up. All of those companies will make prime end user targets.

3) Find companies who might be using or could use similar slogans in the future that relate to you domain. For example if you have AirlineGo.com. This might be a good sight to offer an airline company or maybe even an airport. It would make a very good ad campain slogan and the domain would be super easy to remember.