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New Canadian Domain Name Sales Venue

Canadian domain name owners and those looking for good quality .ca domain names have been asking for it, now it has come true. Twice!

There are at least two new Canadian domain name sales venues coming to service the domain name market in Canada. The first to be launched and open to the public is the one run by registrar MyID.ca. Already with thousands of .ca domains the MyID .ca sales venue has beat the competition out of the gate.

Posted by  Admin  on  Thursday, March 04, 2010

New Canadian Domain Name and Website Owners Advertising Methods

So you have bought your first Canadian .ca domain names and are looking to start out with your website empire but where to begin with advertising products and services on your website?

You will have to sign up with various affiliate programs and apply to the different companies for their individual programs. Once accepted you can start putting their ads on your website and track their performance - and hopefully your earnings. And that's the hardest part - tracking your performance, tweaking the ads and their positions, and finally their return to you and the affiliate company.

Posted by  Admin  on  Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Monetizing Canadian Domain Names

Monetizing Canadian domain names is a standard practice online and in the Internet industry that domain owners do to promote their websites and domain values. Monetizing to me is the full solution set of options, content, architecture, advertisements, affiliate offers, widgets, and features that go on a website. You can monetize a website just by putting up a keyworded text entry, a captioned Youtube, that is connected to your site's topic.

The Monetizer's query immediately asks how this bring money to the site owner. What it brings is site visitors, because once the Youtube capacity is opened up, a host account for that website can be utilized to visit other video upload at Youtube and direct traffic back to the site via linking. Dynamic content drives a website, and a text only site with no video to give a lazy browser "something to do". One tasty link to anew resource could be the most trafficked thing on your landing page.

Posted by  Admin  on  Tuesday, February 02, 2010

The Risks And Rewards of Domain Name Investing

One domainer I know has the habit of emailing me when he is thinking of acquiring domains. I find this curious, because the domains we have developed have suffered from his lack of grooming. How can someone understand an Estibot estimate if they are ignorant of what Alexa ranking is? I do not say that Alexa rankings are the be-all and end-all of domaining existence. But to claim the value of a domain name that lies available for purchase according to the perceived value of one line (of an Estibot) when you don't understand the definition of the value a few lines below it, that is part of the same valuation, is spurious.

Can Estibot predict the ultimate resale utility of a potential domain acquisition? If it could, wouldn't we all be millionaires?

This is a domainer who refused to augment his content or add to his link directory. He will trawl websites looking for domains when he has viable hosted sites that need detailing. But I get a fresh email on every action item. Until I feel this guy is developing his own domains at least as hard as I am trying to develop mine, why should I pander to his ad hoc Q & A session? I am willing to be part of the learning curve of many newbies, but there comes a time when spoon feeding is over. I see no reason to give blanket assurances about "crystal ball" values.

Posted by  Admin  on  Tuesday, February 02, 2010

2010 Off To A Great Start For Canadian Domain Names

2010 has started with a bang for Canada's .ca domain name. Between private sales, auction sales and TBR sales, 2010 is shaping up to be a great year for .ca domains.

2009 saw a huge slump over 2008 due to the worldwide recession. Sales were down, auctions were not so fierce and end-users were harder to find. Domain name forum sales were also down sharply, but for bargain buyers or those looking to buy and hold for better days, 2009 presented a good buying opportunity. Now that the economy is turning around, .ca domain name sales are on the increase.

Posted by  Admin  on  Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Domain Name Investing

By Guest Author

Successfully investing in domain names is a form of investment that can be highly lucrative - and you too can do it after gaining some needed upfront knowledge before tackling the Domain Name Industry. Prior to starting to invest in .ca, .com and other domains you need to learn the basics of domain names, possess the skills in evaluating the market value of a domain and stay up to date with the industry specific news. The Canadian domain name and website buyers are a smaller group than the wider domain industry - though some are into both. Get to know some of them, their knowledge can put you on the right track.

As any other financial advisor would say – “Don’t put all your eggs in a one basket”, I would advise you to invest only a little portion of your money on domains in the initial phase. After you learn the ins and outs of the trade, you could start investing more money and be ready to take more risks.

Investing in domain names, including Canadian domain names, can be both fun and lucrative on many levels. But look before you leap. Read on to learn more.

Posted by  Admin  on  Monday, December 28, 2009

Potential Rewards and Hazards of Domain Name Investing

One domainer I know has the habit of emailing me when he is thinking of acquiring domains. I find this curious, because the domains we have developed have suffered from his lack of grooming. How can someone understand an Estibot estimate if they are ignorant of what Alexa ranking is? I do not say that Alexa rankings are the be-all and end-all of domaining existence. But to claim the value of a domain name that lies available for purchase according to the perceived value of one line (of an Estibot) when you don't understand the definition of the value a few lines below it, that is part of the same valuation, is spurious. Can Estibot predict the ultimate resale utility of a potential domain acquisition? If it could, wouldn't we all be millionaires?

Posted by  Admin  on  Sunday, December 27, 2009

Properly Manage, Grow, and Utilize Your Domain Name Portfolio

Every domainer talks about strategy but few have a way to really track how their domaining activities follow a logical path of progression regarding the domaining sciences. The world of domaining and the instruments and tools available can exhaust many old-timers, let alone newbies. For those stuck in between there is a curious mix of knowledge and opportunity, trepidation and boldness.

Some formalization of the thinking process must occur. I look to an old fashioned program called MS Project, but any project management time line will do. Similar tools are found in Visio, or at the worst case scenario a Paint draft of some graphic type might be employed. Putting a domain into development should direct an armada of resources and leave the webmaster tired from all the hard work.

Posted by  Admin  on  Thursday, December 17, 2009

Methods For Securing Your Domain Names

A domain name is a valuable asset to any organization or individual especially if it has a good market value. As a domain name owner, you should take necessary steps and adhere to some common security practices in order to protect the specific domain. If you ever lose your valuable domain to the evil hands, it would be very hard to get it back. I would like to cite a real life incident - davidairey.com/google-gmail-security-hijack, where the domain of a popular site was stolen by a hacker. It took a significant amount of time for the site owner to recover the stolen domain. Here are some of the security tips that can help to protect your valuable domain names and the websites that rely on them.

When you try to register a domain name, make sure you place the order with a leading domain registration company which is reputable and has been in the business for quite a long time. If you are unsure about a particular registrar, you could read reviews from other leading sites. You also need to make sure that the particular registrar is accredited with ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers).

Posted by  Admin  on  Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Earn Money With Domain Parking

Domain parking is a method of earning money with domain names which have type-in traffic or pre-existing traffic (if it was a website before). Depending upon the amount of traffic, you could earn hundreds and even thousands of dollars thru domain parking each and every month. There are some domainers in the industry who manage thousands of domains in their portfolio and earn big money thru domain parking.

.ca domain names do very well with domain parking companies as Canadian traffic converts well for the advertisers and thus the payouts to the domain name owner for their traffic is high.

The following are some ways you too can earn extra income by parking domain names.

Posted by  Admin  on  Monday, September 14, 2009