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Renew your .in domains for $11.24

Just across a nice coupon code for GoDaddy which you can use to renew your .in domain names – or transfer them in from another registrar for just $11.24 — but hurry, this code is valid for only 24 hours. The godaddy voucher code actually works on a lot of other extensions and gives you 25% off. Why is this a bit special? Well theres no minimum spend unlike their usual 25% coupons. So if you’ve got a couple of .in (or any other extension) domains that need renewal then consider using this code to renew or transfer in to GoDaddy.

Heres the code: gda525

Indian (.in) domains are usually $14.99 to renew/transfer-in at GoDaddy and the other cheapest registrar for renewals is Mitsu.in however the costs at Mitsu can go above $12 considering paypal handling fees.

Stop reading… go use the code 🙂

Enjoy.

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Rapid Domain Development Guide!

I came across an interesting article via Domaining.com’s daily digest email – its a site that sells an eProduct – a step by step guide on developing domain names. Nothing new right? Well, that was my thought at first… but after reading into it a bit more I found that the author claims his guide will teach domainers how to develop a site within a day. From getting it build to monetized – and have it generating more revenue (within 60 days) than it would from domain parking companies. On top of this, the author also mentions that all this can be done without any programming skills… ok, sounds interesting.

Step by Step Domain Mini-Site Development Guide

There are plenty of testimonials on the site as well as some sites which were created by clients using the rapid development guide.

As I suspected, all the showcased sites are based on WordPress. Which is not a bad thing.

By the way, the site is called Beyond Domaining – owned by Scott Carde “a domainer who built the system out of frustration from traditional domain parking and falling revenues”.

One of the testimonials claims to have turned a domain which was making less than reg fee per year – to making it earn $10 per month. Not impressed? Well, considering the site was built within a day and left alone, thats not bad at all. If its true, then say you build 10-15 sites a month and leave them all… they make $10 each, thats $100-$150 per month. To me it sounds like it has the potential to be one of those “rinse n repeat” strategies which we all look for but hardly ever find (or can maintain).

Now, the e product is selling at $50 (special offer) at the time of writing – and I’m going to give it a go. I’m guessing it will go over most of the things I already know and use in my development arsenal, but I’m hoping it provides a nice ordered step by step process rather than going over the most obvious stuff in no particular order!

To be honest, this isn’t something I really need – but willing to give it a go so I can write a review for others. Maybe it will help me streamline the way I do things? Who knows…! But it has a 60 money back garuantee, so it gives me that assurance to give it a try.

If anyone has already tried this, please feel free to leave a comment and let us know what you think. And if you’re considering it, why not use the link/banner below and help me earn some affiliate commission.

Step by Step Domain Mini-Site Development Guide

Note: Just because I’ve got an affiliate link to the product does not mean I will be biased in my forthcoming review. I will provide an honest unbiased review, I promise.

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GoDaddy Promo Coupon Codes – Oct 2009

I’ve managed to gather a list of latest discount codes for GoDaddy.com – domain name registrations only (not hosting). It seems a lot of the coupons work for long periods of time, but of course there’s always new monthly ones which can be more beneficial in terms of the size of discount.

Anyway, here goes… enjoy!
Feel free to share ones that you find by leaving a comment at the end of the post. Also, please let me know if any of the stop working.

GoDaddy Discount Codes for October 2009

Get 15% off (works on .US renewals)
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$7.57 .com’s (including ICANN fees)
DNF5
DNF2

$7.17 .com registrations
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30% OFF for New Registrations and Renewals + Free Privacy
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$7.68 Renewals .ORG & .NET
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$9.99 .WS Renewals
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$6.99 .INFO Renewals
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Reduce .ME transfer from $20 to $8.77
Here’s a nice little trick to get a massive discount on transferring .ME domain names to Godaddy. This involves taking advantage of the $1.99 domain special when buying a non-domain product. But don’t worry, you pay $8.77 overall, even with the non-domain product, no catches.

Add .me transfer to shopping cart
Add “contact manager” 2 months ($8 for 2 months)
This gives you the domain for $1.99 + the 8$ for the “contact manager” = $10 total
Use the code “DOWNFORCE” for 15% off and you get the total down to $8.77
This not only saves you more than 50% but also gives you free use of the “contact manager” (whatever that is) for two months. It might not be useful to most, but maybe some of you will find some use for it.

There are loads more codes that work, but these are the ones I used for myself at some point in the past few days – so I know they are (were) working. I’ve never paid full price at GD for anything, there’s always a discount for it – so if you can’t find something in this list, just give the big ol Google a try.

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Available Domain Names

Available 5L Domain Names – List 2

Looks like the last list of available five letter .com domain names proved to be quite popular… so heres a few more that could do with new homes. These are all brandable and mostly pronounceable names. As usual, please leave a comment to let me know if you register any.

  • Duqoo.com
  • Ceqoo.com
  • Caqoo.com
  • Fiqoo.com
  • Feqoo.com
  • Fidsu.com
  • Skidu.com
  • Bimpa.com
  • Borru.com
  • Coxil.com
  • Fibgo.com
  • Gezma.com
  • Mizup.com

Quite a few of the rare cvcoo type names in there – not the highest of quality, but these do get snapped up pretty fast purely due to their rarity.

Take a look on ebay for some good deals on 5 letter brandable domain names. See list below:

[phpbay]short brand 5 letter, 15[/phpbay]

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Pricing a Brandable Domain – PalmCondos.com

Find out how I come to price PalmCondos.com for $20,000+ and why that could be seen as a bargain! See my thought-process behind pricing such a domain name and perhaps you could apply something similar to help you price some of your valuable assets.

It’s tough putting a monetary value on domain names in general, but its even more so when the names appeal is based primarily on it’s ability to be a strong brand (“brandability”). This can apply to random five letter domain names such as Duppo.com or other made-up words, but in this article I use a more meaningful type of name which is made up of two real words.

Its Short!

Its quite a short domain name and is very easy to type. It’s not a mouthful to say either, try it. It just rolls of the tongue.

Looks Nice?

Yes! It looks nice.

PalmCondos

Just as a plain text font in two colors you can see how great it looks. All the letters actually look nice together.

Domain With Keywords?

“PalmCondos.com” is not only a brandable domain name but it also contains two words which go very well together. The name refers to a place/location ie. Palm (as in Palm Springs, Palm Beach or Palm resorts in Dubai) and also contains the word Condos (Condomonium) a popular term used describe a property (flat or apartment). People are using these keywords in phrases when they are looking for “Condo’s in Palm Springs” forexample.

So its Short & Brandable and Descriptive?

The two words are very

This domain name would be extremely valuable to real estate companies who deal with buying, selling, renting or developing “condos” within areas that are referred to as “palm” (see examples given above).

Real Estate is obviously a very big industry and a brandable, easy to remember name like this would be very appealing for companies that dealt within those areas.

But how do I put a value on something like this?

In this case, its very helpful to be able ot classify the name to a category .ie a business related industry (Real Estate).  It is also a very specific name because of the word “Palm”. So what I do in this case is look at Real Estate – especially at Condo’s in places as mentioned above (Palm Beach for example). The industry is very strong and the companies that are involved in buying and selling Condos around areas called “Palm” are generally quite wealthy.  But more importantly, I see that they spend large amounts of money on branding, marketing and advertising their existing websites and names (a lot of which are very poor btw).  I look at possible companies that may be interested in such a name and I find quite a few property developers and future developments of large blocks of Condos.

After some reading around the topics I mentioned above, I put a value of around $20,000+ to an end-user.

That might seem like a lot… but think of it this way… if I were looking to buy a condo around Palm Springs or in Dubai and I searched in Google using a search string that contained the keywords “Palm” and “Condos” – if PalmCondos.com was to come up on the results and I ended up buying a property by being referred by the site – then that’s a potential $200,000 + sale. Just one sale! Even if someone didn’t make a purchase, they would still likely remember the name and return or mention it to a friend.

I see companies spend thousands of dollars on branding and marketing silly names like “beach-property-123.com” (just an example). They probably spend a lot more than $20k per year. But in most cases, these names are so poor and difficult to remember making the marketing twice as difficult and twice more costly than it should be.

Another thing I did, I looked at a few sales figures of similar (brandable) names. Not exactly for condo’s but within Real Estate – and I saw names of similar or even lesser quality being sold for $30k +

So… there you have it. Not really rocket science – nor nothing new… but that’s how I came up with the price. Thought I’d share it with you 😉

As always, feel free to leave your opinions – what do you think about this name? How much would you put on its head? Leave me a comment below.

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Available 5L Brandable Domain Names

My 5 Letter .com domain names have been topping the sales for the past 3 months in a row. I’ve sold more 5L domain names than any other type of name – in fact the Month of June saw 16 sales with prices ranging from $30 – $600 each. Might not seem like much, but a lot of these domain names were hand-registered just a few months ago. So they were all profitable sales.

So with that in mind, I thought I’d share some of my recent five letter .com domain finds. I’ve created a small list of names which are (were) available to register at the time of posting.

Do let me know if you register anything.

I spend hours daily looking for good names, sifting through thousands of names before I find some worthwhile. The ones I’ve picked out are pronounceable and ones which I’d consider registering for myself.

I don’t ask for fees or donations, these names are there for your taking – but if you appreciate, like or find these lists useful, then please do feel free to mention “Demonised.com” to your friends via your blogs or email.

Available to reigster LLLLL.com Domain Names

  • Asgoo.com
  • Agsoo.com
  • Jedej.com – Nice palindrome
  • Kanoz.com
  • Hodop.com
  • Mozvo.com
  • Muzim.com
  • Pitnu.com
  • Resov.com – city in Slovakia
  • Smopa.com
  • Suzno.com
  • Xixxa.com
  • uLily.com – Lily is a very popular first name
  • Timef.com
  • Apsio.com
  • Dowez.com
  • Eboso.com
  • Fabbz.com – Nice name for a bookmarking site
  • Kakaj.com
  • Pimku.com
  • Pujaz.com – Puja is a popular Indian name (also means pray, I think)
  • Tokex.com
  • uFlog.com – Flog is a term used in the UK which means “to get rid of” eg. sell.
  • Vuvex.com
  • Wabok.com
  • Yamja.com

There’s still a few in there that I really like, so hurry up and grab the ones you want before I change my mind 😉 besides 5L brandables don’t last long – they’ll get snapped up in no-time!

Best places to register .com Domains + Promo/Discount Coupon Codes:

DynaDot.com – $9.25 standard $7.75 if you have bulk-buyer account.

Name.com – $8.99 standard or $7.99 with promo code “ELAMEXE”

GoDaddy.com – $10.99 standard or $6.99 with promo code “goaztk03a”

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Available .com Domain Names 25.04.09

Its been almost a month since I posted an available domain names list – just two days shy! So here we go again. This list focuses on mainly brandable keyword domain names which have recently become available (in other words they’ve been taken from expired domains lists). I didn’t spend hours scouring millions of names to come up with these, I won’t lie. However, I did spend a bit of time looking around at various sites (that offer manageable lists) and generating some names using a script. What you see below are the best of the hand-picked names. Enjoy!

The list includes names from the previous list – and also shows names which have been taken already. They do go fast, so don’t wait around. Get clicking!

  1. DreadTube.com – hmmm… tube names seem to be in demand, this could be a collection of “dreadful” videos?!
  2. ePimples.com
  3. TartMarket.com – this definitely has an adult ring to it!
  4. DigitalParasite.com – cool name for a blog / alias
  5. SiteDigest.com
  6. OrganicWebsite.com
  7. SkinLogos.com – could be a tatoo site
  8. LogoZap.com – cool name for a logo designers portfolio / affiliate shop
  9. FamePlus.com
  10. FantasyCeleb.com
  11. CityCelebs.com
  12. CodeSauce.com – cool name reminds me of “source code” except its the otherway around
  13. BestPrime.com – has a few searches, decent keyword
  14. CodePrimer.com
  15. SuperCoolDomains.com – this would be quite nice for a domainers portfolio
  16. ProducingFood.com – a recipe site?
  17. FashionChicks.com
  18. DesignClerk.com
  19. DesignDiary.com – perfect for a designers blog
  20. DesignCrate.com
  21. PhotoStumble.com – like Stumble.com but just for photos?
  22. BachelorChat.com – forum for bachelors?
  23. VodkaMakers.com
  24. TelegraphCompany.com
  25. SocialistWeb.com
  26. SovietMedia.com
  27. HdTvGuideBook.com
  28. SublimeTickets.com – brandable name for a ticket reselling website like TicketMaster.com
  29. GrooveCore.com
  30. LonelyBrides.com – adult site?
  31. PrestoPromotions.com
  32. RecipeDemon.com
  33. KeywordPark.com – domain parking for keyword names only?
  34. ScriptZoo.com – something like hotscripts.com, directory of scripts?

That’s yer lot! Let me know if you register any or just drop me a comment and tell me what you think of the names.

I’ll also consider taking requests, so if you want to see some “blog” related domain names or whatever really, just let me know…

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GoDaddy Coupon Codes – April 2009

I’ve found myself searching through good ol Google at least twice this week and probably 4 or 5 times already this month trying to find working coupon codes for GoDaddy. It’s not that GoDaddy is my favourite domain registrar, but they do have good offers on and as a domainer we’re always trying to use companies that will save us a few cents here and there. So anyway, I thought its about time I started collecting these codes and keeping them on my own blog so that 1. I don’t have to keep searching google, and 2. they’ll also prove useful for my readers.  Save some money on your domain registration and renewal fees by using these coupon codes at GoDaddy.com

GoDaddy Coupon Codes

  • goaorg01a – Renewal of .org domains
  • gdr0317a – Renew .info domains at $6.99
  • WALLET30 – GoDaddy 30% off coupon code
  • cjctld749 – For .net domains

I’ve used all of them above in the last week – they also work when buying domains from TDnam – ie. I used WALLET30 when checking out and instead of paying $5+renewal fee of $10+ I paid just $12.69 in total – savind almost $3. Not bad, especially if you’re a regular buyer at TDnam.

Enjoy… and please share more codes if you know of any (leave a comment).

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Domainers Tools – Keyword Research & Insights

These tools are extremely important in helping to find out how valuable a domain name is. Keyword research can give you a rough idea of how often a particular phrase is searched for at the top search engines. The Google keyword tool is one of my favorites, it tells you how strong the advertising competition is for a particular keyword or phrase – plus you can check the popularity of a keyword based on a language or a specific country… very useful for ccTlds.

You shouldn’t register or buy a domain name based on just one particular tool – you need to research a little further. The Google tool for example only provides data based on searches done via Google – it doesn’t take into account other search engines – ie. Yahoo or MSN Live.  Using a number of keyword research tools can help you get a better idea of the overall searches & the market.

The Google Insights tool is very powerful. I’ve probably only uncovered 10% of its uses so far. It can look a bit daunting and complicated to use – but take a look at this guide to help you understand it better : How to Use Google Insights

KeywordSpy is somewhat underrated. If used together with google keyword tool it can help you get a lot of information on how popular and valuable a particular search term might be. I use these tools not only for finding domain names but also for SEO and even for deciding which keywords to use for parking.

These tools can help you find out what keywords are helping to rank a particular site in search engines… what people search for and where they are located. For example the word “Condo” is searched for more in the USA than it is in Europe, if you had a domain name with that keyword (PalmCondos.com for example) you could save time by targeting your sales to the US market (and anywhere else that they use the word) rather than wasting time trying to sell it to someone in a country where they don’t use that word much. Information like this can help you decide not only whether to register a particular keyword ccTld domain, but also give you some idea of keywords to use when parking or developing the site.

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Best Whois Tools – Find out Who Owns a Domain Name

Pronounced as “who is“, these sites/tools help you find out who owns a domain name as well as other vital domain registry information such as registration date, expiry date, last update, name servers etc.  There are thousands of whois tools that provide more or less the same data – some provide more than others and present the information in different ways.  Below I’ve listed the ones that I use the most…

You’ll most likely find one at every domain registrar and as I’ve said there are probably thousands of other ones – but it is a good idea to use trusted whois tools when you’re checking for available domain names because most of these query tools mine the data and can use your searches to register good names for the owners. Some of the tools out there even place holds on certain names after you’ve checked them – so you’re only able to register that particular name at their registry.

The tools I’ve listed above are all safe to use. They do not mine data.

If you use other whois services that you know are 100% safe from data mining then please leave a comment with the url and I’ll add them to this list.