There are billions of websites and thousands more popping up each day and they all require a name. As competition on the Internet intensifies, more and more people are actively looking for a quality domain for their site. Unfortunately for them there are already over 30 million dotcoms taken, which often times leaves webmasters with two choices. Settle for a long unpleasant looking domain or spend thousands to purchase a quality one from a private owner. Examples of the few most valuable domains ever sold are:
* Business.com sold for $7,500,000
* Casino.com sold for $5,500,000
* AsSeenOnTV.com sold for $5,100,000
Exceptional domains are obviously worth a lot of money, but what good does that do anyone now Here is where expired domains come into the picture. While there are over 20,000 domains being registered each day, most people dont realize that there are also just as many expiring. Many times their owners dont realize how valuable the domain is when they let it go. Because of this, its not uncommon to hear about a user grabbing an expired domain for $20 and selling it for 100 times that.
How do users find these valuable expired domains They use a special type of search engine known as an expired domain search engine. While most of the domains that expire are junk there are handful each day that are worth a fair amount of money. To find this needle in a haystack you need to use a powerful expired domain search engine. A comparison chart of the top 5 expired domain search engines can be found at http://www.droplistpro.com/comparison-chart.htm.
A demo of an expired domain name search engine can be found at ( ).
Chris Richmond, domain enthusiast and programmer, recently finished what is called an expired domain name search engine. With it you can search through millions of expiring domains by content, dictionary, length, status, and more. A demo of this new search engine can be found at
Searching for public domain works can be a tedious job and take several hours just to find one or two good publications.
There are hundreds, if not thousands of quality databases online you can use to search for public domain content, but are you aware of the places offline you can visit starting tomorrow morning and walk away with a handful of public domain publications you can duplicate.
The best part is you dont even have to purchase the books.
Im referring to your local public and university or college library. There are thousands of public domain books right on the shelves waiting to be revived.
This is by far the simplest way to get your hands on hard-to-find public domain works.
I did a quick search of my libraries database online and found over 20 interesting publications I think will be good sellers online such as How To Speak And Write German, The Official Guide To Knots And How To Tie Them, How To Play A 5-String Banjo, How To Star In Baseball, Gemcraft: How To Cut and Polish Gemstones, Kites: Hot To Make and Fly Them, Your Lawn: How To Make It and Keep It, How To Make Your Own Picture Frames, and the list goes on and on.
Once you find public domain material youre interested in conduct a quick copyright search to ensure these publications are in fact in the public domain.
Then visit your library, sign out the books and begin using the content. There are companies who offer scanning services relatively cheap so you can create a digital version.
You can also create audio and/or video portions of each publication and sell the videos under your copyright.
So now you have enough information to start your public domain search offline starting tomorrow morning.
Mike Hill is the creator of the Public Domain Sources Directory, dubbed: The Most Profitable Book In The World because of all the hard-to-find secret sources he lists inside this incredibly detailed directory. For more...