How to buy an expired domain name from Godaddy TDNAM

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Godaddy has what's called a Domain Name After Market better known as TDNAM.com - This market is where expired domains registered at Godaddy are bought and sold. Also domain name owners auction their domains or attempt to sell domains in their account that are expiring soon. Its a great way to find quality domain names at a much lower price than if you purchased from other websites that sell domain names.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Step 1

Go to Godaddy.com and register for free if your not already a client.
Step 2

Or go to TDNAM.com and start browsing for domain names.
Step 3

Use the search function to narrow your search down by the number of letters and numbers. You can also select whether you want a .com, .net, .org...ect. Other important options include choosing names without numbers or hyphens.
Step 4

When searching for a keyword specific domain you must type in your keyword(s) and then select to have these keywords be at the beginning end or just in the domain name somewhere in that sequence.
Step 5

Each domain name has a $10 processing fee, so when you win an auction you will have to pay an additional $10.
Step 6

This site does get some traffic but its not like eBay auctions really so don't be afraid to bid on domains that your interested in. However if its a popular name then wait until the end of the auction to make a bid.
Step 7

If you want to sell your domains at TDNAM that requires at $5 membership.
Step 8

When analyzing domains don't always assume domains with traffic are a good investment. Think about resell factors and most important readability and type ability. Basically can someone understand the domain name, remember how to spell it and easily type it.
Step 9

Consider choosing alternative domain names. Popular domains like YouTube often create traffic for domains like UTube or UToob. So if you can pick up high traffic typo like this you can make a good living off people attempting to go to YouTube and instead getting your domain. Put up your own video sharing site or similar content. This is just an example of millions of ideas one could do with a domain name.
Step 10

Avoid .net, .org. .anything else besides .com's - unless you really need the name its best to get the .com version if you can. The majority of people searching for things on the internet don't think of anything but .coms
Step 11

Finally you can also search by category and that allows you to see other related domains within your desired search. There are literally hundreds of thousands of domains for sale and if you don't narrow your search you will be browsing for days before you find what your looking for. Also remember to use the tab that allows you to see up to 500 domains per page. This helps you scan through a ton of domain names faster without having to click to go to the next page.

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