DomainersEdge.com Premium Expired Domain Service Launched

August 20, 2006

After more than 6 months of problems solving and thousands of hours of programming, I’m very pleased to announce the launch of the the internet’s Premier Expired Domain Service… DomainersEDge.com

Some background on the Expired Domain opportunity:

Every day, millions of hits are lost because website owners carelessly forget to renew their domains. Either they lose interest, don’t have the time, money or effort to manage their sites, or they simply forget their domain will expire. Although a lot of these expired domains were never developed, a fair number were once active and thriving websites and that spells BIG opportunity for you.

It is all about Traffic

If you want to succeed on the internet you need to be able to generate traffic. It doesn’t matter whether you’re trying to sell a product, generate leads, or produce revenue using Google Adsense…. If you cannot get people to your site then you don’t stand a chance.

One of the biggest challenges to a webmaster is how to generate traffic. More traffic to your website equates to more sales. So how does one generate extra traffic to their website? Search engine optimization, email campaigns, pay-per-clicks, banner advertising, are among some of the tactics that are popular. But, the easiest and most overlooked method of generating traffic is through expired domain names.

Imagine a webmaster working for months or (even years) to build up traffic to his website. He gets link partners, he posts messages in related forums, over time he builds up a lot of quality links which produce a lot of quality traffic. Then, one day, for whatever reason, the webmaster lets the domain expire. Where does all that traffic go? The answer is nowhere. What a waste!

The good news is these domains (and more importantly the traffic stream they produce) can easily be acquired by forward thinking Internet Entrepreneurs for as little as registration costs.

Why domains with traffic Expire

Why would an owner of a domain ever let a valuable domain expire? The previous owner may have run out of money to promote the site. They may have lacked the time and motivation to manage the site. They may have gotten tied up in other activities or another job. They simply forgot to renew their domain. They may have regrettably succumbed to illness or even death. They failed to receive the notice from their registrar informing them that their domain was about to expire. Also, in many instances the owners of a domain have no idea how valuable the domain really is. So, not understanding the value they choose not to pay the domain renewal fee.

Not too many years ago, expired domain names were available immediately, and some speculators waited like hawks for great, high traffic domain names. They’d swoop in and grab the domain seconds after it expired, then if the previous owner came along and asked for it back, the speculator would require a hefty fee for it. This was considered extremely unethical, and many domain name owners would claim their site was “stolen” by the speculator.

When a domain name expires these days, it’s not immediately available for other people to buy. Instead, it goes into a holding pattern of sorts. This holding period will vary from one registrar to another, but it generally lasts for about 3 months. The purpose of this “holding” period is to give the previous owner additional chances to renew the domain.

The top two ways to Profit from Expired Domains CLICK HERE


Free Book Download: The Conservative Nanny State [How the Wealthy use the Government to Stay Rich and Get Richer]

August 7, 2006

A very interesting book I found on the blog, Adventures In Money Making.

Economist Dean Baker explains how the wealthy are influencing government policy to make sure that money flows upstream from the poor to the rich. Not only that, but even policies that seem like they’re designed to help protect the poor and middle class are actually designed to help rich corporations instead. He touches a variety of topics from illegal immigration to patents and tort reform, and even how CEOs are grossly overpaid. I finished it in 2 hrs and I couldn’t put it down. He even has solutions, not that I believe anything will change but I strongly recommend it.

The most frustrating thing for me is how corporations have exploited the conservative idealogy to enrich themselves.

Download the book FREE Right now by clicking here


Savings? Not now, I need a flat screen TV

August 7, 2006

Ian McDonald wrote an “chilling” article titled, “Benefits of Saving Wasted on Youth” published in today’s WSJ. In it, Ian talks about the US savings rate. It’s pretty common knowledge that the savings rate is super low in the US. This year the savings rate is negative 1%.

That’s bad news, but what’s worse is the generational relationship to savings. Ian discusses how those under the age of 42 have a NEGATIVE 18% savings rate. That’s shocking, but not surprising.

My Opinion (although I think it’s self-evident) is that the consumer culture is completely out of hand and younger people are willing to go to great lengths to acquire the social indicators of success. Luxury cars, plasma TV’s, bigger and bigger houses. To hell with the future, it’s about showing everyone today that I’ve made it!

Check out Ian’s article on WSJ


Foreclosures Can Mean A New Source For Profits

August 7, 2006

If you are an investor, you may already know that real estate offers many exciting areas for revenue and profits, but unless you are considering foreclosure properties as well, you may not be getting the most for your property dollar.  In general, a foreclosure is a real estate property that has been repossessed, usually because the owner was not able to make mortgage payments.  Once the lender legally repossesses the property through a legal process known as foreclosure, the property can be sold again to investors and other property buyers.  There are several sellers you can turn to for a foreclosure:

1) The government. When a home owner defaults on a home loan insured by the government, the government pays the lender for the money lost through the loan.  In exchange, the lender hands the home over to the government agency and the government then sells the property in order to make up the money that has to be paid to the lender.  From the government, you can buy an HUD foreclosure, a VA foreclosure, and a Fannie Mae foreclosure.

2) Banks and other lenders. When a home loan is not insured by the government, the lender has all the responsibility of a bad loan.  This means that when the owner defaults, the lender repossesses the property and tries to sell it themselves or through a third party.

3) The owner. When an owner knows that foreclosure is imminent, they still have the option of selling the property as a pre foreclosure and paying off the lender.  This saves their credit and may give them some cash.  Buying a pre foreclosure can be risky but can also give an investor some great deals in real estate.

However you buy a foreclosure, you can expect certain benefits.  Most of the time, a foreclosure is sold below it’s market value, which means that you can buy this sort of property very inexpensively.  Since a foreclosure may have been neglected for a while and since the seller wants to get rid of it fast, you can expect savings of 5% to 50% and more when you buy a foreclosure.  This means that you enjoy instant equity you can use right away.  The low price also means that you can offer great deals on the property to your own buyers and renters.  Plus, the low price and equity you get on a foreclosure can mean very affordable financing, so that you save money all around, which an boost your bottom line.

With these benefits, you may want to buy a foreclosure of your own.  Don’t look in your local real estate section, though – most foreclosure properties are unadvertised.  The best way to find a foreclosure is to subscribe to quality foreclosure listings.  Good foreclosure listings offer frequently updated lists of foreclosures that are available for you right now. On-line foreclosure listings such as FreeForeclosureDatabase.commake finding a foreclosure a snap, no matter where you live.  Plus, you can search FreeForeclosureDatabase.com for free and even receive email alerts when new Foreclosure properties become available in your area.

If you are ready for the next level of real estate investing, do a quick search for foreclosure properties in your area.  You may just find one heck of a deal!


The Real Enron: United States Government

August 3, 2006

Another scary article was published today discussing gross (and if it were anyone but the Federal Government, the criminal) negligence. This article, published by the USA Today reveals that the real U.S. deficit FAR exceeds the “official” numbers released by the Government.

Which is worse the “cooking the books” by the Federal Government or that of Enron?

Who’s misrepresentation of financial health will have a bigger impact… Kenneth Lay’s or our Elected Official’s?

Everyone (the press especially) cheers the demise of rich executives who skirt the law and mislead the public and yet where’s the outrage here when we’re talking about the continued fiscal health of every man, woman and child in America now and for generations to come….

Thanks USA Today for your reporting on this issue. If only the American people would begin to give a shit…

What’s the real federal deficit?

The federal government keeps two sets of books.

The set the government promotes to the public has a healthier bottom line: a $318 billion deficit in 2005.

The set the government doesn’t talk about is the audited financial statement produced by the government’s accountants following standard accounting rules. It reports a more ominous financial picture: a $760 billion deficit for 2005. If Social Security and Medicare were included — as the board that sets accounting rules is considering — the federal deficit would have been $3.5 trillion.

Congress has written its own accounting rules — which would be illegal for a corporation to use because they ignore important costs such as the growing expense of retirement benefits for civil servants and military personnel.

Last year, the audited statement produced by the accountants said the government ran a deficit equal to $6,700 for every American household. The number given to the public put the deficit at $2,800 per household.

A growing number of Congress members and accounting experts say it’s time for Congress to start using the audited financial statement when it makes budget decisions. They say accurate accounting would force Congress to show more restraint before approving popular measures to boost spending or cut taxes.

“We’re a bottom-line culture, and we’ve been hiding the bottom line from the American people,” says Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., a former investment banker. “It’s not fair to them, and it’s delusional on our part.”

The House of Representatives supported Cooper’s proposal this year to ask the president to include the audited numbers in his budgets, but the Senate did not consider the measure.

Good accounting is crucial at a time when the government faces long-term challenges in paying benefits to tens of millions of Americans for Medicare, Social Security and government pensions, say advocates of stricter accounting rules in federal budgeting.

“Accounting matters,” says Harvard University law professor Howell Jackson, who specializes in business law. “The deficit number affects how politicians act. We need a good number so politicians can have a target worth looking at.”

The audited financial statement — prepared by the Treasury Department — reveals a federal government in far worse financial shape than official budget reports indicate, a USA TODAY analysis found. The government has run a deficit of $2.9 trillion since 1997, according to the audited number. The official deficit since then is just $729 billion. The difference is equal to an entire year’s worth of federal spending.

READ the rest of this important article here: USAToday.com


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