Lately more and more Domainers are moving from full time Domaining to Domain Development. To be honest, Domain Development is not everyone’s cup of tea. Before you jump in, you might have to consider the below factors.
1. Development Skill and Interest
Do you have programming skill for doing the domain development yourself or atleast you should have the interest to learn them. Trust me its real fun to get your hands dirty.
2. Patience
Domain Development is generally a waiting game. It takes time to see the returns. Make sure you are patient enough. In general it takes atleast a month or two for visitors to trickle in and revenue to flow in for a new website.
3. Investment
If you don’t have the domain development skill or the interest to get into it, then you can outsource the work ofcourse for a cost. You can find developers at Namepros & DP who can do minisites for $25-$50 including the content for the minisite. This is to give you a general idea of the investment you will have to consider.
These are tough times and every dollar you spend counts. You have to find out ways to avoid spending those extra dollars whenever possible or if you feel you can’t cut down the dollar then make sure atleast you have more than one reason for your spending. Choosing a Registrar is significant as it also determines the Market Place Access.
1. Godaddy
If i want to hand reg a domain name for the purpose of development or if i feel i can sell it by tdnam, I would choose Godaddy provided i can find some discount coupons by which i can cut the domain registration cost significantly. Having a domain name at Godaddy makes it easier to sell the domain names by Tdnam.
2. Moniker
If i want to sell the domain name through Snapnames, then i would go for Moniker even if it means shelling those little extra dollars. Please note that only domain names at Moniker can be sold by Snapnames.
In most of the cases i zero in one of these two registrars.
Following are some of the working Godaddy Coupon Codes for Domain registration, renewal and other products at Godaddy.
Below code is valid till 19th July
gdr0717at – Save $20 on order $100 or more
Below codes are valid till 31st July 2009
gdr0709w – .net New Registration for $6.99 and Free Private Registration
gdr0709ac – .net New Registration for $6.99
POSTER7 – 10% off
POSTER8 – 20% off $50 or more
POSTER9 – 30% off on .com – New Registration and Renewal
POSTER25 – 25% off on Hosting
Moniker Special Prices for domain registration – Offer valid till 31st July 2009
.ORG first year new registration only $7.97
.US first year new registration only $4.99
.MOBI new registrations up to 10 years only $5.59/yr
.MOBI renewals up to 10 years only $7.99/yr
To start with i am no way against Godaddy and it is one of my favourite registrars. But there are certain things you have to be careful with Godaddy. Previous posts (tricks, tips etch) about Godaddy are here.
I bought a product at Godaddy a year back. The auto renew option was ON. When the renewal time was near, Godaddy was sending me mails that it would renew the product but my Paypal account which was linked with Godaddy didn’t have both sufficient funds and a valid credit card as backup source.
Well i didn’t bother much because i didn’t want to renew the product. Also as an experiment(i had not so good previous experiences with Godaddy), i wanted to see what Godaddy will do. After a week, i made a sale and funds got into my Paypal account. I got into my Paypal account 15 minutes after the buyer sent the payment.
You guess what happened. Godaddy has renewed the product which was due renewal the moment funds got into the Paypal account. The point is “Godaddy knows when the funds get into your Paypal”. Be cautious.
One more reason why you should turn OFF the auto renew option at Godaddy.
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