The Internet is easily the greatest invention of the twentieth century, because since its inception as a means of communication and commerce opportunities to make money on the internet are discovered on daily basis.
If you want to retire young or rich the internet makes it all possible. Never in the history of mankind has it been so easy to start with little or nothing and achieve the sort of financial success that is available with the use of the internet.

There is no doubt, that in the last several years there have been countless opportunities on the internet. Fortunately in other to do anything on the internet it all begins with a domain name.

Domain names are often compared to Real Estate. The internet revolves around domain names and more and more people are beginning to realize that, success on the internet depends on the right address. When you own a domain name is like you really own a piece of land in cyberspace.

Internet domain names are hot commodities. Everyday thousands of people are cashing in on the domain name business. I am not kidding when I say that there are people who are raking in millions of dollars each and every year just by registering domain names and applying some secret strategies to it.

Many of us read the headlines a few years back when the domain name business.com, was sold for a whopping $7.5 million, download.com the same. Like time, the domain name business has evolved and mature.

The days of snapping up web addresses and waiting a few months for an incredible retirement offer are over. Today the domain name game is played via the pay per click advertisement and the affiliate marketing models.

Services from Yahoo, Google, Clickbank and Commission Junction etc are leading the way and driving new life into the domain name business.

For many years these tools and techniques used by successful domineers utilizing these parking and affiliate services have gone unnoticed - flying beneath the radar.

Some would even suggest that domain names have outpaced the stock market. Where else can you receive a 2,000% profit in less than a day?
I want to tell you why domain names have become such a hot commodity.

In short, the purpose of this guide is to help you understand the opportunities that are available to you in this exciting and growing industry, to unlock the secrets to this exciting business and show you the techniques that successful domineers have secretly been using all to themselves.

Before you can begin to make money from domain names you need to learn about what makes a domain name valuable. You’ll also need to acquire some domain names for yourself. Choosing a domain name is perhaps the single most important aspect of the entire business. As you may have already noticed many of the better domain names have been taken.

Think for a moment about large organizations that exist today, there domain names are simple and most times one word domain with a .com extension.

The .com extension is the most universally recognized domain extension in the world and in my opinion the most valuable.

There are several leading domain extensions (also known as Top Level Domains - TLDs). They are as follows

.com Commercial Enterprise
.net Network
.biz Business
.org Non-profit Organization
.info Information etc


Characteristics of High-net worth domain names

High net-worth domain names have similar characteristics. You need to know them and get acquainted with the common characteristics. Review and study them, use it as a general guide when thinking of your own domain names. If you follow these rules you will have good results and it will save you money as well.



Domain Research tools
These tools can be found for free on the internet and they will aid you in finding those quality and valuable domain names that we discussed. As searching tools on the Internet evolve, domineers are blessed with many useful and free tools that makes the business a lot easier and fun. These tools should be applied whenever you want to register any particular domain name. When used properly, these tools will increase your chances of making money with your domain names. Therefore consider these tools as your domain finding friends because they will always help you to decide on the best domains in your situation.

How to obtain domain names.
You need to get familiar on how to register your own for cheap, how to know when a domain name is about to expire so that when the domain name expires and the owner out of negligence forget to register it, you can register it. If the owner demands for it after, he can have it with a price. Imagine registering a domain name that belongs to a big establishment before they do, then you have made a kill. In reality they never own a domain name but they register for the exclusive right to use the domain name, so their right to the name depends on the length of registration which maybe from 1 to 10 years. That is why anybody can register that domain name if they fail to do so. The tools to do this perfectly are available on net, but you have to stay out of trademark names.

Generating income from your domain name
After acquiring your domain name the next thing to do is to generate income with it. Having a domain name is nice but it will be great if they will produce an income for you. There are three ways I know you can make money with your domain name, and these three ways can be extremely profitable if used correctly
 Pay Per Click (PPC) Parking strategy
This is my best way of generating income to domain names, all you have to do is to create a high paying keyword domain names using the domain tools and apply some simple basics to park your domain with the domain aggregator, advertisers use your domain to advertise, a visitor click the ads and visit the advertisers page, payment is made to the parking company and you receive your own share of the money monthly.

The secret to the success of this strategy rests in a term called direct navigation or type-in traffic, You see, everyday millions of people on the internet conduct searches using search engines, directories and online catalogues. In addition to these methods, others choose to type a domain name directly into their browser in hope of searching for a particular product or service. Make your domain name keyword the favorite of online surfers, then you are in.

 Affiliate advertising
The second income strategy is through affiliate marketing. When I first come in contact with this formula I had no idea of the wealth of opportunities available with this strategy. Some days I kick myself for not knowing this strategy sooner. It’s really a powerful way to generate income.


 Selling your domain name for handsome profit


This is what I called the art of selling domain names. Whereas the first two strategies could be considered “Buy and Hold” this one is called “The Flip”. It is liken to buying a house, fixing it up and flipping it for a tidy profit. It is all about maximizing the potential value of the domain name.
This is the formula.
You register or buy a domain name,
You park the domain name to make constant cash with it daily,
You later list the domain with a listing company,
A buyer agrees to buys your domain from listing
You transfer the domain name to the buyer and payment is received.
It is that simple. Check on these tools and use them daily, you will be glad to have an online business that is sure of success.