Domaining Resources

If you are going to be domaining, you first need to spend some time bookmarking several websites.

Domaining Forums

Some of my best message board experiences have come from spending time on domaining message boards. The community is very close and (for the most part) everyone is helpful and treats others with respect.

Selling Your Domains

You can use any combination of the above 5 to shop your domains, then use Escrow.com to complete the transaction (they hold the money, then you send the domain, then they turn over the money).

Back Ordering Domains

These three services get first dibs on back ordered domains due to their contracts with registrars, so I recommend you use them over a GoDaddy or similar type of company for back ordering domains. If you really want the domain, it is best to backorder using all 3 companies so you don’t lose it to someone else back ordering it.

Domaining Glossary

I said above that one of the best communities you’ll find online is the domaining community. I’ve found that everyone is extremely helpful and there are some great discussions. If you are going to start reading domaining message boards, however, there are a few terms/abbreviations you will run across. Here are a few that immediately pop into my head (I will update this post as I think of more):

You’ll see letter/number abbreviations such as LLN.com or LLLLL.com. The “L” is for letter and the “N” is for number. an example of an LLLL.com domain is KXNO.com. It has four letters. An example of LLN.com would be like FF9.com. CCCC.com is a four character domain (includes letters, numbers, hyphens, etc.). You get the idea!

Reg = Register a domain

TLD (or uTLD) = Top Level Domain (such as .com, .net, .org, .info, .name, .biz, etc.). These do not place any restrictions on you.

sTLD = Domain name extensions that are sponsored by independent organization that impose restrictions on you. (Examples are .mobi and .asia)