Transfers

Transfers are for the domain name alone. No websites are included unless otherwise stated. No representation is made as to the potential traffic of a domain name.

Sales are conducted on a first come, first served basis. A sale will close upon receipt of payment. All domains must be paid for in full before they will be transferred.

Escrow Services

For a modest fee you can use the escrow.com service. They take your payment and then pay us once the domain has been transferred to you. Buyer pays escrow fees. Please contact us from the top of this page before you initiate a purchase request.

Website Branding

Domain names are 21st century real estate in an economy that is being increasingly driven by the Internet sector, as more people and advertisers move online. Especially hot are domains that have anything to do with the property market, travel destinations, hotels and leisure.

Businesses require a memorable domain name for their digital home where clients can find them. Over the years we have secured a porfolio of generic domains, regional networks, and rare three letter domains for future development, ready to be used by our clients or own services.

Internet domain names are red-hot investments. The pace is getting faster. Sales volumes more than doubled over the previous decade. The average growth of domain prices has been in excess of 7% per year over the last 10 years. 4-letter domains rise even faster

During recent months, LLLL.com domains (4 letters, for those just joining us) have multiplied in value, 9% growth per annum over the last 10 years. Wholesale traders flip them to China, the upcoming market. 5-letter domains are the next big thing.

Everything of value has to be protected. We provide consultancy on a broad spectrum of web domain issues to diligently defend your intellectual property. Working closely with a large law firm we can also arrange legal representation.

A domain name identifies and locates computers and resources connected to the Internet worldwide. No two organisations can have the same domain name. Every company or organisation that wants to be on the Internet should register a suitable domain name for use as their online identity. It is a vital element for positioning your brand or company on the Internet, the front door to your e-commerce system, such as your organisation's website or email system. It has to be short, memorable and descriptive.

Finding the right domain name is a delicate business and needs careful consideration. It has to be short, memorable and descriptive. Here are a few points and ideas to begin with:

Your company name or brand name

Domain names with a .com would be best. Unless you can get a great .net name, use a .com name. They are the most widely known, the most sought after and the most valuable domain names currently available.

Keep it short and meaningful

Sometimes there are exceptions to this, but they are quite rare. Always grab a two or three letter name if you can get it. These are extremely valuable as they are so few of them. Decent three or four letter names are usually winners too.

Generic names

These are best if you can get them. Select names that appeal to a large corporate audience if you can. This will ensure that your prospective buyers have the resources necessary to make an acceptable bid. Example watersportmagazine.uk.

Regional Names

They only make sense if you develop them with local content. Then they can become great profit centers like newquay.net.

Is the name easy to say and understand?

What if you heard someone tell it to you over the telephone for the first time? Would you understand it or would they have to spell it? If you have to spell it, then forget it.

No foreign languages (other than English)

Unless you have a specific target market in mind already, stick to English. Names that contain foreign characters are a complete waste of money. Most people won't be able to type them into their browser and search engines may also have problems with them.

No telephone numbers

Avoid these unless you already own the actual phone number. They are useless otherwise and registering them is begging for trouble.

No 'accidental' period omission names

(e.g. wwwmicrosoft.com)
Don't try to capture misspellings in a web browser. Their lawyers will get you.

Multiple Domain Names

Do you have just one domain name? Think again.

Experts recommend that it is a wise strategy to use more than one domain name. This can prove extremely beneficial for your business or project.

Variety is the Key

Type in traffic can be easily routed to your website by using a variety of domain names. Many readers usually type in the primary and secondary keywords in the address bar itself. The use of relevant keyword in a diverse manner in the various domain names will prove beneficial. Try and implement not only the primary keywords but also the other keywords which you think can be associated with the product or service.

Open More Site Entrances

Think of a big store or shopping mall with doors to all streets around it. Likewise, having multiple domain names is like having several entry points to your business establishment. Thus more traffic can be channeled to your website. The different domain names can be submitted as links in the content for related websites. Greet your readers with different landing pages, relevant to the domain name. You could even go a step further by using the singular and plural forms as well.

Typos Can Be Advantageous

Imagine you are selling watersports equipment. Anticipate the various typo errors that people frequently commit. Assume swimwearguide.com is your primary domain. It would be a wise strategy to have versions like swimwareguide.com or swimwaerguide.com and such.

Use The Top Level Domain Names Well

To get diversity in the domain names, you can even combine the top level domain names like .com, .org and .net with the primary and secondary keywords. This will help establish more traffic and improve the business. Be creative.

Search Engine Optimisation

Content is king. Every word on your web pages could be a keyword that search engines index and store in their database for others to find and come to your website.

When it comes to producing content for the web, checking that every page is search engine optimised is vital to getting on the first page. Doing so is less time-consuming than you’d think and can do wonders for your online reach. Our content management automatically creates meta data for your web page. All you need to do is write compelling, keyword rich content.

Google Adwords Keyword Tool

Google AdWords provides a free keyword research tool that is free for anyone to use, no need to sign up to Adwords. This is a powerful resource for finding out what people are searching for. It even tells you which keywords are most competitive. Ask Google or YouTube how to use it.

Repeat Keywords (but not too often)

Once you’ve discovered which keywords are best for your project, tailor your content accordingly. This means writing about the topics people are searching for and repeating the keyword several times throughout your article.

Do not to repeat your keywords too often. Search engines don't like ‘keyword stuffing’ because it degrades the quality of their results. You make get a lower page rank or not indexed at all. As a rough guide, two-three times for every 400 words is about right.

Keep Text Simple, Not Verbose

If it is not necessary to say it, it is necessary NOT to say it. Keep it short. Your readers don't have all day to get the hidden metaphers in your prose. Keep text so simple that a 2nd grade school kid can understand and get your point. Most adults are not much smarter than that.

Don’t get too clever with synonyms. While your English teacher would have praised you for it, your thesaurus has no place in web design. “Light providing device” as an alternative for “lamp” is no good when plain and simple “lamp” is what the vast majority of people would search for.

Page Titles

The <TITLE> tag is very important for SEO. The content within this tag dictates what you see at the very top of your browser. Search engines look here when they are trying to find pages relevant to a reader’s search query, This information is displayed on the search results pages.

Rather than using your site’s name as the title for all pages, give each page a unique title that accurately describes the content. Keep it brief and avoid keyword stuffing, but do include a keyword near the beginning of the phrase if you can. Our content management system uses the page name and path as title, and also puts it into the "keyword" tag. This makes it more relevant.

Meta Tag Descriptions

Give a more detailed description of your content by providing a meta description tag. While this is not believed to have a direct impact on a page’s ranking, it is still worth doing because it is shown beneath the title on some search engine results pages. Others grab a keyword relevant section from your page. In some cases Google will not show your chosen description.

By default, Google shows a snippet of the page content, but writing a meta description enables you to control this field. Again, include keywords within this, as Google and other search engines will bold up anything that matches the reader’s search query. When readers often only skim-read search results pages, bold words can be a significant help in improving your page’s click-through rate.

Friendly Page Names

Descriptive and relevant pages make it easier for search engines to crawl your site. Generic terms like “page1.html” or “blogpost1” are big no-nos. Some websites call pages via a script by a numbered parameter. That is even worse.

Remember that page file names are displayed on search results pages too, so keep them friendly. Lowercase tends to be preferred and it helpful to separate words with hyphens to make phrases easier to read. Generally, people are less likely to click a link if it’s difficult to tell what content it leads to.

External Links

Linking to related content from your site helps both readers and search engines find their way around. It’s worth adding the occasional link to external sites too, provided they are to relevant and authoritative sources. You never know, they might return the favour by linking back to you. Inbound links are a major boost to your page rank.

Remember the ALT Attribute

The alt attribute in the <IMG> tag describes what can be seen on the image. Not only does this help visually impaired people, but is read by search engines and helps them figure out what the image is about. Therefore it is vital that you fill it in with a clear and accurate description. Use a keyword if relevant. The HTML will look something like:
<img src=”lifeguard-pool-training.jpg” alt=”Lifeguard pool training”>

Flash and Javascript

Get rid of any Adobe Flash in your pages. Thankfully it's history. Search engines can’t crawl rich media content such as Flash or JavaScript. Don’t hide important content that way. Either avoid these entirely or create an alternative non-JavaScript verson of your website. Don’t forget that, while search engines are pretty smart, they also can’t read text within images. With this in mind, if you want a search engine bot to read it, just write it out in text.