First thing that you need to understand is that all markets behave in different ways. For example, this blog has a steady stream of new subscribers to my list, and receives upwards of 1000 unique visits every single month. However, on the other side of the table, my year old WordPress theme directory has the same level of traffic, and only receives around one opt in a month, with income being generated more from affiliate sales from posts promoting themes. It is in this sense that you need to understand your market, what they are responsive to, their behaviour patterns, and what will motivate them to take that commercial action. From here, you can break even.

What Will Motivate Them To Buy?

Yesterday, David Jenyns said something interesting to me that really struck a chord. WordPress, being a free open source product, is associated with free content all over the place, so in a sense, you would think it would be hard to monetize a website that is within the WordPress niche, right? This is the level of depth that you need to base your thinking on initially. Of course, you can go much deeper, but this is all we need for the moment.

For example, on my WordPress theme site, the way that I tested the potential of the site wad to find a few offers, rank pages promoting those offers for keywords that are specific buying phrases that I had identified as being winnable and offering potential using Market Samurai, and once I had sent a few links to these pages, sales started to come in. Before I knew it, I had broken even without even realising it.

Now, I have done a lot of testing on that site before, and I will share with you today the results that I have achieved from that particular site over the past year:

• AdSense Income late 2009 was around 1$ per week
• Mailing list optins hover at 1-2 per fortnight
• Affiliate income from themes is around 50-100 per month

Using the above stats, I can say that the easiest way to break even is to go hard on those affiliate sales, and continue to add more offers that I can rank for buying phrases.

This Is Not The Only Way

This is not the end all of it though, I could have also taken the path of creating valuable content that doesn’t sell, but instead is valuable enough to generate a strong following which results in the ability to sell paid advertising slots. A longer approach, but more worthwhile in the end, and can also be backed up by some basic affiliate promotion.

As with any other monetization methods, how responsive it is to your market is entirely dependant on your market itself.

How Do You Put This Together

For the real golden nugget, here is the process flow that I use. I take my idea, and research my market, whether it be forums, twitter, youtube, or wherever my market seeks information. I look into Google to see how many people are using Adwords to bring in traffic as there is no clearer cut indication that people are actually spending in the market than this. I tailor my own strategy depending on what the market responds to. This could be affiliate products, list generation, or paid advertising. I then, and only then, purchase a domain name and set up a site. I create content, I build backlinks plus arrange all of the social media accounts that I need. I then site and wait and measure potential based on the results that I get.

It all sounds simple, but it takes some practice, and a hell of a lot of discipline to do right. So, why not give it a go, and let me know how you go.

The last important thing to note is that this is my method, this is how things work for me. How things work out for you may be a little different, so try and spice it up a little, and let me know how you go by commenting below.

How Much Does Your Website Cost?

Do you know how much a website costs to create? Consider the costs of your hired assistants, or if you have none, consider the cost of your time. Even add in the cost of the domain, your hosting, and so on. This cost is what you need to break even on, and to be as blunt as possible, if you aren’t focusing on breaking even, well, you’re screwed. Not because you are losing money, but because like the majority of wannabe bloggers and affiliate marketers out there, you will be more inclined to give up without setting a target and spend more on a new project, and repeat the same process over and over again. Its a vicious cycle.

I know this. I spent a year doing this, and I am still recovering from it to this very day.

Here’s A Proposal

So, here is the deal. Every single project that you are starting to design, before you spend even so much as a cent, consider these few things:

• Have you designed a monetization model before the site?
• Is the content what the market needs and craves?
• Is your market ready to spend?

Don’t get me wrong, there are multiple levels that you can take your monetization method to, such as product creation, paid advertising, and so on, however, in order to break even, start small. Test your market. Prove that it has potential, and invest only as much time as you can afford to break even on in order to test the market.

Here begs the question… How can you test your market? Very easily, but you are going to have to wait for next post to find that out… It’s coming soon, and you can subscribe to my feed to get notifications when it is live.

Recently, Collis from Envato answered the question, “do more blog posts equal more traffic” on his blog. Sure, I do test this theory from time to time, more posts certainly do mean that I will receive more traffic to my blog, which is a great thing, right? Is it really?

Before I go too much further, I am going to talk about Content. Content is a great thing, is it what brings people to our blogs, and encourages them to participate in what it is that we do, plus, it provides and answer to our visitors problems, or simply serves to entertain. Content will always determine in large part a variety of factors:

• It will determine how active our user base is
• It will determine the action that the visitor will take
• It will set an impression upon you as the expert

Now, I want to divide traffic into two separate segments here. There is traffic that is just traffic or eyes as I like to call it, then there is traffic which converts due to how highly targeted it is. Now, what good is traffic that doesn’t convert so well? It is good for eye value, and by that, I mean the number of eyes that are going to see that advertising that you are being paid 200$ per month to display on your site. That is not the kind of traffic that I like to attract to this blog in particular, but then again, that is what makes my business model unique. I like to convert targeted visitors rather than attract numerous eyes from a variety of sources. It is well known that a website receiving only a handful of uniques per month can generate more income than a blog receiving six figures worth of traffic.

Lets look at the metrics for a moment. A few weeks back, I conducted an interview with Kenny Goodman from Domain Face, and posted it on our Domain Name Investing Insights podcast. Instantly, this was picked up and promoted through social media, and instantly declared by the community as being valuable content. The site was swamped by highly targeted visitors who loved the interview so much that they took three actions:

• Declared that the interview was a must watch on Twitter (which spread like wildfire!)
• We received countless opt ins in as a direct result
• Community interaction occurred

Now, for the past few minutes, I have been talking about content that is of a high quality and standard, and the results of providing this kind of content within a narrow niche. Sure, I don’t post on my blog 4 times per day, and nor do I want to, because chances are that if I did that, I would burn myself out, and lets face it, there are only so many times that I can write about opt in optimization, buying and selling websites, and SEO before people get bored and start looking for the new expert in their field. On top of that, quality would sure be set to suffer as well, as I don’t employ assistants to write content for my own blog for me. Not only that, but I don’t have the need to write 4 posts a day on my narrow niche blog that receives under 2k highly targeted unique visitors a month. Traffic numbers are currently increasing for me on an average of 100% per month, which is well… very nice to say the least.

But then again, I am talking about a narrow niche blog that has a highly targeted readership. What if you run a blog based around a very broad niche? How would frequent and fast content impact the traffic on that blog? Truth be told, if you are running a broad niche blog, more in the style of something like PSDtuts, or any other of the blogs in Collis’s Envato Network (free plug, these guys are on to something!), then chances are, traffic is going to be of more benefit to you, as:

• There are many more people in your market who desire information
• Traditional narrow niche monetization models are out the window (in part)
• Paid advertising will be the easiest form of monetization to you

Frequent content in the case of a very broad niche blog is always going to play a very large part in gaining more readers. You will be seen as being a provider of frequent relevant content (which we all know plays a part in SEO), plus if you are sending this content out to all of the right channels, social buzz will be ablaze, and the rest is history.

In capping this off, I think I have a question that I need to answer, although I fear that the answer is going to make things more complex, so I will do my best to simplify it for you.

Narrow niche blogs work best with low traffic that converts extremely well, which amongst a variety of other things is done by drip feeding extremely high quality valuable content out over time that is of value to the community, in a manner that is not over powering, but gives enough thought space for the reader to make that decision to take your desired course of action.

Broad niche blogs thrive on high levels of traffic, thus, providing content hard and fast that covers all sub niches within will always work best in bringing in tons of traffic that can relate to the content. Not only that, but it serves well when it comes to being able to attract sponsors of your blog on those coveted advertising slots.

To cap off, I will quote Collis in the below quote:

“I would not believe that it’s a linear relationship, at least not for any serious length of time because there are definite ceilings to how many people are interested in a particular topic”

I absolutely agree with this statement, and it further emphasizes the fact. Narrow niche blogs sell with less content that is particularly high quality and targeted to a particular avatar, broad niche blogs thrive off frequent and fast content that serves to fulfill a desire for information within that particular niche.

However, at the end of the day, it is not a simple metric of “x posts will give me x views, so lets multiply posts by x to bring in x more views“. In most cases, it is about providing the right amount of content based on the size or your niche that will encourage community engagement, sharing, and ultimately, will guide your reader into taking that action, whether that is buying something, opting in to your list, or sharing the content.

I am sure that there will be a difference in opinion, so please share below and comment.

Haters Always Speak The Loudest

The truth of the matter is that any speak is good speak. If people are paying attention to you enough, then eventually someone is going to attempt to throw some dirt on your name, it is the life cycle of anyone who builds up their own brand online. Out of all of that talk, there is bound to be a hell of a lot of good talk, right?

Now the life cycle of the hater is a little different. They bite, they wait, they bite some more, then eventually they move on to their next target when they don’t get a response. This can be done using social media, blogs, and even forums as well. The cruel side of this is that we, as typical ordinary human beings, are much more responsive to criticism than praise. This is what fuels trolls, and this is why being a troll is so addictive to those who are.

I have seen blogs dedicated to hating on specific internet marketers, and even forums that base the majority of their content on questioning the credibility of online personalities as well. This specific breed of haters are generally fairly successful too, as they build their brand on controversy. Hey, if there is money to be made….

The Truth Of The Matter Is This…

There is no better indication that you are doing something right than getting a notification in Google Alerts that someone is hating upon you. What this means is simple. You are getting enough attention that people are talking about you.

Sure, it hurts when people question your ability to do your job, however, I can guarantee that if there is enough chatter about you to warrant some good old fashioned hating against you, that there will be much more good, and from legit sources too. Just search your name in Twitter, or use Google Alerts to see what I mean.

Don’t Feed The Trolls!

Sure, you have had some good old fashioned hating made out for you, and you want to go and respond. Stop. Remember that trolls live for controversy, nothing more nothing less. I can guarantee you that the second that you respond and defend yourself that the specific page that is hating you will become more and more active, and as time goes on, it will be linked to, and may even start to rank for your name. Now, you really don’t want that to happen, do you?

Instead, focus on the crowd that you make happy. Invest your time in them, and encourage positive chit chat. Sure, you are never going to make everyone happy, that is the nature of working online, but the best time spent is time spent pleasing your market rather than feeding the trolls.

Remember, regardless of what you do, trolls will always find a reason to do some good old fashioned hating. Sure, if it is a problem, then work on it, but your time is better spent pleasing those who follow you. Bottom line is… DONT FEED THE TROLLS!

This post was created on my super awesome iPad.

Established Websites Have A History

The bad news for those who specialise in creating websites and selling them 3 days later is that an established website has a long history. Whether it is 6 months, a year, or ten years, it has a history that is notable, and most likely a subscriber or follower base that reflects that.

If you are selling established websites on Flippa, the that history will no doubt be reflective in its high quality content, the back link structure of the website, and at times, even the aged domain that it is built on. Content can easily be checked, however the remainder can be checked using the Way Back Machine and Market Samurai, so if you are looking to claim that your new website built on a 4 year old domain is indeed established, remember, us buyers are now smarter than we were a few months ago.

Established Websites Earn Income

For a website to stand the test of time, it is generally going to have been proven to be monetizable, and if it hasn’t been monetized already, there will at least be a chance of it being monetized. Whether this is in the keywords that it ranks for, your customer targeting, the traffic level or advertiser interest, it is going to have commercial potential.

It is an obvious statement that any website that is for sale that is indeed established will have at least some kind of income proof built up to support the sale. This is website flipping 101 bare bones basics though…

Established Websites Inspire Community

How many comments is your website attracting? How many RSS subscribers do you have? How many followers on Twitter and Facebook does your website have? It goes without saying that any established website that has an ounce of community will inspire visitors to become active.

This is not something that can be faked, thus it is something important that you should look into. As much as it is possible to pay commenters to make a website look active, again, all it takes is a little due diligence to see that the level of content doesn’t match the level of community that the site has.

There Is One Downfall

This has been seen already, and this is where buyers need to take care. Whilst there is no real and fair way to automatically determine what websites are established or not, anyone can label their website as established on Flippa. Of course, some are saying that the system is not perfect, but when you look at everything that Flippa has taught us about due diligence over the past 6 months, their role in your correct decision making really should only be minimal. If you buy a faulty appliance from an electronics retailer, who is to blame, the retailer or the manufacturer? This is where due diligence comes into play.

Whilst I have no doubt that Flippa is doing the right thing here in offering a way for buyers to see whether or not a website is worth the purchase, there are a select few out there who don’t tend to agree whenever Flippa make changes that impact the start up market. I can see their point, however, it is in Flippa’s best interest to continue selling high quality websites and retaining buyers and sellers alike. I think that we can all agree that if sellers were allowed to continue selling websites that are in the start up category with blind promises of being able to make thousands a month, gradually more and more people would be burned enough to stop buying at Flippa, right?

This is your chance to take advantage of where the market is heading. In fact, I challenge any start up website seller to spend 6 months creating a high quality website that has real proven potential. You will make much more from just one site than you normally would in a month if you play your cards right. If you don’t know how to add value to a website, join my list below, and I will let you know when my free course is available that will teach you how to do just that.

Even though my market is buying and selling websites, this information could not be more relevant to this market and your positioning if I tried.

In the first post in this series about blogging income, you learned about two great methods of monetization that are actually quite common and quite easy to learn. Today, you are going to learn two new methods that will increase your blogging income, however, these are methods that you are going to want to study more about and really perfect.

List Marketing

Have you ever heard anyone tell you that the money is in the list? That statement alone, as over used as it is, is as close to the truth as possible. Consider this. Consider that you have a list of 500 subscribers who all have a need to get their blog indexed. You send out an email to that list and tell them about this great product that will get their site indexed, that you also use, and have proof of this. The product has an affiliate program that pays 50$ per month recurring for the lifetime of the membership. If you convert at a rate of 5% (which is very easy to do), then you will find yourself earning a recurring income of $1250 per month, just from that one email.

Can you see the potential now? The secret here is that the kind of subscribers that you have on your mailing list are much more targeted than any traffic you would ever receive on your website or blog. Why? Because they have put their hand up, given you their name, and their email address, and asked to be notified when you can help them with their desires again. It is that simple.

If you have been considering starting a list for a while, consider joining up with Aweber on their 1$ trial. You will find them much easier to use than most of the alternatives out there.

Paid Advertising

By the time that you can earn blogging income from paid advertising, you will more than likely be receiving around a thousand unique visits per day to your blog, which is a feat in itself, but is also highly sought after by advertisers in your niche.

So the real problem here is how you find advertisers within your niche, right? First step here is to simply place an “advertise here” banner in specific slots above the fold. What do I mean when I say “above the fold“? It is the part of your website that is viewable without having to scroll down, and is the most valuable part of your website for advertisers.

The second step is to contact people within your niche who you have identified as being potential advertisers. Consider if they can benefit from paid advertising, whether not not they have paid other blogs for advertising, and so on. This takes some guts, however, as part of my monthly routine that involves contacting 3 people per month and asking for a result that you aren’t confident in, I can promise you that you will at least get a few interested advertisers.

When setting pricing set a premium price. Lets say that your blog is receiving a thousand uniques per day, charge around $250 for the one month slot. Yes, that is steep, and most people will shoot you down, however, this gives you room to ask them to make an offer. As you have set the mark fairly high, you will be more inclined to get a better return than expected. This will also give advertisers the feeling that they are getting a good deal, and will encourage long term advertisers.

So, there you have it. Over the past few days, you have learned just a few of the ways that you can increase your blogging profits, and the monetization models associated with them. Sure, there are many other methods such as CPA and information products, however, I am not going to stand up and declare myself to be an expert at methods that I do not use myself. That said, if you do have any questions, you can @reply me on Twitter, and you can also enter your details below to be notified when my new free course on how to increase the value of your blog is launched, which includes an in depth session on auto responders as well.

This post was created on my super awesome iPad.

There are many methods that you can use to monetize your blog, however, that really is half of the problem isn’t it? I am going to start this excuse by asking you to do something for me, and it really is simple. Stop thinking about your pockets, stop thinking about what methods of monetization are available within your niche, stop thinking about how to get a quick buck, and instead, ask yourself this question. What exactly is it that your viewers want?

Consider for just a moment exactly what a customer is. No, they are not just someone who walks into a store, they are someone with an unsatisfied need or desire. They are after something, whether it be a product, a service, or just an answer. All customers have commercial potential, regardless of whether or not they are “just browsing” your store, or whether or not they simply found your website based on an information phrase rather than a buying phrase. And I bet that right now you are asking yourself how someone who is not going to buy can be monetized, right? Lets put it this way. As long as a set of eyes are on your blog, they are monetizable.

Lets go over a few basic methods of blogging income.

Adsense Income

This is probably the most well known method of income for bloggers alike, due to its simplicity, and due to the amount of income that van be generated by those who are actually good with this particular method.

Adsense pays based on the keyword that your page is optimised for, and how competitive that phrase is in the bidding wars. For example, if you advertised using my name as the keywords, chances are, you would be paying nine cents per click, as no one in their right mind would have a reason to advertise using my name as the keywords. However, if you had a good website that was optimised for some highly competitive terms, such as a stock market website, then you would see a much higher return on your CTR (Click Through Rate). One of the golden ways that I recommend for you to check the competition of keywords that pay out well is to use Market Samurai. This is most likely the best keyword research application that you will ever use (heck, even Darren Rowse was recommending it at the ProBlogger seminar that I attended yesterday!).

Care needs to be taken with Adsense though, as one wrong slip will result in a lifetime ban. I know the feeling, I was banned for linking to a website that was banned (without any prior knowledge of the ban), and with the team behind Adsense being notoriously impossible to contact, being reinstated is impossible.

Affiliate Marketing

This is another very common method of monetization involving linking to products using an affiliate link. What this means for you, is that you will earn a cut of the sale of any products that you sell. This can range anywhere from a few dollars, to several thousand dollars depending on the product.

It is not as simple as throwing up a few links though, as the quality of traffic that you bring in to your site greatly impacts your conversion rate. For example, if you are attempting to eRn an affiliate commission selling a photography e-book, chances are, it will not convert all that well on your blog post about how to play a pentatonic scale on the electric guitar.

This is also where you will benefit from buying phrases more than plain information phrases. For example, if a customer comes in to your store and wants to know where the guitars are, they are going to me much less inclined to buy compared to someone who asks you where the new Schecter C1 is located.

It is in this sense that you are going to want to optimise your posts for keywords that have a much higher chance of converting your visitor. As an example, the difference between the traffic from the keyword “guitar” compared to the keyword “how to play guitar“.

Now, I will be back in a few days to continue on this post with a few more methods of monetization that you can use for your blog, in the meantime, you can feel free to sign up for my mailing list below, where I share even more gold nuggets than I do on this blog. You can also follow me on Twitter to be notified about when e next post is live.

What Do Website Buyers Want?

As I spoke about in my last post about customer targeting, you are going to need to get into the head of your buyer, and really source out what it is that they are wanting to buy. This is going to be easy for you if you are in the market of buying and selling websites for profit, however, for those who simply create and sell, this is going to be something that you will need to learn fast.

Consider your avatar, and what it is that they want. For example, when I purchase a website, what it is that I am looking for is a method of monetization that I can replicate, a site that ranks for some great phrases, and a site that is evergreen with none of this blackhat garbage that we see floating around. To me, this spells out opportunity, and if it has a consistent monetization model attached to it, then it is a proven opportunity that I want to buy.

When I create a website, this is how I create a website, and the market that I create the website for, it couldn’t be any more simple than that. If you don’t create a website for that avatar who is ready to buy, well… we all know where that is going to end up…

Is The Market Actually Slowing Down?

To be quite frank, I don’t see the market slowing down at all. If anything, I see an abundance of demand, but not enough gold to satisfy the market. Considering that we are on the final breath of the startup website boom, the difference between buyers now compared to 6 months ago is that they are now smarter, and they know exactly how to find a website that wreaks of potential.

So, to answer that question, no. The market has not slowed down one bit. In fact, it is picking up pace as the demand is increasing. If anything, there are not enough people creating quality websites that have potential, and we all know what this means when something good is listed on Flippa, right? Competition is going to be fierce, and just so long as you are listing a high quality website that will provide a great return to your buyers, you are certain to get great bang for buck on that auction.

How Can I Add Value To My Site?

I have created a free short e-book called “The Top 7 Things To Consider When Selling A Website“, and as the title states, it contains 7 of the most important things that I consider when I create and sell a website. It is yours to download for free either at the top of this page, of via the popup below. Go and grab your copy, its free, and it will help you add value and get a good return on the websites that you sell.

It was my BIG missing link.

Let me give you a quick intro here. When I create content, I create content for two separate places. First is the search engines, and this is the text that is present in the title tag and the description. Second is the content on page, and this is what does the hard work. Most importantly, all of the content that I create is created for one type of person. The person that is going to take the action that I want them to take, whether that be sign up for my list, take that recommendation and purchase that affiliate product, and so on and so forth. This is what I call my avatar.

What Is An Avatar?

No... I'm not talking about this kind of Avatar!

From a business perspective, your avatar is the exact person that you are targeting, and the ideal person who you want to attract to your blog. It is however, not one of those blue people that you have been seeing in the movies, sorry to disappoint. (see above) In the case of this blog post, this would be you. Creepy, huh? Anyway, the content that is in this post has been designed exactly for you, just the words that I used in the title and description tag were used to bring you to this site. Pretty cool, right?

Anyway, to dig a little deeper, lets use an example. Lets say that I have a post that is reviewing an SEO product, and contains affiliate links to the product site, my overall goal would be to get the searcher from the search engines to visit my review, and click on the button that takes them to where they can purchase the product. This is where customer targeting really starts to become fun.

Lets say that the post is a review of a link building service that comes at a high cost. What I would know about my avatar at this point would be that they are not 100% certain about whether or not they should fork out that kind of money per month for a service that they don’t know much about, so they are looking for a review of the product to push them either to purchase, or to disregard it. Keeping in mind that it is human nature to spend money, as it makes us feel good, I am going to custom build a title tag and description that addresses the concern of my avatar, and tells them what to do next.

What Do I Know About My Avatar Now?

At this point, I know that my avatar wants to buy the product, but they need clarification on whether or not to purchase it. I know that they are after a link building solution, and that they are willing to pay for it, as they wouldn’t be searching for a review otherwise. Knowing this much, I know that there is commercial potential in that kind of traffic, and just so long as I perform good customer targeting, I might be able to sell to my avatar on page as well, just so long as I address their concerns.

Now, it goes without saying that this really does translate into just about any kind of market, whether you are selling cars or herbal remedies, every single customer has a trigger that will turn them from a browser into a buyer. For example, when my avatar learns that the product does great things, and has exceptional support, all it takes is a simple call to action based on the desires of my avatar, and bam! That is just another visitor who has taken my desired action.

Customer targeting is not that hard to do either. In fact, it is a simple matter of role playing within your mind, and in order to try and get things right, lets try a little excersise next time you create some content.

When you have an idea, pen it down and don’t optimise it just yet. When you have created that piece of content, go ahead and devise a commercial response that your undeveloped avatar can take. (eg, buy the product, sign up for your list, etc)

Now, you are going to navigate to Google, and consider the overall topic of the content that you have just created, and consider what people may be searching for and why. Think about why your potential visitors are searching for your content, then consider what would convert you into a visitor, and someone who takes that commercial action. Note this down, then base everything that you put together for your title and description based on these triggers.

Remember, all customers have triggers, you just need to find them, and the best way to find them is to put yourself in their shoes. This is the heart and soul of customer targeting, and the more that you start writing for your customer, the more positive results you are going to see from that traffic that you earn through the search engines.

So, What Were My Plans For You?

HA! I nearly forgot to adress that. To be honest, the only plans that I have for you are to help you along your way. No sales pitch here, just friendly advice, however, you are more than welcome to follow me on Twitter, and more than welcome to sign up to my mailing list as well.

Truth be told, I registered two domains, and have plans to register a few more shortly. I have two absolute corkers as well. When registering, the first thing that I noticed is that you can almost register anything that you want, as the availability is so damn high! But, the bottom line is this. Is it worth my time to invest cash in a .co domain, then invest time in developing the site, or trying to sell the domain to a separate buyer? Here are my thoughts on the matter.

In the initial sales for the domain, it was not completely clarion whether or not the new TLD would take off or not. I was skeptic, and a lot of people around me were very skeptic at the same time. The general consensus was that .co was not seen as being a global domain name, at the same time, it could very well end up going down the path of the .info domain, or even worse, completely die off all together.

Is .CO A Global Or Local Domain?

If we look at how localised domains work, it is really quite simple. A localised domain (eg, .com.au, .co.uk, etc) will almost always receive preferential treatment in the country of its origin. For example, if you create a website on hunting crocodiles with the Australian TLD, you will more than likely show up less on a global scale than you would in Australia. This is how these domains are treated in Google, and accordingly, if you want a global audience, you are going to want to go for a global domain, something like a .com, or a .net.

So, the origins of the .co domain are that it was the original localised domain for the country of Columbia, so anyone who was planning on investing originally may have had this in the back of their head. Would it have been hard to compete with these domain names, was it worth it, and ultimately, would the domain be classified by Google as a global domain.

The good news is that .co domains are now recognised at a global domain by Google, which really does put this TLD in the same category as a .com, a .net, and even a .org. What’s better news is that there are only 300,000 of the domains registered, so right now, your chances of getting a great domain name are as high as they ever will be. Not only that, but a .co will be recognised on a global scale equally.

So, should you invest in a .co domain?

Personally, I haven’t done my testing too much just yet (it is currently in progress, expect a report soon!), however, I think that like all new things, if you don’t jump on board now, then you may very well miss out if it really does explode into something much bigger than anyone first expected. Keep in mind as well that .co is now the newest global domain, so my advice is to get in, register a few while you can, as you will more than likely get some good results from them, and plenty of demand in due time as well.

How Can I Find A Good .CO Domain?

The next key is in finding that right domain, and this is where I will leave you. My advice is to open up your copy of Market Samurai (If you dont have it, go grab it), and research a great niche, and pick a domain that is rich, and has commercial potential. When you have chosen a domain, go grab it at NameCheap, this is my registrar of choice, and is significantly less fuss that GoDaddy and their 10 billion sales pitches that you get before actually being able to pay for the domain.

Good luck! Let me know how you go!