The Hidden Purpose of Parked Domains: What Every Website Owner Needs to Know
By working with a broker, an intermediary can use their hands-on experience to help negotiate a favorable deal. While brokers charge a percentage of the final sale price or a flat fee, their negotiation tactics might give you a significantly lower acquisition cost.
Look for variations of the domain
If all efforts fail and your first-choice domain is out of reach, you can consider some of these variations:
- Extensions: Explore different extensions instead of the one you originally wanted—we have domains ending in everything from
.comand.netto.dogand.christmas(yes, really). - Prefixes/suffixes: Add a relevant word before or after your core term to create a new variation.
- Hyphens: Add hyphens between words to create a new domain. However, avoid adding too many hyphens, as they can be confusing for users to type and difficult to memorize.
Wait for the domain registration to expire
If you buy a domain, you have to renew the registration periodically. In case the current owner fails to renew, the domain becomes available for registration again—this is one way to acquire a parked domain.
