Expired/Deleted/New Domains and Domain Name Research and Domain Management Resources

Table of Contents

• Expired/Dropped Domain Name Research
• Windows Desktop Domain Name Tools
• Domain Name Research / Keyword Research
• Domain Name Portfolio Management
• Parked Domain Monetization
• Domain Name Marketing Podcasts, Magazines and more

Expired/Dropped Domain Name Research

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Logo	Description
	URLTrends.com - SE Ranking and Linkpopularity Information and Trends.
	Archive.org Way Back Machine - Internet Archive. Check Website History.
	Domain History Tool by DomainTools.com - Domain History since 2002 (Requires Membership). Also offers tools like Name Server Spy, Mark Alert, Domain Auctions, Domain Monitoring, Bulk processing. API available.
	JustDropped.com - Deleted or Expired Domain Name Search Engine. Dropped Domains - Data Dump by Date and Top Level Domain for the last months, public at JustDropped.com.
	ExpiredDomains.com - Expired Domain Research Tools and Services. Some are free, others require membership.
	Domain Name City by e107 - Daily Domain Name Drop List and other tools.
	VZ Tools - Expired domain name Archive, Capture Domains, Backorder Domains
	Afternic - Buy and Sell premium Domain Names. The Domainers Marketplace.
	FreshDrop.net is a free tool to research domain names that just expired (dropped). It provides useful information, such as page rank, domain age, Google and other search engine listings, DMOZ entries etc.

SnapNames.com - File Downloads of Pending Delete Names (next 5 days), Expired Names SnapNames exclusive and Names in public auction. Snapnames is the the world's largest clearing house of expired and deleting domain names. Sign-up for a free account for the opportunity to Bid Early: If you bid prior to auction start and are the sole bidder, you automatically win for the listed minimum bid, keeping your selected domain name from competition. No Up-front Cost.

Need some refreshment of the Terms? Check the DNS Glossary - Explaination of Terms and Abbreviations. Domain Name Server (DNS) Terms and Abbreviations Glossary. DNS works as the yellow pages or phone books of the Internet. It tells your browser where the content for xyz.com is located to retrieve it. See also: My Domainers Glossary, including explainations of commonly used abbreviations, terms and phrases by domainers in the domain name industry.

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Windows Desktop Domain Name Tools

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• Domain Name Pro - When finding the best domain names is simply not enough. Mozzle Domain Name Software
  
• Domain Name Monitor 1.0 for Windows by Mouloud (Free Trial available)
  
• Domain Grabber by Domain Software, LLC. uses eNom.com's reseller API. Real Time monitoring of Domain Name Drops with Option to Look for specific Domain Names and grab/register them during a drop.
  
• Domain Name Analyzer Professional - domain name generator & search software
  

Legal resources and information about the UDRP (Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy) by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers), issues with Trademarks registered with the USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office), Cybersquatting and more.

• Domain All-in-One V2.0, a free all-in-one tools for domains that does whois lookups for whois for .com .net .org .info .biz .us .uk .de .ca and .au domains and realtime availabiliy and root server checks for .com & .net domains. It also integrates the overture keyword suggestion tool and Google links and term counts. Additional features are a PPC revenue calculator, save and load options and links to additional online tools and services such as Alexa and Archive.org.
  
• Pay Per Click Calculator to determine possible PPC revenue per day/month or year, based on click through rate, average cost per click and traffic figures that you specify.
  
• Multi-Whois Checker for .COM, .NET and .ORG domains. Good for batch processing of a large list of domain names. The tool requires the mesock32.dll in either the Windows or System32 directory, which is usually C:\Windows or C:\Windows\System32.
  
• Domain Name Filter (Freeware) A Tool to extract good domain names from large lists of domain names (no Whois check or any other features)
  

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Domain Name Research / Keyword Research

Keywords in the Domain Name will help your rank better for the Keyword

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• Domain Suggestions - Online Tool by DomainTools.com. Find a good domain name that matches a product, service, or website concept that is not already taken (pretty good).
  
• Domain Name Analyzer (DNA) by DomainPunch.com. Free Tool for Windows and MaxOS for finding the best domain name for your product or business
  
• Domain Typo Generator generate a list of suggestion of likely human-misspellings and typos for the given domain
  
• Keyword-Rich Domain Suggestion Tool by WebConfs.com
  
• DomainsBot.com - the domain name search engine, name suggestion, expired domain search, domains for sale search, whois lookup together in an all-in-one and free online tool.
  
• NameBoy.com - intelligent domain naming search and domain name creation
  
• InstantDomainSearch.com - Checks availability of the .com, .net and .org domain AS YOU TYPE.
  
• Domainer Tools provided by DomainState.com forums for domainers. List of tools and links to great resources, about technical, legal and business related stuff to domaining.
  

For detailed Keyword Research visit my comprehensive collection of Keyword Research Resources, Tools and Services. There are a number of resources out there in all kinds of different varieties. The resources are often free, some have a fair price otheres are for professionals and large corporations. Du your Keyword Research well, it is the foundation of your whole SEO Campaign.

• Domain Zone Processor - Windows Tool for extracting domain names from a zone file, such as the Verisign TLD-zone file program or other sources.
  
• RegistrarStats.com - enhanced tools for researching Registrars,Domain Names, IP Addresses and much more!
  
• dnScoop - Domain Name Scoop: All in one Domain Check and value estimator tool (free)
  

• ccTLD database The database with a list of all available country code top level domains on the Internet
  
• DomainWorldWide.com provides a list of number of registered domain (count) per top level domain (TLD) and ccTLD (country code top level domain).
  
• Special characters a reference list at WebMonkey.com
  
• Domain Cleaner (extractor) at Ohashi.us
  
• Network Calculators to calculate the Subnet Mask of an IP
  
• DNSStuff.com provides a comprehensive collection of free and paid networking tools
  
• Word Lists (FTP) - for many languages and dialects, such as: afrikaans, american, aussie, chinese, croatian, czech, danish, dutch, esperanto, finnish, french, german, hindi, hungarian, italian, japanese, latin, norwegian, polish, russian, spanish, swahili, swedish, turkish and yiddish. Also available for download are english language word lists by subjects, including: Moby, computer, databases, dictionaries, literature, movieTV, music, names, net, places, random, religion and science.
  

Background and History Checks (Commercial)

• Whois history lookup - dialog.com (Fee based)
  
• Whois history lookup - DomainTools (Fee based)
  

Connect with fellow domainers, talk about buying and selling domains and discuss related issues at Domainers Forums. Check out my list of the leading forums in this industry.

Free Whois Search by SEOEgghead.com

Whois IP Lookups at the individual RIR's

ARIN (American Registry):
RIPE (European Registry):
APNIC (Asia Pacific Registry):

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Domain Name Portfolio Management

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• Watch My Domains Professional - Do you own multiple domain names & find it difficult to organize, track and manage them all?
  
• Watch My Domains ISP - Database and SQL Supported Domain Name Portfolio Management for Business / Corporate and ISP Users
  
• Domain Punch Professional Domain Name Portfolio Management and Site Monitoring For Businesses
  

Check out the list of available ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) accredited Domain Registrars and Domain Services. How about a Hosting Provider or another Site/Domain Service? Check out the new Hosting Matrix at Cumbrowski.com and compare several hosting providers based on quality, pricing, support and up-time on one page with easy to use filter and sorting options.

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Parked Domain Monetization

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Logo	Description
	Sedo - Parked Domain monetization. Sedo also offers also services in the domain after market and lets webmasters buy and sell domains in a secure environment.
	Sedo Pro - exclusive version of Sedo for serious domainers with larger portfolios
	TrafficClub by Moniker provides monetization options for your parked domains via utilization of PPC and other advertising offers. The automatic landing page optimization and selection of ads and ad provider guarantees the maximum returns for traffic to your parked domain.
	DomainSPA.com - Domain parking and parked domain traffic monetization service. DomainSPA will automatically check a domains history, identify main topics or industries and test effectivenes of some temporary parked pages before it finalizes the parkeing page that generates the most profit.
	Domain Sponsor direct navigation, domain monetization via PPC ads
	HitFarm - Professional Domain Solutions - provides portfolio holders with an easy way to earn revenue from their domain assets
	TrafficZ - domain monetization (auto optimization), domain reselling and trading
	SmartName domain portfolio management and parked domain monetization
	ParkQuick - Pay per click domain name monetization services. Direct navigation monetization solution for your parked domain portfolio. Don't waste your domain properties without cashing in on the natural traffic received.
	Klickerz.coop (at Klickerz.com) - majority-owned by the Direct Navigation Associates, the traffic owners co-op. Parked domain monetization for domainers who have a large enough portfolio to generate $500+ per month from their parked domains.
	Parked.com - Parked domain management and monetization services at Parked.com
	Bodis.com domain parking is a service for domain owners to fully maximize the monetization of their domain names properties.

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Domain Name Marketing Podcasts, Magazines and more

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Logo	Feed	Description
		DomainNews.com is a domain name industry news site.
		DomainNameNews.com - News Blog from domainers for domainers
		DomainNameWire.com - Daily news for domainers and others, who are active in the domain name business.
		DNJournal.com - The Domain Name Journal.
Podcasts
		Domain Masters at WMR. Be the master of your domain. Monte Cahn (CEO of Moniker.com)

Print Magazines for Domainers

Logo	Description
	Domainers Magazine the magazine for the serious domainer and people interested in the domain after market. 2007 Issues: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 2008 Issues: 07 - 08 - 09
	Modern Domainer Magazine, another print magazine for domainers and marketers interested in the domain name business. Previous Digital Issues: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04
	Revenue Magazine - Performance Marketing Standard Magazine
	Search Engine Standard Magazine - First Print Magazine about Search Engine Marketing.
	Website Services Magazine Free Internet Marketing and Webmaster Print Magazine
	Affiliate Classroom Magazine - monthly and free eMagazine for Affiliate Marketing Newbies and Veterans.
	TradePub.com - FREE Trade Magazine Subscriptions & Technical Documents.

Podcasts to Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Search Engine Marketing & Optimization. Also see the selection of Online Marketing Benchmark Guides and Buyers Guides to eMarketing Services

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