Tracking expiring and dropping domain names

Monday, February 15, 2010, 1:29 PM
Website Design by John (Article #265)

This is my most recent big project: DropCatchSell.com, a site for tracking expired and dropped domain names with value.

This is the culmination of much of my recent research into PR, SERP and other ranking systems. The idea is pretty straight forward if you understand the domain name acquisition process.

The big problem with what is known in domaining as "drop catching" is the majority of expiring and dropping websites aren't worth the cost of registering them. The thing is, on any given day, between 250,000 and 400,000 domain names drop. And that's only counting the major US TLDs, such as .com, .net, .org, .info, etc.

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Wonder where to start with your web design business?

This blog follows along with my efforts to build and grow a website design business, Pro Content and Design.

The goal of this blog is to fill in blanks that may be empty as you get your business rolling.

This blog, particularly the source code section, is not intended for beginners. If you are not comfortable with databases, Ajax, DOM objects and other advanced methods, I strongly suggest you go take a look over at W3 Schools before even reading -- let alone tinkering with -- any of the code here.

I hope this blog has some value to web designers as they attempt to get their businesses going.

Good luck, and happy reading.

Thank you,
John Crawford
Pro Content and Design