I'd like to know the available channels for bidding on expired domain names, and what are the best ways to utilize them to my advantage.

I'd like to know about the channels for bidding on expired domains. What are the available channels, and what are the best ways to utilize them to their full potential?

- I'd like to know the contact channels or platforms for buying and selling expired domains or domains that are auctioned off.

- I'd like to know the best ways to use expired domains to their fullest potential, as I'm a beginner in this area.
For example, choosing keywords for a $500 domain that's 14 years old:
- Can I choose keywords with a search volume of around 8,000-12,000?

- The problem I've encountered is redirecting to a new expired domain. Sometimes, after redirecting, keywords start appearing and the search volume increases, but after a while, it becomes intermittent and then stops ranking.

**Additional question: If I register a new domain and complete the website, and then back up the existing website and upload it to the new domain, will this affect Google's inspection or have any other impact?**

Godaddy, Dropcatch, Namejet, rest isn't worth much due to low inventory. Or just buy the ready made stuff from domain sellers.

To browse what's available on auctions, use Expireddomains.net or Domcop.

The age of the domain is irrelevant and you can remove that from your filters. That's an unnecessary limiter. However it doesn't really work like that with the keywords, there's gazillion factors to consider, however, $500 really isn't enough to target keywords like that. Maybe $5000 would be a decent start.

@splishsplash has covered the "strength vs keyword vs time" topic a few times I believe, but can't find any of his exact posts now. Go through his post history, you will find plenty of info there - https://www.blackhatworld.com/members/splishsplash.712528/#recent-content

Also, don't use redirects. There have been plenty topics on that, even one recently - https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/pbn-v-s-301.1783873/
Either use those domains for PBN or as money sites, but redirects are wild and quite unreliable and not a "to go" technique.

You should also have mentioned in what niche you are. Different rules apply for gambling in Asia somewhere and different rules for pet stuff in the US.

Nargil said:

Godaddy, Dropcatch, Namejet, rest isn't worth much due to low inventory. Or just buy the ready made stuff from domain sellers.

To browse what's available on auctions, use Expireddomains.net or Domcop.

The age of the domain is irrelevant and you can remove that from your filters. That's an unnecessary limiter. However it doesn't really work like that with the keywords, there's gazillion factors to consider, however, $500 really isn't enough to target keywords like that. Maybe $5000 would be a decent start.

@splishsplash has covered the "strength vs keyword vs time" topic a few times I believe, but can't find any of his exact posts now. Go through his post history, you will find plenty of info there - https://www.blackhatworld.com/members/splishsplash.712528/#recent-content

Also, don't use redirects. There have been plenty topics on that, even one recently - https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/pbn-v-s-301.1783873/
Either use those domains for PBN or as money sites, but redirects are wild and quite unreliable and not a "to go" technique.

You should also have mentioned in what niche you are. Different rules apply for gambling in Asia somewhere and different rules for pet stuff in the US.

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Yeah, age is irrelevant.

You only really want non-dropped domains, ie, aged.

There's technically a couple classes of domains now. Let's say 3:

You have fresher domains that have had traffic within 3-6 months. The DR and the backlinks on these is almost irrelevant. If they ranked well within 6 months, then they work for the niche and they are considered strong in that niche, so they can be rebuilt and work continued quite easily. (You have to be careful to make sure the drop in traffic is from the domain going down, and not an update or other issue)

Then you have 6 months to 2 years traffic. These you definitely want good backlinks, but you CAN get them back to where they were easier. Not as reliably as the 3-6 month ones, but it's do-able, so it becomes a balance between power and previous rankings.

Then your 2+ years. These you buy purely based on link juice. They are not active properties and are going to sit somewhere between a fresh domain and a recent auction domain. Ie, they won't take as long to get going as a new domain, because they do have backlinks, that if you correctly re-setup the pages, things will move faster, but they won't pick up as fast as that domain that was ranking 3 months ago.

If you're inexperienced, it's better to get domains from a legit seller instead of exploring yourself. There is a lot of research required with trial and error. Most people can't afford it.