Expired Domain Trick

Okay, it's not really a trick, but it's a service many don't know about, or they don't know about the best options.

I use snapnames.com and I have put in pending orders with about 100 domains related to my niches. When they expire, I snatch them up, and very rarely is anyone else bidding.

The price is high, $59 minimum, but you get a chanced to get a very good EMD that is aged.

I've successfully got 3 EMD with keyword exact search for each one is 15k+ per month.

The only problem is that they only have a deal with some of the registars. The ones they have a deal with, when you get the expired domain, it is simply transfered over. But some of the other registars the domain actually expires and you lose the domain age.

I bid in Godaddy for expiring domains and the domain age is always kept.

I use domainface for all my expired domains, sure it costs 60 bucks a month but I have picked some real gems that are making good money.

Snapnames was amazing a few years back. My brother made a fortune off of dropped gems he got via snapnames and later sold on sedo or directly to end users. I haven't used it for a couple years because I had a problem with them missplacing domains, and with (unheard of) subpar registrars managing my catched names, but I guess it's still a good way of getting good domains.