Wanted to post some raw data that I use to analyze names for  potential hand registration.    As of the time of this post (11:00AM),  all the following names are available to register with your favorite registrar.

In case you are new to this, here are a couple ideas you might want to use for the better names…

• Use the ‘Search Demand’, ‘CPC” and ‘Advertisers’ column to estimate the potential profitability of a name.
• temporary park them to see what kind of type-in traffic they might receive
• for product domains, try creating a free Smartshop site
• create a free Whypark site to try to help market the name to an end user
• build a mini or microsite using WordPress or XsitePro
• decide which names lend themselves to development, which to market to end users and which to try to flip to other domainers.

Free article contest: If you register any of the following and leave a comment with the name and your idea, I’ll pick one comment and supply you with a free custom written article you can use to get your minisite or web 2.0 parked page some unique content and jumpstart your chances of getting your page indexed and ranked. Details below…

Free article contest details: If you register any of the above names and leave a comment with the name and your idea, I’ll pick one winner from the comments and supply you with a free custom written article you can use to get your minisite or web 2.0 parked page some unique content and jumpstart your chances of getting your page indexed and ranked.   The article will be unique and custom written by one of my regular writers – not the result of a PLR article spinner or scraper content.  Even if your eventual goal, is resale of a name to end user, creating a one page minisite demonstrating the use of the name can be a helpful selling point since it allows them to visualize the use of the name.

Retweet this post and double your chances of winning the contest. Leaving a comment AND retweeting this post will double your chances.   Just use the retweet button at the top right corner of this post.

Misc domain updates:

• I read Acro’s article yesterday and tend to agree.  It may be too soon to tell, but I have noticed an uptake in parking earnings both on Parked.com and Smartname – both who have recently implemented the Bing/Yahoo changes.
• I’ve also noticed an increase in unsolicited end user inquiries this month – even on a number of recently hand registered domains.
• Hope to have some new case studies up soon.   Right now I have a nice end user directory domain on Auction at Sedo ending in the next 24 hours.   Reserve has already been met, but the name is still priced still well priced under Valuate.com appraisal and comparable domain sales.  Might be worth checking out if you are considering getting into lead generation or have in interest in setting up a Directorypress site with featured end user listings.

That’s it for today. If you are interested in receiving advance notice on future available domains, you can subscribe to my  free domain newsletter here .