Resources For Finding Expired Domains
Domain names do not have a fixed schedule of expiry or deletion. There has been a patchwork of registration entities through the years and several still remain. As a general rule domain names will renew annually (on some multiple of years), but each name’s anniversary can be any day of the year depending on when it was last registered.
In many case you will want to know exactly when certain names will expire. Desired or sought-after domain names go away again in moments, as soon as they are available. There are several resources that have information you’ll find useful.
www.deleteddomains.com is one of the best free resources. The search tool of the website will give you up to 2000 results on domains that have recently expired in the past 24 hours, 7 days and 30 days. The search results of this website are very comprehensive; however the results are limited to already expired domains or ones that are on hold. You won’t get future date information, but it’s still a powerful database for the domain shopper.
www.namewinner.com is also excellent and free for research – and this website publishes a list which is updated regularly of websites due to expire. The list the ‘list of expiring domain names’ which you can search from the drop down menu located on the left side of the homepage. This is also a place where you can set yourself up to buy some domains, as we’ll discuss below.
www.domaintoolbox.com is another excellent source for browsing information on expired domains. Registration on the website is free. The site provides information on expired domains, soon to expire domains and backorder domains. The tool box provides ton of information on expired domains, dropped domains, unfiltered domain lists, and link popularity checker which allows you to assess the traffic on domains.
Other good resources on the Internet will cost you some money but can give you more detailed information on expired domains. www.unclaimeddomains.com is one such source. The website sends emails to its subscribers on expiring domains every week (are you beginning to see this is a cottage industry out there?).
www.localwhois.com is an excellent resource for buying list of expiring domain names. The website also has tools for domain lookup and other search solutions on expired domains.
www.expireddomainsleuth.com also provides link tracking and traffic information through its tools. The website has comprehensive research services for expired domains that include; expiring domain lists, link extractor, status checker, link popularity tool, domain filter and management.
In addition to these and other research tools, there are a number of marketplaces to research and purchase domains. As you can tell from the number of sites, this is becoming a popular and profitable business online.
Marketplaces to buy domains
http://www.icannwatch.com/
http://namestalker.com/
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/Domain_Names/
http://www.zoneedit.com/
http://www.domainpunch.com/
http://www.trafficz.com/
http://www.fallendomains.com/
http://www.snapnames.com/
http://www.domainguru.com/
http://www.expirefish.com/
http://www.registerfly.com/
http://www.alexa.com/
http://www.namedroppers.com/
http://www.namewinner.com/
http://www.populardomains.com/
http://www.coolwhois.com/
http://www.zaygo.com/
http://www.sedo.com
http://www.nameprotect.com/
http://www.granitecanyon.com/