Disadvantage of Buying an expired domain.

Purchasing an expired domain has both advantages and disadvantages

Disadvantage of expired domain, and how to avoid some of it.

1. It can possibly increase your bounce rate.

For instance, if a domain was previously used for e-commerce store, and you purchased it for blogging on entertainment, people coming to purchase stuffs might leave almost immediately, thereby increasing the bounce rate.

2. The expired domain might have penalties for Spammy backlinks.

The previous user of the domain might have used black-hat methods to make their website optimized and might have been penalized by google for that. You can use searchenginegenie.com to check if a domain has been banned from Google Search.

3. Adsense might have banned the domain.

If your intention is to use it for blogging, it is important for you to check if you can monetize it. Adsense bans websites because of invalid clicks and other suspicious activities against their terms and conditions. To know if a domain is Adsense-ban-free, check bannedcheck.com

4. Does it have a bad record

Some domains might have been used for fraudulent activities. It can have a negative effect on your business if you purchase the domain. Sites like archive.org can be used to scan through the pages of the websites to know more about the past records.

Other things you should do

* Know the authority of the site, this will help to know if the domain is worth spending on. SmallSEOTools.com will help you with that.

* Check the age of the domain. Whois.com can get that for you.

Tips on how to buy and flip expired domain names

The first step of selling a domain name is to buy it.

* Find the domain name first.

There are several domain name auction sites for finding expired domain. Examples are: afernic.com, domainlore, eBay, flippa, namejet, snap, Sedona, and godaddy auction.

Your duty now is to check this domain name auction and then find out what their commissions are, just to know if it's okay for you.

* Buying the expired domain.

1. Don't purchase domains with numbers, they are not easy to pronounce or remember except cases like 247.

2. Don't buy domains with symbols (hyphen for example).

3. Try as much as possible to buy a dotcom domain.

4. Note that the shorter the domain the better.

I assume you've rounded up your search, and have selected one.

Place a bid on the domain name auction site. Websites like namebio.com and DNSaleprice can be used to compare of the domains.