📱 Best Platforms
Afternic, GoDaddy, direct outreach
📖 The Hustle
Hand-register domain names that combine a city name with a service, like 'AustinPlumber.com' or 'DenverHousePainters.com'. These cost $8-12 to register. Then find local businesses that rank poorly on Google for those terms and email them to offer the domain for $300-1,000. A local business owner who gets 'TampaElectrician.com' will pay for the SEO advantage. One yes covers 30-40 unregistered domains.
🚀 First Step
Brainstorm 10 city+service combinations for your city, register the best 3 domains at Namecheap for under $30, and email the top local businesses for each.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Target cities with populations over 100,000 — small towns do not have enough businesses to sell to
- Search Google for the service term in that city and email businesses that are not ranking #1
- Keep outreach simple: 'I own [City][Service].com and thought you might want it for your business'
🛠 Tools & Resources: Namecheap or Dynadot, Google Maps (find local businesses), Hunter.io (find email addresses), Gmail, Google Sheets for outreach tracking, LinkedIn