Killer Domains: My First eBook is Available Now

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My first ebook is getting launched today. It is titled “Killer Domains: Tools & Techniques to Find the Perfect Domain Name.”

If you tried to find some good domain names lately you know how disappointing the experience can be. It feels like all the marketable domains are already gone. And the problem is that the success of your website starts with the domain name.

If you use a structured research process with efficient tools and techniques, however, I am sure that you will be able to find dozens of good domains that are still available, or to find registered domains for sale that will represent an excellent investment.

Here is the table of contents:

  1. Introduction
  2. The 7 Characteristics of Good Domain Names
  3. The Process of Researching Domain Names
  4. Keyword Research
  5. Prefixes and Suffixes
  6. Tools and Resources
  7. Registering and Managing Domain Names

The ebook has 55 pages, 30 of them for the content and 25 with the huge list of prefixes and suffixes (over 400). There is also a link included where you can download an Excel spreadsheet with the prefixes and suffixes to work with them more efficiently.

My experience with domain names

I started developing projects on the Internet more than three years ago, and on that time frame I needed to research and buy dozens of domain names. On the beginning I was not so sure about what I was doing, hence why some of my domains are not that good (DailyBlogTips.com, for instance, has 3 words and is quite long).

Over the time I learned some tricks and became familiar with the best tools around, so the quality of my domains improved as a consequence. Today I have a good portfolio of domains, probably worth over $20,000.

Some of the latest additions to that portfolio are TechCult.com, DailyBits.com and Freaked.com.

Money back guarantee

I am pretty sure that the ebook will be worth the $17 for the buyers. A good two-word domain name sells easily for $100, so even if you manage to find just one domain using the tools and techniques described you already recovered the money. If you end up finding a cool domain for your new website or blog, the ebook will probably be even more valuable to you.

That being said, if after reading and trying to use the described methods you arrive to the conclusion that this is not what you were looking for, just shoot me an email and I will refund your money.

Update: The eBook has been removed from the market because I will be using the information that it contained inside a larger project.

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143 Responses to “Killer Domains: My First eBook is Available Now”

  1. Buny on April 16th, 2008 8:55 am

    Bought it! Daniel

  2. Mohsin on April 16th, 2008 9:01 am

    Great! As a budding domainer, I’d love to read your ebook for some inside scoop on domaining.

    Though, if you could provide a sample chapter to give us a feel of what’s inside, that’d be ultra cool.

  3. David Airey on April 16th, 2008 9:03 am

    Best of luck with it, Daniel, and thanks again for giving me a sneak preview.

    I’ve published a blog post about your ebook, as I’m sure a few of my readers will find it of use.

  4. Daniel Scocco on April 16th, 2008 9:03 am

    Moshin, there is 100% money back guarantee :).

  5. Daniel Scocco on April 16th, 2008 9:05 am

    That was fast Buny! Let me know how you like it.

  6. Richard on April 16th, 2008 10:00 am

    Bought the book as well. Just sent you an email as I do not get to the page to download the book.

    cheers

    Richard

  7. Richard on April 16th, 2008 10:05 am

    you can delete my last remark, I had an issue with Outlook! Email just came in.

    Looking forward to reading the book

    Richard

  8. Daniel Scocco on April 16th, 2008 10:23 am

    Glad it arrived Richard :).

  9. Richard on April 16th, 2008 10:30 am

    Talking about coincidence …

    Tonight I am sitting together with my partner to decide on the name of our new website and we both had to come up with 50 names, after 5 minutes with your book I found another 6.

    THANKS!!!

    Richard

  10. Steve Imparl on April 16th, 2008 11:10 am

    Way to go, Daniel! I, too, have purchased the book and mentioned it on my law firm site/blog.

    It looks great. Best wishes for much success with it. I know it will be huge.

  11. Daniel Scocco on April 16th, 2008 11:21 am

    Thanks for the nice words Steve!

  12. Jummy on April 16th, 2008 12:02 pm

    Congratulations, Daniel! I always like reading your site and wish you all the best with sales of this e-book!

  13. Jeremy on April 16th, 2008 1:49 pm

    Hey Daniel, I’m going to have to get this. I better check paypal, but I had a quick question. How did you make your image for the ebook? Was it by hand, or photoshop action, or script? If you wouldn’t mind sharing, I think its great.

  14. boostranks on April 16th, 2008 1:50 pm

    is it just me, or do internet marketing folks like 7’s?

    $7
    $17
    $27
    $37
    $47

    what’s the psychology behind it?

  15. Daniel Scocco on April 16th, 2008 2:44 pm

    @Jeremy, a designer that works with me did that.

    @boostranks, I thought internet marketing folks liked 9’s :).

  16. Siddharth on April 16th, 2008 3:03 pm

    Congrats on launch of your first ebook Daniel, way to go buddy. I think that a small and easy to remember domain is the key to success. If your shop has a hard address to get may be you can loose a bunch of customers, so a good and easy domain is sure the first step of online success.

  17. Daniel Scocco on April 16th, 2008 3:24 pm

    @Siddharth, exactly. The problem is to find them.

  18. Rex - Shopzilla on April 16th, 2008 3:43 pm

    This might be an interesting topic of conversation: Nowadays, with rise of social bookmarking and rss readers and the like, is the domain name really such a high priority? (p.s. I posed this same question on ProBlogger. Interested to see what peeps think.)

  19. Daniel Scocco on April 16th, 2008 3:48 pm

    Same comment I left on Problogger:

    Rex, I would say so.

    Especially if you are in the game to make money. Most effective monetization strategies work almost exclusively with people visiting your website.

    Social traffic is hard to be monetized, and the same is true for RSS readers.

    That is why having a good domain is essential.

    I don’t have the data (will look around) but I think we all would be surprised to see the percentage of visitors that still just memorize domain names and type them around.

  20. Madhur Kapoor on April 16th, 2008 4:50 pm

    Congrats on the launch of ebook Daniel. I might buy it soon.

  21. Peter Knight on April 16th, 2008 10:35 pm

    Congratulations Daniel! I’ll buy it for sure (as soon as I can fund PayPal with some sales of mine. :) (not to worry, just visit me if you are a fiction writer or journalist) … It is a puzzle, matter of names - names matter! Good luck, though I’m certain it will go out well - it is a killer title of a book!
    Peter

  22. Bill on April 16th, 2008 11:46 pm

    Sssshhhh! Don’t let all the secrets out. It’s already hard enough to find domains with good commercial potential.

    Seriously though, good luck with the ebook. I’ve always enjoyed visiting your site.

    -Bill
    AvailableDomainNames.com

  23. Fern on April 17th, 2008 1:44 am

    Is there a way to purchase the book without using PayPal? I am boycotting them because of their unethical business practices. I have a Google Checkout account…or I could go old school and send you a bank check?

  24. Daniel Scocco on April 17th, 2008 10:41 am

    Fern, sorry but right now only Paypal is available.

  25. Glen Allsopp on April 17th, 2008 11:29 am

    Nice one daniel, I hope all the hard work pays you a tidy sum :)

  26. Fern on April 17th, 2008 4:31 pm

    Fern, sorry but right now only Paypal is available.

    Well, that is too bad. I guess I can’t buy your book then. :-(

  27. Daniel Scocco on April 17th, 2008 5:30 pm

    You know you can pay with any credit card and you dont even need to have a paypal account though right?

  28. GolfSpy X on April 20th, 2008 11:09 pm

    Where do you get the graphics to make the book cover for the E-Book?

  29. Daniel Scocco on April 21st, 2008 10:59 am

    I hired a designer to do it.

  30. Gobala Krishnan on April 22nd, 2008 12:11 pm

    Great to finally see your ebook live! Congratulations..

  31. fitzheim on April 24th, 2008 7:32 am

    Finally, I managed to advertise your e-book through my page. Hope it brings me luck!

    :)

  32. Chaitanya VRK on April 24th, 2008 12:00 pm

    Hi Daniel,

    I heard of this book from David Airey, and purchased now.

    I’m struggling for a couple of domain names for myself and for my clients, Now I hope I can figure it out soon with the help of your book.

    And also with quite a busy schedule I haven’t wrote any articles in my blog from past few days, Now after reading this book , I’m confident that I can post nice article about the ‘Killer Domains’.

    Thank you for the book.

  33. Yoh on April 25th, 2008 3:55 am

    Desire to buy yours. Wait a moment. But, any review price, please! :D just a joke it seem like DP’s people before buy an offer.

  34. Pixel Head on May 2nd, 2008 3:27 am

    This sounds like something I should look into Daniel, as it sounds like it will be a great resource. I would love to do a review on Pixelheadonline.

  35. Dexter on May 7th, 2008 12:44 pm

    I won this book and I am excited to get the copy. I have already send you an email :)

  36. Tabrej on May 7th, 2008 4:35 pm

    It’s really heard to find a good domain name.
    I am searching for a good domain name since last 2 months. :-(
    Wish me luck.

  37. exgrafix on May 14th, 2008 4:42 am

    Every start is tough , one year ago when I ventured in the domain world I was having hard times finding a decent domain name. You just need to look out for tips.

    The e-book is a great source of information, i am sure and good luck with it!

  38. Stefani on June 1st, 2008 4:11 am

    That is awesome launching your first ebook. I am working on my first report I will sell. I have created free ebooks and reports but nothing that I have charged for.

  39. speed on June 5th, 2008 7:59 am

    I really want to know how this books really can help me up for my business.

  40. Paulo Martins on June 24th, 2008 2:23 pm

    What about domains in other languages like Portuguese? Imagine http://www.managementlessons.com in portuguese: http://www.licoesdegestao.com. Both words had to be adapted and lost some pontuation. Is it a good ideia of a domain?

  41. Kazelpjp on July 18th, 2008 5:54 pm

    Hi webmaster!

  42. chilli flakes on August 12th, 2008 6:01 am

    writing an ebook is a great idea. I could not find any teasers of it. I think those are imporant before too and should span in your website

  43. Alex Griffin on August 27th, 2008 4:46 am

    Nice one daniel, I hope all the hard work pays you a tidy sum..

  44. Peter Szabo on September 16th, 2008 9:08 am

    Congratulations, Daniel! I always like reading your site and wish you all the best with sales of this e-book!

  45. stephanazs on September 20th, 2008 1:50 pm

    Interesting facts.I have bookmarked this site. stephanazs

  46. GZ.Peter on October 14th, 2008 2:30 pm

    I love the game….good book…

  47. Sai on October 18th, 2008 2:15 am

    Very interesting site..Thanks for the tips.

  48. Jean Boucher on October 20th, 2008 1:18 am

    @Jeremy & GolfSpy

    It’s a simple action in Photoshop, One click and you can create ebook Cover, Dvd Cover, CD Cover.
    It’s called - Cover action Pro

  49. Money Making Ideas ~ Suzanne on October 29th, 2008 1:20 am

    Daniel ~ do you have affiliates for this product? *SmiLes* Suzanne

  50. jeanpaul on June 3rd, 2009 5:27 am

    I think this book will be very good

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