Christmas Domain Names

I like to target true niche topics, topics with traffic but not as much competition. Makes it easier to get search engine traffic and turn a profit, Halloween is a great example. It has always been a huge niche for me, my first year promoting Halloween was amazing. I had spent about 15 to 20 hours crafting a site that would target popular “costume” search terms and took home around 25k.

One site, and two big pay checks, one from the Buycostumes.com affiliate program and another from my friends at Google (adsense). Since that time I have always targeted Halloween but have never hit it big like I did the first year. Over the years it has been harder to drive traffic with new websites via Google (although it still can be done – this site is a great example).

This summer with my new “domainer” hat on I went ahead and picked up about 30 domain names that target the biggest “costume” search phrases – their not for sale. I will develop more this winter  However I do have several domains for “Christmas” that I am listing for sale at Sedo. This is the first year I have developed any site for Christmas.

Like Halloween I picked up three names based on keyword phrases starting with “Christmas”, I spent about three or four hours setting up one site and will not worry about it until next year. It is already profitable:

Adsense Earnings: $5.39 since Nov 4, 2007
Ebay Earnings: $6.83 since Nov 4, 2007

Now I realize that 13 bucks or so is not going to break the bank, however If I would have parked that domain I would not have seen a dime (ok maybe a dime). What is more exciting is that the traffic to this site will continue to build over the next 25 days and so will the income  When you have ten of these sites working for you, or maybe 100 you can easily make your house payment and eat steak for dinner. Next year the site will most likely do better than this year, this is my set it and forget it mentality. I also like to think of it as “drive by web development”. It works with the right set of seo tools, and the domain name is a big part of the success.

If your interested in the Christmas niche I have several fantastic domains for sale:

- CHRISTMAS-BLOG.COM
- Created: 2005-07-18
- Expires: 2010-07-18 (no payments for several years)
- $69 – If your interested in this domain please leave a comment on this post (make sure to leave your email address – it will not be visible on the blog). Payment can be made to my company via Google Checkout – or I can list it on Sedo for $79

- ChristmasTrees.Net.Cn
- This is a huge search phrase burning November and December
- “Christmas tree” estimated searches wordtracker – 3,345 daily
- “Christmas tree” estimated searches wordtracker – 2,215 daily
- Created: 10/25/2007
- Expires: 10/25/2008
- $69 – If your interested in this domain please leave a comment on this post (make sure to leave your email address – it will not be visible on the blog). Payment can be made to my company via Google Checkout – or I can list it on Sedo for $79. This domain has ebay affiliate written all over it, or hold out for a high paying end user?

- ChristmasOrnaments.Be (Sold)
- Another domain based on a very commercial search phrase “Christmas Ornaments”
- “Christmas Ornaments” estimated searches wordtracker – 2,342 daily
- Created: 10/25/2007
- Expires: 10/25/2008
- $69 – If your interested in this domain please leave a comment on this post (make sure to leave your email address – it will not be visible on the blog). Payment can be made to my company via Google Checkout – or I can list it on Sedo for $79. This domain has ebay affiliate written all over it, or hold out for a high paying end user?

Please note I have tried to list these domain names as cheaply as possible will still providing a small margin for my efforts.

To Your Success,
Brian J