Internet expired domain name traffic

Expired domain traffic is a newer form of internet traffic and in some quarters isn't well known or understood.

The basic principal is quite simple. I build a web site and it gets to several thousand (or more) visitors arriving on the site every day. Pleased with the traffic to this domain, I extensively link build and other techniques to get plenty of search engine traffic and traffic from other domains.

But after a couple of years, maybe I forget to renew the domain name. Or maybe I've been promoting an affiliate scheme and am now working on a more profitable scheme. Whichever way, the domain name is not renewed and expires.

Now, if you could buy that domain name and point it to your website promoting a similar affiliate scheme or product, you would instantly have a fantastic source of internet traffic.

But buying quality expired domains and directing that traffic to your own domain can be expensive. So that's where the wholesalers come in. They buy the expired domain names from a variety of sources and share the costs by selling the traffic to a variety of sites.

Buying expired domain traffic

Buying expired domain traffic is simple. Check around a few sites like this and see which offer categories closest to your own domain and for a good price.

Does expired domain traffic work?

Yes, and no. In short, try it and see.

Expired domain traffic should be quite cheap to buy and for a small trial campaign of 5,000 or 10,000 redirects, you might have found a wonderfully cheap and reliable source of internet traffic.

Advantages of expired domain traffic.

Expired domain traffic is very easy to categorise depending on the type of website it was originally for. For example, a website receiving thousands of visitors per day that's about holiday villa rental will provide good holiday traffic. This would be suitable for other similar holiday websites. But it depends on whether your supplier sells this traffic to all holiday websites or just very closely related sites.

Expired domain traffic is also remarkably cheap for the quantities involved. Finding out whether a supplier's category works for you shoudn't cost much. And if you are promoting a PPC affiliate scheme, it could be a very reliable source!