Join the profitable Geo Niche!  There is still plenty of opportunity to secure affordable domains on the aftermarket and at registration costs.  Local content and advertising is hotter than ever before, and newcomers have an opportunity to profit from it. This is the new internet trend that will continue to grow.

Here are a few tips you will need to consider if you decide to jump in at this stage of the game. These are not the only things you should consider before purchasing a geo name, but are the most important in my opinion.  

Over All General Rules:

-Think local! and not global. If you secure a good local domain, it will grow into a global presence.

-Name must be discriptive of the area and short.

-Secure a name of the location you live near or know the area very well.  Your motivation to develop will increase rapidly because you are able to see the possibilities of your name and how it can impact the area.  Additionally, it allows for you to communicate with business advertisers face to face.   
 
-Purchase only dot com names.  There are several of profitable opportunities registering different extentions, but if you are to build a geo business, you must stick to dot com names. Your chances of selling your geo domains for great ROI to end users increases imensely if you own the dot com.     

-The name must have commercial value.  Commercial value can be described as a place with several of businesses that consumers know and use often or a name that covers an industry, such as AustinHomes.com.  

-The name must be known by consumers. It must be in the vocabulary of locals and those outside of the area.  To see if the name is used, Google It.  You want to secure a name with a minimum of 200,000 google results.  This will give you an idea if the name will receive type-in traffic. The endstate is to secure names with type-in traffic.       

I am sure I missed a few general rules somewhere.  Please provide your input in the comments section if I missed something of importance.

Godspeed,
Steve

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