Advice on Domain and SEO Sought

QwertyGroup · Dec 28, 2008

Hi All,

I am looking for some advice. I have an ecommerce website. It has Google Page Rank 3, and it ranks on Page One for quiet a few keywords. However, it is a niche market and the domain relates to the product. So, I want to know if I can transfer the Page Rank or SEO done for that site to another domain. I am assuming the answer to this is no. I also want to know is there much financial value to a site with PR3 if was to sell it. I would prefer to sell it if I could.

Thank you for your responses.

Dec 28, 2008

The value of a site lies in the profit that site is making ,or the potential.

Earl

domokun · Dec 29, 2008

Agree with Earl.

If those page 1 rankings are leading to sales, you'd be a fool to try and make a quick buck by selling the site.

All of it can be moved to a new domain.

Simply setup pages relating to the products you want to sell on the new domain. Try to improve on what you already have on your existing domain. I.e. tweak and improve copy, make the page layout better - do what you can to improve the user experience.

Then, setup 301 redirects so that anyone accessing any page on your existing website is sent to a relevant page (not just the homepage) on your new domain.

Now, build links to your new website. Also, if you've paid for advertising for the existing domain, contact them to ask to update their links.

In time, rankings and PageRank should be transferred.

Your rankings are more important than your PageRank.

If you did want to sell the old domain, a PR3 is probably worth a few hundred bucks depending on the keywords in the domain. E.g. my-keywords.com would be worth more than dhfty-6ee.info

Checkout marketplace.sitepoint.com

QwertyGroup · Dec 29, 2008

Hi, the business is not making money at the same time it's not losing money. I do this part time. I have full time job. I don't want to sell this product anymore as it's too much headache. I would rather transfer the Page Rank etc to a new venture (a service business, rather than ecommerce) if I can.

domokun · Dec 29, 2008

Ah! In which case, I think you're going about it the wrong way.

Trying to transfer your PageRank to a new domain will only work short term (if at all in my experience).

If the new site is in a related field you stand a better chance, but trying to transfer your PageRank from apples.com to oranges.com is unlikely to work as the PageRank value is based on the relevance of links amongst other factors. So relevant links to apples.com will not be relevant to oranges.com - hence your PR will go down.

Also, as I indicated before, PR has little value nowadays.

Id be interested in knowing what your site was. PM me details if you can.

mubin · Dec 29, 2008

It's pointless really. pagerank is an internal google alogrithm used for Who knows what. The only value of a PR is if you are selling links, even than you wont make that much from it.

You can transfer PR but it would be faked and could lead to both sites being removed from the index. If you build a quality site you should gain the PR again by the next update no problem.

QwertyGroup · Dec 29, 2008

Hi, I have sent all of you who have requested a PM.

QwertyGroup · Dec 29, 2008

Thank you to both of you. Your comments are helpful. My site specialises in niche market for high value technology items. I would like to move back to IT Services. However, it does come page one for loads of important key words relating to that product, generic words as well as product words. I am not a web or seo professional but I did this just by hard work and persistence. I suppose I was hoping, all of that effort wasn't going to be wasted.

mubin · Dec 29, 2008

QwertyGroup said:
Thank you to both of you. Your comments are helpful. My site specialises in niche market for high value technology items. I would like to move back to IT Services. However, it does come page one for loads of important key words relating to that product, generic words as well as product words. I am not a web or seo professional but I did this just by hard work and persistence. I suppose I was hoping, all of that effort wasn't going to be wasted.

Have you ever thought about leasing your domain/site?

QwertyGroup · Dec 29, 2008

No. I am assuming someone pays you an annual rent, similar to a shop lease?

mubin · Dec 29, 2008

With domain leases it is usually a monthly price, but you arrange for the deal to be for a minimum of 2-3 years.

That way you keep control of the domain and its value, but can lease out the site to let someone else in the field make money with.

domokun · Dec 31, 2008

mubin said:
With domain leases it is usually a monthly price, but you arrange for the deal to be for a minimum of 2-3 years.

That way you keep control of the domain and its value, but can lease out the site to let someone else in the field make money with.

Problem is, qwerty said site doesn't make or loose money i.e. it's break even.

If you were renting it out that means that unless the buyer could dramatically increase sales, he'd run at a loss.

Therefore, rental potential is low. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but if you could spend more time on the site and make it start to earn money, you'd have a better chance of getting rid of it!

matt.chatterley · Dec 31, 2008

domokun said:
Problem is, qwerty said site doesn't make or loose money i.e. it's break even.

If you were renting it out that means that unless the buyer could dramatically increase sales, he'd run at a loss.

Therefore, rental potential is low. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but if you could spend more time on the site and make it start to earn money, you'd have a better chance of getting rid of it!

Or possibly see if you can strike a deal with someone to do some work on it, on a commission basis?

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