I recently found a great aged domain service called Fresh Drop. It is easy to find a domain name several years old with a keyword-related domain name.
I just tested the service, found a couple domains ready to be deleted, and purchased them. They were both ultimately sold through the GoDaddy site.
Unexpectedly, I did not own the domains immediately after buying them. Instead, the redemption period had to run, which it did, before they were transferred to my account. With the GoDaddy auction if the domain owner does redeem their domain then the purchase price is refunded.
I have now been able to confirm through whois that both domains have retained their age. It appears as if I bought them 7+ years ago, not last week.
Now we’ll see if this helps with SEO – it should. I’ve only used the free features available at Fresh Drop, but I was impressed – impressive enough to get me to go back and also to write this post.
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Update: FreshDrop is NO LONGER Recommended
What was a good service has turned into a huge, greedy rip-off – about $100 a month just to see the age of domains available from GoDaddy.
Fortunately, there are alternatives:
PremiumDrops.com – has a list of expiring GoDaddy domains, with their age. Here is a specific page: http://premiumdrops.com/list.php?l=Godaddy+Auctions&a=show – However, the service is $25 per month.
DropAce.com – Free – Easy to scroll through lists of expiring and deleting domains, but does not easy show age of the domain. Need to click on a domain name to see details, such as age.
GoDrops.com – Free – Nice of lists of daily dropped domains and their age. Unfortunately, to preserve PageRank one needs to get a domain before it has dropped into general availability. The service is thus good for getting a domain name, but not for getting an aged domain.
ExpiredDomains.org – Free – Great website with lists of domains and their age, including an ability for a keyword search.
JustDropped.com – Free – Good flexible search options, but not able to search or see age of domains.
Also – found http://EstiBot.com – very interesting domain naming tools
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