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Niche webmasters know that success is a numbers game. Who would not prefer having 20 niche sites out there gathering Adsense clicks/impressions, converting affiliate links rather than just 5? We are not talking about site qualities here. Rather, the low maintenance nature of niche sites means that webmasters have more free time to start up other projects.

But should you always register new domains for each new site you put up? Cost can become a big factor too. We will get to the tips on costs in a later article, but are there any discernable advantages to registering new domains? What should you check out before committing? Here are 5 tips to help you with the decision! Feel free to join the discussion too!

Check on your own patience. Registering a new domain means you could butt heads with the mythical monster - the Google sandbox. Most niche webmasters don’t mind the short wait as they are looking at long term benefits. Exprienced site builders may also have a good system in place already to take a site out of the sandbox. By the way, there are other search engines out there too! Having a domain name full of your targetted keywords can reap rewards in the SEO game.

Check out the market saturation. How many varieties of your desired domain name are already out there? Are they competitors or non-factors? Be sure to visit your competitors and formulate a game plan to see yourself beating them. Unless you are a supreme SEO, it may be a hard road to grab market share going on your own domain as a small sapling in the forest.

Check out the keywords’ profitability. Would you be buying a domain that has high keyword value? Using tools such as Google’s or Overture’s can help you get a sense of the potential profit margin. Is it going to be a scenario of getting a lot of clicks on low-paying keywords or would a few clicks suffice with high-paying ones? Of course, we want all keywords to be enjoying high click-traffic but it would be wise to look ahead the curve.

Check out the resale value. Is it worth holding onto the domain? There are people who make a great living flipping domain names. Though that may not be your focus, it can certainly engage you into holding onto the domain name knowing that others would value it high. The analogy is often made that domain names are internet real estate. It’s economical to purchase a domain name nowadays. So it’s no surprise that people can view it as an investment! Here’s an article discussing what to look for in evaluating resale value.

Check into your game plan. Is your niche topic going to require a lot of pages? Are you going to be running a single page Adsense experiment? Most single page projects opt to keep attached to an existing domain because there may not be enough content to make an impact on search engines.

Well, those are the 5 tips you can use while you decide to go with a domain registration for your niche site. If you decide to go with your own domains, be sure to check out how to economically cut costs and host multiple cheap niche domains!