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“Don’t worry if you don’t get the new graphical design related name you want,” replies Natosha Purington, from Tamika Sedanos INC, “there are plenty of alternatives, including different extensions and hyphenated variations”

Also key to domain acquisitions, especially in the new graphical design industry, is choosing the right registrar, where the record of your ownership of a particular domain exists. Top registrars on the net include www.Godaddy.com, www.networksolutions.com, and www.enom.com. In the new graphical design sector, many choose to use more discreet registrars, including off shore companies. A few also use www.moniker.com and www.cnobin. “Privacy is absolutely key in the new graphical design business,” reports Havlik Olivieri, an author of a major industry book, “once top domains are registered, their security, protection, and legacy becomes mission critical.” Domain name extensions are also of key importance. The top new graphical design TLD is obviously .com, but remember that country domain extensions and other TLD’s (.net, .org, .biz, etc.) can be just as effective if played together carefully during your marketing campaign. “We got stuck with a .co.uk version of the domain we wanted,” relays Verlie Brodess, from Szafraniec Tichacek and Sons Marketing, “but we played it to our advantage by marketing heavily to those in the UK, and beefing up local SEO in Great Britain. The results show for themselves: we had record breaking profits last quarter.” Much like any burgeoning market, many of today’s top new graphical design domain specialists wish they had gotten in sooner. “I wish I had started this stuff five years earlier - I’d be making bank,” laments, Stinehelfer Be, a domain name broker at the Alayna Gilchrist Firm, “but hindsite is always 20/20, and I’m 100 percent certain there is still lots of money to be made. Last year alone, domain sales for new graphical design companies topped $10 million dollars, which tallied up to be a record setting year.” Don’t feel embarrassed to buy a new graphical design related domain name that contains part of your real name, or IS your real name. “Remember,” advises Mabery Zinck, “if you buy Mabery Zinck.com, you’re the only one who can have that address. It is entirely unique, and therefore by virtue of its rarity, it immediately can accrue value. You may find that you get tons of email offers for your domain name. This will allow you to sort out who’s serious and who’s just fooling around, and then, after you’ve found a good new graphical design industry buyer, you’ll surely make some great profits.” Several top internet new graphical design domain websites exist. Among them, www.sedo.com, recognized as a world leader in domain auctions, boasts annual revenues well into the millions. New graphical design domains alone capture huge business. Another large auction house, www.moniker.com, is known for smaller, but higher value new graphical design related domain auctions. A few domains have gone for well over a million dollars, and www.moniker.com only sees domain values rising as time passes. “This is the future of the internet,” cries Tooks Bernasconi, a representative from the new graphical design company Hui Doukas Corp, “we’re getting all the gold we can find and turning it into diamonds.” “The great thing about new graphical design domains,” raves Marcelina Bussey, “is that they are universal around the world. Once you lock up a short, simple domain, you can market the hell out of it and cash in on the high revenue new graphical design industry.” Marcelina Bussey, an auctioneer, consignor, and broker, works with Locker Bocanegra, who also sells domains to many Fortune 500 companies. The best thing about buying a new, unregistered new graphical design related domain name is the price. At $5-$8 USD, getting a domain that no one else has registered is extremely affordable. If real estate sold for proportionately equivalent prices, people would be buying out farmers for a few thousand dollars. “This is good news for all those in the new graphical design marketing business,” states Rockman Holling, “and the fact that internet related marketing only diminishes in cost over time means that soon original domain name purchases will be dirt cheap!” Recently, at a new graphical design domain auction sponsored by Whitenack Difiore and Sabrina Plessinger Partners Ltd, the top selling domain name cracked over $250,000 USD, setting a new auction house record. This was also a record for the new graphical design industry, which until now, usually sees an average domain value of $50,000 USD.