How to benefit from your ownership of a family domain
If you consider a family domain name as an asset, then it should have value.
Its value lies in it uniqueness (it is the only of its kind in the whole world wide web) and in its logical market base (Have you thought of the people who have the same family name as yours?). Like any other family heirloom, you can also its ownership to whoever you choose.
In terms of search engine marketing, a family domain name is in itself its own marketing search term. It has a very natural and organic optimization.
But aside from owning a family domain name for your personal or family needs or having it SE0-active, what else can you do with it to generate income?
There are so many things you can do with it. Here are some of them:
Family reunions – Your website bearing your family name is of course a natural gateway to inquiries from others trying to trace their roots. You can even use your family domain websites as a sounding board for family reunions. This is pretty much obvious, we believe.
Photo galleries - You can use your family domain name as a repository of family photos, etc. Sample.
Email address – You can use your family domain as an email address for your exclusive use and your family members’.
You can also let others (with the same family name as yours, of course) to set up their email address using your web server facilities. For that service, you charge them an annual subscription fee. Learn more.
Permanent site address – You can also “subdivide” your family domain by setting up sub-domains. For example, CAYABYAB.COM is subdivided and the owner of each sub-domain has a permanent address under your main domain eg, www.romeo.cayabyab.com. You can charge a subscription or membership fee for this service.
Forwarding and redirection services – These days, email and site addresses are offered “free” by major internet providers. The only problem is that the name of the address may not exactly be the one desired by the owner particularly where the internet providers assign names due to account name unavailability. This is one service which you can offer to your domain members (ie, sub-domain owners).
Advertising – If your family domain website is attracting a decent size traffic, your website would logically be attractive to advertisers.
These are some of the things that you can do. We are pretty sure that you have other ideas on how you can use your family domain not only to connect with relatives from around the world but to generate revenue from it as well.
