Looking for a good domain name for your consumer health site? Many of the best names are already taken. But a growing number of health-related domain names are becoming available from domain name brokers. Costs run from the price of dinner at a good re sta urant to $100,000 or more. Here are some examples:

At Best Domains (www.bestdomains.com)

• drsmith.com $2,000
• friend.org $500
• healthspace.com $8,000
• skincare.com $100,000
• medicalreferral.com $1,000
• (drugstore.com was purchased on this site for an undisclosed sum, but drugstoreusa.com is still available--for $12,000)

At Domains (domains.com)

• e-fitness.com $3,000
• hometest.com $25,000
• oneononefitness.com $2,500
• wiredhealth.com $5,000

At Domain Name Brokers (domainnamebrokers.com)

• A1Rx.com $12,000
• herbadvisor.com $25,000
• ready2help.com $6,000
• rightrx.com $8,000

At Great Domains (greatdomains.com)

• efit.com $5,000
• evitamin.com $5,000
• e-dentists.com $5,000

But the real bargains are still to be found among the unregistered domain names at networksolutions.com. A few minutes of surfing turned up the following domain names, available for only the $70 registration fee:

• backproblems.net
• feelingsad.com
• 4druginfo.net
• bestdocs.org

You can find much useful information on buying and selling domain names at igoldrush.com.

Published in The Ferguson Report, Number 2, April 1999

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