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New domaining resource: DomainingMindmap.com

October 8, 2009

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If you are interested in what domaining tools I use to buy, sell and monetize domain names, I’ve decided to open up my private domaining mindmap to the domainer community and have just launched a new site called DomainingMindmap.com.

In case you haven’t used a mindmap before, it’s an organized brain dump about a subject.   A good mindmap can be invaluable when trying to master a body of knowledge.   I created DomainingMindmap by reviewing my past 15 years of domaining bookmarks and notes and add to it on a daily basis as I discover new tools. My mindmap currently has 512 topics with notes and annotated links to hundreds of tools including…

  • Domain Research – Keyword research, link popularity, traffic, domain pricing, geo tools, site history, business research and trademark tools.
  • Minisite Development and Domain Monetization – Domain parking, mini site development services, graphic designers, copyrighting and content authors.
  • Registering new domains – Domain suggestion and generation tools, bulk check tools and domainer friendly registrars.
  • Catching expired names – Understanding the drop process, determining which names are dropping, and determining the best way to backorder names.
  • Buying and selling domains – Recommended marketplaces, domain brokers,appraisal services and tools to find end users.
  • Domaining blogs, news, forums and guides as well as Twitter domaining tools.
  • Domain conference information, accounting, financing and domain management tools.

I’ve tried to structure the mindmap so that it can be easily browsed and hope it will be helpful to new domainers as well as seasoned pros. It’s currently in beta mode, so any feedback or suggestions are much appreciated!

Thanks.

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No-reserve auction today / results of Twitter domaining experiment

March 24, 2009

[Update: – Looks like SnapNames is experiencing some intermittent technical problems today.  If you have any problems with the auction link,  you might want to wait a few and try again.]

Yesterday,  I tried an experiment on Twitter to virally raise awareness of today’s no-reserve domain auction.   The one day contest invited domainers to estimate the sales price of a domain – ImageBackupSoftware.com.   In return, the person with the closest appraisal would receive 10% of the actual sales price when it is sold today in a no-reserve auction.

The experiment didn’t go completely viral as I had hoped, but exposure was good.  I tweeted about the contest to my 840 followers and was subsequently re-tweeted to approximately 5,500 people by the following Twitter users: @domainingcom @DonnaMahony @Dotsauce @Fantomaster @DomainJuggler.   The following fourteen entries were received with appraisals ranging from $280 to $12,000:

  • $280 @Dluzional
  • $325 @Dnauso
  • $600 @AndrewWright
  • $762 @LovelyLeighAnn
  • $855 @DanSanchez
  • $950 @JamesSun
  • $1733 @TrampArt
  • $1175 @DomainJuggler
  • $2199 @PhoneRated
  • $3200 @Anthonys_Book
  • $3921 @AceFerdnand
  • $4994 @CallerBrian
  • $5375 @IowaDawg
  • $12,000 @EricWard

I’ve just submitted the name to a no-reserve auction at SnapNames ending at 3:15PM EST today.  The auction can be viewed by clicking here or by going to SnapNames.com and searching for ‘ImageBackupSoftware.com’. After the auction I’ll determine the winner and PayPal them  10% of the sales price

Since I don’t normally list good names at no-reserve, I’m hoping that the attention from the contest will justify the risk.  If you are interested in bidding on the name,  I’ve  attached the following metrics and my analysis of this name’s potential…

Domain Metrics

ImageBackupSoftware.com is an exact category match for ‘image backup software’ a popular type of software used to backup complete hard drive images. Google’s sktool estimates this term receives 1,200 searches per month with a $3.33 CPC (cost per click) and a $2,700 Estibot appraisal. Google show 8,340,00 results and Google Shopping shows 5,564 products listed.

Because of the high demand and CPC, this domain is ideal for parking or minisite development. Its also an excellent candidate for end user resale. Existing advertisers for the key phrase include Symantec, Barracuda Networks, DoubleTake, Paragon Software, Carbonite and Acronis.

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Auction details: This domain is being auctioned off today via a no-reserve auction at SnapNames ending  3:15PM EST today.


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Jamie Zoch 03.24.09 at 5:48 am

Best of luck with the auction!

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Using Snapnames to sell product keyword domains

May 12, 2010

My main domaining focus is domain development and end user resale, but I thought it would be interesting to test Snapnames’ auction platform to sell a few .com product domains directly to domainers. I picked 10 names, all with exact match search demand and respectable Valuate.com appraisals ($200 – $15,000) and entered them into an auction ending tomorrow at 3:15 PM EST.

Submission process

I chose names that were in my Moniker.com account, since Moniker offers an integrated ’submit to Snapnames’ option in their control panel. It took less than 5 minutes to submit the 10 names and all were accepted within 24 hours. I probably wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of transferring domains from a different registrar to Moniker just to use the Snapnames platform, but it is a nice perk to using Moniker.

Breaking most of my ‘end user’ rules

When I market names to end users, I always write a detailed description of the domain and its benefits. I also price most good 2 or 3 word domains in the mid $x,xxx range – especially those with good commercial intent which can be developed as niche category killer businesses.  I typically contact Adwords advertisers, owners of similar names with alternate extensions and businesses who may not yet know the benefits of using a good domain to attract additional customers.

Since the names I chose were geared towards fellow domainers, I opted to skip entering a description (something I rarely recommend) and priced the names with a relatively low reserve price of $68. I was tempted to price them at $1 to attract additional attention, but chose the $68 price point to catch the eye of domainers who backorder names at $69. I didn’t research end users and only sent out a handful of e-mails to the owners of alternate extensions of a few of the names.

The names

I picked product keyword domains which I thought were suited for domainer development – either via traditional minisites or newer product based portals. Many of them have multiple ‘lesser’ extensions taken and several of them have high CPCs which lend themselves to Adsense monetization.  Here’s a screenshot I took using Valuate.com which shows CPC and com/net/org availability.

Valuate.com appraisals

Given past experiments with Snapnames, I would only expect a few to sell but am interested to see if any achieve traction and are bid up to respectable amounts.   I’ve hyperlinked the names below in case you are interested in checking out the auctions…

cdratecomparison.com
6vbattery.com
buylaptoppc.com
altohotels.com
22inchmonitor.com
2linephonesystem.com
wakevests.com
flatpanelmonitorstand.com
businessmeetingfacilities.com
phptexteditor.com

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Avraham Saltoun 05.13.10 at 4:09 am

$1 auctions. I do it once in a while to check the real market price of a domain, and the technique is pretty accurate, meaning that the sale price of the auction is, in general close if not higher than auctions with minimum bids, of similar domains. Yet, demands a traffic site, and some guts. I guess I would not do with expensive names.

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Handpicked available keyword domains and my $1 reserve affiliate software experiment.

June 18, 2010

Just got back from some time off and plan on blogging on a more regular basis. Here’s a list of names which are available for hand registration at the time of this post. All are exact match keyword names,  many with good demand and cost per click (CPC). They can be used for parking, turn key e-commerce sites, development or end user resale.

If you are new to domaining or don’t have the cash flow to pay $xxx+ for premium names, these types of names can be a great start. Don’t expect to make hundreds on parking or flip for $xxxx, however with a little development these types of names can earn 10-50 times their reg fee on a yearly basis and sometimes be sold for $xxx to low $xxxx to the right end user. Not bad for a $8 upfront cost.

Here’s today’s list of available names….

1. 3GDataCards.com – $13.14 CPC – Might be good for a Adsense driven minisite

2. AutomaticPlantWateringSystem.com – 1000 exact match searches a month, $1.16 CPC.  Good for free Smartname site as Shopping.com (their Feed network) has some good matches for this product.

3. LasVegasRVParks.com – low CPC, but 1600 exact match searches a month.   Might be good for a directory site using software like this.   Get a few incoming links, provide free listings, them charge a small yearly fee (e.g. $100) to be featured at the top.

4. FootballKickingCamps.com – 590 exact monthly searches.  Another good candidate for a directory.   Here is a list of football camps specializing in kicking.

5. WealthManagers.us – The terms ‘wealth manager’ and ‘wealth managers’ receive over 1,800 monthly searches on Google with an average CPC of about $8.

Trying something new today:  $1 Reserve Auction for AffiliateSoftware.us

If these are not to your liking or have already been registered by the time you read this, I’m offering AffiliateSoftware.us at $1 reserve as an experiment.  To make things interesting, I’m including a partial list of end users and my thoughts for possible development.

Auction Details

This is a no-reserve auction ($1 reserve price) being run by Snapnames.    I chose Snapnames for this auction because they allow $1 reserves (unlike Sedo) and they quickly and automatically transfer ownership of the name to the buyer since they are affiliated with Moniker.com.

Auction is set to end on Monday, June 21st.  You can check the current bid or submit a bid here.

Why I like it…

The phrase ‘affiliate software’ receives 9,900/4,400 (global,local) monthly searches on Google with an average cost per click of $4.48. Affiliate software typically sells for several hundred to several thousand dollars.  Although there are a number of third party services which can manage a company’s affiliate program, more and more businesses are deciding to manage their affiliate programs in house.   To do this, they need….  You guessed it, affiliate software.

Development possibilities

AffiliateSoftware.us can be developed into a blog or affiliate software review site (similar to this one).  The $4.48 CPC makes it a good candidate for Adsense, but the best way to monetize will probably be via affiliate revenue itself (as many of the affiliate software companies offer affiliate programs) as 8-10% of a several hundred dollar sale can add up.

End user prospects

This is a great category .us domain and can be easily marketed to end users, many of which are already paying almost $5 a click to advertise on Google Adwords.   Points to  stress are the SEO and Adwords benefits of an exact match domain and well as the ability to set themselves apart from competitors.

Here is a sampling of companies offering affiliate software.   Most of them are advertising on Adwords for the phrase ‘affiliate software’ and are already paying in excess of $4 a click to put their product in front of businesses searching for affiliate software.     Whether you are interesting in building a paid directory, setting up a Adsense type mini-site or selling this name to and end user, these businesses would be a pretty good place to start…

Additional end users targeting this phrase can also be found via this search.

AffiliateSoftware.us $1 reserve auction link: http://www.bit.ly/affiliatesoftwareus

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tricolorro 06.19.10 at 1:41 pm

Thanks for the list. I received it by email and saw it almost immediately.

I could have regged all of the domains but I am not greedy and just took:
AutomaticPlantWateringSystem.com

Thanks.

I think your suggestion to use it for a Smartname site is right on.

Now I just have to apply there.

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What to do when you receive a domain inquiry (Domain inquiry review checklist)

August 3, 2010

I concentrate on exact match keyword names (mostly .com) and get a good number of unsolicited domain inquiries – both from domainers and end users.   Wanted to share the checklist I use to help determine the potential value of a name before responding to legitimate looking inquiries.

1. Check to see if other extensions registered

The first thing I do is use Valuate.com or Estibot to see at a glance if other extensions have been registered.  I then see if the extensions have live sites and try to determine if the owners are domainers or end users.

2. Look at current Adwords advertisers for the keyword.

3. Try to determine the identity of the person contacting me.
I’ll write a detailed post on this shortly, but for starters I Google the person’s name, e-mail address, phone number and sometimes hostname or IP address.  I then compare this info to my notes from step #1 and #2 and see if I find a match.

4. Check parking/adsense stats
If the name is currently parked, I review the traffic and earning figures for the last year.  I also run a separate report for the last 30 days to see if there has been a current spike in interest.

5. Check Google keyword tool / Google Trends
Demand and cost per click can change, so I always like to take a fresh look at the current search demand and CPC for keywords which make up the name.

6. Do a Google news search for the keywords to see if there are any new developments making the domain more valuable.

7. Check for comparable domain sales
There are a number of different tools out there – I like Namebio.

8. Check current search engine rankings

This can be very useful for negotiation and may be the reason an end user is interested in purchasing the domain.

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Leonard Britt 08.03.10 at 1:10 pm

Nice summary – you might want to also check what the prices are of comparable keyword domains in other extensions just to make sure your prices expectations are reasonable compared to the alternatives. If you own the .COM and the .Net is available, you might consider securing the .Net if you are seeking a high $XXX or higher price.

Francois 08.03.10 at 1:11 pm

Yes, the mot important. You respond.

Mike 08.03.10 at 1:56 pm

I do as much as possible to make sure its not some other domainer. I do not sell to other domainers, only end-users.

admin 08.03.10 at 2:29 pm

@Leonard – Good point, especially when dealing with another domainer or when the name is likely to be used for SEO purposes. From personal experience, I haven’t seen many end users go for an alternate extension after making contact for a .com – if the sale doesn’t go through they sometimes go for a longer name or confusing abbreviation, typically still .com.

@Francois – LOL! I do tend to be guilty of over-researching on occasion :)

@Mike – For me it depends on the name (and when/how much I acquired it for), but I know many share your thoughts. Don’t even get me started on blind $60 Sedo offers…

MIke Sullivan 08.03.10 at 3:43 pm

Great checklist. I typically have a sale price in mind for each of my names… at least a bottom, minimum I am willing to accept. I then rethink the details if an offer comes in. Not sure why @Mike would refuse to sell to another domainer, unless you think that you would be getting a low ball offer. But if the right offer came in, why would it matter who it was from?

admin 08.03.10 at 4:35 pm

@MikeSullivan – Thanks Mike. I agree, a good offer is a good offer. But it can be time consuming getting to that point.

Let’s say I have a name I think is worth $3500 to an end user. An initial offer of $250 from an end user can often be brought up to the $xxxx level with good negotiation and some education as to the benefits. Not likely if the low offer is from a domainer looking to flip or resell. Domainer/developers probably fall into a middle category since they can often afford to pay mid-range prices and recoup their investment by increasing traffic to the site with good SEO and content.

After dealing with hundreds of low-ball offers, I can see where Mike’s frustration comes in. Personally, if I get a low offer from a fellow domainer on one of my more premium ‘end user’ type names, I usually just tell them I’m looking for end user pricing and don’t get into specific negotiations. On names which are well suited for domainer/developers (e.g. guide and comparison type names), I prefer dealing with domainers as it is a better fit and the transfer process usually goes faster.

Kitvy 08.03.10 at 5:51 pm

Thanks for the tips. :)

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Using parked domains to sell to end users

August 6, 2010

Spending a few minutes choosing the right parking provider and customizing a good parking page can add additional credibility to your domain and increase your chances of selling to an end user.

Why I start by parking most domains

Right after I register a domain, I spend 2 minutes repointing the nameservers to one of several different parking companies I use (Parked.com, Smartname, Fabulous and Whypark).  The main reason I park names is to judge existing traffic and to give type-in visitors the ability to contact me if they are interested in the name.   Many names do pay for themselves via parking, but this is secondary as I am primarily interested in end user sales.   I am also not expecting search engine rankings, as this typically requires unique content and a good number of incoming links and is usually best achieved through using a standard hosting account (vs. a parking service).

Example of a name I acquired today

Today I acquired a new domain name in a niche that I hadn’t heard of before.   The name is an exact match for a service which advertisers are currently paying an average of $6.50 CPC.    Search demand is modest, but the name seems ideal for reselling to an end user or perhaps developing into a directory of companies who offer this service.

The domain is CFDModeling.com, which is short for Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling.    One of the common applications of CFD Modeling is to analyze data centers for power consumption and heat load and to determine the best ways to organize and cool data centers.  Here’s one example of a company which offers this service.  The term has over 50,000 exact matches with many different businesses advertising and there have been a number of books written on the subject.

Customization

The parking services I use have good auto-customization feaatures and in many cases, the default parking page will suffice for most names.  Unfortunately, in this case (CFD Modeling), the default pages were not appropriate – probably because the keyword phrase is highly specialized and also contains the word ‘modeling’.

Here is an example of the default page when I parked the page with Parked.com…

cfdmodelingpark1.jpg

Not exactly relevant, so I logged in to Parked.com’s dashboard and changed keyword targeting from ‘CFD Modeling’ to ‘Computational Fluid Dynamics’.    This resulted in the following page, which was slightly more targeted, but still not relevant….

cfdmodelimngpark2.jpg

I decided it might be worth a try to try a different parking service.    I choose Whypark and did a quick search to see if they had any articles relating to CFD Modeling.    They did, so I added the domain to my account and spent about two minutes customizing the page….

  • I selected a picture of a data center
  • I disabled showing of Google Adsense ads
  • I inserted a text link stating the name was for sale

I then updated the nameservers to point the name to Whypark and waited a few minutes for the DNS info to propagate.    Here’s what the parked page now looks like….

finalparked.jpg

Conclusion

The whole process took me about 10 minutes, and I now have a page that I wouldn’t be embarrassed to show to an end user when I begin marketing the name.   In the meantime, anyone who types in the name will see a targeted site and have an easy way to contact me to advertise or buy the name.

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Mike Sullivan 08.06.10 at 10:58 pm

Great point. If someone comes to your site and sees something totally unexpected and irrelevant, they will click off your page instantly. But a little tweaking goes a long way and can increase your chance (and value) for resale.

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Smartname Review Part II – Customizing Smartshops

March 10, 2010

In yesterday’s post, I discussed my recent experience using SmartName’s SmartShops to create free e-commerce minisites and gave an example of a minisite I created in less than five minutes, HomeDeepFryers.com.

Home Deep Fryers

Today I spent a few more minutes and improved the look of the site by adding a custom graphic header.   Here’s how…

1. Creating the header. I’m good at a lot of things, but unfortunately graphic design isn’t one of them.   Although I own Photoshop, I used a much simpler program called XHeaderPro to create the header.  This program is specifically designed  to create headers and comes with thousands of sample  templates.    I couldn’t find one specifically for Home Fryers, but choose one with a picture of fried food and added the domain and a slogan…

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2. Matching the header size with SmartName’s e-commerce template.

After a bit of trial and error, I determined that 1000 x 95 pixels worked  best for me.  I saved the header in .jpg format and selected a medium compression setting that would look good but still load quickly.

3. I then logged into my SmartName account and edited the Header & Footer section of my HomeDeepFryers.com e-commerce site.

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Here’s the updated site with the new header…

homedeepfryersnewheader1

Summary

It took about ten minutes to create and upload the header, but I think the time was worth it.  From a visitor standpoint, people are more likely to browse and shop from a ‘real’ site than a parked page and custom graphics do a lot to establish confidence and trust in a site.

In my next post in this series, I’ll look at adding custom tabs to my Smartshops site to improve the user experience and attract additional search engine traffic.


Related post: Smartname Review Pt. 1: Using Smartshops to Create Free Minisites

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Leonard Britt 03.10.10 at 11:54 pm

You raise a valid point about customization. I’ve seen a bit of traffic from (many alt TLD) domains in the Smartname platform which wasn’t there previously in parking. However, perhaps since I didn’t spend much time with the setup, the traffic hasn’t converted well. I suppose I should review those with the highest traffic and spend a little time optimizing/customizing the setup.

admin 03.11.10 at 3:32 pm

Thanks Leonard. Since I just started using the service, it’s too soon for me to have a good read on conversion rates, but if the site looks good (custom header, professional ad free layout, etc.) and the products are razor targeted to the exact domain keywords, I’m hoping conversion rates will be much higher than Adsense type minisites.

Arseny 03.12.10 at 4:48 am

Great post!

What I also did with one of the domains that I’ve parked with SmartName – added more categories. So it’s more than just a “Home” categorie.

I’ve googled for the keyword and found more google suggestion at the end of the search engine result pages.

Here’s the example – http://www.Luggage.mx

admin 03.12.10 at 11:17 am

@Arseny – Great tip and nice domain. Actually did this yesterday on my example site and am writing a blog post with a walk through on the best way to add relevant, highly searched tabs. Hope to post it later today.

Rob Lafaye 05.12.10 at 5:54 pm

SmartName looks nice but from what I understand the Instant Shops are only PPC . There is no PPA, affiliate commissions or lead generation revenue being shared which means the shops are worthless except to add visual appeal to “your domain” that is being leveraged to present merchants with customers and they’ll give you the same thing that you were getting with traditional parking.

In reality, all of these so called product portals are not worth anything if you have to put it on the platform in the first place.

In other words, if you don’t have the money to open your own “pink-scarves.com” store then how do you think you’ll make money on the a platform like Epik or SmartName.

Buyer beware!

admin 05.13.10 at 1:18 pm

@Rob – I’d also like to see an option of having affiliate commissions vs. PPC – not sure if it would pay more or less, but would be nice to have the choice. As to determining the worth of these types of services, I look for three things…

1. If the domain is already getting traffic (e.g. type-ins), can it increase the revenue per visitor? Done right, good looking storefronts can instill more user confidence than parked pages and encourage visitors to spend time clicking on more products.

2. Can the service generate new traffic to a domain by letting me create sites which are indexed by major search engines? I’ll be writing a blog post about this in the future, but in my initial tests of Smartshops, I’m receiving a steady stream of search engine referrals each day that I wouldn’t have had before.

3. Will the service help me increase the marketability of the site when approaching end users? This one is in the eye of the beholder, but having an ‘active’ site can be an advantage when negotiating a final price and also helps to demonstrate the value of the name.

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Why most domainers don’t get Twitter at first…

March 12, 2009

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Twitter has an image problem, whether they realize it or not. I’ve been reading about how great Twitter is since 2006, but originally had no desire to use it. Here’s why…

  • The name doesn’t inspire confidence. Twitter. As in ‘Twitter your time away’. Like the rest of you guys, I’m pretty busy and am looking to save time, not find new ways to spend it.
  • The big ‘What are you doing now?’ question on the home page. I figured no one really cared what I just had for lunch or what TV show I am watching. And I was right.
  • The amount of data seemed overwhelming. Follow a bunch of your friends and family and be interrupted throughout the day every few minutes – not exactly a selling point!

As a result, I passed on Twitter back in 2006. And so did many of my domainer friends and associates.

But I was wrong. I started actively using Twitter this year and realized that it is being used for far more than what it was originally created for. Twitter has evolved into a very powerful micro-blogging platform. Since each post (called a tweet) is limited to 140 characters, most posts are either links to interesting sites or short questions and answers. By limiting my Twitter feed (list of subscriptions) to domainers, most of the posts were of interest to me and I was able to connect with a core group that I had a lot in common with.

I quickly built a following of over 250 users passionate about domaining – including many of my favorite domain bloggers. To start off, I ‘followed’ each of my favorite bloggers and read the profile of each of their followers. If their bio mentioned domaining (or looked interesting), I followed them too. This took some time, but was well worth it. Within minutes, people were checking out my profile and many were following me back. Pretty exciting, since I could now follow the daily updates of a great collective of domainers. And since many were following me back, they would see my updates as well.

I started receiving breaking domain news and exclusives before they appeared in the major blogs. Domainers commonly twitter about interesting news and domain events in real time – no more waiting for daily recaps. And since I could select the people I was following, I could tune out anyone posting spammy updates and just follow quality tweets. As an added benefit, many high profile domain bloggers tweet about things they don’t mention on their blogs and often offer bonuses to followers.

I started using Twitter to answer problems which Google couldn’t. Twitter is great for researching timely issues and reaching niche audiences. When one of my registrars suffered a major outage, a quick Twitter search showed tens of users confirming the problem – Google wasn’t aware of the problem yet. And if I had a domaining question, my group of Twitter domainer friends usually answered it within minutes.

I connected with a lot of great domainers that don’t maintain a regular blog presence. There are many professional domainers who don’t blog and don’t attend the major conferences. Many of these domainers have bought and sold hundreds of names and have a lot to contribute. As a result of my Twitter presence, I now have a number of valuable new contacts.

And there were a couple of other cool perks too…

  • Bypassing customer service hassles. I had a question for a major parking company and received a reply back from their VP within a minute of asking.
  • Domainers are a fun crowd. I’m enjoying getting to know a bunch of new ones and following their daily updates.
  • Tweeting about a mini site I was working on and having 20 people visit and comment on it within seconds.

Are there any downsides to Twitter?

Sure, just like blogging – following too many people can get overwhelming. And it requires some discipline (just like e-mail and Youtube) to use it as a business tool and not randomly surf all day. But used properly, it is a great tool and one which may become as important as email in years to come.

If you haven’t tried it yet, consider opening up an account and trying it for a week. And be sure to send me a ‘tweet’ and let me know what you think!

Related Link: Domaining on Twitter Part 2 – How to avoid being a Twitter Twerp!

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Kristoff 03.12.09 at 12:50 pm

Great inaugural post and congrats on launching the blog…keep it simple, stay focused on what you enjoy and have fun!

robb 03.12.09 at 4:12 pm

Twitter is really catching on the last few weeks, I am enjoying it too. Got the names of a couple of major cities as usernames for Twitter and am posting news about each city – like a mini media site. Also have an account for the small town I live in to post news and get traffic to my local city website. Now just opened a personal Twitter account to post whenever something strikes me, and to follow people I’m interested in. Twitter is simple to use and forces people to keep their posts short and to the point, not like having to read a long email. I hear Twitter is still in start up mode, with around 30 employees – I wonder if Google or Microsoft will end up buying them out – will be interesting to see how they try to make money from the site, so far they haven’t but are just trying to get the eyeballs for now.

Peter 03.12.09 at 7:00 pm

Good post, I have had a similar experience, not getting it. The thing that made sense to me was when I followed a small number of people that I had been reading about – mostly Internet Marketing types – as long as the content is relevant to what you are interested in – its good.

Morgan Linton 03.12.09 at 8:11 pm

Great post – very relevant and some really good points. Glad to have you as part of the community and looking forward to your future posts!

Jeremy Armer 03.13.09 at 1:48 am

Great post, I’d like to add one thing.

I hear a lot about people getting overwhelmed by Twitter updates. Once you follow more than 200 people or so, it turns to mush.

First: Don’t try to read everything. That’s like trying to listen to 100 radio stations.
Second: Tweetdeck, tweetdeck, tweetdeck.

Get Tweetdeck and start creating groups, then turn off the “All Friends” feed (it eats up your API requests). I mostly want to hear from domainers but domaining is about *everything else*. If I only listened to domainers, I’d wouldn’t hear about a lot of the new trends…until after that perfect trending .com has been regged.

perchboy 03.13.09 at 5:46 am

Finally..a good explanation about why Twitter is so popular AND why I may want to re-consider the benefits of this phenomenon.

Good job!

perchboy

admin 03.13.09 at 6:26 am

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone!

Jeremy – couldn’t agree more about Tweetdeck and great point
about monitoring non-domaining tweets as well.

Domain Superstar 03.13.09 at 8:05 am

Great points and over all very nice post. Hope to be hearing some more from you in the future!

wannadevelop.com 03.14.09 at 1:49 am

I started using Twitter few weeks ago… It’s “OK”

Not ready to abandon….yet.. Still experimenting with it.

So we’ll see how it goes. It does serve a purpose though:)

All the best,

Mike

Blake Worthington 03.14.09 at 4:12 am

Well you may have just convinced me to at least proceed with twitter. I have the same feelings you had in 2k6 but after reading this post it has changed my mind on things. Going to signup and see what is going on right after I post this comment.

Thanks again for sharing the information about twitter thought i was the only one hehe.

Will McCulloch 03.30.09 at 7:38 am

“What A Good Analysis” of Twitter , why many ( like me ) didn’t take it too seriously at the beginning – and why it’s now catching on …big time. Will be interesting to see how Twitter develops over the next weeks/months/years.

Best wishes & great site by the way

Will

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Available domains / new domaining tool prelaunch signup

September 24, 2009

Another  busy week as I’m in the final stages of launching a new domaining tool. If you’d like to have access, signup here for my newsletter – as I’ll be announcing the tool to my subscribers first.

Didn’t have time to hyperlink them all to product examples and potential end users, but here are some interesting exact match domains.  All are available as of the time of this post.

1. RollingHillsCA.com – This GEO domain receives 1,900 monthly Google searches with a CPC of $1.68.   The town itself is small, but has a medium income in excess of $200,000.
Possible uses: parking, minisite, resale to local real estate agent.

2. NJCarDealerships.com – 260 monthly Google searches / $2.90 CPC.  Could make an interesting revenue producing directory.   Provide basic listings for free and sell enhanced listings to dealers who want to set themselves apart from competitors.

3. LinuxMediaServer.com –  1,600 monthly Google searches /  $2.36 CPC

4. WebHostSearchEngine.com – Low search volume (170 monthly), but $9.01 CPC.  Might make a nice affiliate driven hosting resource.

5. MusicalBirthdayCard.com – 480 monthly Google searches / $.90.  Plural version would be better, but this one still has some good possibilities.

* Keep in mind all of the monthly searches are from August (slowest month of year), so I would expect slightly higher demand than listed.

I’m also selling the following domain  today…

LEDChristmasLights.net: LED christmas lights are forecast to be one of the hottest new trends in seasonal lighting this year due to demand for ‘green’ and energy efficient products. How popular will they be? Even in August, the term ‘led christmas lights’ received 33,100 searches on Google, with advertisers paying $1.68 a click to reach this audience.  Ideal for end user resale or mini/full development.  You can view the listing here.

That’s it for today.  Most names posted go within minutes.  If you are interested in receiving future available domains…

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Tony 09.24.09 at 11:32 pm

I took the first one. I believe Linux is TM’ed and that’s why I didn’t take the 3rd.

Thanks.

admin 09.24.09 at 11:46 pm

@Tony – thanks for your comment. I’m not a lawyer, but it appears Linux allows 3rd parties to register names with linux in them, but may require a ’sub-license’ if a trademark protection is sought for the derivative domain.

Andrew 09.25.09 at 12:27 am

When you say its better to own the plural for generic products like MusicBirthdayCard.com did you just mean that one in particular or do you think that rule applies to all products? For example Mattress.com vs. Mattresses.com which would be better?

admin 09.25.09 at 9:43 am

@Andrew – Was talking specifically about MusicalBirthdayCard.com vs. MusicalBirthdayCards.com based both on search volume and ‘gut feeling’.

I buy both singular and plural names, but In general, I tend to like plurals more for development or end user resale since I think they are more desirable from an end user perspective. I also like to look at the search demand and CPC to determine how people search for different types of products. That said, singular can be better for domain parking (especially long tail), SEO and manufacturer end users.

I like ‘Beds.com’ better than ‘Bed.com’. Mattresses.com vs. Mattress is not quite as clear cut for me – possibly because of the way the plural looks (lots of s’s) and
the fact I already know that Mattress.com is a built out business.

Available Domains 10.03.09 at 7:54 am

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Available names for saturday and a few auction picks

February 27, 2010

Available Names

The following exact match domains are available as of the time of this post for hand registration and can be registered with any registrar.  All have Valuate.com appraisals of over $500 and are suitable for development or resale.

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1. NappyChangingBag.com – Valuate appraisal of $1400. Product examples.  Notes:  Would be a great candidate to list on BargainDomains.  As you can see in the above graphic, since it meets their requirements ($1000+ appraisal with sufficient search volume, the ‘Sell It’ button will let you immediately list it there.

2. CeramicBracelet.com – Valuate appraisal of $960. Here are some product examples and a list of  manufacturers.

3. WirelessComputer.us – Valuate appraisal of $730.  1900 Google searches per month at $3.21 per click.

Auction Picks

I also wanted to include a few interesting auctions  I came across this morning..

1. DoubleBeds.com (Godaddy Auctions) – Valuate.com appraisal of $60,000 – current bid of $501.   This phrase receives over 14,000 monthly searches on Google with an average CPC of $1.59.

2. WallRacks.com (Godaddy Auctions) – Valuate appraisal of $6,000 – current bid of $15.  This phrase receives over 18,000 monthly searches on Google with an average CPC of $2.27.

That’s it for today. If you are interested in receiving future available domains…

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.AU Dropcatching – Investigating the possibilities

February 17, 2010

Just added Drop.com.au to my domaining mindmap after reading today’s post by OzDomainer . This is a domain space I’ve largely overlooked, so I thought I would spend a few minutes to see if I’m missing out on a lucrative market segment.

I started by looking at some of the recent .au sales listed on Drop.com.au…

carparts.com.au $18,011
printing.com.au $9,221
motorhomes.com.au $5,556
currencytrading.com.au $5,205
livemusic.com.au $4,501
financialadvisor.com.au $3,889
audiobooks.com.au $3,501
motorsport.com.au $2,531
windturbines.com.au $2,001

I’m not too familiar with .au pricing, so I ran the list through valuate.com and came up with the following…

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Next, I wanted to see more aftermarket sales, so I used a few of the  historical pricing resources from my mindmap.

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I started with one of my favorite resources, NameBio.com which I use frequently for .com valuations,  however it only contained the following 4 .au sales….

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It’s always good to try a few different tools, so next I used DomainTools historical pricing tool which located the following high dollar sales…

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Summary

Based on my quick research, it looks like there are some  interesting  opportunities in the .au namespace.    If you’d like to get involved,  Drop.com.au offers drop catching memberships for a one time fee of $250.00 AUD with a no-catch no-pay guarantee.  They also offer an aftermarket auction membership for $9.95 AUD.

I also came across DNTrade.com.au, a domaining forum dedicated to the .au namespace.

As with any namespace, before making significant purchases, you may want to investigate development potential including current search demand and CPC for .au businesses as well as possible monetization options (as they are likely to differ from US based businesses due to shipping concerns and other factors).

Finding additional domain tools

If you are interested in seeing some of the other tools I use to find, develop and monetize domains you can explore my Domaining Mindmap here.

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Analyzing Snapnames Mardi Gras Extended Auction by Pagerank/Valuate.com appraisals

February 15, 2010

Snapnames showcase auction ends tomorrow at 3:15PM EST. There are currently 24 domains with bids, but as usual expect most of the heavy bidding to occur in the last hour. There have already been several good posts about tomorrow’s auction (TheDomains,TeenDomainer), so I thought I would take a different approach and sort the dataset I analyzed using Valuate.com/Estibot.

9 Domains with PageRank 3 or Higher*

  • DomainStats.com – PR6
  • Marshall.com – PR5
  • Coast.net – PR5
  • HomeSchooling.com – PR4
  • Joker.org – PR
  • APW.com – PR4
  • MYBP – PR3
  • Jacob.com – PR3
  • HFC.net – PR3

* Using PageRank data from Estibot.   If bidding, be sure to doublecheck to make sure PR is genuine.  Also wanted to note I’m receiving Google security messages for the first two domains mentioned.

Domains with bids lower than their Valuate.com appraisals

  • woodshutters.com 10,000  current bid 63,000 valuate appraisal
  • swf.net    2800    12000
  • weak.net    2100    5400
  • ppc.info    1271    3500
  • 3x.org    1000    6100
  • t4.org    1000    1600
  • ilovenyc.com    775    920
  • redlips.com    625    6500
  • ticketplus.com    380    1300
  • crispyduck.com    350    1900
  • forextradingtool.com    325    23000
  • cuteboy.com    325    7800
  • badloans.org    325    1800
  • hotjobs.in    300    3000
  • advise.in    240    3000

No reserve domains with Valuate appraisals of $1000 or greater

Domain Valuate appraisal
shortsleeveshirts.com 28000
forextradingtool.com 23000
associatesdegree.co.uk 18000
flannelshirts.co.uk 7700
stretchmarkremoval.co.uk 7200
exerciseplans.com 7000
samedayloan.net 6900
movethis.com 5200
onlinemastersdegrees.net 4000
kingbeds.net 3000
selftanner.co.uk 2500
49r.net 2300
l50.net 2200
clinch.org 2000
crispyduck.com 1900
smallrug.com 1900
badloans.org 1800
electricbicycles.de 1800
londonrentalcar.co.uk 1800
dchr.com 1600
dieselfuelfilter.com 1600
motorcyclefinancing.org 1400
nylimoservice.com 1400
tennisshops.com 1400
ticketplus.com 1300
dmox.com 1300
straplessgowns.com 1300
40yearloans.com 1200
freshwaterpearlbracelet.com 1200
nvoc.com 1200
foldupbeds.com 1100
athleticwalkingshoes.com 1000
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Domainers – be careful when using keyword tools in January

January 19, 2010

If you are using Google’s keyword tool to check keyword demand, remember that by default it checks the previous month.     Since demand for many items spikes in December, using this tool in January can provide greatly inflated results.

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For example, I was just checking availability for ‘chocolate gift tower’.   Google’s keyword tool showed 720 monthly searches in December.   However, expanding these results by selecting ’show all columns’ reveals that the term gets about half that amount of searches on most month’s of the year.

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I decided to purchase ChocolateGiftTower.com anyway, but now realize that demand for this product won’t really begin to ramp up until the second  half of the year.

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7 Available domains for registration valued at $400 – $1,200

January 19, 2010

I’ve been working on a few new projects (which I hope to blog about shortly), but since it’s been a while I wanted to post a short pre-screened list of available exact match domains with search demand.   I’ve used Valuate.com to quickly summarize demand and CPC and have linked to product examples where possible.

All are available as of 3:45PM this afternoon.

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Product examples:

Domain notes:

  • The .net version of OnlineDistanceMBA.com is a live site (lead generation).
  • BusinessPhones.us is available (even though Valuate.com says all extensions taken)
  • One of the .com domains listed above has a  developed site using an IDN (co.nz)

Additional Names for Sale:  I’m also offering the following names today via Sedo.

  • CheapMobileContracts.com –  now in Sedo auction here (ends 1/21).   Multiple extensions registered with Cheap-Mobile-Contracts.com a fully developed site.  Very low reserve considering CheapMobileBroadband.com sold for $4,900.
  • TeterboroNJ.com – exact match GEO name for Teterboro, NJ.  Valuate.com appraisal $890, Estibot $12,000
  • SecureSSLCertificate.com – $6.83 CPC.  Good for minisite or review site.  Many targeted affiliate programs (Netsol, Geotrust, GoDaddy)

That’s it for today. Most names posted go within minutes. If you are interested in receiving future available domains…

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As always,  any feedback / comments  appreciated.

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What I like about Latonas.com auction platform | suggestions

December 15, 2009

Just got around to taking a look at Rick Latona’s new auction platform, Latonas.com and like what I see.   Here’s what I think he is doing right…

1. I can see important domains stats like cost per click (CPC), exact Google searches at a glance for each listing.

This is a big time saver.   If I’m considering bidding on a keyword name, the first thing I do is run it through Google’s keyword tool to see search demand and CPC.   Thanks Rick for saving me some time.  Hopefully, this will encourage better quality listings and bring back some frustrated buyers – no more researching  hundreds of names only to find out that 95% of them have no real demand.

2. Listings and descriptions can be easily scanned from the main auction page. Much nicer than hoverable popovers or small description links that most buyers never click.   It’s always surprised me how many auction platforms bury descriptions a level or two deep and make it hard for sellers to highlight the benefits of their domain and buyers to learn about each domain.

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3. Descriptions seem to be more metric based and less ‘fluff’. Don’t know if this is a result of system programming or good human editing, but many of the domain descriptions are actually helpful  (e.g. number of incoming links and pages indexed by Google).  I know these factors can change quickly when a name changes hands, but they can contribute to the value of a name and are good to be aware of.

4. Nice look at feel, including a custom graphic for each name. If a name is worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, it’s probably worth having a graphic artist spend a few minutes making up a good graphic for it.   The only place I have seen this before is at DotSauce’s AQDN.com. It’s nice to see a major auction platform include this and is a very nice touch.

Suggestions

I know the site is still in beta mode, but here are a couple of features I hope they consider adding down the road…

  • Simplified view – I like the detailed info, but some might find it useful to have an option for quick summary view.   Ideally, it would be nice to be able to cut and paste all domains listed on a page to quickly plug them into other services like Valuate.com.
  • Ability to export – The ability to export auction data to .csv or excel format might be helpful for some advanced domainers who have their own tracking systems.
  • Advanced search capability – As a big keyword domainer, I would love to have the ability to search for specific demand/CPC/etc.   E.g. list all .com domains with a CPC over $2 and more than 5,000 exact searches per month.

I think it makes good sense to test the platform out with a lower volume charity auction and wish Rick and Whypark the best of luck in this week’s auction.   If you are interested in trying out the system or bidding in the auction you can follow this link.

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Part 2: 15 names valued at $4,210 by Valuate.com

December 4, 2009

Earlier today, I blogged about using Francois’ Valuate.com service to analyze 15 available domains.

Here is an overview of the results…

  • The appraisals varied from $110 – $680
  • Total appraisal for all 15 names was $4,210
  • Highest CPC was $11.50

I listed 7 of the names in my first post – all have since been registered.    Here is the complete list (including the 8 additional names which were obscured in my original post).   The 8 additional names are all available as of 10:30PM tonight.

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Available for registration: 15 names valued at $4,210 by Valuate.com (part 1/2)

December 4, 2009

I came across some available exact match .com names today and thought it would be interesting to run them through Francois’ new Valuate.com service.

Here is an overview of the results…

  • The appraisals varied from $110 – $680
  • Total appraisal for all 15 names was $4,210
  • Highest CPC was $11.50

All names are currently available for registration as of the time of this post.   Here is a screenshot listing 7 of the domains:
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If you would like  to see an advance copy of the 8 additional domains (obscured above), signup for my free e-mail newsletter here.   I’ll be sending out part two of this post to my subscribers before publishing it.

In the meantime, you might want to check out my latest site – DomainingMindmap.com,  my personal mindmap containing the domaining tools I use to find, develop and sell domains.

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Available .coms with search demand, including one with $26 CPC.

November 25, 2009

Wanted to pass along the following  exact match .com keyword domains which are currently available for hand registration (as of 3:00 PM).  All have good search demand with numerous Adwords advertisers. Average cost per click ranges from $2.14 to $26.

1. ThermalPhotoPrinters.com:    (390/2900 searches per month, $8.31 CPC)

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2. DoubleDVDCases.com (880/3600 searches per month, $2.14 CPC)

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3. RAIDDataRecoveryService.com:    (260 exact monthly searches, $26.32 CPC )

Search demand is a little less than what I usually look for, but the high $26.32 CPC should more than make up for this.   Data recovery domains tend to do especially well with parking and Adsense.  In case you aren’t a techie, RAID stands for a redundant array of disks.  RAID setups are typically used by larger organizations to protect mission critical data.  When these arrays fail, companies often pay thousands of dollars to salvage the data – hence the very high CPC.

raiddatarecovery

That’s it for today. Most names posted go within minutes. If you are interested in receiving future available minisite domains…

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As always, any feedback / comments  appreciated.

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New domaining resource: DomainingMindmap.com

October 8, 2009

domaining mindmap screenshot

If you are interested in what domaining tools I use to buy, sell and monetize domain names, I’ve decided to open up my private domaining mindmap to the domainer community and have just launched a new site called DomainingMindmap.com.

In case you haven’t used a mindmap before, it’s an organized brain dump about a subject.   A good mindmap can be invaluable when trying to master a body of knowledge.   I created DomainingMindmap by reviewing my past 15 years of domaining bookmarks and notes and add to it on a daily basis as I discover new tools. My mindmap currently has 512 topics with notes and annotated links to hundreds of tools including…

  • Domain Research – Keyword research, link popularity, traffic, domain pricing, geo tools, site history, business research and trademark tools.
  • Minisite Development and Domain Monetization – Domain parking, mini site development services, graphic designers, copyrighting and content authors.
  • Registering new domains – Domain suggestion and generation tools, bulk check tools and domainer friendly registrars.
  • Catching expired names – Understanding the drop process, determining which names are dropping, and determining the best way to backorder names.
  • Buying and selling domains – Recommended marketplaces, domain brokers,appraisal services and tools to find end users.
  • Domaining blogs, news, forums and guides as well as Twitter domaining tools.
  • Domain conference information, accounting, financing and domain management tools.

I’ve tried to structure the mindmap so that it can be easily browsed and hope it will be helpful to new domainers as well as seasoned pros. It’s currently in beta mode, so any feedback or suggestions are much appreciated!

Thanks.

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