Using Twitter to virally sell domain names..

March 22, 2009

[Part 4 of Domaining on Twitter]

In my last three posts, I discussed the potential for using Twitter for domaining, as well as specific tips to increase followers and connect with other Twitter domainers.  In today’s post I want to tell you about a domaining experiment that I’m about to try…

Each day I’ll post a domain and ask people to Tweet in their guess of how much it is worth. The next day, the domain will be auctioned off in a no-reserve  Snapnames auction and the person guessing closest wins 10% of the sales price.

It should be an interesting test. If it works, it will be great proof that Twitter can effectively be used to sell domains.   If it doesn’t, I may get hosed a little on the no reserve auction, but hopefully I’ll learn something.   I’ll be promoting the contest using Twitter and and have added a viral component to help build interest in the contest.  I’ll  track the number of click-throughs and entries received.  When it’s over, I’ll write a follow up post and share the results.

Here’s the link to the contest:

Domaining Contest: Test out your domain appraisal skills: Guess  the selling price of ImageBackupSoftware.com and win 10%.

And here’s the one-click link to automatically tweet your entry.