Hope you are having a nice weekend. I’m exhausted, having just completed the 44 mile 5 Boro Bike Tour this morning. My muscles are sore, but it feels great to have done this for such a great organization.
Here are some of my thoughts this weekend:
- I am very surprised that Boston.net didn’t meet it’s reserve (somewhere under $25,000) at Sedo last week. I was almost positive the domain name was going to sell, although I personally don’t invest in .net domain names.
- I am strongly thinking about re-developing TropicalBirds.com using my DogWalker.com business model (while keeping all the content). The site receives over 10,000 visits a month, and many of those people are looking for breeders. The only thing that scares me a bit is that I don’t have many inquiries about advertising. I am conflicted – what do you think I should do?
- People always seem to be interested in learning what names I am buying. Here are a few recent aftermarket acquisitions: XXD.com, InsuranceInvestigations.com, NoBarkDogCollar.com, InternetResearchers.com, HousekeepingService.com, HomeImprovementForum.com, IndiaOutsourcing.com, CollegeInterview.com, and NetworkingForum.com. How about you?
- The other day, someone commented that my blog was a bit less “sticky” since I am rarely discussing my development projects. I have not been starting new projects lately because I have enough work with my current projects. Additionally, sales have been picking up, so I am focusing more on acquisitions and sales rather than development. When times are tough, development can help build new revenue streams, but when my sales are great, there’s far less of a need to build these new streams, although I continue to focus on my current projects.
- I’ve said this several times, but people continue to email me questions about domain investing. I don’t offer private consulting services, but I will do my best to give you a thorough answer if you post your question on DomainQuestions.com.
Elliot,
Love xxd.com! That name is screaming that it wants to be a brand. Some other nice pickups in that list as well. Congrats!
re: TropicalBirds.com, I say, why not try? It could turn out huge. The downside is you could lose your development costs + time, but the upside is much bigger with that kind of traffic IMO. The traffic is what would push me over the edge. Good luck!
HomeImprovementForum.com this is good
I got TacoFlair.com, PuppetOpera.com and WineryConcert.com
All hand reg and already making money and offers.
Okay now time for my bike ride.
Once again – Dot com is KING and I love this BS word domain game. do you???
Don’t like .net?
they’re GOLD
easy to hit page one
let’s see
a few in our AUTO niche
manhattancarrepair.net
newyorkcitycarrepair.net
bostoncarrepair.net
atlantacarrepair.net
goes with
carrepair.org and carrepairs.net
iCarRepairs.com
LOL
any large city car repair client is easy 2K a month
minor markets 1K
PER CLIENT
now lawyers are better payers
felonylawyers.us
nycirstaxattorneys.com
druglawyer.mobi that you hate
realestatelawyer.mobi that you hate
realtylawyers.net
we won’t sell one, but all the keywords .tld will have up to 300 sub domains eventually
the geo’s will have one client
so keep finding stuff to get 50 buck a year clients on
I’ll stick to lawyers and mechanics
mechanics got dough
so do lawyers
@ Lord
I know good legal names are worth good money… I sold several attorney .COM names in the last few months, including RealEstateAttorney.com in February.
I don’t see advertisers or even sites on your domain names….
I stick to .com, like AutobodyService.com rather than something like iCarReparis.com. The name without the first “i” would be great, but I don’t see it being worth much.
I like HomeImprovementForum.com the best.
Some of my latest hand regs include MobilePhoneUnlockingSoftware.com, UnlockCodesForCellPhones.com and review domains like AllInOneComputerReviews.com.
I am also in the process of selling one of my Financial domains for $4000 USD.
Hi Elliot,
I noticed that you have several keywordforum.com domains, just wanted to let you know about two related forum domains that I have in case you might be interested.
DrinkingForum.com
CreditReportForum.com
thanks,
-Robert
@ Robert,
Thanks but those aren’t of interest to me.
Nice work on the race, what was your final fund raising tally ?
Don’t do the birds dev. imho you’re time would be better invested in more profitable things. (maybe need to heed my own advice and quit posting on this darn blog)
i agree on homeimprovementforum.com being nice
Yep lawyer keywords money
But development key
We dont use ads
We put clients on multiple subs
All they want is first view
So i can stick anyone first view on this stuff
Net biz org
Dont matter
I prefix or e
Dont matter
The money is in deveopment
U hit page one map
Get high rotation ppc
Have high response content
They pay
Big bucks each keyword
U give me any billion dollar industry keyword i or e prefix
I can hit page one all day
Any city
Each hit worth money
I travel
I casino
I hotels schartz has
I lawyer
I attorney
I auto repair
I car repair
I domains
I real estate
All are development gold
So i domains hotter than anything now
Look at that icloud crap
@ Lords
Where are you on page one with your domain names?
@domain lords
That’s one deep domain poem. You should “slam” it, and post it on youtube 🙂
our clients are all page one
most #1
I gave examples here for some terms we target ourselves
couple of years ago we targeted a ton of seo stuff
worthless leads
morons
broke people mostly
so now we target where the money is
perfect example
LAWYERS
SEM is our niche
put it together
we’re #1 where we want to be
lawyers looking for ‘seo’ this late in game are morons
lawyers looking for SEM
yep, they have a clue
typical lawyer has this problem
200+ lawyers all buying the same term, so impossible to break high into rotation
we take over ppc rotation
and maps
and organic
that simple
so a professional keyword term is the action for us
some lawyers have to spend now over 100 bucks a click
and there’s 20 pages of lawyers trying to get in line
see the ‘problem’
now if you were a PIA, we’d be talking and you type in a few keywords and see our work
you’re not, so, oh well
all I can say is WE DO IT
and the big guys KNOW we’re doing it big time
and that’s why one moron’s company targeted one our clients with fraud
now they’re getting sued for huge bucks
LOL
read between the lines
@josh
LOL
youtube blows
but it’s a necessary evil
google owns it
so if you want to get in their graces
you’re forced to put videos on boob tube
99.9% of youtube blows
but if you have a HD video done by a high level producer on youtube
big brownie points at google
high QS scores
lower ppc costs
etc
but the people using youtube, mostly kids
yet, if you want to get ‘in’ with google
you put your videos on it
boob tube though
99.9% of it is crap
morons
kids
@ DL
Don’t like .net?
they’re GOLD [agree]
My dirty dozen hand registrations
to close out April.
sizetall.com
5000watts.com
eglintonvalley.com
flooroutfitters.com
racingfinal.com
meatandgame.com
ardenheights.com
glattkosherbutchers.com
uglybrownspots.com
lampspecialists.com
movingandrigging.com
dinnersauces.com
my latest : UnseenTours.com
I am selling: TropicalBreak.com 😉
Here are some of my latest hand registrations that I picked up in April:
DeviceList.com
TelevisionCart.com
OfficeFurniturePrices.com
PassportAdvice.com
MortgagesApprovedHere.com
I too was surprised that Boston.net didn’t meet the reserve. I buy a few .NETs here and there but stick mostly with .COM.
I see that ExoticBirds.com was recently sold. I wonder if the buyer was an end user or a domain investor.
@Elliot, def redev TropicalBirds and keep us updated coz I could use the knowledge of the results. I’ve got a similar situation on Foal.com, gets several thousand visits a month and most click about horse breeding, and I’m not sure how to dev it but want to. Your answer could be my own.
You need to put a section called How to cook Tropical Birds.
They taste like chicken
Congratulations elliot on today and domain purchases. Wonderful domain names imo.
@Pat good eye.
Tough call on tropicalbirds.com. Focus on what makes you money and keep the money flowing inn from domain sales imo. Or contact your friends at sedo and see what’s up with domain sale that Pat noticed
10k visits/mo. is worthy of redevelopment.
i like the college name.
i have recently acquired:
delanceystreet.com
greenwichplace.com
quakerridge.com
magnoliacreek.com
raritanriver.com
@ Michael
I like DelanceyStreet.com… the only 2 downsides are that Delancey Street isn’t what it use to be, and it can be confusing with DelanceySt.com.
I would only buy a .net if the .com was taken and not being used for the your intended strategy. If you wanted to do a Boston travel guide or business directory boston.net would be your best available domain name.
I was looking at the domain but I felt the reserve price was set a little high.
@ Elliot-
I agree w/ your first point. However, I’d much rather own …street.com vs …st.com.
Dear Elliot,
Regarding your animal names, please do some research first and be kind to those you might inadvertently hurt.
For TropicalBirds.com if you open it up to breeders just remember that overbreeding birds for human captivity and pleasure is often not the right thing for these intelligent creatures. And many species outlive their “owners”. Many owners don’t know how to properly care for their birds, either, making the situation even worse. Birds were meant to fly – and to teach humans more about the wonders of the world. They weren’t meant to be caged.
How about an educational site instead? Something that appeals to younger generations. You could get pro tropical bird experts to contribute articles.
If you can’t think of ways to monetize that, you could say it’s not always about money. But I bet over time you would figure out or stumble upon some cool ways to make $ while helping out the birds and the next generation. Adults would love it too. Moms own the pocketbooks of the web.
For the NoBarkDogCollar.com, please also do some research. No matter how you monetize, you can easily add educational information that shows your love of dogs. Give examples of how to responsibly use collars. You’d be surprised how much sadness happens in this space.
I’ve seen many dogs who had regular collars on that were so tight around their necks that it didn’t allow that area to grow properly. People set it and forget it, even when their dog is still growing. And many dogs are acquired solely to be chained up in the yard. People want a guard dog and then when he or she starts to bark too much (out of loneliness and depression and fear) the owners want a no bark collar next. If the way you get your dog to stop barking, is to buy a no bark collar, then that’s problem #1.
Can you imagine a no cry collar for a baby? It’s the same thing. You aren’t going to shock the baby to get it to stop crying; you are going to work on the reason he or she is crying and/or provide a soothing means to calm down or get some sleep.
I would use these sites for educational purposes – you would be amazed how much dog walker business you could get if your prospects knew how much you truly cared for dogs! (And tropical birds). 😉
@ Quantum
http://www.amazon.com/Innotek-Anti-Bark-Spray-Collar-Citronella/dp/B000H3VAQ8
Very much enjoyed the interview on DomainSherpa. (And, as long as you asked…) You mention developing sites around topics you really care about. For that reason, as great a name as TropicalBirds.com is, I’d give it a nay.
Your recent acquires are all great. My favorite is NoBarkDogCollar.com. Over 750,000 exact match Google search results. Infomecial material!
A couple of my recent regs are TopTenFavorites.com and PatentExpiries.com