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Old 11-07-2009, 01:21:15 AM     #11 (permalink)

 
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TBH, it surprises me how few people I know who've actually registered a domain name. Apart from obvious business savvy people, joe public still haven't caught on that domain names have value to sell, to use, to add ppc, to affiliate, etc. Maybe it still seems too technical a concept to them, when in reality we all know it's a piece of piss.
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Maybe we're just in the lull before the major interest begins. There are starting to be more stories in the mainstream media about domains, about how useful for business they are, about how they are rising in value, about how they might be worth investing in.
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Lee your business model seems flawed? every month when you need the rent money you let people cherry pick your best names at very knock-down prices.

You are now left with a very large group of below average names that now wont sell and you believe its because of the current economic climate.

What are your three best names that you have left to sell?
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I target them all, however I dont usually put a sales pitch in or explanation, maybe I should start. Had a few seo companies approach me, but in a reverse direction and them wanting me to add on seo services to the domains I sold.
I guess another thing you could think about is building minisites on your domains to add value. Once you have a SERP result the domain might be easier to sell.

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Lee your business model seems flawed? every month when you need the rent money you let people cherry pick your best names at very knock-down prices.

You are now left with a very large group of below average names that now wont sell and you believe its because of the current economic climate.

What are your three best names that you have left to sell?
I've been selling my names for eight months since before Christmas, model not flawed, she's actually very beautiful and fun to be around. I catch good names that should flip, there's no point blaming my model when I and everyone else can see that domainers have stopped buying a lot even when names are good they want them cheap, too cheap but still have to flip sometimes. Hopefully better names will start dropping soon.
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Well as a domainer my spending hasn't slowed down, I'm actually spending more now.

Recent drops (without my own dac hosting) haven't been upto much for me, so I've been concentrating on my website design, selling domain names with a basic site which has made deals.

Recession is hitting everyone, and now its holiday season, I have foregoed my holiday, even foregoed Download this year, to pour the money into domain names. While names are going so cheaply, its time to snap them up .

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Market forces dictate price, if the market force demands names cheaper than you want to sell then you don't sell. If you want/need to sell you take market or below market prices, you can't change that, like it or not.
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Domaining is a side 'hobby' for me, my main income comes from my professional background which is totally unrelated - all I can say is I'm glad about that!

For all your full-time domain pros, hang on in there, it will pick up in time.
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In a property market downturn good properties still sell. If they don't ,then you hang on until the market turns up, which it always does eventually. Bad properties which are even difficult to sell in a healthy market fair badly in a downturn. Be selective.
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At least we only need to pay £7 each domain every 2 years to keep em
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I am now beginning to be more selective, most started being that way a month or so back, staggering how many half good names that people would speculate on that dont get picked up these days, most have cut down. Only one still banging the registrations is Grant, he must be loaded.
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