Comments on: How Do You Feed the Fish?? http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:40:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mountaingoat http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1968 mountaingoat Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1968 Curious - what % of these acquisitions you bought for parking revenue potential, versus % for future development and/or resale? Thanks. Curious – what % of these acquisitions you bought for parking revenue potential, versus % for future development and/or resale? Thanks.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1525 Nathan Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:25:51 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1525 I agree 100% about bargain hunting; if you can stand the self-inflicted pain of searching through ebay with their faulty search engine that can't "see" words inside the domain name, then there are ridiculous deals. Case in point: my auction for CheerleaderStrippers.com just ended 10 mins ago; I contacted a dozen adult webmasters and had 17 people "watching" the auction. The name sold for $2.25. I was predicting$250 minimum. I agree 100% about bargain hunting; if you can stand the self-inflicted pain of searching through ebay with their faulty search engine that can’t “see” words inside the domain name, then there are ridiculous deals.

Case in point: my auction for CheerleaderStrippers.com just ended 10 mins ago; I contacted a dozen adult webmasters and had 17 people “watching” the auction. The name sold for $2.25. I was predicting$250 minimum.

]]> By: Jody http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Jody Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:33:22 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1507 Empedocles: "the sum total might have bought one with some potential" says enough in itself. Thousands of domains fall in this category that are resold for profit, which is just the tip of the iceberg with potential. Add into that successful businesses that have and will be built around these names. If there are domains that sell for 50k and 20k, to imply that ones that fit in this category are worthless is ridiculous. When bringing up "economies of scale" you contradict yourself by suggesting to spend more money. Just because one does not have the budget to buy up all the bargains does not mean they can get one now and then. It appears a major point is with hard work you can find bargains. People in the industry were to busy complaining about the system to get them. This goes much beyond being an early visionary (I wasn't on the scene then, so it could have been more luck then vision, not to take away from anyone's intelligence). This appears to be more visionary to me, and opportunities are slipping right through the hands of people who thought they were all in the 90s and I would not blame it on budget. Even many McDonald's employees can save up $500 and in this business, with hard work, sky can be the limit with that. Empedocles:

“the sum total might have bought one with some potential” says enough in itself.

Thousands of domains fall in this category that are resold for profit, which is just the tip of the iceberg with potential.

Add into that successful businesses that have and will be built around these names.

If there are domains that sell for 50k and 20k, to imply that ones that fit in this category are worthless is ridiculous.

When bringing up “economies of scale” you contradict yourself by suggesting to spend more money. Just because one does not have the budget to buy up all the bargains does not mean they can get one now and then.

It appears a major point is with hard work you can find bargains. People in the industry were to busy complaining about the system to get them.

This goes much beyond being an early visionary (I wasn’t on the scene then, so it could have been more luck then vision, not to take away from anyone’s intelligence).

This appears to be more visionary to me, and opportunities are slipping right through the hands of people who thought they were all in the 90s and I would not blame it on budget.

Even many McDonald’s employees can save up $500 and in this business, with hard work, sky can be the limit with that.

]]> By: admin http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 admin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:26:01 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1506 Empedocles I do agree with you, that very good deals will be found contacting owners directly. Empedocles

I do agree with you, that very good deals will be found contacting owners directly.

]]> By: Empedocles http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Empedocles Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:25:34 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1505 I am not disputing your undoubted success as an early visionary who risked a great deal to amass a large portfolio, however, in my opinion the economies of scale you now have inplace affords you strategic options and philosophical comments. If you want to feed on the outside make direct approaches and pay more for one strong keyword / words domain, the caveat to my comment is that you are far more successful than I am. I am not disputing your undoubted success as an early visionary who risked a great deal to amass a large portfolio, however, in my opinion the economies of scale you now have inplace affords you strategic options and philosophical comments. If you want to feed on the outside make direct approaches and pay more for one strong keyword / words domain, the caveat to my comment is that you are far more successful than I am.

]]> By: admin http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 admin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:17:16 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1504 Empedocles All I can tell you these are the same types of domains we have been registering and buying for 10 years. If you missed it we were named by Fabulous.com as having one of the top 5 privately owned portfolios as measured by domains people were trying to register and the leading registrars. Empedocles

All I can tell you these are the same types of domains we have been registering and buying for 10 years.

If you missed it we were named by Fabulous.com as having one of the top 5 privately owned portfolios as measured by domains people were trying to register and the leading registrars.

]]> By: Empedocles http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1499 Empedocles Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:45:26 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1499 They are abysmal domain registrations, the sum total might have bought one with some potential. They are abysmal domain registrations, the sum total might have bought one with some potential.

]]> By: admin http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1497 admin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:06:42 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1497 Jeff You ask a great question which actually deserves a p0st to answer as I will do in a couple of days. Jeff

You ask a great question which actually deserves a p0st to answer as I will do in a couple of days.

]]> By: admin http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1496 admin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:00:18 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1496 Thanks to all for your comments Thanks to all for your comments

]]> By: Kelly Lieberman http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/comment-page-1/#comment-1495 Kelly Lieberman Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:44:26 +0000 http://www.thedomains.com/2008/03/02/how-do-you-feed-the-fish/#comment-1495 Awesome post! The silent auction for the Affiliate Summit is still going on and the domains are great! I think that a lot of people are missing out...but it makes it easier for the rest of us. Imagine what they would cost 5 years from now! Awesome post! The silent auction for the Affiliate Summit is still going on and the domains are great! I think that a lot of people are missing out…but it makes it easier for the rest of us. Imagine what they would cost 5 years from now!

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