Comments on: We Don’t Get it that They “Don’t Get It”

By: MD

MD — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:36:34 +0000

Bill, you are absolutely right about developing your domains. I think you should take a look at MissPark which helps you develop your domains without any technical knowledge or experience in programming.

I put the URL in the post so you can just click on my name.

By: Bill S

Bill S — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 23:29:45 +0000

I own almost 2000 domain names and started buying in 2001.I was at the SES conference in San Jose(as a domainer with very little tech skill) and
i quickly realized that there is very little help for the serious beginning domainer who wants more than to just park names forever but can’t afford
full development for more than just a few names.
I really “GET” the concept of development and
monetization and i know that SEO companies are
a dime a dozen so i’m looking for a more personal
relationship with a monetizing partner(s) but
there seems to be a void for that sort of thing.
I know there are many domainers such as myself
who understand a little bit about market/ social
trends and have purchased domain names ahead
of the peak of a trend.Where are the individuals or companies that can regognize a good domain name and attach it to an obvious current trend and be
willing to put there time and monetizing expertise
into a partnership and share in the revenues?
I’m sure most domain owners feel that their names are woth fortunes and some may be but development is the way to go for me and i will figure it out one way or another.I welcome any thoughts on the subject

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:44:42 +0000

Sofia12….Our type in traffic runs 29 – 31% tracked by outsides, not us. If one do not belive in direct navigation, they are fooling oneself. Just rember, alot at the beginning didn’t get the worth of ppc advertising….now look at Google. Please, I’ll take a generic any day of the week over non. Thank you.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:36:16 +0000

“End users will come ONE PROJECT and ONE NEED at a time. . . Sometimes you just need to step back and see it through other eyes. One need, one project, one company, one idea, one person that gets it.”

Funny we make the comparison to real estate often. If you think about a company that buys real estate for their store buys 1 plot at a time in the same way that they are with domains. . . . They don’t typically go around buying all the land. Walgreens buys the land close to the hospital that isn’t serviced by a pharmacy and they build it up right away. They don’t buy up land and put up a sign redirecting someone to the walgreens down the street. . .after all their work and development, then comes CVS or Riteaid and other related businesses following the trends. Give it time.

By: Kelly Lieberman

Kelly Lieberman — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:09:09 +0000

On getting the word out…

I guess maybe domainers don’t “get it” when it comes to publicity and promotion the way Madison Avenue does…Just like they don’t seem to “get it” when it comes to domains. Stalemate perhaps.

Or, we could use our collective domains as a way to promote the industry as a whole. Many of us have domains that receive considerable traffic, and many of us own a considerable number of domains that receive some traffic… But all together we have an enormous opportunity to launch an effective marketing campaign.

We could have a small ad that links to a well done site that extolls the benefits of domains, charts, graphs, sales history, etc… Those domainers that are willing to can add the link to all the domains that they own and we can target ten of thousands of people a day. We could have sponsors on the sites who get free ads with links to their sites as a way to get a few domainers to help pay for the initial web site.

Meanwhile, we are educating and informing people 24/7/365 about domains and where they can find the ones they need for their businesses.

If anyone thinks that this idea has some merit let’s start talking about it and see if we can launch something.

By: Hugh

Hugh — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:47:01 +0000

Gordon,Don and Sofia excellent posts IMO, right on target.

The other thing is how much do people want for those domains at auction? Meaning some names may have value to an SEO person but not at an outrageous premium. Because they know they can take a domain for $8 and move it up the SEO ranking. I mean its not like every name at these auctions has tremendous type in traffic. And the ones that do are in the high xxx,xxx to x,xxx,xxx.

I agre on the call to action domains but I see them as being new hand regs, I do not think a company paying high xx.xxx even high x.xxx they can tweak a word and have their own call to action domain for $8. IMO

By: Kelly Lieberman

Kelly Lieberman — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:18:04 +0000

“The answer depends on whether you still in the acquisition mode or the selling mode.

If your still in the acquisition mode you want to keep it quite.

If your looking to sell a major domain to a major company for major dollars, you got to get the word out”

Maybe this is part of the issue then…. Is there still a large constituency that wants to keep it quiet for a while longer so that they can keep acquiring domains??? Because that is fine too. At least then there is some rationale for the lack of enthusiasm in the marketplace.

I am happy to see gold prices fall so I can accumulate more of the metal at bargain prices before the runnup to over $1,000+oz that I am betting on in the next 6-12 months… I trade stocks so I can wait and hold, no problem.

But, if we are ready to shake the money tree, I would say NOW is the time to make it happen, while investors are looking for somewhere to put their $$$$…..

I am also betting on:
CallToActionDomains.com
CallToActionDomain.com
CallToActionAdvertising.com
CallToActionAd.com

If anyone would like to discuss this further my whois is very transparent.

By: sofia12

sofia12 — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:17:15 +0000

I recently did some work at a company where they did not believe type-in traffic exists except for major destination sites like amazon and yahoo. No matter how I explained it or what data I showed they just didn’t believe that direct navigation is a real search method I don’t think this belief is uncommon with non-domainers. Many people (especially here in the silicon valley) just cannot believe type-in traffic is real and with that kind of a mental block it’s no wonder they don’t get IT.

By: Don M

Don M — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:41:57 +0000

You will not see the prime generic names pop up as often in auctions anymore. People know what they have and are holding on to them. Most deals will be done private in the future and or they will find a partner who can monetize the domain name correctly in exchange for a share of the profits.

I believe the end user depending on what business they are in and how big they are will not care to much about the name because they have the money to throw at the name to develop it. You still have management in companies thinking they can register a high quality domain name for 8 bucks. time will cure that though, take advantage of it while undeveloped land still exists.

Though the company that registered http://www.floridasnatural.com has the right idea for a geo specfic trade name. They have simple commericial that says to buy US and not from overseas or something to that extent. I bet you this juice companies sales will rise quickly in the future. Makes me want to buy that orange juice.

My bet on future domain names are

Call to action names
geo specfic trade names. Insurance/loans/homes etc.
Vlogs anything specfic
Blogs will become Vlogs. Video is it.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:34:01 +0000

I’ll put the shoe on the other foot for a moment, and imagine that these guys for years have been saying “look at these idiots just parking their domains, think how much they could make by just developing them”

I really don’t think there are that many business owners with money to spend at the SES shows. More indians and less chiefs. And I also didn’t see any of the big names in the industry promoting the auction (shoemoney, wolf-howl etc.) – i think if shoemoney, rand or one of those guys would have said “you should go to the domain auction” that would have brought an extra 250 into the room, who may not have bought but would have been introduced to the game….