Comments on: Dell Refused To Spend $750 A Month On Adamo.com

By: ProductDomains.com

ProductDomains.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:28:21 +0000

HP Launches DreamScreen, Doesn’t Own DreamScreen.com…

Was reading TechCrunch and came across their review of the new HP DreamScreen that others have compared to the elusive Apple Tablet. Needless to say thier review isn’t very positive about the product and after doing a quick whois look up HP does…

By: david

david — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:00:01 +0000

some companies seem to be real good at this, i think microsoft are one of the most agressive, even google gets it wrong once in a while.

Im not sure if it was gmail or gdrive that they didnt own, but i guess they have millions to spend to buy it.

By: Rob Sequin

Rob Sequin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:54:33 +0000

Thanks.

Avoid ad agencies, webmasters and IT departments. They are the enemy when it comes to domains. They will kill the deal.

When the marketing guy tells me he will talk with his IT guy or webmaster I feel like telling him how it works but I just hang up and write it off as a dead deal.

I haven’t been wrong yet.

By: BullS-sites

BullS-sites — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:14:12 +0000

Why ad agencies, and webmasters don’t care?

Because they have a lot to lose and why do they care?

There is no motivation or personal gain if they come up with a great domain name because it won’t belong to them.
That why state govt have the worst domain names.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:14:54 +0000

I agree with Rob also. My personal experience trying to get Salada or Tetley Tea to buy Whitetea.com, Greenteas.com and Whiteteas.com was an exercise in vain. With green tea and white tea commercials on tv 10 times a day you think they might want the actual domain names. Nada. After being referred to the ad agency they didn’t see any value in owning the words they were getting paid to develop an ad campaign for. Thick as bricks. With names like that I thought it would be a no brainer. Apparently not. It just takes a bit more work to find the right end user when you run into these attitudes.

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:48:12 +0000

Will singer Adamo now sue?
http://houbi.com/belpop/groups/adamo.htm

By: owen frager

owen frager — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:43:27 +0000

This Wed LIVE at 8PM we will confront a Madison Ave icon, (and agency of record to huge geo budgets), on these very issues. All are welcome:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/931514363

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:31:12 +0000

I agree Rob. That has been my experience also……for the most part.

By: Rob Sequin

Rob Sequin — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:07:45 +0000

Having a good domain for a company goes against the ad agency’s efforts.

It is the job of the ad agency to spend money on branding to validate their existence. So, they will NEVER recommend that a company buy a good generic domain or even the domain of the product.

If companies start getting traffic without ad agency help then they will start to realize that they don’t need the ad agency as much.

You know who else does not like generic domains for their clients?

WEBMASTERS.

Whenever I have pitched a domain to an end user and they refer me to their webmaster or IT department, the deal is DEAD.

Webmasters want their clients to spend money on design and SEO. God forbid they recommend to a client that they should buy a domain that gets type in traffic.

Screw ag agencies and webmasters.

They will NEVER recommend the purchase of a good domain.

By: MHB

MHB — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:29:47 +0000

Tony

That is a whole different issue we you know we have discussed in depth.

Under current rules registrars can do whatever they want in this regard.

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