Comments on: How Can A Typo With 191 Monthly Visitors Be Worth $3k+ ?

By: domain guy

domain guy — Thu, 28 May 2009 22:16:06 +0000

lets see everyone here is talking about ppc. lets look at mortage.com that was sold for 250k i think thats how it was mispelled.and what did
costello brothers state? jupiterislandrealestate.com 4 words with less than 5 clicks a month sold for 18K.
so what this tells us is that the masses cannot spell just like rick schwartz has stated for 8 yrs.and any major real estate firm ie century 21, remax, gmac etc would love to get incoming clicks for 3k this is cheap and the math would be 175k avg house price at 5% commisioon would be 8750.and you look at all the realtors and companies paying 3 dollars or more per click…this is why domainers are asleep at the wheel.
no explaniation is need to the owner of this domain only the on lookers
from the bleachers…

By: MHB

MHB — Thu, 28 May 2009 19:14:47 +0000

UPDATE

I’m told by My Godaddy rep, that this domain was redeemed by the owner prior to the conclusion of the expired domain auction.

By: Aligned

Aligned — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:18:15 +0000

MHB,
Very valid point, all typos are not created equal. And as you said a common miss spelling like amatuer or amature definately has a stronger weight than a keyboard miss stroke. Im not advocating buying this domain or not. From a ppc standpoint I would not want it as i think you are looking at 10 to 15 years roi on it, and no resale value. Now if i had a lead gen site up and knew what similar traffic was worth it may well be worth it to me. Same thing if i had a developed site and knew the cost associated with gaining similar traffic to my site. Like all buys there are many factors to consider.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:08:23 +0000

So what was the end price for the domain?

By: MHB

MHB — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:28:35 +0000

Tony

I write this blog for domainer to not only give them news and info on what is going on the world around them, but to give them some tips and the benefit of being in this business, since before it was a business.

My advice to you guys is that paying $3k+ for this type of domain is a bad investment.

Take the domain Aligned pointed out, amatuervideo.com.

That domain is making, i just checked, just over $100 a year in PPC.

So if you Hand Reg it or even back order it and wind up paying a few hundreds for its, its a good investment. But at $3K+ your looking at a 25 year payback.

If anyone wants to buy domains for 25X write to me first.

Also keep in mind that all typo’s are not the same.

amatuer is a very common mispell for amateur, like voyuer is a common misspell for voyeur. Those are different kinds of typo’s then a domain based on someone hitting the “h” instead of the “g” because one is next to the other and its also different than adding additional letters to something that is unnatural in language or patterns of language like “reals estate”

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:16:53 +0000

I think “Aligned” brings up a good point in his post to MHB.

If you own typos and ask a minimum of $2500 for them, how can you ‘diss’ RealsEstate.com for 3k?

By: Aligned

Aligned — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Good points you made to Frankie. You really need to educate yourself on domains and only invest what you are comfortable with. To some 10 year roi on ppc is worth it others dont want that risk. If you dont have any knowledge of what the worth might be for resell or yearly revenue, then look for a different domain. You will pick some winners and losers, just hopefully more winners.

By: Aligned

Aligned — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:54:58 +0000

MHB,
I understand that. I agree there is nothing wrong with it. You have a great portfolio of domains. Yet you have these domains listed on your site forsale and correct me if Im wrong but dont all offers have to be above 2000 or 2500.(I havent bought from you in awhile) So you do value these types of names that high. I understand you dont want to deal with lowball offers, so may just have that on your site. But I dont think thats the case. You would not sell a typo like amatuervideo.com (probably comparable traffic) or other such typos for under 2500. Nothing wrong with that as you had the forsight to get those domains, but indirectly you are placing similar values to such domains.

By: MHB

MHB — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:20:24 +0000

Can’t be horrible for the owner of bling.com either

By: MHB

MHB — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:15:02 +0000

Frankie

The term for a “newer Player” is a “newbie”, not a “newer”.

Fleece is also an interesting word.

When you get involved in any investment and certain a new business there are smart investments and poor investments.

There are some who feel this is a great buy at $3K.

http://blog.namewise.com/2009/05/28/what-is-the-value-of-realsestatecom/

Opinion vary.

Educate yourself.

No one is spending their day trying to figure out how to fleece the “newer”.