A Few Nice Names Dropping Today

Had two nice emails yesterday letting me know of some of the domains they had picked up from my daily lists.  Nice to hear people actually read this daily.  I hope the next emails will be telling me they sold the names for a nice profit or had monetized them for some daily income. Now on to the names.

DownVest.net 6600 searches and a $1600 valuate but more importantly, they are coming back in fashion

ToplessTutors.com I’m not sure the name is worth anything but I really like the concept

ProteinShakes.net 22,000 searches and there are a lot of weightlifters and wanna be weightlifters that are looking for this one

aDinosaur.com I like this name despite the a.  People will certainly remember it as well

MurderAttorney.com Again, not sure of value here but if someone types this in I’m just going to assume they did it

Chesty.net I don’t have to explain how nice this one is.  Not the best business email address but a very nice name

InVegas.net Certainly worth the $70 pickup

There are a ton of more great names today and remember……….It’s easy to find names using DomainStryker.com

Wait!!! That Name Dropping With All the Bids Is Mine……Was Mine

I was scanning through the old “Pending Deletion” list last nigh at Namejet and came across a name I recognized, whino.com.   The reason I recognized it is because it’s mine….or was mine.  It was at my least favorite registrar, melbourneIT.   They are ridiculously expensive to renew, impossible to get answers out of, and hard to transfer out of.  I got the domain cheap and really didn’t care to go through the hoops to keep it.  I didn’t think twice about it and let it go.

Evidently, the name is more popular than I thought as there are 15 bidders that put in their name for the auction.   I’m not really sure if I have any ability to get it back or not.  There are no signs of it in my account and calling them is tough since they only have an Australian number.  It expired in December if I remember correctly so my time may be up. I really wouldn’t have cared if it wasn’t staring me in the face. As usual when I drop a name and it sells, I wonder to myself “where were all these people that wanted the name at when I owned it”?

PS:  The pic has nothing to do with the article, I just thought it was funny

I Have To Admit the Domain Madness Auction Has Some Strong Names

I usually don’t publicize any of the auctions for a couple reasons.  One, there are so many.  Two, that’s their job.  I have to change my normal procedure for the upcoming Domain Madness Auction because there are some fantastic names up for bid.  Yes, I know the reserves are high but for these names I think they are deserving.  There is also not 1000 names and tons of junk like most of the auctions recently.  Here are the names and their reserves with a little opinion thrown in

Here’s the link to take you to the actual auction

Some Great Opportunities With a Few Nice Names Dropping Today ($18.53 and $10,000)

Some great names lately.  I added to my scarf collection.  By scarf collection I mean I now own plaidscarf, purplescarf and a whole bunch more scarf dot coms.  I like scarves what can I say. Now on to the names

NextDoor.com This name has been at the top of the most active at Godaddy for a week. 68 bids and already over $10,000.  Hot name

OnlineBachelors.net $18.53  CPC and 3500 searches make this name worth more than you’ll pay on Godaddy

CustomCabinetery.com Big name will reach big price. $15K estibot price

Royo.net If dot nets are worth 1/10 of the dot coms then this should be worth a few hundred

SearchFindAnywhere.com Already received 51,000 uniques a month.  All for the low low price of…………………..

MaineLobsters.org It’s a dot org but 2300 searches and $3200 valuate

There are a ton of more great names today and remember……….It’s easy to find names using DomainStryker.com

Regardless of What Others Think: It Isn’t Always About Money

I’ve heard it more than once in my life and I’ve heard from a few people lately.  “As long as I’m making money I don’t care”.  Really? Well you should.

I’m not here to write about morals and being a family man or the importance of friends.  I’ve struggled with all of those at some point or another.  What I am here to preach is relationships.  These build everything.  The three things I just mentioned AND wealth.  Relationships are what others judge you on.  “John says he’s a great guy” or “he has the Company X account so he must be pretty good”.   Long term relationships say a lot about who you are and where you’ve been.  They build a road that gives you the history, confidence, and support to make good decisions.

Think about the times you had a choice to make, whether it is in business or in your personal life.  The more relationships you have,  the more opportunity you have to ask the right person for advice.  None of us are born with all the answers and most of us will never learn them either.  Successful people ALWAYS surround themselves with people that can answer those questions.  Sure you can pay people to hang around you and do those things,  but it’s never the same as people that want to be there.  Paid people become yes men. They tell you want you want to hear.  People with whom  you have a good relationship tell you what you need to hear. Paid people leave and take their and your info with them.  They could care less if you make another dime unless you’re giving them some incentive to think otherwise.

It takes time to build solid relationships.  It takes a lot of proving and showing to another person or company that you are someone that they should do work with or entrust.  You may think that pissing one person one person off or burning a bridge that didn’t need to be burned is no big deal,  but it usually is.  There is nothing wrong with disagreeing with someone, not everyone likes everyone else.  Calling them out, making them look bad, and trying to publicly shame an individual only leads back to you.  Every time you talk bad about another company in front of your new possible partner they are thinking to themselves that someday you may say the same bad things about them.

So while you rate your your life, your business, and your success on how much money you make think about the set up.  Setting up a foundation that will make you more money down the road.  Every time you forget to email back, you dismiss someone that may appear of no help to you or your business, or make fun of someone that isn’t as skilled as you, you are burning a bridge of someone that may have helped you in the future in one way or another.  I realize you can’t pay your mortgage with relationships but you can’t have a healthy wealthy life by yourself either.

PS: No,  I don’t always practice what I preach but I do know my wrongs as I do them.

A Few Nice Domains Dropping Today

Didn’t post much yesterday as I had one of those days.  Great for the pocketbook bad for the blog, the story of a lot of good blogs that barely post anymore.  A path I’m determined not to follow.  I won’t post to post but I can’t imagine a day I don’t have something to say   Now onto the names.

Rayburn.com $9100 estibot and 3500 searches.  Will go for around a $1000 which is still a good price

WeirdHouses.com 6600 searches and more a fun site than a strong generic but will go cheap

ShreddingCompany.com The $10.58 CPC is nice and over 1000 searches

BeautifulHorse.com The only thing better than a horse is a beautiful horse…………or a dog

PatongHotels.net 12,000 exact searches and $1.73 CPC and no bids

RadioShow.net You want generic, here’s generic

TheClassroom.net 12,000 searches and another nice .net

There are a ton of more great names today and remember……….It’s easy to find names using DomainStryker.com

A Few Nice Domains Dropping Today (PS I Hate Time Change)

For a guy that goes to bed early and wakes up at 4 am this is definitely the worst time of year.  It’s practically light when I go to bed and dark for my entire one and half hour run.  I’m still trying to figure out why we still do this time change thing.  At least I found a few good names yesterday, I was tired and grumpy while I did it,  but I did it.  Here are a few good names dropping today

WomenFu**ing.net It is not womenfunning it’s the dirty word but it’s alway what a heck of a lot of people are looking for.  27,000 searches.   It could be worse OneGirlTwoDogs.com is also up for bid

HandmadeQuilts.net That’s quite a change from the one above isn’t it.  Grandma may actually come this site.  4000 searches

Islanders.org 420 hits to this bid page show the interest.  Hockey people will like the name

FourTimes.com One of those meaningless names that everyone knows how to spell and will remember. Great buy under $100

Flip.net One of the bigger names to come out for auction in a while.  I’m in but probably not for long

NewGadgets.net 22,000 searches and and an all around nice name

ConcreteMixers.net The mafia will take this name from you just like like they did the readymix factories in Chicago.  22,000 searches means people are really looking for mixers

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It’s easy to find a lot more good names using DomainStryker.com

2008 Was a “Bubble” Year for 4Ls Yet I Wish I Would Have Bid a Little Higher

I sold a domain over the weekend and happened to take a sneak peek at all my bids and auction results from the past five years at Sedo.   My first 5 years of domaining I concentrated on two things.  Four L dot coms, namely CVCV and gardening names.  I also added “premium” 5L every now and then.  Although I bought a few, looking back I passed on way too many.  I realize it’s easy to go back in time and see how cheap things were but this isn’t that far back.  2008 was actually a bubble year for 4Ls and yet these still have increased in value .  Here are a few names that I don’t mind revealing my bids at the auctions  and where they ended up.   If I still owned these I think I could easily double my money, maybe more.

Dusu.com (August 07)   I was out at $900 finished at $1050

Fuzu.com (August 07) I was out at $1000 finished at $1951 (turned for $4100 the next year)

Vofo.com (June 08) I was out at $2500 finished at $2550

Yusu.com (August 08)  I was out at $800 finished at $1400 (had sold for $3200 8 months earlier)

and my favorite counter offer from a bid I made at Sedo

Phlox.com  I offered $200 (I know it was a lowball)  his/her  response  16,777,215 EUR

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If you don’t mind sharing, what are a few names you passed on that have since sold for much more.?

What Would You Do? Someone Has the Chance to Sell a .travel for 5K

An interesting scenario is being discussed is being discussed over at DnForum.   One of the members received a 5K offer on a .travel dot com.   Without trying to get on Google for this and gathering too much publicity, it is the first word in a Saudian (on purpose) Arabian country type name.  Actually the one to the left.   He is searching for advice regarding how to deal with this offer.  Here are the details of the value of the domain as I see it

1. The country above dot travel is reserved and not available to register

2. It’s a dot travel

3. $5K is a high initial bid for a dot travel

4. That country is known for Travel.. Mecca

Here are some of the pieces of advice given to the person

I would counter offer with $15,000 US. and close the deal on their next counter offer.  Either way, its a great offer. The market is awful and you can invest the money into a .com!

You are holding the cards here so I would hold for much more.

.travel will go the way of .mobi      sellllllllllllllllllll

if it is .travel take the money and run

unless you really have a personal interest in developing this domain, you should end this in a sale. $5000 is nothing to sneeze at, but you should still try for more.

don’t be dumb enough to not sell…just make sure you get decent money

If you don’t need the sale you’re in a good position. Even if they walk away they could come back later. Play hard to get then and get the price range you want.

Keep it, development and make millions… oh you want the truth, sell it fast before the chance is gone

And the last one reflects my thought exactly although I didn’t write this post
Since THEY contacted you, you definitely hold the cards here. My advice is to counter at $10,000… but don’t get too greedy. You can land a minimum of $5,000 at worst.

What would you do if you got the offer?

Monday’s List of Good Names About To Drop ($27.65 CPC)

NCAA Tournament won’t be as exciting for me this year as my Illinois team screwed things up late in the year and didn’t get in.  Maybe I’ll get a good name today and it will make me feel better.  Here are a few names dropping at Goddady or Namejet today.

Diplomatic.net 22,000 searches and a approx. $2K valuation

CaliforniaInjuryLawyer.com Big big CPC of $27.65   and over 1000 searches. 

lbank.com It could be a typo of bank or a brand.  Either way 36 people agree with me that it’s worth putting in an order to see how it goes

BestHDTV.com 33K estibot and $12,000 searches.  Nice name for now and the future.

KeepOff.com Don’t have to worry about people misunderstanding this name.  Nice and simple

SickleCell.net A disease that’s searched for 27,000 this month.  Nice CPC as well