Interesting how the discussion has immediately moved on to domain squatting... Not all domain sales are a result of squatting. People can and do buy domains with lofty intentions, only to find out that their desires are harder to acheive than expected, and/or simply not as profitable as wanted. Once all the chips are down, and you decide to give up a particular venture - is there anything wrong with selling off the assets which remain?
For my personal position, I registered CompareBookmakers.com because i already owned a website which had a large database which 'Compared bookmakers' - so the domain seemed like an obvious expansion. I played with it for a while, but couldn't really get any traction on it (didn't have, and so couldn't give it the time it deserved). More recently I put some more content on it, developed some back links etc. But the fact is that I don't have the time to work on it to make it the sort of decent website it could be - hence why I started to wonder about other people who might be more interested in it than I am. There is no way I will simply let it slip back in to the pool when I have developed some traffic, backlinks, and history for a domain which I think is inherently valuable in a large competitive profitable industry. I guess my main point here is that not all domain reselling is about "bottom feeders" squatting on domains hoping they will be bought from them. An Asset is an Asset. ------------------------- http://www.sportarbitrageguide.com/ http://www.tdmskp.com.au http://www.shanegreenup.com http://www.surebetbookies.com/ http://www.comparebookmakers.com On 27 April 2011 13:00, Jeromy Evans <jeromy.ev...@blueskyminds.com.au>wrote: > Hi Shane, > > I agree with prior comments except that if you let it expire, it will > be automatically snatched up by the bottom feeders and you'll feed > their domain-squatting system. > If you wish to sell, list it in a marketplace like http://flippa.com > and just see what happens. At least then you've signalled that it's > available. > > Incidentally, a system for "doing something with it" is this: (which I > don't endorse) > - put it up covered with adsense for parked domains ads > - if annual adsense revenue exceeds domain renewal+hosting costs, > renew > - repeat for tens of thousands of domains by acquiring and deploying > domains automatically until you're wealthy (or broke). > - the goal here is to minimise domain renewal+hosting costs (which > you can do by not paying retail prices) and optimise ad performance > - generate content, replace adsense with linkfarm pattern, affiliant > link pattern, other ad networks etc to improve ad performance > - if someone offers to buy a domain, that's just a bonus. > > If the price of a .com domain was increased the problem would reduce. > (eg. if a .com domain cost $1000pa few would be economical to park). > > regards, > Jeromy Evans > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
