Bido: Down for month. Now up again, but not really running.
Sedo: Cuts 60 Euro Auctions.
TRAFFIC Auctions: Amsterdam was a nightmare … They sold uebernachtung.de for 1k, was resold later for 8k
Domainvermarkter Auction: Total disaster for seller
This list could go on and on … How come that domain auctions are doing so bad?
The answer is simple. But this time i have to delay my opinion. This time i will SHOW you my answer. Hope to code it within the next weeks. Stay tuned!
I get bored really quick. Maybe that was the reason i stayed down two years in school, cause when we had to learn math, i was bored and read books under my table about economy. So I was quite happy to find a way to handle my get-bored-quickness: find a lot of different possibilities and ways to achieve one goal. Or like good old Epictus has put it: The same, but different. So how does that fit now with the aim of a domainer, to squeeze as much cash out of his domain inventory as possible? Read on, my friend …
When you call meaningful, generic domain names with with natural type in traffic your own, you can call yourself a lucky guy. Why? Parking is down, domain renewals are up! I hear you say. That’s true and current circumstances are tough. But the real advantage of domains is: you have endless possibilities.
So what can you do with your domain inventory? Lets take one of your gems, that has 20 type ins a day:
You can park … takes 2 seconds and makes you round about 500 bugs a year.
You can mini develop with a small word press blog and little link juice … takes 2 hours and makes then 1.800 bugs a year.
You can rent out the traffic … takes 2 days and makes 5.700 bugs a year.
You can rent out the traffic … takes 2 weeks and makes 9.600 bugs a year.
You can build a real business on this gem … takes 2 years and the potential is endless.
So ask yourself, what good old Peter Drucker would advise you to ask: what is my personal strength and weakness? And then develop your possibilities!
As always Monday night was entertaining, inspiring and hot. Why?
As always I found my way to the first and only Domainers Pub on planet earth where each Monday German Domainer gather and discuss, supported by the first Domainer Radio on Planet Earth. The best place to be. If that would not have been enough innovation, Pub Host engel invites domainer and representatives of Domain Companies to his radio show domainers.fm. Yesterday it was Sedo’s Marc and Forsaken from DomainPortal.
It was a really hot discussion and it was already after midnight. The topic was, that the auction at DVF in Cologne was disaster - for the seller, as lately all live domain auctions. Engel put up the question: What could have Sedo done to prevent this disaster? And in the following hour it again was a really great insight to see, Sedo does not get it as most domainer do not get it. Only some. The ones that still buy. Congrats to Nico and Adblogger and the Vipex Posse, who bought more than 80% of the inventory.
But now back to engels question: What could have Sedo or the Organizer of the forum done to prevent the disaster? First of all it is Sedos direction of supporting domainers and choosing domains that may be interesting for Domainers. They do not care about the end user and marketing the vale of generic domains. One idea that came to my mind, would be a slogan associated with a campaign to help end users gain insight which enormous values offer. “Type in to find. Kredit.de, Autos.de, …” [that means loans, cars, ...].
There are lots of ideas: The organizer of the Forum sent out more than 1.000 Print Magazines to relevant Domain Contacts.
I all negotiations I am involved I understand that enduser DO NOT GET DOMAINS. After a enthusiastic 20 minute monologue I see a sparkling in their eyes. They do not get Typeins, the value of Typeins, SEO and Domains, SEM and Domains, Social Media and Domains and and and. Thats what it takes.
The most important aspect of all is: listen to the user. That’s why I ask YOU the question. What could Sedo do?
i was very bearish on facebook. they burned and maybe burn lots of cash. BUT … they move fast and each move is sooo brilliant. i recently watched an interview with randi zuckerberg where she found great words: “facebook makes communication so natural.” within facebook it really feels like talking to your friends: real names, transparent communication and relative privacy. they simply follow peter druckers advice: “efficiency is doing better what is already being done.”
facebooks reach is already amazing. 40% of norways population is on facebook. 250 million are on the network now. they are aiming one billion users, which feels possible to me.
the thing is: they are a true platform. you can build your business on this platform. like candystand. they prefer to use facebook connect instead of building their own social network.
now facebook test its own facebook currency. the next big thing. people talk, play and live on facebook. people pay for ringtones and they will pay for virtual items.
so what is it exactly that make facebook so successful?
sure, lots of ingredients: great idea that fills a need from a great entrepreneur at the right time in the right environment. the most influential aspect imho is mark zuckerberg. see this video to see his passion and geeky genius.
whats your opinion! WHAT makes facebook so successful?
You may have wondered whats up with this crazy guy namewise! The last few month have been a blast of change. Business and private. Not that i want to excuse myself of not blogging but blogging the last month was not the perfect medium for me, even if i have consumed tons and tons of great blog posts.
As the time for work was really limited i preferred twitter and for sure skype chat.
Blogging was often on my mind, but as the projects i am involved took lots of time i did not find the time to share my thoughts and progress with you.
Last week we achieved a really important milestone in one of our most important projects so far. All in all, it seems that there is more time now to share. But that can change fast
So long for today. So stay tuned .. for hopefully more frequently updates in this theater!
Sure! It is a misspelling. It is a typo. The discussion was put up @ thedomains.com … and i want to also give my two cent. Out of the 29 comments 28 do NOT GET the IDEA of TRAFFIC.
The typo domain realsestate.com gets nearly 200 visitor a month who wish to buy a real estate. If you would habe to buy google - each visitor would be round about $2,50. So make the math. You would have to pay google $500 a month. The domain is in the auction for $ 3k … it pays itself within 6 month.
And these “domainer” ask themeself why someone would pay SO MUCH??
Right now, you may sit - most likely - in front of your computer in your office. This morning you headed there, maybe consciously or consciously. What I am interested in is … What was the question you where asking yourself today, what to do? Maybe again, this question was really conscious, like ‘Where can I find the next great bargain domain to buy?’ and then you where looking through the boards and posts to find your new muse. Maybe the question that is leading your day today was more unconscious … it was leading you to finishing the paper for your tax consultant and the underlying question was ‘What is necessary to maintain the system?’.
Why do I ask you all this?
It is simple as this: Because, the question you ask yourself leads your train of thought. And your train of thought leads you to your actions. Needless to say that your actions lead you to results. Maybe you asked yourself ‘Whats the biggest fun today?’, which lead you to a task that made you happy and so … Fun is your aim!
Sometimes it is security, sometimes profit, sometimes fun and sometimes we do not even have a clue what it is we are heading to, cause we are lost in thought or in the engagement we are in.
For a domainer blog this post seems to you still to unspecific. Right! There are dozens of blogs out there that have great advice for the specific task. Finding great domains, SEO, SEM, etc.
Sometimes it is a great idea to simply step back and look from a wider or just a different perspective, which may lead to new insights.
Thats all. Hope to hear a lot of questions from you! Let me know and thanks for sharing!
wie geil war das denn? Die Seo Campixx war der Hit. Ganz herzlichen Dank an den Seonauten für die Organisation dieser wirklich aussergewöhnlichen Veranstaltung! An den drei Tagen hat man immer gemerkt: Da hat jemand genauesten mitgedacht und weis was SEOs wollen. Alles hat gepasst! Twitterwall, Spam Drinks und sogar PrintTwitter auf der Toilette!
Es war einfach genial sich in dieser Location mit allen alten und neuen Bekannten drei Tage über Tipps, Tricks und Trends auszutauschen.
Some weeks ago i already planned to post about one of my favorite books “The 4 hour work week” from Tim Ferris. I really love this book. It has hundreds small advices and practical tips. It made me think what I could simplify in my daily routines. The best about Tims books is that he lifes what talks about.
He produced BrainQuicken and sells it over the internet. BrainQuicken can help to become smarter and as Tim explains in his book - through to huge margins - helped him to become one of the new rich and totally independent of time and place.
Today I found a post on his blog about domains ‘How to buy domain names like a pro‘ and take this as a chance to finally post about Tim. Even as I consider myself a domain pro, I found in this post some great NEW possibilities to tune the process to aquire a domain.
Especially in times like that, domain buying me be on one or the other fellows agenda. I hope you find this post interesting!
This market is fucking hot! Wow! When you have Forex related Traffic, you know that this traffic pays really good. For all of you that do not know much about Forex: It is simply said currency trading. Big advantage is, that lately Forex Broker came to this huge market with unbelievable 3 Billion Euro volume each day - and made it total easy for everybody to trade currencies.
Big advantage is, that you can use - if you are skilled and have enough experience - a huge leverage up to 400 times the deposited money. That means if you deposit 5.000 USD you can bet with 2 Million USD for example on a falling Pound. Lets assume further that the pound dives and looses 2% that day. As you have bet on the falling pound you are a lucky winner! You just made 40.000 USD out of 5.000 USD in one day!
The great thing is, that when you have potent traffic, the forex broker pays up to 300 USD CPA and 25% lifetime on their fees. Go see here the best Forex Affiliate Programm Etoro, a Forex Broker that is especially for Starters really easy to trade and is the succesfullst affiliate programm in the industry!
