Jeff - moderater on wmw (webwork) - 13 domaining strategies in 2007
Asks some questions - domain name portal and webmasterworld domain forum plug
1. Creative domain acqusition finance
- letting the ppc revenue pay the costs
- your revenue isnt their revenue
2. acqusition of underperforming (parked) domains - buy cheap, fix it and use the new found money to pay for the domains.
- auctions - you can find steals
3. auction sniping
4. bottom fishing at certain resellers - Jeff has personally been a bottom feeder for a long time.
5. diversification of revenue stream - test different services
6. macroeconomic adjustments (foreclosures, debt, etc) - the market is dicey, debt and forclosure domains are hot right now
7. tracking the buzz in the forms and emerging buying opportunies - if people are crabbing about income, it may be the time to buy some domains.
8. dailychanges.com and observing domaining trends - domain tools has some nifty tools. Dailychanges is great for research/intellegence. Watch the big guys and see some trends that they are showing.
9. intelligent proactive acquisition vs waiting for doamins to drop - reach out to owners of dropping domains and see if you cant just buy it. Its easier then fighting with the big guys once it drops
10. business owners acquiring keyword traffic domains
11. domainers focusing on the value of converted leads from KW domains
12. domain parking experimentation: images, rotating companies, etc.
13. specilistion, tasting, patent, and informed domaining.
I like Mark Klein (Sedo) example of powerful use of a domain, “I have a headache.com“.
Also from Pubcon, another session to check out “Domain Names and Trademarks - Legal Issues” and Richard Rosenblatt keynote address coverage from BruceClay.com.
Does anyone know where the results for Moniker’s Macau China Casino auction are posted?