Comments on: Internet Real Estate: Realtors of the Web http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: RR http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/#comment-9472 RR Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:39:48 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/#comment-9472 These guys did not think small with typos and 3 word domains or non .coms - They went right for the cream of the .com crop and were willing to pay up and finance creatively. That is a lesson for many of us. ----answer---- I remember a discussion with Rick Schwartz back in early 2000 when I first got in the business. Rick's view was to get the very best .com domains even at higher prices. It made sense but you definitely had to have some real capital for that. We went a different route buying second and third tier domains, domains such as unpopular family names with .com attached to them, and many existing but unpopular search strings, .com domains. Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham got in the game even later than we have and took the whole idea of second tier and third tier to a whole new level. Both have made few pennies while doing so. If there is a lesson here it is that there are many ways to climb a mountain, some may make it with the short tail, some long tail, and some with no tail. Cheers Sahar These guys did not think small with typos and 3 word domains or non .coms - They went right for the cream of the .com crop and were willing to pay up and finance creatively. That is a lesson for many of us.

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I remember a discussion with Rick Schwartz back in early 2000 when I first got in the business. Rick’s view was to get the very best .com domains even at higher prices. It made sense but you definitely had to have some real capital for that. We went a different route buying second and third tier domains, domains such as unpopular family names with .com attached to them, and many existing but unpopular search strings, .com domains.

Frank Schilling and Kevin Ham got in the game even later than we have and took the whole idea of second tier and third tier to a whole new level. Both have made few pennies while doing so.

If there is a lesson here it is that there are many ways to climb a mountain, some may make it with the short tail, some long tail, and some with no tail.

Cheers

Sahar

]]> By: Damir http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/#comment-9461 Damir Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:53:23 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/#comment-9461 Thanks Sahar for the post. I like the response by Kelly L. Thanks Sahar for the post.

I like the response by Kelly L.

]]> By: ireportcom http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/#comment-9460 ireportcom Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:10:42 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/#comment-9460 These guys are legends, I hope to learn from them, they have some of the best names out there and to turn a small investment into multi million pound businesses is amazing. I hope I can do the same with some of my ideas like whiskycom.com - Cost me little but lets hope it grows into something big. Great post Sahar, I love your blog and cant wait to see whats up next, Ireportcom These guys are legends, I hope to learn from them, they have some of the best names out there and to turn a small investment into multi million pound businesses is amazing. I hope I can do the same with some of my ideas like whiskycom.com - Cost me little but lets hope it grows into something big.

Great post Sahar, I love your blog and cant wait to see whats up next,

Ireportcom

]]> By: Kelly Lieberman http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/#comment-9456 Kelly Lieberman Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:35:52 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2008/06/10/internet-real-estate-realtors-of-the-web/#comment-9456 Loved that article!! I already have forwarded it to all the naysayers around me...if guys like these have hopes for PetCloning.com than I have no doubts about some "crazy" domains in my portfolio. NanoTechnologyHealthRisk.com anyone? Loved that article!! I already have forwarded it to all the naysayers around me…if guys like these have hopes for PetCloning.com than I have no doubts about some “crazy” domains in my portfolio. NanoTechnologyHealthRisk.com anyone?

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