Today’s contest is all about finding opportunity when others may not see it. Do you see the glass half full, or half empty?
Quick contest for the day, worth $100.00 for the winner as well as 100.00$ if you referred* the winner.
The question: If Require.com was yours, what would you do with it?
The best business concept wins, more details the better.
You may reply here in the comments area or your own blog post on your blog (make sure to tell us about it).
All entries must be submitted by 4PM today. We will announce the winner today at 5PM Eastern.
Good luck to all !
* If you refer someone to this contest, make sure they mention your Bido username in their post so we can credit referral fee to you in case they win.
Edit: See comment area for winners.
First of all I’d like to “refer” myself - Bido.com user name ParkingKing - so 200 if I win? Require.com, I did not even look at the auction $, it should be high x,xxx to mid 1x,xxx in my opinion. Require.com = Brand it - make it a condom name.
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No, you cannot refer yourself, but nice try.
Good to get these rules established right at the begining.
Wanted Site
You list requirements for jobs ie
Plumber based in Newyork and has 25 years experiance that can work tonight @ 6pm
You must meet all the “Requirements” of Require.com before you hook up with the person.
You set up your Requirement for anything…
Charge a fee to the contractor or person that is earning from the requirement.
Regards,
Rob
Could make a great education brand, having to do with degree/college requirements. Huge advertising and affiliate opportunities there.
bido Username: kithkanan
referred by: Johnny0331
I’ll make it a site for anti-virus/anti-malware as these things are “required” to make your online business (or whatever it you’re doing online) safe and give you privacy protection.
Hi
bido username ~ andyk
I like this domain
If i owned this one and developed it i’d use it as a universal site
for all types of products and services. Literally anything and everything.
Members can post anything they require (within reason)
ie
Member A posts
“Gigs required for my band in the Florida region” they can also submit a video of their band playing live and a band resume etc.
Member B posts
“I need a logo for my new website, please submit your deisgns”
Member C posts
“Web designer req’d budget $5 k”
Member D posts
“Four tickets required for the upcoming U2 concert”
Member E posts
“Holiday home available in the lake district in the uk april - seotember”
To monetise the site I’d charge a nominal membership fee and charge a small fee per post,
etc etc
I’d use this site for anything and everything. From computers to holidays to concert tickets and even domain sales.
bido Username: kithkanan
referred by: Johnny0331
require.com could also be a site for “required” general information for a certain field.
e.g. Basic Info “Required” to become a php programmer.
Basic Info “Required” to webmaster.
At first, some free generic info will be provided to users, like “10 things required to be an engineer” to attract them. As the site becomes popular (using SEO and marketing?), it will then “create” two kind of users: normal-user and experts. Where experts are paid to give this “required” knowledge to certain users (payee) who requested for the said info. The site can generate income by getting a % of what is being paid by the normal-user.
Say, user pays 100 bucks to ask an info on how to become a successful “domainer”, require.com can get 10% of it and give 90 bucks to the expert.
Experts should be qualified and have expertise on the field he/she claims to be an expert with.
A point system will be applied to give experts “value” as to how good they really are. User can give points to experts base on their output. This in turn will give new users an idea on whom to give/assign their “project”.
Hope this makes sense
Sure it is high, it was on SEDO for more then 6 months with an asking price of 6000$
Bido username: theseus
To be contrarian a bit, it could work for a child safety store / brand. That’s the only thing people can’t argue should be required for anyone with kids and any brains in their head - child safey seats, car seats, child proofing equipment for the home, etc.
Can extend beyond child safety into providing required safey items in any vertical - like for kids, for home improvement, for cooking.
Another idea is a site for legal forms (like something of similar nature with LegalZoom.com).
Simple - I’d build it out as an online requirements management system. There’s a lot of money being spent to improvement software development processes. One of the most complicated pieces that involves a number of different types of stakeholders is the requirement management process. Requirements change. Some requirements are pushed off for future releases. Requirements need to be tracked through to the specific line of code. Then you have Tests, use cases, modeling, workflow, issue tracking, etc. etc.
I think the bido price is high, but it’s a great keyword. Of course building out a requirements management system would dwarf the cost of the domain. The key is that it’s a great brand and gains instant credibility which is a serious issue when you start talking about large institutions (governmental or large corporations) that have 6, 7, even 8 figure investments in their development projects. You just won’t get these clients if you are trying to sell them a requirement management system from a domain like Requirements-R.US
Bido username: theoretical - referred by… um. let’s say RedDomain since he retweeted it. Not sure his Bido username though.
Require.com - What do you require?
An intelligent travel search engine.
Simply input the details that you and your party will require for your trip. (Your airline preference, number of rooms, budget, attractions, etc.)
Click “Require it!”
Now you don’t have to look through everything you don’t want to find the perfect destination, flight, and hotel.
I like the domain Require.com.
I think it would make a good brand for a virtual assistant web site. It would be a place for people who require assistance to find virtual assistants.
Thanks,
Robert
I’m not sure if you can enter more than once… but here’s my second idea.
The word Require is also a programming term. So maybe it would make a good brand name for an Online Magazine about Perl or PHP. It would also include a message board, etc…
Thanks,
Robert
The best meaning of Require is Need.
So a global 24/7 assistance call center portal.
The portal can consist of 1 vertical like banking or multiple vertical like banking, medical, etc.
The portal will assist corporates to buy space and open their worldwide call center at click of a mouse.
I would scrape all the government forms required for various things (setting up a business, travel visas, immigration, etc.) and then build SEO’ed mini-sites with downloads for all the required forms, tips, and a discussion forum for other people who have had to go through the same process.
Monetization would be easy because you could sell flat rate ads to people who can assist with filling out the forms. i.e. a business lawyer could buy an ad on the “Starting a business forms” page. adoption.require.com, travel.require.com, wow. I might even jump into the Bido auction myself!
A little commentary before I tell you about the winner. Here goes:
1. Condoms, by Mark Hoffmeister
Simple it is, nice idea, but hardly elaborated, so it just doesn’t go far.
2. All things “Wanted”, by Robbie:
Very much reminds me of simple implementation, like a Craigslist type site, or Blippy. Two thumbs up!
3. Degree site, by Jody
The obvious choice. Tons of possibilities, and this category is perfect fit online. Two thumbs up
4. Online Safety, by Matt
Although this is a category that worth allot of money online, this keyword is not a strong association with this category.
5. All things “Wanted”, by Andy
See #2. Still as good, just same concept here.
6. Expert advice, by Matt
Expert advice didn’t work very well online, few tried it so far. Maybe one day someone will figure it out.
7. Child Safety, Ari Shohat
Perfect match, and carving a valuable niche. Two thumbs up!
8. Online requirements management system, by Andrew Douglas
I researched the keyword earlier before writing this contest, this would be a perfect match for it, Highly specialized area though, not for the one who needs quick implementation, low budget.
9. Travel, by Mark Fulton
Big category, and it certainly different than what others are doing, and that’s good. On the other hand, I think it isn’t something users will adapt to.
10. Virtual assistant web site., by Robert Gremillion
Similar to #6, this category just isn’t that strong online.
11. Online PHP/Perl magazine, by Robert Gremillion
That’s possible, just not that lucrative.
12. Call center/assistance, by Ravi K
There’s money in call centers no doubt about that, but this keyword is certainly not a perfect fit for b2b services for this category.
13. Gov site, by Mike D.
One of my friends (Raj Lahoti, Online Guru) has a similar site to this called GovGuru.com, and he is one smart cookie when it comes to choosing the right niche. Two thumbs up!
Many great entries here, we should do this more often.
The winner is #13, Mike D.
Mike, please eMail Jarred@Bido.com with your Bido username, we will add funds to your account.
Thanks all for participating !!!!
Sahar
Edit: Mike’s entry came in too late, but I’m still going to honor it, and in addition, choose a second winner that came within the required time. And the second winner is…
#3, Degree site, by Jody.
Congrats Jody, and please email Jarred@Bido.com for funds.
Best,
Sahar
I call foul! Wasn’t the cut off 4pm? Just kidding. Nice contest and grats to Mike. With the auction closing at under $1600, I think the owner needs to seriously consider their sales price. It’s actually a pretty fair price for a random dictionary word.
-Andrew
Too late, and off topic, but it reminds me of confused.com - there is a huge advertising campaign on UK TV for this - selling car insurance!
- Paul
Yeah, making money would be easy because you could sell flat rate ads to people.
I don’t think that it’d make a good brand name for an Online Magazine about Perl or PHP or stuff like that…
Great contest though!
Regards David
Responding to the infamous question that you bring up Sahar……Do you see the glass half full, or half empty?
Generally it depends on if your drinking from the glass or filling the glass! I’d say this glass is half full in this instance…..full of something not many people aren’t drinking. Not because it taste’s bad. But because the price for the drink is on the high side. IMO
I would be drinking from the glass if it were the domain name Respond.com or similar but in this case I say with this name it’s better off left for the busboy.