The 21st Century Real Estate

By Jason Drohn

It’s always nice when our profession gets mentioned in USA Today.

If anyone is on the fence about whether domaining is a great industry to be in right now - DON’T READ THIS ARTICLE!

My bet is you will jump right in…

But just to whet your appetite:

“This industry is like the wild, wild West right now and people have no idea how fast it’s growing,” said Jerry Nolte, managing partner of Domainer’s Magazine, a new trade publication devoted to this little-known world.

Some believe the industry’s market value could reach $4 billion by 2010 as people continue to purchase approximately 90,000 names a day and the number of domain registrars swells.

 

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DomainCapital.com - Empowering Domainers

By Jason Drohn

It has been a long time coming, but a company has finally embraced the domaining aftermarket in a rather unusual way - Financing entrepreneurs who need domain names with high ticket prices!

Domain Capital is the first and only financial services company to offer financing to businesses based on the inherent and recognized value of premium domain names.  Our vision is to innovate exciting new financial products and services designed to enable entrepreneurs to exploit new business models.

Domain Capital has a list of services ranging from the existing domain name owners to perspective domain name owners.  They also have services for Internet registry and transaction brokers.

To me, this is a pretty amazing development.  The fact of the matter is, a good domain name is no different that a store location on 5th Avenue.  Sure, you pay out the ass for the space, but you could never get better exposure!

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150 Of The Highest Paying Adsense Words

By Jason Drohn

One great way to get into domain name investing is to pay attention to what keywords pay the highest, in terms of pay per click.

By registering short domain name phrases, and building a little site around them, you can optimize each page for Adsense, so that you make a decent amount of money every time someone clicks on an ad. The process is a little more in depth than simply parking your domain name, but it can pay off in the end.

Here is a brief list of the top paying PPC phrases online.  For the complete list, check out flixya.com.

For any blogger, I am sure you get sick of deleting these kinds of things out of your comments!  Now you know why they are there..

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Domaining Millionaires

By Jason Drohn

Looking for a list of domaining millionaires?

Check out domaintools.com.

Here is a snippet of who is on the list:

Not bad for a domainer… :0)

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65 Percent of Domains Purchased by Investors

By Jason Drohn

Domain Name Wire just did a study of high value domain name sales on the Internet and concluded that 65% of them were being purchased by investors; and only 35% by end users.

Here are some domains purchased by investors:

In The Art of Domaining, I talk about how selling to an investor is harder and less rewarding than an end user because of their intentions with the domain name.  If they are just trying to flip it or put parked pages up, it will be harder to get top dollar out of the name.  The reason is simple - people want to pay less so that when they resell it, they will make more.

If you are talking to an end user though, it is easier to upsell them because they need it for a site they are going to launch.  They won’t be happy about paying an exorbitant amount, but they will anyway.  Oftentimes, the hardest part is qualifying the potential customer as an investor or an end user; but sometimes it is the most important thing you can do.

The stats and prices came from domainnamewire.com.

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Moniker.com Brokers Two Multi-Million Dollar Domain Name Sales at TRAFFIC

By Jason Drohn

At the Hyatt Grand Central In NYC, more than 200 people crowded the ballroom to bid on some of the world’s premium domain names.

During intense live bidding, CreditCheck.com and its associated Web site FreeCreditCheck.com sold for U.S. $3 million combined while Seniors.com sold for $1.8 million.

Moniker’s domain name auctions at previous T.R.A.F.F.I.C. events have already placed it as a leader on DN Journal’s “Year-To-Date Global Contenders” chart. Moniker’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auctions, not including yesterday’s sales, were responsible for 32 of the top 100 sales worldwide in 2007 alone. The sale of CreditCheck.com and Seniors.com added two additional names to that list, making Moniker the current leader of million dollar domain transactions in 2007 among other registrars followed on the chart.

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Domains Help Mortgage Lenders Increase Business

By Jason Drohn

State related domain names for thirty five US States are being offered to mortgage lenders wishing to increase their internet presence.

In an interesting twist to the domain aftermarket, Allied Internet Solutions Inc, is providing a real opportunity to mortgage loan companies in 35 of the US States via its domain name search engine, DomainsAvailableNow.com.

AIS has acquired thirty five mortgage funding specific domain names that it is offering for sale in addition to several other mortgage and real estate industry domain names listed on DomainsAvailableNow.com.

ArizonaMortgageFunding.com and HawaiiMortgageFunding.com are two of the thirty five mortgage and real estate domain names being offered at this time.

Other popular domain names that will be of great interest to mortgage industry professionals include WeFinanceHomes.com and FindHomeLoan.net.

Just another way that a domainer is recognizing a market and acting before it gets big.

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The Top 4 Lies Domainers Tell Themselves

By Jason Drohn

tropicalseo.com has an interesting article regarding the top lies domainers tell themselves in justifying enormous domain name portfolios.  It is an interesting list and one the newbie domainers should go through.  I am also going to add a few:

  1. Type-in traffic numbers are higher than you think, and growing
  2. Type-in traffic converts better than search
  3. Dot-mobi is the next dot-com
  4. Web 2.0 communities can be built automatically with the push of a button
  5. 3+ keyword domain names are good choices
  6. All parking players are created equal
  7. Domain registrars are competitive price and service wise
  8. I’m not being scammed!

These are lies domainers tell themselves..  It is important to be conscious of domainer worst practices in order to be successful..

Steps 1-4 brought to you by tropicalseo.com.

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Porn.com sells for $9.5 million

By Jason Drohn

It seems Moniker is at the forefront of a lot of high profile deals lately, just closing the $9.5 million deal for porn.com. It represents the largest all cash transaction in domain history.

“The sale of Porn.com further reinforces the growing trend of businesses that place a high strategic value on generic domains related to their industry,” said Monte Cahn co-founder and chief executive officer of Moniker.com.

For more information, check out tech.blorge.com.

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Casino Domain Names Sell for $1.3 Million

By Jason Drohn

Gambling911.com reported that Moniker’s silent auction of online gambling domain names brought in $1.3 million.

From that figure, Scores.com took the largest percentage securing a hefty $1.2 million. Slots.com and other online casino related domains each sold for no more than $100,000 each.One of the most sought after names, Poker.com, is not included in the above figures as the sale is still reportedly under contention. An alleged offer near to $30 million was put on the table but there have been no confirmed acceptances at this time.

For the complete article, check out onlinecasinonews.com.

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