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The key takeaway is that domainers are way out of touch with the language set of end users. They don't think about DOMAIN names, they think about BRAND names. They don't think about search and cpc, they think about how the name will look and sound on a shirt, sign, uniform, TV spot, packaging. That's why the logos spark ideas more than a sedo listing with domainer's metrics will.
A look back at the rise of the Brandable Boutique in 2013
By: Raymond Hackney Nothing has dominated the domain industry more than the new gtlds in 2013 but there were some other interesting developments. This was also the year of the brandable boutiques coming more into view. Of course some sites have been around for years, but this year got a lot more...
On the other hand Facebook, LinkedIN etc put a portion of your post in an iframe sans ads and the readers never get on your site and counted.
Your Website Has Less Human Traffic Than You Think
By: Raymond Hackney The Fiscal Times did a story that looked at a report from Incapsula about just how much traffic on the Internet is human traffic, and how much is from non human traffic. A report released recently by Incapsula, a cloud-based web-security service, found that 61.5 percent of al...
This is depressing!
It's also why I had to close comments on my blog.
Your Website Has Less Human Traffic Than You Think
By: Raymond Hackney The Fiscal Times did a story that looked at a report from Incapsula about just how much traffic on the Internet is human traffic, and how much is from non human traffic. A report released recently by Incapsula, a cloud-based web-security service, found that 61.5 percent of al...
I mean 1999 I come young and dumb
btw, I didn't get world champ.com but do have EarthChamp.
Does anybody see the photo of Rick shaking Don King's hand now in a different way. What a feeling that is to know the famous may get the credit but in this match the knock out scored by brains not brawn.
First Time Ever Released! My Entire 1996 Domain Portfolio
Morning Folks!! I am a bit of a pack rate. An electronic pack rat for sure!! My electronic files go back to 1996. Once and a while I will open a file and take a look back. Today I opened a November 1996 file that contained my entire portfolio after 10 months collecting domain names. With the exc...
So here I come young and dumb in 1996 and I go to register worksmart.com and I see domain king then virtual dates, then next I try world champ.com and see domain king and virtual dates.... and imagine this 1000 times in 3 days.... who is this guy I wondered. Then I move to Boca and he's on the front page and it leads me to eRealEstate.com.... I am still convinced it's God talking
First Time Ever Released! My Entire 1996 Domain Portfolio
Morning Folks!! I am a bit of a pack rate. An electronic pack rat for sure!! My electronic files go back to 1996. Once and a while I will open a file and take a look back. Today I opened a November 1996 file that contained my entire portfolio after 10 months collecting domain names. With the exc...
On a boardwalk you don't have time to brand. You don't need to brand. You need to sell.
Brilliant!
A Key Domain is Being Part of a "Recognized Group"
Morning Folks!! A "Recognized Group" is something I have never written about until today. A "Recognized Group" in domaining is sort of a franchise with no organization or franchise fee. Just a wave that establishes a stream of sorts and credibility at the same time and is memorable. Many of the ...
I would tell him that the people at Google must have been feeling him, so they terminated reader to save him the time and trouble of terminating each subscription individually.
RicksBlog.com gets TERMINATED by Reader
Morning Folks!! So when I made yesterday's short but what I felt was an important post, I got the following as a comment: "This your termination letter. Over 6 month I've been subscribed to your blog with a desire to learn what makes a successful domain investor. Here is what I picked up thus fa...
Gamble on any aspect of the Pope's life at your own peril. He may have struck gold but may also be sleeping above the next sinkhole to open.
Christopher Connors Hits Domaining Gold. PopeFrancis.com
Afternoon Folks!! Registered in 2010 Created on: 01-Apr-10 Expires on: 01-Apr-13 Last Updated on: 02-Apr-12 Registrant: Christopher Connors 1224 W. Wrightwood Chicago, Illinois 60614 United States Administrative Contact: Connors, Christopher cpconnors@gmail.com 1224 W. Wrightwood Chicago, Illi...
excuse typos- my hands very bad today
An Open Letter to P&G CEO Bob McDonald. Procter and Gamble found GUILTY of Reverse Domain Hijacking.
Morning Folks!! I am not happy that Procter and Gamble has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking but I am going to milk this story for every ounce it is worth and it may take me YEARS to do it. When it comes to Domain Names, Procter and Gamble was a guiding light in my book. Great r...
Don'y bite your nose to spite your fave - there new JV program ha much potential for yours so maybe peace can be made and they will show up to collaborate on a host of names to fit their stated ambitions:
http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/2013/02/moron-alert-owner-of-worlds-most.html
(Yeah I know I called them morons too but I don't have the names that would ever appeal to them- you do)
An Open Letter to P&G CEO Bob McDonald. Procter and Gamble found GUILTY of Reverse Domain Hijacking.
Morning Folks!! I am not happy that Procter and Gamble has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking but I am going to milk this story for every ounce it is worth and it may take me YEARS to do it. When it comes to Domain Names, Procter and Gamble was a guiding light in my book. Great r...
He IS the point. The ac man is NOT in corporate America where some committee would order and debate a report then a report on the report and by the time they say no he'd been laid off cause he's over 40 and using too much healthcare
My A/C Repair Guy has 271 Domains and he gets it! What's the Excuse for Folks with Fancy Titles?
Morning Folks!! So yesterday my 65 year old Hungarian Immigrant Air Conditioner guy is working on one of my units. He asked me what I did. I said I make my living on the Internet. Asked more info. Told him I invested in Domain Names. He then tells me he owns 271. Really I ask? He says he never ...
These are also a trick to get you to their pages- they try more and more of them everyday so they are spending marketing efforts to deliver eyeballs to us
Compelling and Brutal Posts to Come.
Morning Folks!! You have no idea what is about to come at you! You are about to see more ideas and more ways to look at things than I can even describe. It's gonna be one of those "You gotta see it for yourself" type of things. All I can do is warn you that everyone in this industry is about to ...
I got one saying that I am in top 5%. Beauty is that they circulate the blog headlines and more and more people see them and click. It opens up our universe to the end user demographic and will become as valuable to delivering that prospect as Domaining is for delivering domain investor insiders.
Compelling and Brutal Posts to Come.
Morning Folks!! You have no idea what is about to come at you! You are about to see more ideas and more ways to look at things than I can even describe. It's gonna be one of those "You gotta see it for yourself" type of things. All I can do is warn you that everyone in this industry is about to ...
Best line of whole website: "This partnership is not for wimps, whiners, or complainers. Negative people are infectious and we have no place for them. Clear enough?"
This GREAT Domain Name May be Available for Joint Ventures or Lease. Click here to inquire.
Evening Folks!! This line that I authored and started using about a year ago is popping up over parked pages everywhere. In just a few weeks domainers have turned the corner and taken back their destiny. Whether you use it in conjunction with JointVentures.com or not, I will predict it will be o...
ntfw- but don't forget the subdomain factor- business are already out there built on a keyword they don't own as an address: http://gay.porn.com/videos/this-gay-cowboy-takes-his-boy-for-a-ride-7247.html
What is the Value of Cowboys.com NOW???
Afternoon Folks!! Rockies.com sold for $1.2 Million this week. Nets.com is up for grabs at $5 Million and pokes fun at the NY Nets. Cowboys.com now has a value somewhere in between. Except for one teeny weeny problem. Cowboys.com is now making money! We now have this dating site and it's making ...
btw, Evere hear of Brokeback Mountain?
What is the Value of Cowboys.com NOW???
Afternoon Folks!! Rockies.com sold for $1.2 Million this week. Nets.com is up for grabs at $5 Million and pokes fun at the NY Nets. Cowboys.com now has a value somewhere in between. Except for one teeny weeny problem. Cowboys.com is now making money! We now have this dating site and it's making ...
I located the archive transcript of the live blogging that generated interest and demand due to the stats and ideas being thrown out- (Will send to Rick). Rick has often said you can dismiss me as a kook but at your own peril. I save these transcripts so one day I can make that point better. When throwing out size of market research based on marketing metrics not standard domainer search metrics the answer was screaming out among this small snippet of a long list of others:
sex
(talk about cow poke)
1,060,000 for cow poke
360,000 for cow poke sex
2,580,000 for cowboys sex (mostly gay)
Hollywood-
the western is the biggest success story 2,770,000 for movies cowboys 2,420,000 for cowboys and indians
the rodeo and now gay rodeo 178,000 for "gay rodeo". 23,500,000 for "rodeo"
133,000 for "rodeo cowboys about 2,280,000 for gay cowboys a steak chain
2,160,000 for cowboys restaurant
In response..
Rick Schwartz wrote: "just make it an adult site for dating cowboys. It will do pretty well."
You had the answer on October 18, 2007
Success begins with understanding. Think outside the domain box.
btw, The name was sold with a site that in and of itself would have a lot of potential- Checkout the money some guy is making on Esty with a similar concept.
Einstein said "everything of importance has been seen by someone who didn't discover it"
SeanCody the gay porn king who paid $500K for gay.xxx- what would he pay for this site?
Also the guys who bought Men.com
Cowboys have bad connotations with cigarettes but you could sure sell a lot of boots, hats, buckles, vests and turquoise under this brand.
Bottom line: There is great value to the one who has the goods but not the brand. Find "him"
I wish I had gotten in on it.
What is the Value of Cowboys.com NOW???
Afternoon Folks!! Rockies.com sold for $1.2 Million this week. Nets.com is up for grabs at $5 Million and pokes fun at the NY Nets. Cowboys.com now has a value somewhere in between. Except for one teeny weeny problem. Cowboys.com is now making money! We now have this dating site and it's making ...
"Who knew there were so many gay cowboys?"
I did. And i you go back and look at the thread on your board that was "live blogging" while the auction occurred I brought this up as well as Googled and cut and pasted all of the supporting research. :)
What is the Value of Cowboys.com NOW???
Afternoon Folks!! Rockies.com sold for $1.2 Million this week. Nets.com is up for grabs at $5 Million and pokes fun at the NY Nets. Cowboys.com now has a value somewhere in between. Except for one teeny weeny problem. Cowboys.com is now making money! We now have this dating site and it's making ...
Far cry from the Dallas Cowboys who didn't want to spring for more than $275.00!
NBC Sports Covers $1.2million sale of Rockies.com
By: RH Until now the website Rockies.com had been owned by something called Tourism Canadian Rockies and was used to promote the Rocky Mountains, but Josh Leventhal of Baseball America reports that MLB has purchased the domain name for $1.2 million. According to Venture Capital Group it’s the l...
The quality of Ron Jackon's writing far exceeds what you typically find at Forbes and Forbes would do well by readers to syndicate some of Ron's stuff. As a blogger I can't tell you how often I turn to Ron's archives for background on a story. Thank God he was there taking notes while history was happening. I am most envious of Ron's personal achievements; the pride and support he expresses for his children and for doing what I haven't- came to the mid life picture in the mirror and decided he would get healthy and stay healthy. He looks terrific! One thing as a headline writer I take notice of is how many different words he can come up with to report hundreds of sales like:
"SkinRashes.com scratched up $9,769 and HeartStrings.com pulled $5,110. UpInSmoke.com inhaled $5,000 and PersonalCreditService.com secured $2,958."
I started counting and came up with
generated
drew
hauled in
tuned in
contributed
kicked in
captured
corralled
sounded
grossed
dispensed
drummed up
welcomed
notched
made
cooked
clicked
attracted
hauled
captured
banked
added
notched
cornered
rang up
corralled
tallied
fetched
landed
yielded
produced
discovered
posted
banked
counted out
delivered
deposited
clicked for
Always playing on the domain and never repeated. That's talent! The best piece of advice Ron offered was in 2003 when people were smitten with the few reported large sales. He tried to adjust their expectations "In closing we should emphasize that these are the highest value sales that have been reported in the past week. These are not average selling prices. One of the biggest impediments to making sales is pricing domains at unrealistic levels. For most of us, pricing domains at these levels will leave us waiting a long time to make a sale! We hope you will use the information presented here as a measuring stick that will help you price your domains at levels that will put more money in your pocket more often!"
Guess more folks now who couldn't afford to hold out and had to drop assets, heeded his advice.
Congratulations Ron!
Thank You Ron Jackson!!!
Afternoon Folks!! We all owe Ron Jackson a HUGE THANK YOU for chronicling our industry and our progress for an entire decade. What he has done is priceless and we are lucky to have a professional journalist in our midst. Without his contribution there would be no timeline of our evolution. Congr...
And YouTube is putting 30-60 preroll spots over all of them so they are making money off the pirated content whereas bit sites are about free content not profiting from other's work. Even the Presidential candidates ran ads over pirated videos. Not leading by example.
Is You Tube Just Another Bit Torrent Site ? One Journalist Thinks So
By: RH You Tube just another bit torrent site ? You Tube has redesigned their website again. They have made changes to the site that as usual many don't like. In writing about the redesign today, Mihaela Lica Butler from Search Engine Journal went down another road in discussing the video pow...
So true. For years when I was ahead of the pack as an Apple user people would ask "Owen why do you use that Apple. I just don't see how it's different and why if it was an good Microsoft wouldn't make one better." The answer was Microsoft is a bean counter and Apple is a seller. When the MS Office suite was unleashed in businesses employees somehow got the idea that their role was to sit in cubicles and produce endless spreadsheets and ppt presentations then set up endless meetings with management in corner offices to discuss, debate, change and even micromanage them out of existence. That's why when 300 guys get laid off no one even asks what they were working on, the don't get replaced and it doesn't matter. I call this FailureToInnovate (com)- and while all look to blame the government for costing jobs, we should really be looking at Microsoft.
Excel is NOT My Co-Pilot. Business Run by Wusses
Morning Folks!! Excel can not run a business. It can give you vital info and keep track of things but it can't run it. Guess what? "Bean Counters" that use spreadsheets are now the pilot in the plane, the surgeon in the hospital and the Chef in the restaurant. But these guys don't belong there....
Actually in the online shoe biz Thursday is the biggest day. The women get together to shop shoes on the PC while the guys watch football. The best Black Friday names are WalMart and Best Buy because that's where the crowds go. However I give Kevin props. The industry told me I was crazy when in 2009 I proffered that Schilling and Ham were leaving billions on the table by ignoring Lifetime Customer Value. Kevin took heed and proved the theory. Now if only other domains could put such focus on a high traffic name (that they are among the very fortunate to have these days), no one would need to worry about parking or minisites or anything. http://fragerfactor.blogspot.com/2012/11/ham-finally-gets-it-while-schilling.html
The Rise and Fall of BlackFriday.com
Morning Folks!! Quite stunning numbers for a one day event. But that really is not the surprise here. I like seasonal domains just like seasonal businesses. Can be very profitable. Not my true cup of tea but I have known folks to make fortunes doing it. Lose fortunes as well. I have been tracki...
http://ad2004.com/prophecytruths/Articles/WorldWar3/worldwar3.html
we will meet again
The Day the Twinkie Died. Are We on the Eve of WW3?
Morning Folks!! While we are focused on the economy, politics and affairs, are we on the brink of WW3? Are things not only about to unravel from a monetary standpoint but a political one as well? Is there a will for certain ancient predictions to come to be? The Twinkie gone? (No it will be back...
"I was doing some research on a name and I started finding some other info"
I can relate.
GREAT post!
Owen
Take a trip back in time to some domain stories you might not have known about
By: RH A trip back to the real early days of domaining I was doing some research on a name and I started finding some other info that I thought might be interesting especially to those who came into domaining after 2000. Take MTV.com for instance, MTV.com was registered in 1993 not by Viacom the...
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