sportscycles.com

I’d mentioned last week that I’d won a domain on auction at tdnam. Well the transaction has now completed and I own sportscycles.com. The purchase experience moves me up a little on the learning curve. Next step would be to successfully sell a domain for profit.

sportscycles.com is not too bad a generic name I hope. Nothing earth shattering but for a retailer of sports cycles it does exactly what it says on the tin. I’m sure I could strike a deal with anyone who wants it along with gelsaddles.com.

My First tdnam Win

Well I’ve successfully bid for and won a generic domain listed on tdnam.com at the first attempt!

When the domain is successfully tranferred and in my name I’ll let you know the name.

Lost Army Mates: An Update

Well, it’s a week on since I registered lostarmymates.co.uk after seeing it mentioned on TV.

According to the analytics the domain has received a total of 257 visits in its first week with the breakdown as such:

If I’d purchased the domain from a cheaper source I’d be in profit already and would have 1 year and 51 weeks left before I’d need to pay for re-reg fees.

Quite an interesting little exercise!

As Seen On TV. lostarmymates.co.uk

I won’t repeat myself here, so go and read this post about a domain I registered last night after seeing it displayed in a crime drama.

It’s got me thinking …I wonder what smart domainers have done really well out of a domain name that was initially a ficticious one referenced in a novel, film, etc ?

Anyone know of any?

shredderscissors.com

Yet another domain coincidence! I spotted an advert in The Telegraph the other day for multi-blade scissors that were described as shredder scissors. Not convinced of the idea myself - they are promoted as not needing electricity, but manual paper shredders are readily available for just a few pounds.

Spotted that shredderscissors.com has been registered and parked today - I wonder if I’ve given them their first type-in?

Suppose it demonstrates the power of domain names and potential (in this case actual) type-in possibilities.

hmm should I get the .co.uk? Might regret it but nah.

growingmyown

I’ve had growingmyown.co.uk for a few months now for my allotment blog - yes, I do need to update it! Whilst just checking this evening I spotted that growingmyown.com has been registered today by www.belgiumdomains.com - bit of a coincidence that.

What Am I Missing?

This just doesn’t seem right to me. There’s an auction running on sedo for myplanetickets and at time of writing it’s had one bid, meeting the reserve of $800. The stats provided indicate a traffic number of some 517 visitors/month …since June as the whois info indicates a creation date of 06-Jun-07.

Can it be this easy?