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:
- 182 via direct type-in
- 57 via search on “lost army mates” and it’s variants including the domain name
- 18 via referrals (my blog posts)
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?