SewellMarbury.com
Following on from my little experiment with lostarmymates.co.uk I’ve now registered another fictitious domain. Anyone who has seen the Bourne Ultimatum may well remember a certain investment company named Sewell and Marbury.
As you can see I’m using the custom domain facility within blogger to host a blog for the domain, therefore giving me the ability to add content and potentially get the site within the SERPS. It’s working too to-date with about 70 visitors since last Friday according to the analytics.
Think I’ll put an amazon link in there for Bourne DVD box sets or similar.
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?
A Trial Promotion
I’ve just submitted clearcutloans.com for promotion over at sedo to find out how the selling process all hangs together. Assuming of course that someone wants to make a suitable offer for the domain.
I selected featured domain promotion for both sedo USA and UK markets for a total of $49 - about £25.
Lets see what happens.
Frank Schillings Vital Statistics
A post over at domaintools suggests that Frank Schilling receives around 30 million unique visitors a month across his portfolio of some 320,000 domains.
So, 30,000,000 / 320,000 = 93.75 uniques for each site per month
or very approx 3 uniques per day per domain on average.
Obviously some of his stronger domains will be receiving many more uniques each day and the more obscure domains less so. I’ve no idea exactly how much revenue these 320,00 domains generate, though I suspect it is a very high figure. According to the post above, Frank makes a $100 everytime he exhales! It demonstrates the strength of a portfolio of quality generic domains.