Comments on: Why He’s A Domainer http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html I think there's an opinion on that subject lying around here somewhere.... Tue, 21 May 2013 04:26:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Profit Addiction http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131105 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:30:54 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131105 I would definitely dump domains if I could not use them at the time. I've killed a ton of them already because it just was not financially justifiable. I think if you are going to own a domaining type business, the goal should be to at least be able to pay for the hosting/registration costs on each domain. 3000 domains is A LOT of fees every year, especially if they are all just sitting. I would definitely dump domains if I could not use them at the time. I’ve killed a ton of them already because it just was not financially justifiable.

I think if you are going to own a domaining type business, the goal should be to at least be able to pay for the hosting/registration costs on each domain.

3000 domains is A LOT of fees every year, especially if they are all just sitting.

]]> by: Dana http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131099 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:06:01 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131099 At $30,000 per year, there is no way this guy will ever make back his investment. The only people making money squatting this kind of name are running them all on an MFA platform, with a good set of content and keywords relevant to each domain so that they get enough ad revenue to pay for the renewals. Godaddy parks and shares some revenue, but it doesn't pay well. Google parks and runs ads, but then doesn't list the site in search, so you only get paid when someone actually types your URL directly into their browser. At $30,000 per year, there is no way this guy will ever make back his investment. The only people making money squatting this kind of name are running them all on an MFA platform, with a good set of content and keywords relevant to each domain so that they get enough ad revenue to pay for the renewals. Godaddy parks and shares some revenue, but it doesn’t pay well. Google parks and runs ads, but then doesn’t list the site in search, so you only get paid when someone actually types your URL directly into their browser.

]]> by: Gareth James http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131097 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:22:25 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131097 The problem is unless they are premium domain names, they are pretty hard to sell. People also underestimate the time/money to develop domains. I've just let 200 expire for this exact reason...but you live and learn. The problem is unless they are premium domain names, they are pretty hard to sell. People also underestimate the time/money to develop domains. I’ve just let 200 expire for this exact reason…but you live and learn.

]]> by: Martijn Couprie http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131070 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:34:51 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131070 Funny story. I work for a hostingcompany myself and we've got tools that make it really easy to order domains. I can definitely understand the situation you're describing. It's easy to register domains. They're cheap. And since the good ones are scarce it's kinda like a treasure hunt to find the good ones that are still available. I do however think that for every successful domainer there's probably ten unsuccessful ones... Funny story. I work for a hostingcompany myself and we’ve got tools that make it really easy to order domains. I can definitely understand the situation you’re describing. It’s easy to register domains. They’re cheap. And since the good ones are scarce it’s kinda like a treasure hunt to find the good ones that are still available. I do however think that for every successful domainer there’s probably ten unsuccessful ones…

]]> by: Kathy http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131069 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:56:15 +0000 http://www.johnon.com/740/facebook-domains.html#comment-131069 You are kidding about this guy right? You should re-nickname your friend Captain Insano. Talk about a worthless investment........ If he is buying tons of hyphenated domains, somebody should really clue him in on the fact that he could easily register almost any one of them when the time comes to actually launch a site. If he wanted to collect real value, he should go over to Freshdrop.net and pick up a nice 15 year old domain with some history to it. That would be a real shopping trip. He would be like a kid in a candy store. Don't you think? You are kidding about this guy right? You should re-nickname your friend Captain Insano. Talk about a worthless investment……..

If he is buying tons of hyphenated domains, somebody should really clue him in on the fact that he could easily register almost any one of them when the time comes to actually launch a site. If he wanted to collect real value, he should go over to Freshdrop.net and pick up a nice 15 year old domain with some history to it. That would be a real shopping trip. He would be like a kid in a candy store. Don’t you think?

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