Nov
30

Monetizing domains with minisites – my experience

Ray on November 30th, 2007

 Minisites are websites composed of a small number of pages and are usually focussed on a narrow topic or niche. Many domainers have found monetizing domain names through the developement of ‘minisites’ to be a worthwhile and profitable alternative to doman name parking.
A number or months ago I started to examine the potential of minisites as a way [...]

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Nov
21

Recycle.co.uk sells for £150,000

Ray on November 21st, 2007

In this latest round up of UK related domain sales reported to DNJournal.com this week,  Recycle.co.uk becomes the highest ever reported sale of a .uk domain name. This is further proof of the strength of the UK’s ccTLD.
There were a number of really nice sales reported by DNJournal. Last week it was reported that MopedInsurance.co.uk sold [...]

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Nov
17

Why specialised and continental domains might be a bad bet

Ray on November 17th, 2007

It seems like new domain name extensions are being proposed all the time. Some proposals are adopted and actually become domain name extensions, but many, if not most do not. Only a few will become prominent, popular and gain wide recognition beyond the domaining community. So, for example,  if you are based in the UK the public [...]

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Nov
12

Domain related articles from the last few days

Ray on November 12th, 2007

Here is my round up of important domain name news from the last few days or so.
To start off I really enjoyed DNJournal.com’s great article on the life of domainer and NewYork.com owner Leyland Hardy. It makes great reading.
I was pleased to see a report from DomainNews.com about a recent survey of UK marketing professionals about their use of the .co.uk [...]

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Nov
5

Finding domain name sales data

Ray on November 5th, 2007

Many domainers closely follow domain name sales data to understand more about domain name values. Previous sales data can only be a rough guide to the possible value of any particular domain name and should not be used as the sole determinant of a domains value. Nevertheless, general sale prices for domains that are similar to one [...]

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