07-19-2006, 05:16 PM
Hi everyone, I just come across some reading abot those "premium" player in domain world. Some extract :-
emm...sounds inspiring for us isn't it?! over $100k for a domain, and the investment was paid off in just 18months. Now he just have to sit and wait for the check to come in.:eek:
Studying thru this, I think you guys and gals are right, it is more on catching those "premium" names which could potentially bring in the type-in traffic. Although this guy owns about 5k of domain names, spotting on potential and high performing domains, then analyze the ROI are the key points to success.
Quote:Rick Schwartz, began buying up domain names 10 years ago. Like many early players, he gravitated to where the money was: porn. He snapped up names like Ass.com, Makeout.com, and Porno.com, to name a few. It was a quick path to riches.
Today, Schwartz owns about 5,000 names, with less than a third falling into the "adult" category. He's the industry's biggest promoter, preaching the power of domains to anyone who will listen and bringing domainers together with moneymen and execs from the likes of Google and Yahoo.
Quote:Candy.com, a name Schwartz bought in May 2002 for $108,000. A page filled with links to candy-related products comes up. Click on one of the ads and the advertiser pays Google, which in turn sends a share to Schwartz and the company that runs Candy.com. Some days Candy.com makes Schwartz $300 in profits; the site paid for itself in a year and a half.
emm...sounds inspiring for us isn't it?! over $100k for a domain, and the investment was paid off in just 18months. Now he just have to sit and wait for the check to come in.:eek:
Studying thru this, I think you guys and gals are right, it is more on catching those "premium" names which could potentially bring in the type-in traffic. Although this guy owns about 5k of domain names, spotting on potential and high performing domains, then analyze the ROI are the key points to success.