Comments on: 61% of UK domain sales are undeveloped investments

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:52:07 +0000

I don’t see the longer domain getting 5x more searches Mikael so not sure where you get that data, ledbulbs is shorter, more memorable and in my eyes a much nicer domain, it describes it product the best. Buying wisely for me means something at or below current market value, so either a good deal or a future technology, also something futureproof that isn;t about to be a fad or disappear so a subject with longevity.

By: Mikael

Mikael — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:18:32 +0000

Scott, I know I’ve asked this question before but I’m still not 100% sure what “buying wisely” means.

You have said previously that you need to look at things that will also be available in the future and things that people search for. In one of your other posts you mentioned that you kept the http://www.ledbulbs.co.uk domain and sold the ledlightbulbs.co.uk domain.

From I can see it seems like “led light bulbs” has about 5x the amount of searches that “led bulbs” have.

So from that I conclude that you’re not only looking at the amount of searches performed on the main keyword of the particular domain.

Could you share a bit more about what makes a good domain purchase when it comes to domains that haven’t been registered yet?

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:12:59 +0000

I prefer to undeveloped or minimal SEO in case of niche domains. Either way, I think your time is much better spent finding further investments rather than slightly increasing the value of your current properties.

However, I acquire domains on the back of trend spotting, so that might be unique to my segment.

By: Abdul

Abdul — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:29:35 +0000

Yeah definity domains in an attractive niche.

That’s why I am still running http://www.domainleft.com (or tbh trying to) publishing lists of expired domains with PR. Because that shows they have traffic. I occasionally get a Valid PR4 or a LLL domain with various TLD and they are registered within 2 hours max.

It would get so much more competitive and expensive if your average joe became a domain owner.

By: Magazine Subscription

Magazine Subscription — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 17:19:48 +0000

Domain names are extremely easy to purchase. I bought my daughters name for £400 so when she is older she can start her own business called Tamzin.co.uk

By: Scriptster

Scriptster — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:38:42 +0000

Well, that should apply to other types of domains, too. I own a little over 100 names (mostly .coms) but only 15 are developed. I have more ideas than time to implement them …

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:00:33 +0000

Parked for now but at that price you would expect something to go up soon, Go Karts are popular and a fairly decent sized market so a decent sized sale.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:30:40 +0000

I’ve looked down the list…

As an example, what do you think of GoKarts.co.uk, £3100?