Comments on: Domains and development

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:10:36 +0000

It’s a huge plus when developing in one niche with a few sites, they help each other.. as they should. I haven’t done anything with expired domains really, most of what I’m working on are bought domains so clueless as to how effective they are today.

By: Justin Cook

Justin Cook — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:52:38 +0000

I suppose that’s true, I hadn’t thought of the cross-promotion side of things.

On a related note, I’ve been trying something new: I’ve picked up a couple dropped domains with inbound links. One is 10+ years old and PR5 now that I’ve restored the site.

I’m planning to use them purely for cross-promotion. Do you have any experience with this?

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By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:44:34 +0000

True Justin but as has been pointed to me it’s only £7 capped on Amazon performance structure which I didn’t realise, I can switch to the flat rate & it’s 4% with no limit. A typical £300 netbook means £12 per deal. You also have to take into account me finding something else and re-investing time & effort and the fact that a well build informative site in this niche could help notebooks, pcgames or pcs.co.uk, and there are other methods of monetisation which for me means I’d need to be paid off for the next 5 years potential to sell and that’s unlikely to happen.

By: Justin Cook

Justin Cook — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:38:11 +0000

I have to say that I have another perspective on the netbooks offer. If that was their first offer, I’m sure you could have counter-offered at 6K. Honestly, that’s like selling 900 netbooks through the site, which I’m sure will take a few years!!

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By: My Domain Buyers Guide » Self Made Minds

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By: James

James — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:47:46 +0000

Just dropped in to catch up and I noticed this post. I own a netbook/MID related domain which is doing ‘ok’ (been a bit lazy!). I found the co.uk TLD’s are a real pain to get hold of (people want too much money for them ). I’ve been picking up some crackers using .uk.com and .gb.net suffixes – not what people think of in the first instance, but who cares once your’re ranking in the SE’s?

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By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:45:20 +0000

I aim for the best I can and will give myself certain goals but no specific income or traffic numbers as such.

By: John Essex

John Essex — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:50:02 +0000

Cool, looking forward to next year and seeing how you get on with developing those domains. Do you set yourself targets (e.g. to get a certain level of traffic) or do you just put in much effort as you can?

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By: Robbert

Robbert — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:56:27 +0000

In the Netherlands you can’t deduct the whole domain purchase of your income tax. You have to amortize it in 3 to 5 years I guess.

I’d wish I registered the .nl TLD of netbooks

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:41:51 +0000

I used to be a trainee book-keeper in a past life so can keep my accounts fine but as far as tax matters you need an accountant to inform you of the current best strategies and practices.