Comments on: A bit of a slog

By: Baby England Kit

Baby England Kit — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:59:49 +0000

This is very interesting because I’ve got a domain name that I’ve been thinking about selling. My problem is that I don’t know the first thing about how to go about doing so. This might be just the thing I’ve been looking for.

Worst part is that I get Website Magazine and I didn’t even pay attention to that ad. Go figure

By: Mike Jones

Mike Jones — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:32:48 +0000

I too am in a strange bit of a slog myself. Not in a revenue way, just that I haven’t had the time or energy for new developments. I haven’t blogged in months!

By: Jonathan Malory

Jonathan Malory — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:53:44 +0000

Well they wouldn’t stay large companies for very long if they simply threw money into Adwords. The whole point of Adwords is you get more money out than you put in so, as long as you get your campaign right, it usually doesn’t make any difference how large the company is.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:28:40 +0000

Im new to this whole domain registration etc. Choosing the right name for both the company and seo can be difficult. Just started promoting our business site and there is a lot more work than id imagined. Some times i wish we had the money that the larger companies have to throw into adwords etc.. and save the hassle of link building etc..

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:04:32 +0000

To date I’ve just been registering brand new domains and then building the site from scratch. I know exactly what you mean about spending all your time watching for expiring domains. The attraction with expired domains is that they already have age and an existing backlink history but getting the right one is proving tough. For the time being, until I find my feet, I’m going to focus on building the sites from scratch.

By: Jonathan Malory

Jonathan Malory — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:54:18 +0000

@Andy

I went through a similar phase myself, backordering domain names and always watching soon to expire domains, but ultimately I found that I spent so much time doing this, far too long in fact, that I may as well have just made a site in whatever niche on a domain I registered new myself and promoted it.

The only reason I buy domain names now is if I think they’re a better fit for a website I already own. And even then I’m talking about buying domain names, not catching dropped domains.

I haven’t spent anywhere near as much as Scott, but I have spent somewhere in the region of $50,000 on existing websites since early 2007. Some have been a waste of money where others have turned out really well, and obviously the waste of money sites have become less frequent with experience.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:58:39 +0000

Existing sites work better for me, you can then expand or change direction but it seems better not to have taken the sabbatical an expiring domain takes.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:57:04 +0000

Is your preference always to buy up existing websites in their entirity then build them up or do you also look to buy up old, expiring domain names then build a new site onto them? I’ve recently made my first steps into the affiliate website arena and am still trying to find my feet. Ultimately (time willing) I’d like to setup a series of affiliate sites each targetting a different niche. I’ve been looking at buying expiring domain names but it’s proving difficult to find the right ones and I’m wondering if this approach is worth the effort.

By: John Essex

John Essex — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:07:43 +0000

Borrowing on a mortgage is generally always the cheapest way to get money. If you can get a yeild of even 20% on your investment, versus say 6-7% on your mortgage its a no brainer – but there is some risk of course!

By: John Essex

John Essex — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:04:46 +0000

Have you tried Amazon affiliates? Not had much luck myself but others seem to do quite well.