Domaining & I
Like I mentioned elsewhere on the blog, I have decided to let go a part of my Reem Island Portfolio. I thought about keeping them for another year, but I already have too many of new project geo’s. Its better to make the portfolio lean. Anyone interested to go after them can get them here:
With the very eagerly awaited auction of FixedLoans.com came problems for BIDO. Yesterday, BIDO auction for FixedLoans saw so much response that it overloaded the servers and they crashed before the auction could complete. Today, there was a re-auction and this time too the same thing happened.
One of the things I previously noticed was that BIDO sends out a mail to ALL the bidders each time a bid is placed. Generally, an auction only sends a mail upon being outbid. Perhaps this could have choked the bandwith looking at the fact that I have till now received 240 mails from them. Multiply that by lets say 100 bidders, makes it 24000 mails in a span of less than an hour. There could be other problems including the new installation of a chat server as mentioned by Sahar. Although this problem seems troubling, im sure the technical staff would be working on it 24/7, and it would be a matter of time before the site is up and about.
Today I received my first ever domain from BIDO, ReliableBilling.com. Being a software developer for the better part of my career, this domain simply spells development for me.
The price was as cheap as could be, and the registration dates back to 2001, which is really cool. Most of my sites are static ones providing info or portfoilio’s. I think Reliable Billing would be great for a "Free Online Invoicing System", providing billing capabilities for small and medium sized companies over the net. This would mean minimal hardware requirements and advanced networking capabilities.
Really excited about the prospect, thought I’d share it here 
Very recently I joined a geo domainers group and quickly found out that this niche is hot and burning!
Firstly lets understand what "Pure" Geo Domains & Geo Generic Domains are. Geo Domains are domains purely having the names of Cities / Countries / States / Islands - any geographical site where communities exist and business can be conducted. Examples are Ireland.com / Denver.com / Texas.com etc
Geo Generic Domains on the other hand are generally two-three worders where the First Word is the Geo Name and the remaining words constitute Business / Keyword. Something like DenverStore.com / IndiaCricket.com / AustralianBeer.com / AucklandFinance.com etc.
Bido has been holding daily auctions with the first of its kind “one domain a day” auction, as we all would already know. While their domains have had mixed reactions and sometimes really low winning bids, the one being sold today seems to be a gem.
The name is DebtSpecialist.com
Perfect keywords, rare “debt” domain, and a great niche, I really love the the name (although the plural sounds a tad more corporate). With the world markets in a very volatile state, debt consolidation is huge. This domain would serve well an end user looking to provide their technical expertise and consultation services.
I would be bidding on it, lets see what the final bid it raises. I think it should reach ~4-5K mark easy.
YOUR SEARCH ARE BELONGS TO ME (muahahaha)
Before i start my rant on the upcoming Search Engine by ex-employees of Google, I would seriously like to know what made these obvious “experts” to come up with such a forgettable name? I read somewhere its supposed to be pronounced “cool”? lol. I would think this name is one typo-squatters paradise. Couldn’t they have gotten a one word generic, or maybe a more pronounceable CVCV.com?
A recent Article released by iGosh, an Online Security Group, highlights main concerns about the ever growing and uninhibited attacks on websites in order to gain unauthorized access to computer systems or deny them of functionality. They also shed light on the limited efforts put forward by big corporates to inhibit these malpractices; and how managed research along with timely solution to these problems was the need of the hour.
iGosh, a security advisory and service provider group, addresses the concerns of single owner websites to big firms managing a web of hundreds of computers. Here is the read:
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DNForum is holding their first Online Auction in another 12 hours. Some nice names have been put up for sale including ABBC.com, Image-Gallery.com, NHQ.net, HostingScript.com, DNGuide.com, CrunkFest.com and a host of others. The hosts of the auction recently stated that their focus would be on getting better names and prices than playing with numbers. Looking at the list, I think they wouldn’t be dissapointed. What reserves have been put up, and whether the bidders meet them, remains to be seen.
Continue reading ‘DNForum All Set to hold an Online Auction’
I had read sometime ago that the moment you buy a domain, its value increases automatically, as it becomes inaccessible to others.
Also someone mentioned at DNForum that every general dictionary word in .net and .com has a prospective buyer somewhere. The key is to find him.
And that the best achievement is when you see the domain you handregged being put to good use. (SuccessClick)
.Me is still continuing to receive Interest amongst the domainers.
As Justin mentioned at DNForum, the success rate of these new upcoming extensions (with very minimal exceptions like of .info), has been very low and there is nothing positive to indicate otherwise for this extension.
The registries are having a fun time making hay with every new extension which comes up. Now I agree that some names like Consolidate.me OR Resell.me or Blog.me or Monetize.me might be highly brandable, but they alone cannot make a whole new extension successful. For any extension to be successful, I believe it should point to a particular niche; or might be usable in a particular niche. Info rose as it clearly indicated the sites to be “Information” oriented, which is what the web is all about.
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