October 2009 Archives

TRAFFIC New York 2009 Awards

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traffic.jpgThe TRAFFIC Awards were present to the winners last night. Voting for the nominated parties started 2 months ago and as these are votes by domainers, well done to all that won the praise of their fellow domainers.

And the nominations and winners were...

Accentuated characters and much more

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If you target markets where the native language is not English, you are likely to encounter letters which are not part of the standard Latin character set. It is immediately obvious for languages such as Japanese or Arabic but common as well in French, German, Swedish, etc...
You may be tempted to consider buying IDN (Internationalised Domain Names), which allow characters not part of the ASCII set.



Not sure about you, but the Domain Economy seems to be strong to me with over US$2.8 million worth of domain sales at Rick Latona domain auction at TRAFFIC NY 2009

The full list is below with final price...

Renting & Leasing Domain Names

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There are several ways to make money from domain names. The most well know methods are domain parking, and obviously selling domain names. But if you have a portfolio containing generic domain names, you may have a third option, known as 'domain leasing' or 'domain renting'.

Domain leasing allows you to generate revenue from your domain, while still holding on to the rights. This can be a great option if you suspect that your domain name is going to appreciate in the next few years and you are not yet ready to sell.

You need to test different parking services

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When you park domains, make sure you experiment with several parking companies.

Each one of them provide a different default template and various options. Also a domain which does not perform with a parking provider may well exceed your expectations with another one. Some Parking companies are better at monetizing traffic on hi-tech products while others may be best at bringing revenues from people looking to buy clothes or rent a flat.

How to maximise your domain sale revenues

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If you are a domainer, you want to make as much money as possible when selling a domain.
One way to do it, is simply to not do anything and wait for people to contact you.

After all, if they contact you to buy a domain you own, while you have not done anything to publicise the fact you are willing to sell, it means they are highly motivated. And highly motivated buyers mean that they are more than likely to pay top dollar for the name.

If you want to sell high, keep your profile low.

Sedo tops the chart with two impressive six-figure sales that place both domains,

respectively in #16 and #27 position on DN Journal's YTD Top 100 Sales Chart.


http://www.dnjournal.com/ytd-sales-charts.htm

 

Is this an indication of what we may see next week at T.R.A.F.F.I.C's  Rick Latona and

Moniker auctions?


See you in New York City!

Keep it simple

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When registering a domain, try to go for the spelling your market is going to use. This is especially true of domains where the spelling is different depending on the country, for instance behavior (American) and behaviour (British).

Regarding the use of plural, the same applies. What are people more likely to look for: travel or travels ?

When in doubt, simply register all the variations you can think of and track the results!
dfg-logo.gifDomainer Fest Global 2010 in Santa Monica have published their extensive Agenda. For the site details, sponsors, agenda and registration please visit http://www.domainfest.com/

 

You can also see the Full Agenda below. Above.com will have a booth spot, so please drop by. See you there!!

domainermardigraslogo.pngDomainer Mardi Gras have published their Agenda. For the site details, sponsors, agenda and registration please visit http://domainermardigras.com/

 

You can also see the Full Agenda below. Above.com will have a booth so please drop by. See you there!!

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