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Hi everyone, I am quite curious on this :- if someone is looking forward to generate serious amount of income per month through domain parking (eg 2k to 3k consistently), is there any specific amount of domain that you are looking to retain under your control?
I am thinking that in order ofr me to generate this kind of income, I might need to have a huge portfolio of about 500 to 1k of domains in order to see a significant revenue. But obviously it will also depends on the domain name for the potential traffic...but has anyone been able to reap such return in revenue?
I would like to hear from your experience. Do you really need a huge portfolio in order to generate such revenue?
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llegent Wrote:Do you really need a huge portfolio in order to generate such revenue?
No you don't. You just need a few high performing domains. I would think that most casual portfolios of thousands of domains usually only have 100 or less good domains. Obviously, you probably have more of a chance of running into a traffic domain if you register or buy loads of them.
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Alright but I would think that high performing domains cost more money. But I suppose it's the whole you can't make money without spendin some. But usually what would be a reasonable price for a site that gets low to moderate traffic?
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I understand what you're saying, Movni ...most of us, because we want to make money rather than being loaded, want to speculate on domain names. So for us, the trick is really trying for good names rather than bulk?
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That's right.
If you are talking about first time registration, then there are still thousands and thousands of names you can register. Don't go registering every name you run across (unless you plan to test run it for a year). If a name is available it's either because it's no good, or someone missed it.
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Hi everyone, I just come across some reading abot those "premium" player in domain world. Some extract :-
Quote:Rick Schwartz, began buying up domain names 10 years ago. Like many early players, he gravitated to where the money was: porn. He snapped up names like Ass.com, Makeout.com, and Porno.com, to name a few. It was a quick path to riches.
Today, Schwartz owns about 5,000 names, with less than a third falling into the "adult" category. He's the industry's biggest promoter, preaching the power of domains to anyone who will listen and bringing domainers together with moneymen and execs from the likes of Google and Yahoo.
Quote:Candy.com, a name Schwartz bought in May 2002 for $108,000. A page filled with links to candy-related products comes up. Click on one of the ads and the advertiser pays Google, which in turn sends a share to Schwartz and the company that runs Candy.com. Some days Candy.com makes Schwartz $300 in profits; the site paid for itself in a year and a half.
emm...sounds inspiring for us isn't it?! over $100k for a domain, and the investment was paid off in just 18months. Now he just have to sit and wait for the check to come in.:eek:
Studying thru this, I think you guys and gals are right, it is more on catching those "premium" names which could potentially bring in the type-in traffic. Although this guy owns about 5k of domain names, spotting on potential and high performing domains, then analyze the ROI are the key points to success.
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Are more general names worth more money? Like cd.com, rock.com, style.com?I have heard diamond.com sold for a lot of money and that domains such as john.com might be worth a lot.
I suppose shorter domains are worth more?
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I think in another thread, it was talked about that cd.com had come down in value, but I wouldn't mind owning it lol.
Part of the fun in looking at names is to see if there are ones which have been missed.
A long shot, but nonetheless fun.
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yes, generally shorter domains have inherent value (easy to remember, fast to type, have few if any typos). Dictionary/Generic domains have value depending on their category. If they are in a commercial sector with lots of money changing hands, then it can be sold for lots and is worth lots.
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How are you planning on getting traffic? Just mis-typed words on landing pages? That could be really rough unless you have some good domains or else just good common word domains.
