how do you search for volume?

Mobi Cheap · 01-14-2008, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by Critter

Do most domainers purchase a reseller account for the purpose of obtaining the registration discounts for themselves?

I wouldn't say most, but many do.
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Especially with registrars like Enom, which are set up to be primarily wholesale operations.

The idea is that everyone wins this way: the registrar doesn't have to waste man hours explaining the same thing to too many people, and the registrants don't have to pay for that.

Syntheso · 01-14-2008, 09:58 AM

How can you contact someone to purchase their domain if their information is kept private?

Mobi Cheap · 01-14-2008, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Seb Silas

How can you contact someone to purchase their domain if their information is kept private?

In most cases you can simply send an email to the address shown in the Admin Contact - however random it may look.
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Usually the email is automatically forwarded to the owner of the domain, using the real email address that the whois service has on file.

It does works with GoDaddy's whois protection service.

In rare cases this method doesn't work, for instance with domains protected by ResellerClub - possibly because their whois protection is given away for free.

Syntheso · 01-14-2008, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by Mobi Cheap

In most cases you can simply send an email to the address shown in the Admin Contact - however random it may look.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=3282

Usually the email is automatically forwarded to the owner of the domain, using the real email address that the whois service has on file.

It does works with GoDaddy's whois protection service.

In rare cases this method doesn't work, for instance with domains protected by ResellerClub - possibly because their whois protection is given away for free.

Thanks!

chassmp3 · 01-14-2008, 05:07 PM

What do you guys think about this? If I come up with my own names to register and find that they're already registered as .com, but the .net is available and the keywords for it are somewhat strong or promising. Go for it? or forget it? I'm talking in scenarios where the intention is to park the name not develop it.

Thanks
Chas

Mobi Cheap · 01-14-2008, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by chassmp3

What do you guys think about this? If I come up with my own names to register and find that they're already registered as .com, but the .net is available and the keywords for it are somewhat strong or promising. Go for it? or forget it? I'm talking in scenarios where the intention is to park the name not develop it.

Thanks
Chas

I would say forget it.
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That's based on your stated intention to park instead of develop.

The same applies to all non-.com gTLDs by the way, including my favorite one - which you would never guess :-)

There are exceptions to most rules in domaining, but in this case you have to be really lucky to chance upon an available .net that makes you money just by parking it.

A strong keyword in .net is a prime candidate for traffic tasters. If it's still available, that probably means it's been tested for natural type-in traffic at least once and was found to be not worth keeping.

emu · 01-15-2008, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by nishanthe

But Sometimes..webservers are sensitive to the case of the URL.. (ie. it might not identify Microsoft.com and microsoft.com as the same domain)

I thought that webservers are case-sensitive only in subdirectories and specific filenames.
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I thought that this is okay:
http://www.NamePros.com/domain-newbies/

I know that this is not okay:
http://www.namepros.com/Domain-Newbies/

Barrucadu · 01-16-2008, 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by emu

I thought that webservers are case-sensitive only in subdirectories and specific filenames.

I thought that this is okay:
http://www.NamePros.com/domain-newbies/

I know that this is not okay:
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http://www.namepros.com/Domain-Newbies/

Domain names are not case sensetive at all, so Microsoft.com = microsoft.com = MiCrOsOfT.CoM etc...
However, servers running on *nix are case-sensetive when it comes to directories and files.

emu · 01-16-2008, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Mikor

Domain names are not case sensetive at all, so Microsoft.com = microsoft.com = MiCrOsOfT.CoM etc...
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However, servers running on *nix are case-sensetive when it comes to directories and files.

I said nothing about domain names being case sensitive.

In fact, it looks like I said the same thing but in a different way.

It seems that you should have replied to the other guy.

chassmp3 · 01-17-2008, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by Mobi Cheap

I would say forget it.

That's based on your stated intention to park instead of develop.

The same applies to all non-.com gTLDs by the way, including my favorite one - which you would never guess :-)

There are exceptions to most rules in domaining, but in this case you have to be really lucky to chance upon an available .net that makes you money just by parking it.

A strong keyword in .net is a prime candidate for traffic tasters. If it's still available, that probably means it's been tested for natural type-in traffic at least once and was found to be not worth keeping.

Thanks Mobi Cheap, that was basically what I thought too, but needed second opinions, and it's why I've hesitated to register a lot of good .net names.

I found a list of acronyms on a different thread that was helpful, but it was missing some of the common acronyms used when you view your parking stats at your parking company.

I particularly am interested in knowing not only the meaning or RPM, CTR and RPC, not just the literal meaning but what they actually mean to the parking company. For instance I see my RPM at $430 for one name then the CTR at 200%, RPC $0.22 and Revenue at $1.72. So I'm having a little difficulty making sense of this data.
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Your input is much appreciated.

Chas

Mobi Cheap · 01-17-2008, 10:15 AM

Originally Posted by chassmp3

Thanks Mobi Cheap, that was basically what I thought too, but needed second opinions, and it's why I've hesitated to register a lot of good .net names.

I found a list of acronyms on a different thread that was helpful, but it was missing some of the common acronyms used when you view your parking stats at your parking company.

I particularly am interested in knowing not only the meaning or RPM, CTR and RPC, not just the literal meaning but what they actually mean to the parking company. For instance I see my RPM at $430 for one name then the CTR at 200%, RPC $0.22 and Revenue at $1.72. So I'm having a little difficulty making sense of this data.

Your input is much appreciated.

Chas

Sure Chas.

I've create a worked example from the numbers you reported (please ignore the minor rounding errors):

(reported) RPM $430
(reported) CTR 200%
(reported) RPC $0.22
(reported) Revenue $1.72
(calculated) Clicks (inferred) 7.8
(calculated) Visitors (inferred) 3.9
(calculated) RPM Check (recalculated) 440

To find out how much you understand the definitions you discovered yourself, tell me first to what extent the above makes sense to you and we'll take it from there.

chassmp3 · 01-17-2008, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by Mobi Cheap

Sure Chas.

I've create a worked example from the numbers you reported (please ignore the minor rounding errors):

(reported) RPM $430
(reported) CTR 200%
(reported) RPC $0.22
(reported) Revenue $1.72
(calculated) Clicks (inferred) 7.8
(calculated) Visitors (inferred) 3.9
(calculated) RPM Check (recalculated) 440

To find out how much you understand the definitions you discovered yourself, tell me first to what extent the above makes sense to you and we'll take it from there.

Hmmm gosh! This feels like when I took calculus

So I'm guessing that the stats I gave you were raw info, and at some point this all gets calculated into new numbers. hmmm yeah I guess you better break it down a little more.
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Thanks dude.

Mobi Cheap · 01-17-2008, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by chassmp3

...So I'm guessing that the stats I gave you were raw info, and at some point this all gets calculated into new numbers. hmmm yeah I guess you better break it down a little more.

Thanks dude.

Yup, here goes (let's pretend these are average daily numbers so that the decimal places make sense):

Visitors (input) 3.9

Clicks (input) 7.8

CTR (Clicks/Visitors) 200% Click-through rate (showing how attractive your visitors find the info they believe they would find if they clicked on an ad link)

Revenue (input) $1.72

RPC (Revenue/Clicks) $0.22 Revenue per click (showing how well advertisers pay you for the average click)

RPM (Revenue/Visitors*1000) 440 Revenue per mille (showing how many dollars you can expect a thousand visitors to your site to generate; being a simple measure of your overall success in parking)
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=3282

Your RPC in this example is pretty standard, the CTR is very good (the average visitor clicked on two ads) and that means that the RPM is very good too.

chassmp3 · 01-17-2008, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by Mobi Cheap

Yup, here goes (let's pretend these are average daily numbers so that the decimal places make sense):
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=3282

Visitors (input) 3.9

Clicks (input) 7.8

CTR (Clicks/Visitors) 200% Click-through rate (showing how attractive your visitors find the info they believe they would find if they clicked on an ad link)

Revenue (input) $1.72

RPC (Revenue/Clicks) $0.22 Revenue per click (showing how well advertisers pay you for the average click)

RPM (Revenue/Visitors*1000) 440 Revenue per mille (showing how many dollars you can expect a thousand visitors to your site to generate; being a simple measure of your overall success in parking)

Your RPC in this example is pretty standard, the CTR is very good (the average visitor clicked on two ads) and that means that the RPM is very good too.

Sweet, makes a heck of a lot of sense now. I found that they have the meaning of each of these acronyms in the FAQ but certainly not very detailed, examples like this would be helpful. Thanks, I appreciate your info.

Chas.

soggyindo · 03-01-2008, 05:08 AM

hi guys,
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=3282
wonderful site, btw. it can be a lonely business, this domaining!
i am a newbie, and was wondering the best way to search for keywords or words by volume, i.e. compared to total i.e. global internet search usage? i think i've had a pretty good hunt for threads here for an answer

some people mention overture (which seems dead), others google adsense keyword (which only seems to give a very approximate ranking, and then only relative to similar keywords, not to total web searches). some have mentioned things which seem like you have to pay for them (wordtracker?).
besides that, i've found a few "top 10" type sites, and google trends, both not useful (i'm not looking for just the trends).
is this secred internet information? what do you guys reccommend?

BlackDiamond · 03-21-2008, 01:12 PM

If this thread is still accepting questions, I have one, although I'm not sure it's all that common.

Which methods can a domain name registrant use to check the traffic statistics for his or her domain name (or more accurately, Web site the domain name directs to)?

jedik1 · 03-23-2008, 06:07 AM

Originally Posted by BlackDiamond

If this thread is still accepting questions, I have one, although I'm not sure it's all that common.

Which methods can a domain name registrant use to check the traffic statistics for his or her domain name (or more accurately, Web site the domain name directs to)?

I think the better way of getting accurate details for your site or domain is by the following steps :-

If you are using a general purpose search i.e. not intended to any specific group of visitors - You can safely use Alexa traffic Ranking for it. Also you can see how many back links pointing to your site.
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If you using keyword specific/ visitor specific then try to use the freely available tools on the web that analyzes traffic based on specific keywords. By that way you can know what kind of visitors you are actually getting...

bizcorp · 07-08-2008, 08:11 PM

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allroundguy · 11-26-2008, 03:24 AM

Originally Posted by Dr.Pepper

Question: Are all the Dictionary words gone?
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Answer: Some 97 percent of the words in Webster's dictionary have been registered.

Hmmm,
The domain industry is world-wide, and a number of people don't care if what they want is in any dictionary, or just a random mix of characters.
Lots of web documents, published on an unpronounceable url, attract all sorts of traffic like magnets just to redirect people somewhere else.
Ever heard of msnbc.com - tdnam.com - tucows.com (is that really 2cows?).
There are no crappy domains - It's all in between the ears.
Sellers must try to figure out what potential buyers could be interested in.
Type in Google: "lorem ipsum" and see how successful dummy text can be.
The domain industry will boom again when domainers start again thinking about what potential customers may need or just want, instead of trying to set value standards based upon third party opinions.
Different people have usually different opinions and may very well read in totally different dictionaries.

DarrinMalone · 12-14-2008, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by dsforsaken

WildChild: Answer: According to pagesGarden.com, you must renew your domain first and then transfer it.

Question: What is currently the longest single word Domain name that serves a purpose?

Answer: According to the guiness book of world records the town of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-Llantysiliogogogoch

owns the domain

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwll-Llantysiliogogogoch.com

pagesgarden.com is down. Just figured id give you all the heads up.

Originally Posted by IAmAllanShore

It needs to be real "enough" to contact you, at least.
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Otherwise,
http://wdprs.internic.net/cgi/rpt.cgi
Also, if you want to sell the domain name, it'd be good for people to have a way to get in contact with you.
-Allan

Hey there you say "real enough to contact". If I pay the extra fee to make my domain "private" then what kind of info can someone find about me?

Sara Vanessa · 04-01-2009, 03:21 AM

How do I protect my domain name from unauthorized updates or domain hijacking?

"Lock it up! Most registratrs allow you to a put a "lock" on your domain. While a domain is in locked state, name server changes, doman transfers, ownership changes, etc. are disabled. Check with your domain registration services provider (rsp) or domain registrar for details." Perfect answer!

awesome site

**mis_chiff** · 04-20-2009, 04:48 PM

Lots of great questions and answers in this thread.

If you are just learning and have some questions...
the answers will probably be here, if not - just ask

bamaboy · 05-02-2009, 03:04 AM

I think namefaqs dot com is down right now

Anyhow, i have a question.
do appearance of domain name affect its value ?
I have a domain name qab dot in
it looks good, i mean q(inverse of b) - a - b(inverse of q)

is it add any value to domain ?

ran_doank · 05-10-2009, 03:35 AM

namefaqs still down?

talicry · 08-05-2009, 12:43 AM

Hi everyone,

My question is: if I want to develop a domain, how legal is it to use content from other sites (ie, youtube) in order to generate traffic and therefore revenue for my domain? Thanks!

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bamaboy NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 283	I think namefaqs dot com is down right now Anyhow, i have a question. do appearance of domain name affect its value ? I have a domain name qab dot in it looks good, i mean q(inverse of b) - a - b(inverse of q) is it add any value to domain ? __________________ Selling: Japps.net wootmovies.com

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