New concept for domainers - just like you and me!
 

Hi!

I would like to have your opinion on this one:
http://www.domainspark.org

It is gonna be a new forum - more than forum, an online game for buying and selling domains - for domainers!

The engine itself starts to be ready, so demo-accounts are created on-the-fly for testing the avatar-chat system.

Please, tell here what you think. Do you think this kind of new forum and a new way to buy/sell domains (please read the FAQ at the site) could be handy and welcome?

BR,
Olli

Not sure how people can buy and sell as it is at the minute - But it's good fun :)

This is completely unclear to me. In order to make this concept visually understandable, you should look at your site from the eyes of a newcomer that doesn't know anything about your project. Would you understand what this is all about?

IB

Looks neat in Habboish style. How does it work ? Domains are buildings ?

Thanks for your replies!

I know it's a bit hard to understand the whole concept, 'cause all you see at the moment is your own tempalte avatar and few buildings. I wrote a tiny FAQ to the site but here is the concept in a nutshell:

- You register to the game with 1 or more domains.
- Every player updates the domain's DNS to link to the game = you "sell" your domains to the game and get money. You also earn money when new players join via your domain.
- When you sell your domain to another player, the other player owns that domain in the game and decides if he/she want's to continue using it in the game (the game automatically check during the login if the DNS is still working, if not, the player needs to "buy" it back from the bank).
- The domains are showing player's own content (ads for example) when players click them from inside the game (technically by checking the referrer). Players can earn money by visiting other player's sites and promote (by paying for the clicks) their own sites.
- This all would work so much better, if those domains really were transfered under the game administrator's registrant account. And when leaving the game the player gets it back. Then bying/selling could really work without a possibility to cheat etc. But it's a bit hard to demand players to transfer their domains in order to play! ;) Maybe this could be an extra feature with some bonuses.

I hope this helps to understand the concept. I really would like to hear some comments and ideas before I code too much to the wrong direction.

Thank you,
Olli

New beta
 

Ok, hi again!

Thanks for your answers. I made a second beta, and it has the following features (http://www.domainspark.org) :

- You can move and chat as a guest just by clicking the ground and chatting with the chatbox at the pink box.

- You can register your avatar and login as YOU next time you visit.

- You can register new domains under your account. You do it simply setting your domains DNS to this IP: 82.118.211.239. After that just visit your own domain, login under to your account and register the domain under the game.

- New domains appear as temporary boxes in the "park". (More future features here).

- You can send/read private messages between players

- You can buy/sell DP-money, in order to buy other players' domains (from the park).


Please feel free to get familiar and test. And ALL feedback is more than welcome.

Thanks again,
Olli