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Old 08-26-2008, 06:53 AM   · #1
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How big was my mistake?
Hello,

Once again, I made things the wrong way: I reged several domains yesterday which I though were great and THEN I found this forum. I probably lose my money. Let's see what you say.

I reged a nice list of typos for the .ME domains. I found in this threads mixed reactions about the very .ME TLD, not to say its typos. There are still three more domains that even now (that I've read a lot of threads here) something tells me that I should buy them.

So, how big was my mistake?


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Old 08-26-2008, 07:46 AM   · #2
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Hard to say without knowing the names.
But usually typos should only be registered in strong TLDs like .com or major ccTLDs like .co.uk .de .es etc. And stay away from TM names of course
.me is more novelty than investment, if it's just for speculation don't burn your budget on it...
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Old 08-26-2008, 08:43 AM   · #3
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Hard to say without knowing the names.
But usually typos should only be registered in strong TLDs like .com or major ccTLDs like .co.uk .de .es etc. And stay away from TM names of course
.me is more novelty than investment, if it's just for speculation don't burn your budget on it...



I agree 100%.
IF i were to reg typos then i'd only buy .com's, i dont imagine .me's will get direct type in traffic so there is virtually typos of such names will get traffic. IMHO
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Old 08-26-2008, 08:53 AM   · #4
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OMG, so it was a BIG mistake, huh?

Well... I bet I am not the first one to make a bad first move in this market

You can see the ones I bought from my signature.

I've been buying domains since a few years but mostly on demand, not as a investment... which called my attention after a recent article on Times magazine.

Oh well... Back to my own happy thoughts. Thanks for your replies...
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Old 08-26-2008, 09:06 AM   · #5
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Typos only work if they get traffic. The .me typo's in your portfolio will not gety any traffic.

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Old 08-26-2008, 09:09 AM   · #6
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As others have said typos really only have value if they get traffic. I don't think .ME are getting much type in traffic to start with, never mind typos.
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Old 08-26-2008, 09:10 AM   · #7
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I didn't really understand your first post, but what I got from it was:

You regged typo .ME domains...

I would personally not register typo dot me domains as the regular me domains probably don't get that much type in traffic...
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Old 08-26-2008, 09:23 AM   · #8
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what are the domains?

at least you will get 5-6 visitors, if you mention them here
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Old 08-26-2008, 09:40 AM   · #9
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Got the point...

Is there any way to reverse the operation in GoDaddy? I've read somethere that some registrar can cancel a domain and return the money within a given time period... "Tasting" if my memory serves...

The domains I bought were www-buy.me, www-hug.me, play.me, send.me, tell.me, ****.me, write.me, read.me, call.me and similars... All of them are in my signature.
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Old 08-26-2008, 10:27 AM   · #10
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I had a look at your portfolio. I confirm your .me domains are not good 'typos'.
For example wwwbuy.me might be a typo of www.buy.me because people sometimes omit the dot.
On the other hand www-buy.me won't work. It's not a likely typing mistake.

But unlike .com .me is not bound to get significant type-in traffic anyway. Even premium keywords will probably have limited traffic.
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Old 08-26-2008, 10:40 AM   · #11
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You have like 48 hours to request a delete on a .me for full credit minus small fee.

I recommend you do this, ASAP.
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Old 08-26-2008, 11:26 AM   · #12
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You have like 48 hours to request a delete on a .me for full credit minus small fee.

I recommend you do this, ASAP.




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Old 08-26-2008, 11:43 AM   · #13
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I also agree about requesting a delete

Also, don't use "poor man" as the name of your portfolio.... think RICH MAN!
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Old 08-27-2008, 08:45 AM   · #15
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Hello. Thanks a lot for your advices.

I'm trying to find the way to cancel my order at GoDaddy but no luck so far.

I just sent them a support ticket asking to cancel my order. Let's see what happen.

If there a faster way to do it?
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Old 08-27-2008, 08:55 AM   · #16
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You normally click 'cancel' in your control panel - after which you can send them an email requesting a refund
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Old 08-27-2008, 09:03 AM   · #17
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Well.. I'd just call them and problem solved by now. 4-5 days and I'll have my refund.

THANKS A LOT TO YOU ALL!!!!

The best part of it:

1) Lesson (hopefully) learned
2) I found Namepros.com
3) No fees for cancelling those nomains.
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Cancel your purchases right away, and request a refund. You must do this quickly, or yes - you will have made a big mistake.

Don't register anything else until you have been on NamePros for at least a week.

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Repped you for this.

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