Is there something seriously wrong with the Domain industry?

proTrader · 08-31-2008, 05:07 AM

Guys!!!!!

Just go to Alexa and check out the trend graphs(from Oct 07 till now) for anything-related-to-domaining.com's! There is a very dangerous decline in traffic ranking in almost every case. I have checked sedo, dnforum, namepros, afternic, namedrive, Parked, and many others, only to witness the drastic declines in rankings.

Implications?

duceman · 08-31-2008, 07:53 AM

Anytime the economy goes south there will be a trickle down effect.

The good part is there are some good deals to be had if you have the funds.

bobdigital · 08-31-2008, 08:52 AM

kids are back to school?

labrocca · 08-31-2008, 04:49 PM

Quote:

There is a very dangerous decline in traffic ranking in almost every case.

Only dangerous to people that don't develop domains and rely heavily on resale and parking.

snoop · 08-31-2008, 04:57 PM

Alexa changed the way it rankings work a while back which is probably playing a part. Generally the domain market has been in downturn since the start of the year though so general interest in going to wane with that.

Originally Posted by labrocca

Only dangerous to people that don't develop domains and rely heavily on resale and parking.

So this trend shouldn't be a worry just as long as you aren't a domainer?

cityforums.com · 08-31-2008, 05:14 PM

compete.com doesn't show a downturn ...

any explanation ?

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/nam...com/?metric=uv

aftermarket steady

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/sed...com/?metric=uv

weblord · 08-31-2008, 05:18 PM

everything's affected with the economy when it goes down or up.

cityforums.com · 08-31-2008, 05:23 PM

some parking companies are showing decline at compete

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/dom...com/?metric=uv

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/nam...com/?metric=uv

duceman · 08-31-2008, 05:27 PM

Originally Posted by cosmicray

some parking companies are showing decline at compete

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/dom...com/?metric=uv
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/industry-news/509311-there-something-seriously-wrong-domain-industry.html

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/nam...com/?metric=uv

Here is one for ya

As much as people bang on Sedo's parking program they seem to have steady numbers

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/nam...com/?metric=uv

cityforums.com · 08-31-2008, 05:38 PM

what happened here ?

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/Tra...com/?metric=uv

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/Tra...com/?metric=uv

Originally Posted by duceman

Here is one for ya

As much as people bang on Sedo's parking program they seem to have steady numbers
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=509311

http://siteanalytics.compete.com/nam...com/?metric=uv

yup namedrive and sedo look steady

shockie · 08-31-2008, 05:55 PM

the answer is no. alexa's just been playing around with their algorithm.

whitebark · 08-31-2008, 06:45 PM

It could be that less domainers are putting alexa on their computers. You couldn't pay me to put it on one of my machines.

***Corey*** · 08-31-2008, 06:49 PM

Is there something seriously wrong with the Domain Industry?

yes.....a lack of understanding of the world economy

cityforums.com · 08-31-2008, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by whitebark

It could be that less domainers are putting alexa on their computers. You couldn't pay me to put it on one of my machines.

good point Roy.

GF · 08-31-2008, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by coreyg

Is there something seriously wrong with the Domain Industry?

yes.....a lack of understanding of the world economy

Absolutely. Right now is a time to take advantage of the fact that people are deciding to get out of the business, or cut their portfolios down.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=509311

Buy, buy, buy!

Dean · 08-31-2008, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by GF

Absolutely. Right now is a time to take advantage of the fact that people are deciding to get out of the business, or cut their portfolios down.

Buy, buy, buy!

Exactly

proTrader · 09-01-2008, 02:40 AM

As regards the decline within the domain industry, economy is definitely a major factor. But I tried to be over-smart and took some bad positions at the time when S&P was near 1350 and Bernanke was cutting rates in an emergency. Those were the days when Bear Stearns had collapsed and Fed was frentic about economic slow down, and I thought that people would pull out from stocks and bonds and would invest in domains; they instead went for oil.

Now I am fully convinced that domains move with stocks (and the economy of course). May be we'll see a "Domains 100 index" someday in near future LOL.

But are there any other factors too, besides economy?

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cityforums.com Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 1,113	some parking companies are showing decline at compete http://siteanalytics.compete.com/dom...com/?metric=uv http://siteanalytics.compete.com/nam...com/?metric=uv __________________ AmericanForum.com Power to the People.

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duceman Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Indy Posts: 2,270	Anytime the economy goes south there will be a trickle down effect. The good part is there are some good deals to be had if you have the funds.

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shockie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,702	the answer is no. alexa's just been playing around with their algorithm. __________________ - shockie

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whitebark Part-Time Zombie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,465	It could be that less domainers are putting alexa on their computers. You couldn't pay me to put it on one of my machines. __________________ BLAH!

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proTrader NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 168	As regards the decline within the domain industry, economy is definitely a major factor. But I tried to be over-smart and took some bad positions at the time when S&P was near 1350 and Bernanke was cutting rates in an emergency. Those were the days when Bear Stearns had collapsed and Fed was frentic about economic slow down, and I thought that people would pull out from stocks and bonds and would invest in domains; they instead went for oil. Now I am fully convinced that domains move with stocks (and the economy of course). May be we'll see a "Domains 100 index" someday in near future LOL. But are there any other factors too, besides economy? Last edited by proTrader3; 09-01-2008 at 02:48 AM.

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