Industry Heavyweights Find New Domain Monetization Gold in Old Vein: Email Addresses

Duke · 01-23-2012, 09:34 AM

When I got an email from Chicago.com owner Josh Metnick with a subject line that said "Something amazing is happening!" I sat up and took notice as Josh is not a guy who is given to hyperbole. We got on the phone and he did indeed have an amazing story to tell - one that will be music to the ears of owners of top tier .com domains. You can read all about it here: http://dnjournal.com/articles/compan...atidentity.htm

stogie21 · 01-23-2012, 10:34 AM

Very good read... Thank you!

cdboard · 01-24-2012, 01:35 AM

good read.

ljmcwilliam · 02-17-2012, 04:57 AM

This is very interesting, thanks for posting this. I'm in the social enterprise space and this adds weight to an idea i've been thinking about.

jmcc · 02-17-2012, 03:17 PM

It is a very old idea. There was a guy back in the DotCom era who bought up a lot of Irish and UK town and city names in the hope of providing branded e-mail addresses in this way. It was over twelve years ago and the web was comparatively young. However reading between the lines, the monetisation through PPC model seems to be failing and now some of the large players are left with trying to justify the renewal of domains through other methods.

Regards...jmcc

evirtual1 · 02-28-2012, 04:12 AM

nice to read about innovation

sdsinc · 02-28-2012, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by jmcc

It is a very old idea. There was a guy back in the DotCom era who bought up a lot of Irish and UK town and city names in the hope of providing branded e-mail addresses in this way. It was over twelve years ago and the web was comparatively young. However reading between the lines, the monetisation through PPC model seems to be failing and now some of the large players are left with trying to justify the renewal of domains through other methods.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/industry-news/744291-industry-heavyweights-find-new-domain-monetization.html

Regards...jmcc

I completely agree. It's nothing new and the market is very limited (like domain leasing).
In this case it works because Chicago.com is a developed geo website. Vanity addresses are a natural addition.

It's not an approach you can try with every domain name, even if it's premium. Because it may hinder future development efforts and as long as you have a paying base of customers your name is tied up and may remain underutilized.

The truth is that almost everyone is using a free E-mail like Gmail or ISP E-mail.
Even domainers.

katdan · 03-17-2012, 12:20 PM

At a free email address you will see a lot of ads, it will load but not that fast when compared with a paid service. When you will buy something from the Internet, in some cases you may notice that some websites does not accept a free email address or that they require an additional form of verification.

Veronika11 · 03-17-2012, 03:26 PM

very interesting

thx for sharing

ytodoeso · 04-11-2012, 10:20 AM

as free email services such as Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo now offer POP and SMTP access, ads are no longer an issue, and considering Hotmail is offering free email services for your own domain, you can have a professional, custom e-mail address for free, so I'm not sure that's a good business

it's nice to have a "local" email address (I have a free @colombia.com address), but I'm not sure if I'd pay for one...

cache · 04-11-2012, 08:16 PM

are there any free scripts for managing email_account/signup/payment/billing?

01-23-2012, 09:34 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
Duke Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 2,052	Industry Heavyweights Find New Domain Monetization Gold in Old Vein: Email Addresses When I got an email from Chicago.com owner Josh Metnick with a subject line that said "Something amazing is happening!" I sat up and took notice as Josh is not a guy who is given to hyperbole. We got on the phone and he did indeed have an amazing story to tell - one that will be music to the ears of owners of top tier .com domains. You can read all about it here: http://dnjournal.com/articles/compan...atidentity.htm __________________ DNJournal.com - The Industry News Magazine NameNewbie.com - The Beginner's Guide to Making Money with Domain Names

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stogie21 NamePros Regular Join Date: May 2007 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 283 Follow @michaeljkrell	Very good read... Thank you! __________________ Full-Time WordPress/Tumblr Designer & Developer - mkrell.com Tweet me your domain name(s) for a 140-character appraisal. CUSSS

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jmcc NamePros Regular Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ireland Posts: 696 Follow @JMcCormac	It is a very old idea. There was a guy back in the DotCom era who bought up a lot of Irish and UK town and city names in the hope of providing branded e-mail addresses in this way. It was over twelve years ago and the web was comparatively young. However reading between the lines, the monetisation through PPC model seems to be failing and now some of the large players are left with trying to justify the renewal of domains through other methods. Regards...jmcc __________________ http://www.hosterstats.com Hoster Stats and Free Domain Name History Search. HosterStats.com Blog

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ljmcwilliam NamePros Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London, UK Posts: 45 Follow @ljmcw	This is very interesting, thanks for posting this. I'm in the social enterprise space and this adds weight to an idea i've been thinking about.

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katdan New Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 15	At a free email address you will see a lot of ads, it will load but not that fast when compared with a paid service. When you will buy something from the Internet, in some cases you may notice that some websites does not accept a free email address or that they require an additional form of verification.

03-17-2012, 03:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
Veronika11 NamePros Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 55	very interesting thx for sharing

04-11-2012, 10:20 AM	#10 (permalink)
ytodoeso NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Bogota, Colombia Posts: 39	as free email services such as Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo now offer POP and SMTP access, ads are no longer an issue, and considering Hotmail is offering free email services for your own domain, you can have a professional, custom e-mail address for free, so I'm not sure that's a good business it's nice to have a "local" email address (I have a free @colombia.com address), but I'm not sure if I'd pay for one...

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