Hi Everyone,
I have been tracking results for the names I have posted on this thread and thought I would share the following observations with you this morning.
To be transparent, I have included all the raw data used in this exercise (outlined below).
I hope the summary is helpful and demonstrates the "next step" actions that a few viewing this thread have taken.
I find it always interesting to see what others are doing and try to learn from them.
-Cougar
Observation(s):
78% of the domains I listed in this thread are
now TAKEN (now registered). (53 taken of 68 listed)
51% of those domains taken are now
registered with
NetworkSolutions (27 of 53 registered).
19% of those domains taken are now
registered with
Namesilo (10 of 53 registered)
15% of those domains taken are now
registered with
GoDaddy (8 of 53 registered)
* I believe the recent discount programs by Netsol and Namesilo provided inexpensive 1st year registrations, therefore, might account for the strong %percentages mentioned above.
Additionally - and somewhat interesting...
43% of the domains registered now have
landing pages with
Undeveloped (23 of 53)
* I find this to be quite interesting.
* This high %percentage included a balanced blending of domains registered with both Netsol & GoDaddy.
* Also, I spent time clicking on each weblink of the 53 taken domains and noticed the Undeveloped lander pages were by a variety of sellers. My reason for mentioning this is to highlight that this was not the work of only 1 or 2 individuals, but a path used by a variety of individuals following this thread.
Opinion:
* As mentioned above, I spent time clicking on each weblink for the (53) registered domains to see what a potential buyer might see. A peak into a 1st time view for each domain.
Some initial thoughts... (with examples)
1)
FundingGuard.com - uses EFTY for their landing page - this page was inviting and felt more professional than several others I observed. A quality lander.
2)
HockeyPay.com - uses Undeveloped for their landing page - personally for me the page was clean and I definitely felt the
BIN pricing was more conducive to me spending more time reading the entire lander. Also a quality experience.
3)
HugeVote.com - uses Undeveloped for the landing page - but for some reason the
"Make an Offer" for this page made me feel like I was
about to enter a frustrating back-and-forth haggle. Mind you, I was not an actual buyer, but tho the landing page looked professional, my
1st reaction to the "Make an Offer" lander was this would turn into an
endless waiting game... and worse... a never ending feeling of being jerked around. I am assuming the new owner of this domain is a NamePros member and also is a top shelf person, but the lander itself for some reason made me "cautious" from the moment it came up on the screen until I went to the next one on the list. Also worth noting - the majority (roughly 70%) of the Undeveloped landers being used for other domains during this exercise also were using the "Make an Offer" configuration. This just happens to be the domain I used for this post.
4)
TestingFirm.com - uses a boilerplate (default) landing page - 1st impression -
it felt spammy and I
immediately left the page - this lander screamed of
"leave now before you download a virus". Full disclosure - coincidentally I recently pointed a few of my domains to Afternic parking nameservers last weekend and the lander for Afternic parking looks near identical to this lander. I am now rethinking that strategy after this morning's exercise.
*** One thing
missing on all these examples - a phone # - there seemed to be this irking feeling when I 1st landed on each of the above (4) examples that every one of these sites were hiding behind email & contact forms.
This reduced my confidence in each site. Tho I have to admit that example # 1 and example # 2 was more inviting, I still felt "trapped" as a 1st reaction to my landing on the page. A phone # on a lander seems to provide more confidence during an initial visit.
*** Also, please keep in mind, my opinions expressed above are
not about the domain names themselves, but are
specifically about my 1st impression of the landing site experience for each item.
*** Another point worth mentioning, the EFTY and UNDEVELOPED landers were using "https" and
felt more secure and less spammy than the "Not Secure" message coming up in the browser when using the boilerplate (default) pages that were loosely provided by the registrars.
*** Overall - I think we, as investors, sometimes focus so much of our energy on efficiency and ROI that we
inadvertently fail to walk through our processes to test the landers as an actual buyer would experience.
I hope my "1st impressions" exercise sheds light on this dynamic. It certainly has caused me to rethink what I would want my prospective buyers to experience.
-Cougar
Raw Data:
* I am providing all (68) records used in this exercise. Yes, I agree, it is not a large data set, but I do feel this exercise provides several points worth considering when thinking about a potential buyer's 1st impression.
Domain GDappraisal Available Registrar NameServers
ExtraPriority.com 1621 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.DNSOWL.COM
SourceTitan.com 1527 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Epik NS1.BRANDBUCKET.COM
LoneBrew.com 1242 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.BRANDBUCKET.COM
CoachFleet.com 1522 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.WORLDNIC.COM
ReportCycle.com 1583 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.WORLDNIC.COM
Gavexo.com 1067 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.BRANDBUCKET.COM
ResortFirm.com 1540 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.WORLDNIC.COM
Ocroto.com 1155 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.BRANDBUCKET.COM
Padoxo.com 1105 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Dynadot NS1.DYNADOT.COM
HugeVote.com 1525 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Dynadot NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
Jabano.com 1117 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.BRANDBUCKET.COM
TestingFirm.com 1607 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.WORLDNIC.COM
HugeSuite.com 1543 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.WORLDNIC.COM
HubHotspot.com 1223 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
LaborScam.com 1343 Available To Hand Reg
PopSection.com 1615 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.DNSOWL.COM
VoiceStudent.com 1520 Available To Hand Reg
SurgeCharge.com 1576 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
ShopDebt.com 2014 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.SEDOPARKING.COM
LibraryLynx.com 1970 Available To Hand Reg
MoldSign.com 1273 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN GoDaddy NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
SeedTarget.com 1586 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
LoanInnovate.com 1662 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
SoldRange.com 1637 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN GoDaddy NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
Webevergreen.com 1555 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
GreatGoto.com 1250 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
HubHawk.com 1366 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
Nirexo.com 1188 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.WORLDNIC.COM
BondsCatalog.com 1657 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN GoDaddy NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
MeritJet.com 1501 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN GoDaddy NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
OnlineMerit.com 1477 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
HugeScout.com 1644 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN GoDaddy NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
MonitorFirm.com 1538 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.DNSOWL.COM
FullyMixed.com 1586 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.WORLDNIC.COM
LenderImpact.com 1789 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
RatePoet.com 1550 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN GoDaddy NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
BidFantasy.com 1774 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN GoDaddy NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
FoolishVideo.com 1494 Available To Hand Reg
WiredFirm.com 1416 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.BRANDPA.COM
FoolishBet.com 1365 Available To Hand Reg
ReserveArt.com 1863 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
HugeSquad.com 1899 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
CenterFirm.com 1898 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN GoDaddy NS11.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
SalmonStudy.com 1506 Available To Hand Reg
BuyCrisp.com 1915 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Register.it NS1.REGISTER.IT
EndlessFirm.com 2089 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.DNSOWL.COM
GiftaWallet.com 1431 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
SpanMarket.com 1453 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
SwapImpact.com 1758 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
ActingMarket.com 1351 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
Medincome.com 1490 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Hostinger HNS1.HOSTING24.COM
AbroadMarket.com 1591 Available To Hand Reg
EconomyPage.com 1493 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Hostinger HNS1.HOSTING24.COM
SystemGain.com 1491 Available To Hand Reg
BanExpert.com 1458 Available To Hand Reg
JumpRecovery.com 1469 Available To Hand Reg
FundingLead.com 1543 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Dynadot NS1.UNIREGISTRYMARKET.LINK
NamesQuest.com 1513 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.WORLDNIC.COM
RerunData.com 1597 Available To Hand Reg
EntryLead.com 1447 Available To Hand Reg
HockeyPay.com 2131 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
AccountBan.com 1713 Available To Hand Reg
PureAccident.com 1684 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Name DNS1.NAMECHEAPHOSTING.COM
CoffeeBan.com 1435 Available To Hand Reg
BuildingBan.com 1480 Available To Hand Reg
FundingGuard.com 1793 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.EFTYDNS.COM
CallTrigger.com 1646 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Namesilo NS1.EFTYDNS.COM
SilentLoan.com 1504 (now TAKEN) Now TAKEN Netsol NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
*** Click WATCH to see when new domains arrive ***
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