Can you guess how much traffic Kevin Ham's VANCOUVER.COM is getting daily? 10k? 20k?!

[mike031]

Lets see... Usually VANCOUVER.COM receives around a few thousand unique visitors per day but with the start of the 2010 olympics that number has increased quite a bit, no huge surprise really... Check out the geographic stats, demographics of the visitors, etc. All of the data is measured directly and as accurate as it gets. Enjoy!

http://www.domaining.com/headline/?id=601462

 

[SiberForum]

And what? Congrats to him

 

[DubDubDubDot]

It isn't that impressive. It peaked at only 22k the day after the opening ceremony and the way it was developed isn't going to keep people coming back even during the games.

 

[mrjohn]

20,000 for a heavily searched term?

Holy crap! That's failure defined!

 

[staffjam]

He could have and should have done a lot more with that - not a great development for the money i'm sure he paid.

 

[mike031]

He could have and should have done a lot more with that - not a great development for the money i'm sure he paid.

what would you do different?

 

[DubDubDubDot]

It sold for $123,000 in 2006.

The lackluster development and relatively low traffic considering the opportunity isn't a big surprise though. High end domainers are notoriously bad developers.

 

[mike031]

It sold for $123,000 in 2006.

The lackluster development and relatively low traffic considering the opportunity isn't a big surprise though. High end domainers are notoriously bad developers.

no...

he leased it for 5 years prior to that at $50k/year

had an option to buy at end of lease and he did pull the trigger

 

[enlytend]

An example of being in the right place at the right time with the right domain. But, 85% one-time visitors = lots of room for improvement.

 

[DubDubDubDot]

no...

he leased it for 5 years prior to that at $50k/year

had an option to buy at end of lease and he did pull the trigger

That makes a little more sense. The sales reporting sites don't put asterisks next to the prices.

There really isn't anything wrong with the site as a big city typein. I just think the ball was dropped as it being an Olympic city domain.

 

[thebutler]

2010 link

At least he's got a link of the front page to some 2010 info. Decent site and some content. Affiliate links off the hotel section?