Discuss your Epik Experience!

[Dandelion]

I think Epik is building the best ever Domain Lander in the history of domaining, and it really needs to be talked about extensively. That's why I am creating this discussion thread. A lot of thought process really goes into the project. And I can see (for the first time) a landing page that is built from the stand point of domainers rather than for just the marketplace itself.

Everything you have ever dreamt of getting or seeing in a professional landing page can be found in the new Epik marketplace landing page design.

Some of my Favorites Features:

1. The ability to optimize your "domain for sale" landing page to actually rank on Google, displaying your sales pitch/domain description. I just did that with few of my generic domain names such as ASAP.TV, targeting certain keywords, and they are showing pretty well on Google. That's a huge plus in my marketing effort.

2. Being able to change background image is another huge one for me. If you are good with pictures and images, you will surely find this very useful. I did that with Nagasaki.org and the result was truly amazing, showing the city of Nagasaki right at the background.

There are too many positive features and I don't want to mention all of them, all alone

So I am leaving you guys to share and discuss what you loves most or dislike about the new Epik marketplace and the landing pages.

The only negative for me is the checkout process. There are too many terms and conditions buttons to tick before checking out. It will be nice if they can streamline those into one beautiful big button

They also need to place the checkout button directly under the payment options. Right now it is awkwardly place somewhere below at the sidebar, which I don't find cool at all.

Sales experience is also welcomed in this discussion. I haven't had any sells so far at Epik because I started using the marketplace just recently, but the future is looking so bright.

 

[Kassey Lee]

After creating landing pages for some 20 domains, I feel the process needs to be simplified. In my case, to create a landing page, I need three major steps: (1) Build | Park This Domain | Epik Premium Parking... (2) Marketplace | Place domain ... and (3) Marketplace | Transform domain to capitalize domain's name.

Here are some suggestions:
(1) Be able to create the Epik Premium Parking landing page from just one page.
(2) Be able to register a Landing Page Profile for defaults such as tag lines, minimum offer, and use of widgets.
(3) The word "parking" may is misleading because it reminds me of filling a page with ads, even though my landing pages are simply sales pages with no ads.

A bulk landing page creation via API or file upload may be a good solution.

The Epik Premium Parking landing page design is very powerful. To cater to domain investors, speed to handle large volume is vital.

 

[Rob Monster]

After creating landing pages for some 20 domains, I feel the process needs to be simplified. In my case, to create a landing page, I need three major steps: (1) Build | Park This Domain | Epik Premium Parking... (2) Marketplace | Place domain ... and (3) Marketplace | Transform domain to capitalize domain's name.

Here are some suggestions:
(1) Be able to create the Epik Premium Parking landing page from just one page.
(2) Be able to register a Landing Page Profile for defaults such as tag lines, minimum offer, and use of widgets.
(3) The word "parking" may is misleading because it reminds me of filling a page with ads, even though my landing pages are simply sales pages with no ads.

A bulk landing page creation via API or file upload may be a good solution.

Kassey - Good input there.

On the second page of the Marketplace listing wizard, the bottom of the dialog allows you to check the checkbox to activate the SSL lander. That saves a step.

As for what to call it, I am open to your suggestion on what to call it. We generally refer to them as "SSL Landers".

 

[NicTraders]

As for what to call it, I am open to your suggestion on what to call it. We generally refer to them as "SSL Landers".

I would definitely recommend something like 'Sales Landing Pages'. I must admit I didn't even realise Epik did Landers till somewhat recently as I only ever saw a reference to Parking.

 

[loredan]

@Ala Dadan , Have you guys played with the landing page pricing recently?

It shows four digits after the dot - ex. £450.5678

 

[Rob Monster]

@Ala Dadan , Have you guys played with the landing page pricing recently?

It shows four digits after the dot - ex. £450.5678

Good catch. I put a bug bounty in your account just now.

That issue with decimals is due to currency conversion. The engineers will update that momentarily -- not sure if it gets into today's code deployment but have requested.

Thanks.

 

[loredan]

Good catch. I put a bug bounty in your account just now.

That issue with decimals is due to currency conversion. The engineers will update that momentarily -- not sure if it gets into today's code deployment but have requested.

Thanks.

Thanks Rob, much appreciated!

 

[Rob Monster]

@Kassey Lee is killing it with these custom landers with his own images:

https://chinakitten.com/

I would probably add some SEO content since there is no keyword density.

Perhaps Kassey will share his method for sourcing images.

I know a lot of folks have success here for royalty-free images:

https://unsplash.com/

 

[Ala Dadan]

I would definitely recommend something like 'Sales Landing Pages'. I must admit I didn't even realise Epik did Landers till somewhat recently as I only ever saw a reference to Parking.

That's an excellent idea .. and makes sense. We have added the task of designing marketing pages for landers to our list.

thank you
Ala

 

[loredan]

I would probably add some SEO content since there is no keyword density.

You mean like this?

https://mentv.co/

 

[Rob Monster]

You mean like this?

https://mentv.co/

Scroll down on the Lander editor to the section below called "Content & Media" and try using the WYSIWYG editor to add original content.

 

[loredan]

Scroll down on the Lander editor to the section below called "Content & Media" and try using the WYSIWYG editor to add original content.

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Ugh, looks like I missed the Content & Media section completely!

Never went below the SEO section, love the WYSIWYG editor !

Thanks for pointing this up!

 

[phelo1]

Ugh, looks like I missed the Content & Media section completely!

Never went below the SEO section, love the WYSIWYG editor !

Thanks for pointing this up!

Do not forget that you can embed videos too! www.CbdSOS.com

Plus table with Prices of similar sales or links to your other domains!

And use google analytics to see how long people spend on your page or how often and where they are coming from and leaving to.

 

[Kassey Lee]

I would probably add some SEO content since there is no keyword density.

Perhaps Kassey will share his method for sourcing images.

Thanks for the kind words. See MaturityLab.com for example of contents. My main task right now is to move all my custom landers to Epik, but the lander creation process is too time consuming, so I just use a bare bone "template". This SSL Lander (or whatever more friendly name you'll call it. My suggestion is "Sales Lander Pro") is stunning and powerful and should be just one-click away from each domain's menu and be done from just one page. Unless the creation process can be driven by my database, I won't consider the SEO aspect.

My favorite free image site is Pixabay.com.

 

[Ala Dadan]

@Kassey Lee
We will look into making the SEO work more accessible.
Also, take a look at a couple of very early concepts in the works for new landing pages which will be added to the platform.

Option A: https://invis.io/N6THEPPDWE5#/379266580_A1
Option B: https://invis.io/N6THEPPDWE5#/379266581_A2
Option C: https://invis.io/N6THEPPDWE5#/379266582_A3

Ala

 

[Kassey Lee]

We will look into making the SEO work more accessible.
Also, take a look at a couple of very early concepts in the works for new landing pages which will be added to the platform.

It's not just SEO content but the whole creation process needs to be automated for handling large number of domains. Maybe Afternic's file upload is a good method to handle large number of domains.

 

[Rob Monster]

It's not just SEO content but the whole creation process needs to be automated for handling large number of domains. Maybe Afternic's file upload is a good method to handle large number of domains.

Try our CSV import tool.

See in the footer of the Domain Manager:

It gives you this dialog:

This was developed by @Slanted (aka Joseph Peterson). We can extend it further if needed but that would be the easy framework for handling bulk operations.

@Ala Dadan

 

[Mister Funsky]

Also, take a look at a couple of very early concepts in the works for new landing pages which will be added to the platform.

Hello Ala, glad to see you working to help us and Epik find solutions.

Your option 2 and 3 are nice. I will dig in a few mins and send a link to a site that has many of the options that would appeal to me. In short, I would like to have a buy now box, a lease to own box (interest option), rental box, make an offer box and a contact seller box.

I will dm the link once I find it...not wanting to promote another competitor to any of us!

 

[Ala Dadan]

I will dm the link once I find it...not wanting to promote another competitor to any of us!

Will wait for it

 

[masonzhang]

All done! Ready to go with .TOP! We want to work hard with you

 

[Kassey Lee]

I have been wondering why MLS providers and domain registrars do not work together to develop some sort of API so that, for example, if I want to list a Epik-registered domain on Afternic, I just need to select the "List on Afternic" check box of the domain -- all done from inside the Epik UI. The current listing process is too time consuming and not reliable. Has Epik looked into such collaboration?