.us Finding end-users for your .US domains

[oldtimer]

Finding end-users for your .US domains

Have you had much success in selling .US domains directly to end-users, please share some of the methods that you have used that have given you good results.

When you approach end-user directly do you feel the need to have to educate them about the potentials of .US domains, how far do you go to convince them that they are better off getting a .US domain, please share a sample email that you have sent to end-users that has produced the best results (exclude the name of the end-user and the domain name).

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[DU]

If something is substantive enough to warrant it's own association, then surely it deserves it's own forum.

Or at a Trophy Case to show off your really nice domains until you sell them and move on.

Surely item 1 on the agenda will be ... who has the best domains and deserves the most prominent showcase. All domains in the throes of extensive $$ development, of course, will be exempted from such savage voyeurism.
:lala:

P.S. I will accept the tag of troll on this post.

 

[snoop]

In general you are right, but we are talking about the official ccTLD for the United States that many Americans are not aware of, so in this case a little educating and salesmanship might be necessary to get this extension off the ground, the only question is whether we do that on our own as individual domainers or whether we decide to do it through some kind of Association.

There is a "but" argument for just about every tld. At the end of the day domainers trying to promote an extension isn't going to do anything for it. Even the registry promoting it with a multi million dollar budget isn't likely to do much. An extension needs to grow through actual usage, not promotion. Yes I know...chicken and egg - look for the chickens.

Once the .US domainers come to some kind of consensus in regards to establishing an Association then we can ask NeuStar for technical and financial support to get things started.

Best of luck on both those points.

 

[DU]

Have you had much success in selling .US domains directly to end-users, please share some of the methods that you have used that have given you good results.
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You found one end user for Church.US on Namepros and you're not selling. Actually, it seems you won't even put up a BIN or respond to the request for a fair price.

If you could give reasons for why this end-user is deficient for your needs we could help you avoid those people in the future.

 

[Jaco]

I would suggest having a look at usforum.us. Alot of work went into it and was run by perhaps the biggest .us domainer, still it didn't really catch on.

Makes sense- although if it was run as a private forum, there's a large part of the problem. Those aren't exactly conducive to achieving 'user critical mass' for a number of reasons.

Still, I think the entire idea of an "owners association" is grandiose, impractical and ill-conceived.

I believe the concept of wireframing can apply as a general business process; in this case, a very simple, very straightforward, very relevant and very applicable test to see if a .us owners association would be viable is to first see if the niche can support it's own open forum. If it cannot, then a bona-fide association with bylaws and officers isn't remotely feasible.

 

[oldtimer]

NeuStar welfare system...Bad idea. You're not getting anything. You're not getting any lasting support. Typical bureaucratic BS thinking. You are off the team regardless of what you own. You have failed to see a bigger picture.

I'll add that you can't even "sacrifice" one of your names to support any of your own goals. Why should anyone take your seriously? Form an organization, committee, group, association...on WHOSE DIME.

Lets leave what I own out of this discussion, do you have any constructive ideas that you can contribute to this thread without bashing others.

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[DU]

Lets leave what I own out of this discussion, do you have any constructive ideas that you can contribute to this thread without bashing others.

Perhaps a new sig line would help keep what you own out of the discussion. You've sent mixed messages about what you're doing/wanting.


So far I have:
Holding my good .us names.
Considering selling them on Sedo.
Listing them on Sedo.
Considering professional development

Now:
Want to setup a .US special interest group.
Won't start with a forum (the smallest special interest group going)

What am I missing?

Are you looking for someone to do something? The general concensus is that the idea is non-feasible and a non-started; however, a small forum would provide a better view to support that notion... This you don't want any part of despite it being setup by Jaco and advice provided by Snoop.

I'll try and sell your domains for you if you give me your RESERVES and a 25% commission.

 

[oldtimer]

I don't think so. I am a contributor. I share. I give back to my community. You are grasping at straws in my opinion. Wake up and receive or keep doing what you are doing and not contribute to your own thread by sharing some of your own methods of success which have yet to be determined.

Well when you have something constructive to say I will pay attention, but until then I really can’t waste my time playing games here.

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[Jaco]

What is all this hostility between you and him?
Is it because he won't sell you Church.us? Make him a cash offer and if he declines it, move on...

You could've bought jesus-christ.us out of the GD trash bin during the landrush drop; if anyone can forgive a hyphen, it's Jesus... If not that, JesusHChrist.us is still available to hand reg.

When I was a kid, "church" alone wasn't enough to inspire me to go, however, the phrase "If You Don't Get Your Ass Up Right Now So We Can Go To Church, You're Getting The Belt" was regularly heard, and is available in .com.

 

[oldtimer]

What is all this hostility between you and him?

The Hostility seems to be coming only from his side, I have already indicated to him that he is welcomed to participate in this thread if he has anything constructive to contribute about finding end-users and promoting the .US namespace in general, but I have asked him repeatedly to leave me and my domains out of the discussion as I have no desire to engage in making any deals with him. I did not respond to his email or PM because he came across as being somewhat forceful in trying to get me to trade one of my top domains for a bunch of his, although when he brought up the subject of trading domains again in this and my recent appraisal thread I made it very clear to him that I was not interested in making any such deals. I am entitled to employ my own strategy when it comes to my domains and I don’t own anyone here any explanation as to how I want to promote, use, or sell any of my domains, currently I am exploring the end-user market for some of my top domains and that is why I have listed them on Sedo, I am not going to set a BIN for these domains at the present time, if and when I get a serious offer through Sedo I will probably send the domains to auction, if I don’t get offers that are acceptable to me at the present time I am going to hold on to my domains until the market for .US domains becomes more mature. I reserve all rights when it comes to my domains including but not limited to developing any and all of them myself. This is the last time that I am going to talk about this so lets move on to discussing the original subject of this thread.

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[snoop]

Makes sense- although if it was run as a private forum, there's a large part of the problem. Those aren't exactly conducive to achieving 'user critical mass' for a number of reasons.

It was originally public, for quite a few years.