Hello everyone, another newbie joining the community

[The Hun]

Hi,

I have always been interested in the world of internet domains but never really made the effort to learn about this business. I had a project for a website back in 2008 with the domain wdyo.com and after the project failed for several reasons I was even dumb enough to let the domain expire.

However, last year I registered a domain with the word "puzzle" in it and started a blog about puzzles, mostly just for fun, which I eventually abandoned as my work and family obligations didn't leave me much spare time, and a month ago I received an email from Godaddy saying there was someone interested in buying my domain for $600. As I didn't think I would make any more use of it I accepted the offer and started researching a bit more about the value certain domains can have. I found that people are still paying nice sums of money for valuable domains and decided I would reinvest these unexpected profits in a bunch of new domains.

I first just looked randomly for some domain names with certain words in them and registered a few without much further research but now I'm slowly trying to build up a deeper understanding of this business. I am reading Smurge's guides which are a real eye openers and while I get more acquainted with everything I have parked my domains at Bodis.

I also paid for a membership at Godaddy Auctions and I'm trying to sell some of my new domains for a quick buck but without any success just yet. I now realize nobody is going to pay anything for a newly registered domain.

Thinking ahead for the 2018 World Cup in Russia I registered the domains 2018russiatickets.com and entradasrusia2018.com (the same in Spanish). Do you think they will increase in value as the date approaches? Is it worth investing a bit of time/money in actually developing a basic landing site with some links/Adsense?

Cheers

 

[juanda]

Welcome to NamePros!

 

[The Hun]

Welcome to NamePros!

Thank you Juanda

 

[WatchDogue]

Hello!

Welcome to NamePros!

 

[The Hun]

Hello!

Welcome to NamePros!

Thanks Watchdogue, I'm looking forward to some interesting discussions

 

[koskov]

Welcome to NP and good luck

 

[briguy]

Let me also welcome you to the forum @The Hun! Hope to see you around the forum!

 

[wakguano]

Welcome to NP, im a newbie myself ... good to be here

 

[The Hun]

Wow, seems like the forum is very active! thank you all!

 

[Michelle]

Welcome aboard :D

 

[mattG]

Welcome Hun!

 

[betthelot]

I registered the domains 2018russiatickets.com and entradasrusia2018.com (the same in Spanish). Do you think they will increase in value

welcome the hun. Exact match domains have lost favour in recent times because they do not SEO as well as they once did. Type in traffic is reducing as people use the search bar more and more. Therefore you would need to put some content on there now to gain some age before 2018 and hope that you have exposure on the search engines. The market has moved on since 2008; to brand domains, call to action domains, and the stellar performer has been short domains. There is little evidence to suggest that this will not continue. There are the alternative new gTLDs but for me they are a higher risk, as they have yet to gain traction and public awareness.
The hun is one of my favourite websites

 

[The Hun]

welcome the hun. Exact match domains have lost favour in recent times because they do not SEO as well as they once did. Type in traffic is reducing as people use the search bar more and more. Therefore you would need to put some content on there now to gain some age before 2018 and hope that you have exposure on the search engines. The market has moved on since 2008; to brand domains, call to action domains, and the stellar performer has been short domains. There is little evidence to suggest that this will not continue. There are the alternative new gTLDs but for me they are a higher risk, as they have yet to gain traction and public awareness.
The hun is one of my favourite websites

Thanks Betthelot,

so you suggest rather creating some basic content rather than just parking, right?

I see what you mean with the short domains. My 4-letter domain would be worth several k$s now had I been smart enough to hold on to it. Some of the .com domains I registered now also have 4 letters but are number and letter combinations (the only ones that can be found). Do you think they have any "intrinsic" value just because they are short?

Which "the Hun" site do you mean BTW? thehun.com and .net are blocked by my company's firewall as they have been labeled as sex sites.

 

[kamhan143]

@The Hun Welcome to NamePros!

 

[silgro12]

Welcome and good luck

 

[xarunasx]

Welcome to NamePros!

 

[DANEYAL]

Hello & Welcome to Namepros.
You are at the right space about everything domains.

You can have better ideas about the names you mentioned, when you post them in Appraisals section. And there are so many threads that will give you a quick info on how to start domain names investments, what to do & what not to do while starting domain names investments.

All the Best.

 

[Georgi Vasilev]

Welcome aboard! This forum became my favorite internet place for a very short period of time. Learn and enjoy!

 

[The Hun]

Hello & Welcome to Namepros.
You are at the right space about everything domains.

You can have better ideas about the names you mentioned, when you post them in Appraisals section. And there are so many threads that will give you a quick info on how to start domain names investments, what to do & what not to do while starting domain names investments.

All the Best.

Thanks, I'm going to check this out immediately!

 

[d-e-x]

Welcome to NP