Here's what I'd like to do with expirealert.com...

[manlymatt83]

I decided what I'd like to do with expirealert.com:

I'd like to start a service, where people can come to the site, create accounts, and add domains to be monitored. They can set up certain alerts, such as:

- If the domain expires
- If the domain is about to expire
- If the domain name expire date is changed (extended)
- If the domain name is registered (if at the time it isn't registered)
- If the domain name is put up for sale (some kind of spider that checks the content of a site daily).

I'd like to make atleast $5/day off this site (not much as you can see). If I can do this with just google, then I might not charge for a service like this. Otherwise, I was thinking of allowing free personal accounts, but charge for commercial use .... or to just allow 10 free credits to any account (so that ten domains can be monitored), but then a person has to purchase credits to monitor more names. What does everyone think? If I charged for the service, it would be cheap. 10 cents/credit or something ridiculous. Like I said, I'm looking to make $5/day off this site.

Any ideas/input would be appreciated.

Regards,

Matt

 

[.X.]

You might PM true_snake here for logo designs,Or even post in the NP$ forum for a logo.

Would someone be willing to make a nice logo that integrates into that top right? Maybe a new background too? (the people with their hands doesn't really fit).

I dont have much $$$ right now but I'd be willing to give someone 100 free credits when the site opens, on top of the 12 that would come free with an account. If $$$ is needed I can probably afford $15 but not until I get paid on Friday....

 

[manlymatt83]

Re:

Xfactor:

You do a site like this too?

 

[.X.]

Xfactor:

You do a site like this too?

Mine is www.namemob.com But not exactly the same,You can see the difference at the site

 

[Domainut]

This is not a hard script to make, should be pretty simple for you. I know from experience since this is one of the features of dropwatch.com premier membership. Good luck with it, and if u need any assitance let me know.

Sid

 

[manlymatt83]

Re:

I like that layout. I would almost prefer a layout like namemob versus the one I have now. Easier to handle and work with dynamic content

How did you get your layout?

 

[.X.]

Dropwatch.com is indeed a very nice site!

This is not a hard script to make, should be pretty simple for you. I know from experience since this is one of the features of dropwatch.com premier membership. Good luck with it, and if u need any assitance let me know.

Sid

 

[manlymatt83]

This is not a hard script to make, should be pretty simple for you. I know from experience since this is one of the features of dropwatch.com premier membership. Good luck with it, and if u need any assitance let me know.

Sid

The site wont be hard to code at all. I'm just going to parse whois data, there's SOME standard to it .

Another feature I just thought of is allowing people to add all their domain names for free, and it will automatically retrieve the current expiration date, registrar, and contact info, so if you have domains all over the place you can atleast see them all from one screen. Then, you can add monitoring to each for credits.

-Matt

 

[Domainut]

Feel free to use my affiliate program until you decide to delve further into competition http://www.dropwatch.com/affiliates.php

Dropwatch.com is indeed a very nice site!

Thanks X, I try my hardest to keep up with this ever changing industry.

 

[manlymatt83]

Thanks, we'll see expirecatch.com seems to want to affiliate with me :P hehe.

I appreciate the offer though! I just might do that.

-matt

 

[.X.]

Thanks StudioWorks,Like to keep it real and honest,I like having way more friends than enimies.Don't like to get ugly unless i just have to.lol

If there only ware more people like you

I know the feeling domainnut,Constant updating and my site has'nt been up long at all,I like all the features dropwatch.com has along with a very attractive site.Great job Domainnut!

Feel free to use my affiliate program until you decide to delve further into competition http://www.dropwatch.com/affiliates.php



Thanks X, I try my hardest to keep up with this ever changing industry.

 

[manlymatt83]

Re:

OK, so does my idea have any possibility of surviving?

How can I compete with dropwatch and namemob? I guess I offer something different, but there are other sites out there that offer what I offer. In the end does it end up being about price?

 

[.X.]

Absolutly your site has a great chance to succeed,There are many DN sites out there,The difference is what they all the different sites have to offer,Some offer practically the moon.Some offer totally different ways to get expires ect. While other offer very little,I think your plan is excellent,I believe you will have a great site.

 

[manlymatt83]

Is my price for a $1/credit fair? especially since I'll make it practically impossible to NOT find free credits on the net somewhere with my "codes" I'm going to distribute?

 

[armstrong]

OK, so does my idea have any possibility of surviving?

How can I compete with dropwatch and namemob? I guess I offer something different, but there are other sites out there that offer what I offer. In the end does it end up being about price?

I think so. While there are similar providers, its not yet as crowded as - say - the hosting industry. Off the top of my head, I could probably name less than five sites that do this, so one more should be ok. IMO, its less a matter of price (there are already free ways), as it is of innovation.

 

[.X.]

Is my price for a $1/credit fair? especially since I'll make it practically impossible to NOT find free credits on the net somewhere with my "codes" I'm going to distribute?

I think so, It's a unique and pratical promotion,I like it,I would pay a dollar.

 

[manlymatt83]

What do you mean by innovation?

Armstrong, almost done with your proposal. 5 more minutes.

 

[Domainut]

innovation is definitely the key. Offer a few features that others don't, and when that is duplicated, bring out something else. I always keep an ace in the hole and when my tools are duplicated I bring out another, sending competitors scrambling to dup my idea. I try to provide every tool that could possibly be needed, or affiliate with sites that offer complimentary tools.

Sid

 

[.X.]

I did research on this for so many hours i can't count them all.And once was up 24 hours straight doing research.The biggest misconception i found was,People think they can obtain all expires DN for free,I found this to be totally false,You must have direct coding to many different sources to get all the expired and expiring domain names.Yahoo and dmoz are simply the beginning,Whois does not give you all the expired DNs,It is several sources databases that will give you the majority of all expired DNs.To include some of the top domain reg sites on the net.With all this implemented,You are running 7 to 10 or more name directories in your coding if you are providing nearly all the expired DNs.I think the misconception of i can get them free will pass with due time as people see that there are many directories databases that provide expired DNs,And at this time they are not accessable on the net.

 

[manlymatt83]

yes, I was planning on using a daemon written in C as my backend that will access whois data and update the mysql local database as necessary. Whois limits queries, so if my site got large enough I'd have to pay for a querying service. But for my purposes, I think that just using whois data from the whois binary available on most UNIX machines and/or a nice library (maybe taken from the source code of that binary) will do me the trick.

yea?

 

[.X.]

yes, I was planning on using a daemon written in C as my backend that will access whois data and update the mysql local database as necessary. Whois limits queries, so if my site got large enough I'd have to pay for a querying service. But for my purposes, I think that just using whois data from the whois binary available on most UNIX machines and/or a nice library (maybe taken from the source code of that binary) will do me the trick.

yea?

I agree,With all the stuff your site will offer,I think whois will be very efficient for your purpose.And you can always buy code and mix and match in the future,Most all the coding runs stable together it seems.So you can write to any coding if you find a script out there you would like to add.And just keep doing the above as you want to.