dAvo
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Gday NamePros
Dave here from Sydney Australia.
And look forward to meeting, speaking and learning from you all.
So -----
I've been domaining for around 10 years now.
In the early days I was purchasing few domains for building actual websites. Mainly ecommerce sites built on Magento (back then).
The early days also consisted of late (drunken) nights purchasing ridiculously funny and cheap domains too.
And it's been entertaining watching these ridiculous ones expire over time - although i've only just started seriously
getting into this
I'd say my level of domain expertise has only just reached an intermediate status (but it's taken way too long)
I've learned my lesson purchasing cheap-ass (worthless) domain names.
And paid for it over time too.
Being an Australian - I also snatched up way too many .com.au's.
And learnt that .com.au values vs .coms are no comparison + many auction sites don't even list .com.aus.
But having said that......
My first decent sal of a domain was a COM.AU and it really gave me the itchy trigger finger scratch for buying more and more domains........
The first .com.au sale was direct.
And the only way I (think) it was found by actually building a dummy branded website on the domain. (it was a good name too).
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I've built quite a few sites with decent branding and business ideas on (50+ sites) - and indexed them in google.
(i got so many weird inquiries of people trying to buy products - and not the bloody domain - it's pretty funny) ...
Payment and negotiation were all direct too - and the trust was amazing.
So now I need to watch my addiction.....
And need to learn how to clear the crap - fast and cheap.
To start some serious purchasing.
I'm pretty experienced in SEO and looking for some advice when it comes to domain investing. (other than focus on your day job mate!!!)
Questions like:
1. Is it worth indexing domains in google/bing for sales purposes?
2. Do you recommend setting up your own "brand" to sell domains?
3. Should I work with the EFTY's or DAN's or build my own landings with SEO optimisation etc - and what have people found to work best.
Definitely looking at strategies for purchasing and selling. Egs.:
- Is the KW search volume still valuable with new google algorithms.
- Do any of the other random extensions actually rank on google yet?
- Is Alexa ranking pointless these days?
- What are the key metrics for spending.....
HOW can I clear out a few hundred "decent" domains (appraised all over 1500k bla bla) - and the fasted way possible.
What i'm usually up to (apart from being distracted by this all):
Background in marketing and ecommerce + branding.
- I'm currently running and building of e-commerce sites.
- Consulting for startups on organic search, lead generation and conversion and sales automation. And now domain investing (pretty much - too much)..... I can't stop...
Want to know some of my goals:
My First Domain Purchased.
Probably one of these:
russelcrowe.com
chicswithd***sandt*t*ts.com
theworldismine.com
Funniest domain stories continue.
I get the weirdest enquiries from dummy websites I've built.
Just yesterday I received a message to one site quickfreetraffic
This guys was going off how the site has hopeless SEO
And I should reconsider my day job.
Little did he know
Enough about me....
Sorry if it's too much.
But i usually go overboard.
Hope you guys help me save - earn and learn fast.....
My wife thinks i'm now working towards investing in our first real domain.
If only she knew it was a .com
Dave here from Sydney Australia.
And look forward to meeting, speaking and learning from you all.
So -----
I've been domaining for around 10 years now.
In the early days I was purchasing few domains for building actual websites. Mainly ecommerce sites built on Magento (back then).
The early days also consisted of late (drunken) nights purchasing ridiculously funny and cheap domains too.
And it's been entertaining watching these ridiculous ones expire over time - although i've only just started seriously
getting into thisI'd say my level of domain expertise has only just reached an intermediate status (but it's taken way too long)
I've learned my lesson purchasing cheap-ass (worthless) domain names.
And paid for it over time too.
Being an Australian - I also snatched up way too many .com.au's.
And learnt that .com.au values vs .coms are no comparison + many auction sites don't even list .com.aus.
But having said that......
My first decent sal of a domain was a COM.AU and it really gave me the itchy trigger finger scratch for buying more and more domains........
The first .com.au sale was direct.
And the only way I (think) it was found by actually building a dummy branded website on the domain. (it was a good name too).
-------
I've built quite a few sites with decent branding and business ideas on (50+ sites) - and indexed them in google.
(i got so many weird inquiries of people trying to buy products - and not the bloody domain - it's pretty funny) ...
Payment and negotiation were all direct too - and the trust was amazing.
So now I need to watch my addiction.....
And need to learn how to clear the crap - fast and cheap.
To start some serious purchasing.
I'm pretty experienced in SEO and looking for some advice when it comes to domain investing. (other than focus on your day job mate!!!)
Questions like:
1. Is it worth indexing domains in google/bing for sales purposes?
2. Do you recommend setting up your own "brand" to sell domains?
3. Should I work with the EFTY's or DAN's or build my own landings with SEO optimisation etc - and what have people found to work best.
Definitely looking at strategies for purchasing and selling. Egs.:
- Is the KW search volume still valuable with new google algorithms.
- Do any of the other random extensions actually rank on google yet?
- Is Alexa ranking pointless these days?
- What are the key metrics for spending.....
HOW can I clear out a few hundred "decent" domains (appraised all over 1500k bla bla) - and the fasted way possible.
What i'm usually up to (apart from being distracted by this all):
Background in marketing and ecommerce + branding.
- I'm currently running and building of e-commerce sites.
- Consulting for startups on organic search, lead generation and conversion and sales automation. And now domain investing (pretty much - too much)..... I can't stop...
Want to know some of my goals:
- Clear out the crappy domains as fast as possible.
- Work out how to flip brandable - built up websites with domains
- Correctly make use of my time (domaining).
- Decide whether to sell more crypto for domains or not
My First Domain Purchased.
Probably one of these:
russelcrowe.com
chicswithd***sandt*t*ts.com
theworldismine.com
Funniest domain stories continue.
I get the weirdest enquiries from dummy websites I've built.
Just yesterday I received a message to one site quickfreetraffic
This guys was going off how the site has hopeless SEO
And I should reconsider my day job.Little did he know
Enough about me....
Sorry if it's too much.
But i usually go overboard.
Hope you guys help me save - earn and learn fast.....
My wife thinks i'm now working towards investing in our first real domain.
If only she knew it was a .com
