Is anyone buying hurricane related domains?

[byteventures]

I just came across this article that says hundreds of domains for Hurricane Gustav were purchased recently. Can you receive good search engine rankings with these domains, or is it primarily used for scams?

http://www.bloggingcentral.com/169294Online-scammers-prep-for-Gustav-169294.php

 

[RogueWriter]

If you are going to register tragedy domains of this sort, I suppose going for the more generic USA disaster relief styled domains would make more sense, in that I just don't see long term profitability in something like hurricaine-whoever dot info. These are the types of domains that could easily be used to take advantage of people.

I suppose a disaster relief site could be used as a fairly intellectual site, discussing the history of disaster relief, procedures and strategies at the national level for the flow of assistance, maybe a national map on 'where to go' for different types of emergencies.

But, there are so many other types of domains available to reg that do not involve making money off of the dead and dying. These domains remind me a bit of the ambulance chasing lawyer trying to make a quick buck.

 

[bobbie]

resell them to domainers?

I'm going to list them at afternic and sedo and see if anyone is interested.

 

[jeffoverman]

i am 100 percent pissed on this thread and people even thinking about flipping names for a buck....

looks like i will be be adding couple people on my ignore list....

poor taste and not right if i am reading things correctly by couple people...

 

[DomainTraffic]

ohhh but wait...

There might be negative carma effects in selling these domains..

For Example:

If i were to sell ~ HelpCancerPatients.com


For like 3000 USD that might be as bad as trying to create earnings from Parking and Clicks.


( didn't see that one coming )



I wish you success in your venture.



PDFR
:o

 

[bobbie]

i am 100 percent pissed on this thread and people even thinking about flipping names for a buck....

And what do you do with domain names? Develop every one or just keep them? What exactly is wrong is flipping domain names, websites, real estate, anything of value? It worked out pretty well for Howe.

http://www.dnjournal.com/cover/2008/august.htm

 

[bobbie]

There might be negative carma effects in selling these domains..For Example: If i were to sell ~ HelpCancerPatients.com For like 3000 USD that might be as bad as trying to create earnings from Parking and Clicks.

It might just as well be bought by someone who Helps Cancer Patients, thus providing Good Karma. The same could be said for names in your sig like MedicalCareGivers.com, PhoenixNannies.com, DallasBabysitters.com. What if something bad happened to people that hired a caregiver, nanny or babysitter from those domains, not to mention the cash advance scams all over the net that suck people in for huge interest rates.

At least with something like disaster relief as opposed to specific hurricane relief, it's less likely that those looking for a quick and dirty profit from a specific disaster are going to be interested in it.

There's going to be good players and bad players in any field of interest.

 

[pertosda]

My personal overview on this matter is I would never invest in domains involving disasters or diseases. I would just feel dirty, I guess I have been educated like that.

And no, it cannot even compare to investing in domains related to real estate, technology, etc and resell them to people who will (try to) make money out of the purchase.

 

[bobbie]

Well of course they're going to make money from the domains ... there are many legitamate non-profit organizations that benefit disaster victims and probably many more to come, and they can't do it without making money through fundraising.

I find it interesting that two people who are too moral to buy a disaster relief domain to be sold to a non-profit organization don't mind exploiting women domains ... as in the vanessa-online domain with all it's webcam and adult xxx links and the asian massage domain. Just an observation.

 

[pertosda]

I find it interesting that two people who are too moral to buy a disaster relief domain to be sold to a non-profit organization don't mind exploiting women domains ... as in the vanessa-online domain with all it's webcam and adult xxx links and the asian massage domain. Just an observation.

Just to make it clear, I have never bought and will never buy an adult domain. Vanessa-online.com was a fansite for Vanessa Hudgens (Disney channel actress) and if you check the keyword at SEDO it is "Vanessa Hudgens". I dont choose the ads to be displayed and I didnt even realized the landing page was displaying adult links (I guess SEDO is not really accurate if it is displaying asian massages ads in a vanessa hudgens parked page).

I dont know if I am TOO moral, I have my principles, that's all.

 

[jeffoverman]

i find it very hard to sell names like these and make money on them for a profit...bad taste and judgement in my thinking...there is a great member here on namepros and he had blogs written up on his name where it forwards to the redcross a few days back and imagine the type in traffic for that name...in this case it got tons of traffic, the owner was helping others and people were making donations to the red cross.

there are things i agree with and things i dont agree with... yes i own porn names...i dont own teen porn names and against that 100 percent...are my names developed, no, there just being parked... yes, that offends women i know and until the goverment says no to porn then i am ok.... i am not saying i am perfect in any means..... porn got the internet going and 1 in 4 searches are porn related stuff...

i guess i am very sensitive to this matter due to me having lost a close friend of mine in new orleans a few years back and what a tragic...

if you can live yourself on this and flipping names in this area, thats your right...i dont agree on this..

good luck on this thread, my last post in this and thought process into this...if you want to pm me that will be ok...

cheers,

j

 

[bobbie]

Honestly ... I don't have a bone to pick with porn. I'd rather see women making a living using brains and talent but my views aren't going to change the world or the Internet. I used it as an example because it seems that people think there was something underhanded with registering disaster relief domains when my intention is to sell it to legitimate non-profit organization. It is priced so that the casual little hurricane spammer won't buy it. As for making money on it, I'm not rich, so making some money is a big deal to me.

 

[pertosda]

Honestly ... I don't have a bone to pick with porn. I'd rather see women making a living using brains and talent but my views aren't going to change the world or the Internet. I used it as an example because it seems that people think there was something underhanded with registering disaster relief domains when my intention is to sell it to legitimate non-profit organization. It is priced so that the casual little hurricane spammer won't buy it. As for making money on it, I'm not rich, so making some money is a big deal to me.

That is ok, it is your option. And no one is saying everyone who buys a disaster domain will scam suffering people.

But the point is the following: a non-profit organization buys the domain from you and sets up a page to help people who is suffering, because that action is necessary to help and relieve the wrong caused by the disaster. And you are making a profit from that.

I believe the ethical implications are obvious.

 

[labrocca]

It's a domain people! By buying it or selling it you aren't suddenly some profiteer off the misfortune of others. I can tell you now that anyone offering real donations goes to the red cross or similar large entities. It's probably better domainers have these domains that spammers and scammers. Better it parked (did I just say that?) than having a fake donation site giving money to the Russian mafia (that's who did it for Katrina).

 

[toh.benny]

:santa: park it and donate the proceedings profitted from it to the red cross

 

[cogger]

available : IkeBlowsCuba.com LOL

 

[RogueWriter]

available : IkeBlowsCuba.com LOL

Sedo would prolly display ads for Cuba Gooding Jr movies, :hehe: .

 

[bobbie]

I'm going to sell it as I intended to begin with. No one has made a convincing ethical argument to me, particularly when involved in industries such as porn and instant cash loans (loan sharking), etc. As for donating the proceeds, I leave donating to charity to the rich, and that's not me. I work long hours online to just make a living.