Is this typo typed?

[Jimmy Changa]

This is a question I find myself asking when considering registration of a typo domain name. How does one go about finding out if people actually make a certain typo?

 

[swimjenni]

I don't think they own goggle.com yet, I am always misstyping that one for google!

 

[Jimmy Changa]

Well, Esurancecom.com has gotten absolutely no traffic so far, even though the TV ads are still running constantly. Sucks

I got WorldSeriedOfPoker.com and maybe this one will do better.

 

[Ray]

every domain gets a typo every day. A good typo domain would be one with one letter different then the actual domain

 

[Jimmy Changa]

As it turns out, esurancecom.com is actually getting a trickle of traffic. Sedo, 13 visits, 2 clicks @ $.49/click (keyword: insurance) so it's not too bad.

WorldSeriedOfPoker.com has 6 visits with 1 click.

Just in case you wondered...lol

 

[danielr]

I have typo for netflix and I am not sure if I will let it expire because the PPC is not very high (.10) per click. At the current rate, only make about .40 per month and I am going to loose about a $2.5 a year on this name. I might just watch it one more year but I am in the business to cut my losses and keep my assest.

When looking for a typo domain now, I not only look for traffic, but for the PPC invovled. I have some typos (not poker related) that do very well such as... HomesForclosed.com (the correct spelling is FORECLOSED). After doing so well with this domain, I purchased other foreclosed domains and doing nice on them also. But these are premium typos for not such a high rated overture stat. Just one click on HomesForclosed is worth 20 - 30 clicks on my netflix typo.

Sometimes you have to just learn lessons the hardway. But when you find something that works, keep doing it.

 

[dabb]

Great point. When I started out with typos, I found some domains with decent traffic, but they only got 2 to 5 cents per click. It takes a ton of clicks to do very well with such low paying keywords. I now only focus on finding typos with keywords that have the top ten overture bids above a buck (preferrably more). The domain non-typoed also must have a decent OVT+EXT (I like at least 100 type-ins per day or more). I just regged my first "drug rehab" typo. Those are supposedly high paying, so it will be interesting to see what the first clicks pay.

 

[Jimmy Changa]

Here's a freebie...

LibertyMutualCom.com is available to reg. as of the time of this post. Please donate NPs if you reg. (Sedo pays $.49/click on keyword "insurance") This is a Firefox only typo.

 

[namegame]

Two types of typos that consistently work very well for me are 1) those where the name is registered with www in front of the name, i.e, wwwautoinsurance.com and 2) where the name is registered with wwwl in front of the name, i.e, wwwlautoinsurance.com. It's amazing how many people make the mistake of typing in wwwname.com without the . (period) after www and how often wwwlname.com is typed where the l is hit instead of the . (period) before the name. I try to stay with the names that are most popular with the highest PPC rates, typically $3-$40 or more since there may not be a great number of hits, but when there are hits the payoff is significant. In addition to the most popular high-paying domains I will also try to obtain www and wwwl versions of very high-paying names that do not get much traffic such as settlementfunding.com or mesothelioma.com for example. These typos have paid off much more for me than those where the name is misspelled...unfortunately, it's getting harder to find available www and wwwl names.

 

[Jimmy Changa]

Namegame, thanks alot for your tips! I'm testing it out now with the registration of wwwlesurance.com

:D

 

[jamieneil]

thats so true, cause you dont want to register a typo noone makes or rarly makes.

 

[Jimmy Changa]

Well, lookie there. The one I'm having my "issue" with is posted a few posts back...hmmmm

Here's an interesting article about the power of a typo. Though it's not a domain name, it's still a fun read. http://news.com.com/Bad+keystroke+leads+to+251+million+stock+buy/2100-1030_3-5772264.html?tag=cd.hed

 

[Michelle]

every domain gets a typo every day. A good typo domain would be one with one letter different then the actual domain

Mine dont get any

 

[SimpleDomaining]

there was a nice asricle about it in this forum. Somebody was just typing a word like 500 times very quick without looking to the keyboard in the Excel and than calculating most same type of mistakes he did. Read the forum , you can find very usable info here. I love this place.

 

[Michelle]

there was a nice asricle about it in this forum. Somebody was just typing a word like 500 times very quick without looking to the keyboard in the Excel and than calculating most same type of mistakes he did. Read the forum , you can find very usable info here. I love this place.

Yea I did read it and I still dont get any :o

 

[Jimmy Changa]

You type weird then...lol

 

[Virgil]

There are common letter substitutions, like A-S, N-M, etc. Position switching is common too.

 

[Jimmy Changa]

Be careful of the CompanyNameCom.com typos though. They work but can get you into TM trouble.

 

[barefoottech]

I don't automatically get the .com when typing Typo's in FireFox
That is a setting that I have turned off, as do a lot of people

 

[Jimmy Changa]

I have one other typo like that and it gets just over one visit/day.

 

[Venolus]

Try to the type the domain yourself for 100 times and find how many times you make a mistake
If its more than 10, its one