Newbie’s Beware!!!

[Zutroy]

Hi folks

I am a total noob and probably have not been taking enough of my bipolar medication and have got a bit carried away buying domain names, yes I went a bit manic (you have no idea how much money mania has cost me over the years) and have brought a load of names that are probably totally worthless and yes I feel a total idiot, I should have done my research, spent a bit longer on forums like this and got a better idea of what these names were actually worth, instead of listening to things like estibot and valuate (now pretty much the same thing since estibot has been upgraded) and getting carried away, the reason that I placed any faith in them at all was that I pasted many names that were sold in sedo auctions into valuate.com (even I knew that that the old estibot was ridiculously over valued) and a lot of its estimates were fairly close to what they actually sold for, I don’t know maybe it was leaching these results and changing it’s estimates a bit to make them look credible (or am I just been paranoid?) LOL, no what was probably going on, the mistake I was probably making was comparing the names that it was displaying on its recent market activity page, I now realise that these were probably selected for having sold for a very good price and were not reflective of the kind of prices most domains actually sell for, I have since looked at some of the results from sedo’s premium domain auctions and these usually don’t reach the kind of values valuate/new estibot gives them.

Anyway I feel like a total doofuss and wish I could turn back the clock, but and perhaps this is the one potential glimmer of hope, there may be some that are worth at least something, I got an offer of $299 for touchscreenpad.com, I wasn’t sure if I should sell it or not and got it appraised on DNF and a couple of people answered and said no we don’t know how successful apples touch screen ipad and any other pad imitations will be yet and advised me to hang on a bit if I could, I agreed so I declined the offer. Anyway like I say there may be some others that have at least some value and may be worth hanging onto at least for their development value if nothing else, believe it or not I have actually developed other successful websites in the past, the most active of which got up to 20,000 uniques a day, it’s not ecommerce that I am totally new to just domaining, but my problem is I am finding it hard to tell which I should hang onto and develop and which I should just ditch and write off due to another manic episode, I have been looking at the domain appraisal forum to see what sort of value you guys give domains, but it’s hard as a total noob to tell what my names may be worth, an experienced domainer could go through my list of 200 domains in five minutes and have a pretty good idea of which ones, if any had at least some value and which ones didn’t and they would probably be pretty close, I only really want to develop the ones that have a value over say $25-$50 or something like that, the rest I will probably just let expire and put down to experience. But my problem is I can’t afford to pay $25 for each to get a professional appraisal and from what I have read they are a load of rubbish anyway and tell you your name is worth way more than they actually are, I know the appraisal forum here is wonderful and free of charge, but many of the names people post don’t get a response, I am not criticising it in any way it’s an amazing service for free and I am really grateful to those who have replied, I think it’s great that such a thing exists at all, but what I could really do with is to pay an experienced domainer or two to very quickly go down my list and give each one a very very rough value, I bet they could do the lot in less than ten minutes, so I would know which are worth holding onto and developing and which aren’t, I was wondering does anybody here offer that kind of service?

Anyway just so you know just how silly the newbie has been, here is the list of what I have brought, I have put them all on sedo with the option for people to make offers, but so far have only had the one offer, maybe I should have took it who knows? And I know I have set their buy it now prices way above what they are probably worth, although I don’t think I am the only one to do that, touchscreenpads.com incidentally is listed for $7000, LOL. Anyway I am not going to be so cheeky to ask anybody to go through the lot and tell me which I should or should not keep for free, like I say if there are experienced domainers who do that sort of thing I will happily pay, but been as I am so desperate if anybody can be bothered to look at, at least some of my list and there’s any that do stick out as worth keeping and developing, I would love to know, I am more than grateful for any advice at this bleak and early stage.

Anyway thanks for reading assuming you didn’t get bored and give up long ago, I don’t blame you if you did and I hope this may be of warning to other noobs out there in my position, remember beware the estibot.

Thanks again and take care.

Yours humbly

John


32tv.org
3dPlaying.com
3dPrintingMachine.com
3dRolePlaying.com
42InchTv.org
42tv.org
AdviceBlogs.com
AgriculturalSoftware.net
AllInOnePcs.net
AnxietyAnger.com
AnxietyBlogs.com
AromatherapyOilBurner.com
AromaTherapySkin.com
ArticleIssues.com
AutomatedProgram.com
BabyDollHighChair.com
BabyPregnant.com
BadMoney.org
BahrainManama.com
BeachBedrooms.com
BeautifulCologne.com
BikesEquipment.com
Biomimetic.info
BmxBikes.tv
BmxBikesOnSale.com
BmxRaceBikes.com
BoardFor.com
BudgetRent.net
BuyADigitalCamera.net
BuyTrainer.com
CamelCoats.com
CatsDiseases.com
CellPhoneAccessories.tv
CheapestAlcohol.com
ChildrensKites.com
ChildrensPublications.com
ChildToddler.com
ClassicCologne.com
ClimbingMountaineering.com
ClothingMen.info
ClothingShopping.info
CoatsOuterwear.net
CologneLotion.com
CompareFridges.com
ComputerComputing.com
ComputerDesktopPc.com
ComputerHumanInterface.net
ConfectioneryBoxes.com
ContainsInformation.com
ConvertibleTablet.net
CouchSofas.com
CoupleCostumes.net
CyberneticHuman.com
CyberneticImplants.net
DanceMixMusic.com
DeafPeople.org
DeliverFlower.net
DesktopDefence.com
DisabledElderly.com
DiverDiving.com
DogsIllnesses.com
DollMakingKits.com
DollsBabies.com
EcommerceBusiness.org
EducationTeaching.net
EnterData.net
EnvironmentalBlogs.com
EquityReleaseScheme.net
ExecutiveComputerDesk.com
ExpensiveCologne.com
ExpensiveTies.com
ExpensiveUnderwear.com
ExternalEnvironment.com
ExtravagantHotel.com
FarmingSoftware.net
FarmingTechnology.net
FashionVideo.org
FlatScreenTvs.tv
FlexibleLcdScreen.com
FlexibleTelevision.com
FreerideMountainBiking.com
GadAnxiety.com
GamesComputer.org
GardeningGardener.com
GenomeProject.co.uk
GenomeSequence.co.uk
GenomicDrugs.net
GenomicMedications.com
GenomicMedicine.co.uk
GirlRpg.com
GogglesGlasses.com
GoodCologne.com
GraphicDesignCareers.org
GraphicDesignWork.net
GreenCouches.com
GuyanaGeorgetown.com
HairStraightenerIrons.com
HatsForToddlers.com
HeroinAddicts.org
HikingClimbing.com
HindiVideoSongs.org
HolographicComputer.net
HolographicProjectors.net
HowToMakeAGirlWantYou.com
HowToMakeAGuyWantYou.com
HumanComputerInterfaces.net
HumanGenomeSequencing.net
HybridLaptop.net
HybridPc.net
InfraredEnergy.net
IntegratedProgram.com
IplLaserTreatment.com
ItFinance.org
JewelerySilver.com
KenyaAfrica.net
KenyaNairobi.com
LaosVientiane.com
LaptopForSale.info
LaptopReview.tv
LaptopsOnSale.info
LaptopTabletComputers.net
LargeDress.com
LargeHoliday.com
LatestProcessor.com
LoansAfterBankruptcy.net
LoansWithPoorCredit.net
LowestHomeEquityLoan.net
LuxuriousAccommodation.com
MindControlHeadset.net
MoneyTransferFrom.com
MoroccoRabat.com
MortgageWithBadCredit.net
MoveThis.net
Nanoparticles.tv
Nanotubes.tv
Necessary.tv
NeuroHeadset.net
NewMagazine.org
NewZealandWellington.com
NotebooksCompare.com
NScaleModelRailroading.com
On30ModelTrains.com
OrchidsFlower.com
PeopleOnline.org
PerfumeToilette.com
PetrolRemoteControlledCars.com
PhdPhysics.com
PhiladelphiaCity.net
PhilippinesAsia.com
PlumbingPiping.com
PopDanceMusic.com
PortAuPrinceHaiti.org
ProcessorRating.com
ProgrammingC.net
ProgrammingPrograms.com
PsychologicalAnxiety.com
QuantumEncryption.net
Quiet.tv
RcModelHelicopter.com
RefinancingEquityLoans.net
RoboticLegs.net
RpgOnlineGames.org
RtfRcAirplane.com
SavingsAndMortgages.com
ScarfTies.com
SeatChairs.com
ShoesOnSale.org
SideBySideFridge.com
SingingActing.com
SneakersShoes.info
SpecializedBmxBikes.com
SpeechToSpeechTranslators.com
StylishShoe.com
SuvNew.com
TabletPcComputers.net
TabletPcLaptop.net
TabletPcNotebooks.net
TeenIssues.org
TeenKids.org
TelevisionPc.net
TouchProjector.net
TouchProjectors.com
TouchScreenPad.com
TouchScreenProjector.net
TouchScreenProjectors.com
TouchScreenSlate.net
TouchscreenTabletPc.net
TradingTraders.com
TrainersForSale.com
UkGdp.com
UlaanbaatarMongolia.com
UnusualOrnaments.com
VeganIngredients.com
VideoVirals.com
WantTo.org
WatchesBand.com
WatchesCompare.com
WebSheet.co.uk
WebSheets.org
WelshRugbyShirts.com
WhatComputer.net
WhatLaptop.net
WhichReviews.com
WhyResearch.com
WomanCologne.com
WoollenJumpers.com
WoolyJumper.com
WoolyJumpers.com
WorkstationDesk.net
XlCondom.com

 

[DnEbook]

can you grace delete , unsure why but i liked quiet/tv , i suggest register one at a time , and if unsure go for a walk around the block and have a think , basically slow down and dont be shy to ask advice ....... many here will help you !

 

[Zutroy]

If you mean the domain tasting thing, I think I have gone past that point, yeah I quite liked quite.tv not really sure why, but right now I have very little faith in my judgement.

Thanks for the advice it is much appreciated.

 

[DnEbook]

i am not saying tasting , i am saying ask for a grace delate , i think you have 5 days ? cant remember..
if your not happy , you may have an option , perhaps next time buy a quality name in the after market ? it's an option , good luck with it , it's just a case of live and learn that's all

 

[the_poet]

Every time you like a domain, you don't have to buy it, you just have to add it to a list. When you have collected a certain number of names (10/20), you will need to make some deep research on those in order to find out (hopefully) the best one that will deserve your money. Furthermore, a great advice that will make you save even more money is keeping yourself up-to-date with the many registrars' coupon codes (for example, you can subscribe to GoDaddy's discount code thread).

Good luck!

 

[Spade]

The offer you received, you should have countered. Your asking price of $7,000 is way way way way too high. You should have been content with mid xxx.

On your list, most are pretty rough. However, I did see one I liked quite a bit - VeganIngredients.com

It has a great niche, with a strong passionate customer base. It also has a nice ring to it, and makes perfect sense. I could see either an info site or even an ecommerce site selling Vegan goodies.

My last bit of opinion. Before you register a domain name, put yourself in a different position. Pretend you are the "end user". Would you buy this domain name? Are there are domain names that are better for less?

If I dont believe a company or individual would buy a domain name, I dont buy it myself.

 

[garptrader]

Taking a quick glance at your list, none strike me as anything I would register or try to catch on the drop. In the future, use Google Adwords Keyword Tool to look for phrases which people search for. Also, see how often a phrase is used in websites by typing in quotations "Word1+Word2+Word3" One also needs to think of commercial usage - topics such as online shopping, travel, professional services. Domaining has a learning curve - the first year most of us registered a lot of bad domains. I started in late 2005 but most of my best domains were acquired in the last three years (still need to prune ~10%). Best of luck.

 

[wwwweb]

Looks like you have about $2k annual upkeep cost on that portfolio of over 200+ domains...
I consider it a close but no cigar sort of portfolio obviously the better extensions and spellings were taken, so you settled for the next best thing, which isn't always the best thing... All I can say is if you took your $2k, you could have bought 10-20 really good names, and built off that, quality not quantity, looks like you will have to go back to square 1.

Your domains need to add value to a product or service, and most don't do that, you had the right idea, it is frustrating, as everytime the light bulb goes on, you do a whois lookup and every variation of that name is taken, does not leave many options. Expensive lesson to learn especially in this economy that sort of money goes a long way.

If you choose to keep your portfolio you need to generate $2k a year in income just to maintain it, or it has to be an out of pocket expense for you... Offers are sometimes hard to come by, so you need to be serious and realistic with each one, once you alienate an end user, they have many and different options in the online space, that is where business skills, and experience comes in, often the hardest part of domaining is closing the deal, and getting paid, offers are easy to make, getting the money in your account is very difficult.

 

[dtagr]

Don't take that offer. That name is worth 10-25 times that amount. Nowhere near worth your asking price though - nothing wrong with swinging for the fences.

One thing you are doing right is focusing on product related names. Although mostly longtail, these product focused names are relatively easy to make a small profit from affiliate sales and PPC. They are usually far harder to sell to endusers.

I'm having a hard time believing that you are a noobie. Most noobies register crap like "greatcheappinkshoes4sale.com" and silly made up 5,6,and 7 character "brandables" that "sounded good". I know from experience as I just started my second year of domaining. If you want to discuss a portfolio swap I am interested.

After a quick look I see these having value as developed/mini-sites/affiliate sites. They all have some small search numbers and/or reasonable CPC.

AgriculturalSoftware.net
AllInOnePCs.net
AromaTherapyOilBurner.com
BmxRaceBikes.com
ChildrensKites.com
DollMakingKits.com
EnvironmentalBlogs.com - If you make a directory let me know I would like mine included.
ExecutiveComputerDesk.com
FarmingSoftware.net
FlexibleLcdScreen.com
GenomicDrugs.net - Scary implications.
GenomicMedications.net
GreenCouches.com
HairStraightenerIrons.com - Exactly what my wife wanted for her birthday. I had to visit 3 stores to find the right one.Your name could have saved me time.
HatsForToddlers.com
HolographicComputer.net
HolographicProjectors.net
HybridPC
HybridLaptop - these 2 may have TM issues with Dell.Investigate before developing.
nScaleModelRailroading.com
PortAuPrinceHaiti.org - Nice Geo!
PsychologicalAnxiety.com - Very common disorder.
RcModelHelicopter.com
RoboticLegs.net
SavingsAndMortgages.com - Obvious endusers here.
SideBySideFridge.com
TelevisionPC.net
TouchProjectors.com
TouchScreenProjector.com
TouchScreenSlate.com
UlaanBaatorMongolia.com - decent geo typo.
VeganIngredients.com
WelshRugbyShirts.com
XlCondom.com - Must be Tiger Woods size.:gn:

If you had posted these in the "Reg of the day thread" you would have got a lot of high 5's as they are better than most of the names that get posted there, my own included.

I think you're on the right track.

Good luck in the future.

 

[Spade]

Don't take that offer. That name is worth 10-25 times that amount. Nowhere near worth your asking price though - nothing wrong with swinging for the fences.

Your saying the domain is worth 10-25 times $300?

25 x $300 = $7,500

His asking price is currently $7,000.

 

[ecalc]

gold nuggets, nice work:
PortAuPrinceHaiti.org
UlaanbaatarMongolia.com <--- not a typo in my book

Sell the rest before expiration except those earning >$8 parked.

 

[wwwweb]

Your saying the domain is worth 10-25 times $300?

25 x $300 = $7,500

His asking price is currently $7,000.

I agree 7k turns off most end users to search for other names. Biggest deal breaker is unrealistic counter offers.

 

[dtagr]

Your saying the domain is worth 10-25 times $300?

25 x $300 = $7,500

His asking price is currently $7,000.

Wall of text mistake. I thought the offer was $29. $7000 is overvalued by a factor of 10 minimum. I would counter that offer at $499 and hope to meet somewhere in the middle.

It's UlaanBataar,UlanBatar,or perhaps UlanBator. There are many spellings on this one.

I don't think these names will make much as parked sites. Only self-developed minisite/affiliate sites will make small profits in this case.

You have to admit though, that this is a GOOD noob portfolio.

 

[wwwweb]

Wall of text mistake. I thought the offer was $29. $7000 is overvalued by a factor of 10 minimum. I would counter that offer at $499 and hope to meet somewhere in the middle.

It's UlaanBataar,UlanBatar,or perhaps UlanBator. There are many spellings on this one.

I don't think these names will make much as parked sites. Only self-developed minisite/affiliate sites will make small profits in this case.

You have to admit though, that this is a GOOD noob portfolio.

Looks to be names plucked off a drop list

 

[Zutroy]

First of all thanks for all the advice people I really do appreciate it, you are been very kind to the newbie who doesn’t know better, yes I am a noobie dtagr, you are too kind, a newbie who thought that with the Google search suggestion tool, a copy of the domain research tool and a subscription to estibots/valuates bulk appraisal service, thought he was onto something, but I think like wwwweb says close but no cigar is probably the best way to sum up most of it, although I still have an inkling that a few of them may be worth developing, which is what I need advice on, because quite a few of them are close but no cigar or borderline at best, I really am finding it hard to select the ones that I should keep and develop and those I should let expire, I think it’s much harder with names that you are not quite sure about and perhaps one’s own subjective interpretation comes into play even more than usual in this kind of situation, I must admit I did not think AromaTherapyOilBurner.com, BmxRaceBikes.com, DollMakingKits.com, ExecutiveComputerDesk.com, HatsForToddlers.com, GreenCouches.com, ect, were worth bothering with and was thinking of letting them expire, but that’s the problem as a noob especially one who has probably wasted quite a bit of money, you can really start to question your judgement, if I have learnt anything it’s how little I know, at this stage I put much more faith in what you folks think than what I do, thanks for the complement too wwwweb, no they were not from drop lists just found by using the above method, it is such a shame because I think a lot of them are almost there, but like you say sometimes the next best thing isn’t the next best thing at all, but I still think there are at least a few that are worth keeping and developing, If I could just figure out the top ten or top twenty that would be a start, that’s why your advice folks is so helpful, especially dtagr thanks for that list. Personally my gut feeling on this is to go more for the ones that may have a good long term future potential like HolographicProjectors.net, TelevisionPC.net, WebSheet.co.uk, TouchProjectors.com, TouchScreenProjectors.com, GenomicDrugs.net
GenomicMedications.com, GenomicMedicine.co.uk and of course my beloved touchscreenpad.com, that sort of thing and view them as very long term investments. A lot of these things I think could have good long term potential. Ideally I would probably like to keep and develop 10-20 of the best of those future type domains and maybe 10-20 of the best non future type domains. Maybe this would be the best way thing to do?

Anyway thanks again, your advice may help someone who should have thought a bit more carefully before he jumped in with both feet, with a bit of development selvedge at least something.

 

[mrjohn]

Let's sort out the ones that might be worth a damn...

3dPlaying.com
3dPrintingMachine.com
3dRolePlaying.com
AdviceBlogs.com
AnxietyBlogs.com
AutomatedProgram.com
BeachBedrooms.com
BmxBikesOnSale.com
BmxRaceBikes.com
BuyTrainer.com
CatsDiseases.com
CellPhoneAccessories.tv
CheapestAlcohol.com - probably should be sold to the makers of Milwaukee's Best
ChildrensKites.com
ChildrensPublications.com
ClassicCologne.com
CompareFridges.com
ConfectioneryBoxes.com
DanceMixMusic.com - could be a good site with right buyers
DesktopDefence.com - interesting AV site
DogsIllnesses.com
DollMakingKits.com
EnvironmentalBlogs.com
FlexibleLcdScreen.com
GenomeProject.co.uk
GenomicDrugs.net
GenomicMedications.com
GenomicMedicine.co.uk
GirlRpg.com - could be a very interesting blog
GoodCologne.com
GraphicDesignCareers.org
HeroinAddicts.org
HowToMakeAGirlWantYou.com
IntegratedProgram.com
NewZealandWellington.com
NScaleModelRailroading.com
On30ModelTrains.com
PetrolRemoteControlledCars.com
PhdPhysics.com
PopDanceMusic.com
ProcessorRating.com
ProgrammingC.net
PsychologicalAnxiety.com
Quiet.tv
RcModelHelicopter.com
SavingsAndMortgages.com
SideBySideFridge.com
SingingActing.com
SpecializedBmxBikes.com
SpeechToSpeechTranslators.com - if developed
TeenIssues.org
TouchscreenTabletPc.net
UkGdp.com - if developed
UnusualOrnaments.com
VeganIngredients.com
VideoVirals.com
WantTo.org
WatchesCompare.com
WebSheet.co.uk
WelshRugbyShirts.com
WhichReviews.com
WhyResearch.com
XlCondom.com

I'd throw out many of them, especially the .ORGs and .INFOs you registered. But, I've definitely seen worse collections of domains than the one you assembled. If you;re patient, and especially if you're willing to develop a few of these, there's still the potential to turn a profit.

 

[dtagr]

Ideally I would probably like to keep and develop 10-20 of the best of those future type domains and maybe 10-20 of the best non future type domains. Maybe this would be the best way thing to do?

Anyway thanks again, your advice may help someone who should have thought a bit more carefully before he jumped in with both feet, with a bit of development selvedge at least something.

Don't discount your Geos. Keep the ones that have products you can sell as an affiliate,with exact search results of at least 1000+ and CPC of at least $1. Obviously higher is better.

You won't get rich from these names but they will pay for themselves+.

 

[Jaco]

Yes, your portfolio generally sucks and you will most likely lose money on it barring a real freak buyer, but as others have mentioned, you kinda-sorta generally seem to 'get it' albeit in a very noobish sort of way... If you're just starting out with domain names, you 'get it' better than a WHOLE LOT of people on this forum who have been lighting their money on fire for years and still haven't 'gotten it'; you're just starting out and are already doing it better than dolts who have been sucking at it for quite some time .

I generally discourage most all n00bs from pursuing domaining in the year 2010, simply because there is so little entry level opportunity left out there (they'll argue with you about this in the beginning- oh man, they're just SURE you're wrong, but in time, their 'leaving domaining' firesale post appears and we all LOL at them), but you might be that freak outlying exception who, if you take it slow and learn (and stop hand-registering garbage), could probably do OK. Your portfolio suggests that you're at least a person who could probably be 'taught' and will eventually figure out the stuff that separates the winners from the losers.

I wouldn't say that about 95% of the people on this site, who are destined to fail at this, or have been failing for years via death by a 1000 godaddy cuts.

---------- Post added at 10:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:18 PM ----------

Oh, and PS. Consider this your up-front tuition. We all paid it, once... I paid mine long ago with names that, in hindsight, I should've kept anyway (but we're talking the days when really good, niche defining, resalable .com stuff was still out there to hand-reg and anything that wasn't a one-word category killer was considered 'worthless'. Oops. F me.)

If you 'get over' this crash and burn and want to come back to this, shoot me a PM. I'll help you with some basic analytic stuff that will definitely help shorten your learning curve.

 

[Zutroy]

Ok so I have had some tough thinking to do and have been considering my options, considering the advice you guys have been giving me and I have to say excuse the sucking up, but the response and advice you have given has been amazing, I sincerely thank you all. I have been thinking about what you have said about keeping the generic product related domains that have a search volume greater than 1000 and a cpc of greater than a $1, although and correct me if I am totally way off here, I thought that may exclude domains that were still worth keeping and developing that perhaps just fell short of this criteria, for example if it’s cpc was $0.80 and it’s searches were say 2000 then I thought it may still be worth keeping, so what I did was to multiply the amount of searches with their cpc and gave each extension a figure that the amount must be greater than, it’s higher for the .nets and .tvs, as like I say I want to make the decision as to which ones I keep based on the domains potential value if developed and .net’s and .tv’s are worth a lot less, especially .tvs, so I have set the figure they have to meet as five times higher for the .net’s and about 100 times higher for the .tv’s, I know opinion can be really divided as to how much .tv’s are actually worth so I am trying to keep my estimate on the conservative side. Anyway all these domains had to have a figure of searches x cpc that was higher than $1000 for the .com’s, $5000 for the .nets and at least $50,000 for the .tv’s. These are the names that score above those figures.

bmxbikes.tv
bmxracebikes.com
buyadigitalcamera.net
camelcoats.com
cellphoneaccessories.tv
childrenskites.com
coatsouterwear.net
computerdesktoppc.com
couchsofas.com
couplecostumes.net
deliverflower.net
executivecomputerdesk.com
howtomakeagirlwantyou.com
howtomakeaguywantyou.com
ipllasertreatment.com
largedress.com
latestprocessor.com
on30modeltrains.com
rcmodelhelicopter.com
sidebysidefridge.com
specializedbmxbikes.com
tabletpcnotebooks.net
trainersforsale.com
welshrugbyshirts.com
greencouches.com
hairstraightenerirons.com
hatsfortoddlers.com
veganingredients.com
xlcondom.com

Tell a lie, I think there was one or two like hatsfortoddlers.com and childrenskites.com that fell a little bit short but I let them in because for some reason I kind of think their potential for development isn’t too bad.

I did the same with my regional’s, these were the ones that made it.

guyanageorgetown.com
kenyanairobi.com
laosvientiane.com
newzealandwellington.com
portauprincehaiti.org
ulaanbaatarmongolia.com

Then I choose the ones that I wanted to add to the list that I just sort of liked, these are as follows.

adviceblogs.com
anxietyblogs.com
badmoney.org
catsdiseases.com
childrenspublications.com
classiccologne.com
climbingmountaineering.com
colognelotion.com
computercomputing.com
confectioneryboxes.com
dancemixmusic.com
desktopdefence.com
ecommercebusiness.org
environmentalblogs.com
girlrpg.com
processorrating.com
quiet.tv
savingsandmortgages.com
singingacting.com
videovirals.com
wantto.org
whyresearch.com
woolyjumper.com
psychologicalanxiety.com
heroinaddicts.org
phdphysics.com
unusualornaments.com
teenissues.org
whichreviews.com

These are all domains that dtagr and mrjohn thought may be worth keeping for development too, thanks again guys I am so grateful you took the time to do that, apart from woolyjumper.com, which for some reason I quite like it and thought I might indulge myself on that one, incidentally as far as I am aware it’s not a misspelling, apparently just like ulaanbaatarmongolia.com there is more than one way to spell it.

In regards to a potential trade mark problem with HybridLaptop.net and HybridPc.net, I checked the US patent and trademark database http://tess2.uspto.gov/ and neither of these are listed, valuate.com's trade mark checker never found anything either (however good this is I don’t know) and if you search for hybrid laptop in Google lots of other companies are selling hybrid laptops like the MSI Wind U115 Hybrid laptop, so I think I may be ok with that one.

Anyway those are the ones that made it and total a figure of one hundred domains, which is still maybe too many, but at least their renewals won’t cost me more than $1000 a year and if I develop them hopefully their adsense or what not should hopefully cover this and I could still maybe sell some of them on flippa before the year is up if I wanted to and perhaps make a profit that way. The ones that did not make the list are as follows:

computerhumaninterface.net
mindcontrolheadset.net
nanotubes.tv
websheets.org
graphicdesigncareers.org
programmingc.net
budgetrent.net
deafpeople.org
beachbedrooms.com
bikesequipment.com
diverdiving.com
peopleonline.org
dollmakingkits.com
nscalemodelrailroading.com
babydollhighchair.com
aromatherapyoilburner.com
bmxbikesonsale.com
perfumetoilette.com
rtfrcairplane.com
buytrainer.com
cheapestalcohol.com
comparefridges.com
equityreleasescheme.net
gamescomputer.org
jewelerysilver.com
largeholiday.com
loansafterbankruptcy.net
loanswithpoorcredit.net
lowesthomeequityloan.net
luxuriousaccommodation.com
mortgagewithbadcredit.net
petrolremotecontrolledcars.com
plumbingpiping.com
refinancingequityloans.net
scarfties.com
tabletpccomputers.net
tabletpclaptop.net
watchescompare.com
workstationdesk.net
bahrainmanama.com
moroccorabat.com
philadelphiacity.net
philippinesasia.com
Domain
educationteaching.net
enterdata.net
humancomputerinterfaces.net
kenyaafrica.net
laptoptabletcomputers.net
32hdtv.info
32inchtv.info
32tv.org
42inchtv.org
42tv.org
anxietyanger.com
aromatherapyskin.com
articleissues.com
babypregnant.com
beautifulcologne.com
biomimetic.info
boardfor.com
childtoddler.com
clothingmen.info
clothingshopping.info
containsinformation.com
convertibletablet.net
disabledelderly.com
dogsillnesses.com
dollsbabies.com
expensivecologne.com
expensiveties.com
expensiveunderwear.com
externalenvironment.com
extravaganthotel.com
fashionvideo.org
flatscreentvs.tv
freeridemountainbiking.com
gadanxiety.com
gardeninggardener.com
gogglesglasses.com
goodcologne.com
graphicdesignwork.net
hikingclimbing.com
hindivideosongs.org
integratedprogram.com
itfinance.org
laptopforsale.info
laptopreview.tv
laptopsonsale.info
moneytransferfrom.com
movethis.net
necessary.tv
newmagazine.org
notebookscompare.com
orchidsflower.com
popdancemusic.com
programmingprograms.com
rpgonlinegames.org
seatchairs.com
shoesonsale.org
sneakersshoes.info
stylishshoe.com
suvnew.com
teenkids.org
touchscreentabletpc.net
tradingtraders.com
ukgdp.com
watchesband.com
whatcomputer.net
whatlaptop.net
womancologne.com
woollenjumpers.com
woolyjumpers.com

I might just try to sell these fairly cheaply if possible, to people who may want to use them to develop minisites or autoblogs or whatever, for say $20 or $30 a piece or something like that depending on the name, which would still make a profit of $10 which hopefully isn’t too greedy (I spend that on a McDonalds), I dunno maybe I could get some money back that way?

You are so right Dongsman this is one heck of a lesson. Thanks for your very kind offer by the way I might just take you up on that.

I must admit I am still a little unsure whether I want to be keeping them and developing them at all, part of me thinks maybe I should just keep the ones I like with future potential and try to either sell the rest for very cheap or just let expire. I am still in two minds what to do, is this an ok plan or is my thinking still flawed? Would your list be much different? What say you?

Thanks again

John

 

[garptrader]

I would not recommend developing a site on a topic you have zero interest in. Fresh content is a factor in search engine ranking. I have some minisites which still rank well despite no new content in months while others which have more significant content have slipped due to letting them go stale. Competition for a search phrase also has to be considered. Yes, one-word domains can get traffic from a myriad of long-tail terms but they can be nearly impossible to rank for that one word. Lastly, don't try to make up for a bad reg by spending hours on development. Time has a value so don't throw more money into a bad registration. Try to sell it for XX at BIDO or in the forums or let it drop.