Sad but true - Some of the dot com's/net's in parking

[BookMarc]

i have this habit of typing of whatever i happen to be thinking of directly into the browser. and i am really saddened to see some of the best and choicest names just parked and doing nothing...

like right now... i was thinking of "puberty" ... so i typed puberty.com and puberty.net directly into the address bar... and - no surprise for guessing it right - they were both parked.

ohhh its so begging to be developed... what people with such names do if they developed it... the possibilities in my mind are endless....

but i guess such is life. sad.

 

[dezinerite]

That's why they're parked...because of the type-in traffic. :D

 

[holyroller]

i have this habit of typing of whatever i happen to be thinking of directly into the browser. and i am really saddened to see some of the best and choicest names just parked and doing nothing...

like right now... i was thinking of "puberty" ... so i typed puberty.com and puberty.net directly into the address bar... and - no surprise for guessing it right - they were both parked.

ohhh its so begging to be developed... what people with such names do if they developed it... the possibilities in my mind are endless....

but i guess such is life. sad.

Yeah there are some amazing names that are just parked. A real waste, but I guess thats the way things are with domaining. Personally I try to develop as many of my names as I can.

 

[BookMarc]

That's why they're parked...because of the type-in traffic. :D

yes ofcourse they are type-in domains

-- BUT --

the value of such domains would go up 10x if a ass developed them and 100x maybe 1000x if a guy with brains developed them

remember something is worth only as much as someone would pay for it. and thou such names in itself worth thousands ... maybe hundreds of thousands... one would only pay so much for it.

like say - golf.com or astrology.com

if i parked any of these domains and not developed it i would get maybe a million maybe 2 maybe 5.

but today they are developed and top ranked on all search engines... the current worth 100x or more. i know for a fact that astrology.com makes in the region on 5 to 5.5 million bucks a year (and that figure is a year or two old) ... and is today among the most highly trafficked astrology site. do you think they would make even 1/10 if it was parked? or would you revisit the the site or recommend it or bookmark it if it was parked?

now do the math...

i remember one night i was damn frustrated .. i mean really really frustrated... so i typed-in MyLifeSucks.com and bham a site with nothing but a simple white page opens where you can RANT and move on. i bookmarked it and go there every now and then to rant (thou i stopped after they started asking for login and password) but it still adds some value to the site and people do bookmark it and go there.

MyLifeSucks.com is good name (IMHO) which wont fetch millions just for the name (again IMHO) but the guy who owns it did a fine job (again IMHO) to get some "extra" value from the same by adding something in which not he but users added content (a smart move IMHO) - so now he/she has a good domain + some content = more value.

by the way:

the first time i went to MyLifeSucks.com - i also went to WhoCares.com (a reasonably good type-in domain name IMHO)- never visited WhoCares.com again - i would not want my wedding planned by "someone-who-doesnt-care.com" ... wrong domain name for totally "caring business". the domain and the content are so mismatched it would leave a person TOTALLY confused and would give WRONG impression about the wedding planner.

what if something went wrong during the wedding and they said - Who Cares.

 

[henniemeijer]

just make the owner of the domain an offer if you are really believe that you can add that much value(10-100 fold) to a domain, even if they ask too much for what it is worth, you can still add that much extra value to it that it does not matter.
If you do not have the money perhaps you can convince hte owner insome form of partnership.

 

[BookMarc]

just make the owner of the domain an offer if you are really believe that you can add that much value(10-100 fold) to a domain, even if they ask too much for what it is worth, you can still add that much extra value to it that it does not matter.
If you do not have the money perhaps you can convince hte owner insome form of partnership.

lol you are missing the point here... the point is... how good domains are parked instead on being developed.

good domain + good content = best value for everyone (owner, investor, surfer et al.)

if i went around buying and or offering to start a partnership with every domain name owner whos domain name i typed-in be because that's what i happened to be thinking off at that moment then either i would have to be a billionaire or a fool.

 

[henniemeijer]

Thing is that people who have these domains parked know that they would probably be somewhat more valuable if the websites would be developed. If the domains are good, they have some common sense probably. But they are not convinced that developing really does offer more value to them as they value their time and the risks involved with developing and partnerships.
If you could convince them(very tough, because maybe not true and always a feeling/guess) that the name is worth hundredfold developed , they would go for it

There are many reasons why people choose not to develop.
Playing the waiting game without putting in much effort and developing is one site of it and being lazy/not skilled in developing is the other site.

I believe people who keep talking about developing underestimate the effort and money it takes to develop something worth putting time and money in, unless you do not value your time.
Many people with the best domains, of which you feel it is a waste not developing it, and maybe believe they do not have the skills to do it properly, may consider the value of their hourly wage 100-1000 an hour and therefore are happier with the passive income and property which will not devalue, instead of messing around with developing, with uncertain outcomes.

The people who really believe they are so good at developing and say things like developed it would be worth hundredfold should do something about it, not the current owners.

 

[BookMarc]

I believe people who keep talking about developing underestimate the effort and money it takes to develop something worth putting time and money in, unless you do not value your time.
Many people with the best domains, of which you feel it is a waste not developing it, and maybe believe they do not have the skills to do it properly, may consider the value of their hourly wage 100-1000 an hour and therefore are happier with the passive income and property which will not devalue, instead of messing around with developing, with uncertain outcomes.

The above is exactly, why i said and i quote myself from my last post

if i went around buying and or offering to start a partnership with every domain name owner whos domain name i typed-in be because that's what i happened to be thinking off at that moment then either i would have to be a billionaire or a fool.

please note: keywords being a billionaire or a fool

I own and operate one moderately successful site and one very successful site. and i know what how much time, energy, not to mention money goes into making of a successful site. web sites / businesses are not built in one day or they do not become a overnight success. like someone said... and i loved it soooo... so i am quoting him here ... IT TAKES A LIFE TIME OF HARD WORK TO BECOME A OVER NIGHT SUCCESS.

you are here to be doing business ... to work hard you play harder. thats the rule of the game. hp, dell, microsoft, shell, citi... NO ONE would have reached where they are if there founders were lazy, happy with passive income, didnt want to take few risks, etc etc...

again the point is... you reap what you sow. no pain - no gain.

like they say to each his own. i cant complain if someone is happy with a passive income that he/she gets from parking a good domain name. it his/hers to do what he/she got damn pleases with it.

so coming back to the point... its sad to see good domains parked instead to it being developed. this is just a comment or observation thing else. i will not try to second guess why the owner will not develop or why they will. they the own know best.

lastly, having said all i have - i see your point about people not wanting to develop and let the domain stay parked also.