The Best Landing Page Ever!

[DomainVP]

If you were to design your own landing page, what would it look like?

What are some of the landing page strategies that you are using to drive in inquiries?

Right now I am just using a custom landing page that has the domains name and an eMail address in image form, to prevent spam mails.

I was using a 'may be for sale' banner and a large countdown timer, and I had inquiries coming in but not many conversions as they were expecting low ball regfee prices.

So what has worked for you?

 

[LoneDeranger]

Yes, having a landing page will null any parking. If you are making a good deal with parking, then I wouldn't change that. However if your parking is pennies, like most these days, I would just switch to a landing page that you manage.

If giving up a few bucks a month in the sake of increasing the amounts of offers recieved than I am in. Where do I begin?
Most of my domains are on GD.

 

[DomainVP]

If giving up a few bucks a month in the sake of increasing the amounts of offers recieved than I am in. Where do I begin?
Most of my domains are on GD.

You can check out Efty.com, they have a turnkey solution for landing pages.

I am also writing a detailed blog post about a step by step process to create your own landing page; I will post it when I am finished.

 

[SpareDomains]

I changed my approach, I have had zero inquiries since the change; whereas I was getting 3 - 5 every week with the previous iteration.

New approach... ZERO CONTENT.

I set everything up so that zero content would display, and just have a 'contact admin" email address that is an @[DomainName].com specific to the domain. It looks like the page that you would see on chrome if there are no name servers set, but it's actually just styled to look that way.

The mindset behind this is a psychological one... if someone wants a domain and they have an idea for it, I want to be completely out of the way of their idea and concept of their venture/project. So if they see that it's not 'in use' then maybe they will take the step to inquire. I want them to make that mental leap, instead of having a glaring "FOR SALE" in their face. They also won't know what my immediate plans are for the domain... is he trying to sell it? are they going to develop it? someone may not have thought to eMail and ask, maybe I will!

So time will tell, I'm going to leave it as it is for about a month and see how it goes.

Clean and simple works not only for sales pages but also for parking pages. Pretty pages look nice but don't convert as well. The sales pages I use are basically just a contact form, few domain stats, no graphics and I talk to end users every week.

 

[Sohail Khan]

Before I came into Domain Business, I used to do affiliate marketing ( that I still do ). I used to make Landing Pages with OptimizPress plugin. A very useful tool.

 

[Ali]

Well, I have the landing pages on Perception, but I also tried something new with the few ngTLD's I just picked up. Same landing pages but the background are all representative of the domain. Feel free to take a look:

Graduate.School
American.Football
Cosmetology.School

 

[DareDevilDeals]

Well, I have the landing pages on Perception, but I also tried something new with the few ngTLD's I just picked up. Same landing pages but the background are all representative of the domain. Feel free to take a look:

Graduate.School
American.Football
Cosmetology.School

Awesome Ali! May need to do that myself for my Virtual domains.

 

[Ali]

Awesome Ali! May need to do that myself for my Virtual domains.

Thanks! All it takes is a Wordpress theme, a few plug ins and some CSS After that just duplicating posts and changing a line of CSS is all. Pretty seamless process once it's all setup.

 

[DareDevilDeals]

Thanks! All it takes is a Wordpress theme, a few plug ins and some CSS After that just duplicating posts and changing a line of CSS is all. Pretty seamless process once it's all setup.

Noticed the code... very "akamai"!

 

[NameFu]

I am a designer, so fortunately I have the ability to design my own unique landing pages for each of my domains. An example of one of my landing pages can be seen if you go to http://FuelCellCar.net. It's possible that I've gone just a little bit over the top with the designs though lol. I may consider doing a site wide redesign.

 

[VRDomainNames]

I use a portfolio landing page at http://www.vrdomainnames.com

Some domains I use custom landing pages.. like this one.. VRUniverse

 

[DareDevilDeals]

I am a designer, so fortunately I have the ability to design my own unique landing pages for each of my domains. An example of one of my landing pages can be seen if you go to http://FuelCellCar.net. It's possible that I've gone just a little bit over the top the designs though lol. I may consider doing a site wide redesign.

WOW! Very beautiful!

 

[NameFu]

Thanks @DareDevilDeals !

 

[mhdoc]

I have been trying out LeadPages. I set a forward to the LeadPages form at the registrar so no WP needed.
Grandfather clock shop is an example. They also have one page minisite templates I am working on.

 

[DomainVP]

Well, I have the landing pages on Perception, but I also tried something new with the few ngTLD's I just picked up. Same landing pages but the background are all representative of the domain. Feel free to take a look:

That was going to be my next version to try out, nice work.

I saw a page I liked the other day that had the 100% background image with a 'welcome' message, but no 'may be for sale' etc...

I was also considering a video bootstrap like PayPal has, I found a nice bit of jquery/js that allows you to use a YouTube URL as a responsive bootstrap video.

 

[NameClerk]

I've had decent success making sales in the $300 to $800 range by simply forwarding my domains that have Godaddy premium listings to their Godaddy registry path.

Example: IcedGems.com

This approach sacrifices all parking revenues but eliminates many obstacles in the purchasing process by leveraging the familiarity/trust that people have with Godaddy. I think it increases the chances for spontaneous purchases quite a bit.

As domainers, we're familiar with companies like Afternic, Sedo, and other parking companies but the average business owner is not.

Disadvantages: Only works with domains at Godaddy. You must set your BIN price, no negotiations or offers. 20% commission on Premium listings which is better than the previous 30%

 

[DomainVP]

I've had decent success making sales in the $300 to $800 range by simply forwarding my domains that have Godaddy premium listings to their Godaddy registry path.

Pretty solid idea. As you said, the only sacrifice is the commissions.

I still am using the zero content and eMail address on page approach; few inquiries here and there, nothing significant.

I also created a landing page with a PayPal option for domains that I am selling for $xxx via outbound; but I think the GoDaddy approach might be worth trying. Thanks for sharing @NameClerk.com

 

[DNGear]

I've had decent success making sales in the $300 to $800 range by simply forwarding my domains that have Godaddy premium listings to their Godaddy registry path.

Example: IcedGems.com

This approach sacrifices all parking revenues but eliminates many obstacles in the purchasing process by leveraging the familiarity/trust that people have with Godaddy. I think it increases the chances for spontaneous purchases quite a bit.

As domainers, we're familiar with companies like Afternic, Sedo, and other parking companies but the average business owner is not.

Disadvantages: Only works with domains at Godaddy. You must set your BIN price, no negotiations or offers. 20% commission on Premium listings which is better than the previous 30%

How can we configure GD registry path? please guide me..Thanks

 

[NameClerk]

How can we configure GD registry path? please guide me..Thanks

1. Setup your GD premium listing.

2. Forward domain to: https://www.godaddy.com/domains/sea...l=1&domainToCheck=icedgems.com&isc=0000000000

replacing icedgems.com with your domain.

That's it.

 

[DNGear]

should we change the nameservers to GD?
Should we buy the cashparking?
Thanks for your input..

 

[NameClerk]

should we change the nameservers to GD?
Should we buy the cashparking?
Thanks for your input..

Can't speak to GD CashParking as I've never really used it. I prefer that a type in visitor is immediately shown the purchase option as selling the domain is my goal.

I allow GD to change the nameservers but I don't think you have to. Even if your DNS is still set to Sedo or somewhere else, I believe the forwarding will take precedence over DNS. I haven't tested though.