Hi Sky
I'm going to try to answer your question but I've been bouncing from project to project for so long now that nothing is complete. But I'll tell you what we've done.
But first, check out -----. Amazing! Type in " ----- " and we come in third spot. The site is just sitting ... no ---, no maintenance. It's linked to ----- and they handle the sales, but they stopped conducting business with -- because of our internet taxes (that might have been resolved by now). We get a trickle of sales but it goes to my partner's (friend's) account in ----- so I don't know what we make. It's very little. And ------- shows that the site gets no visits at all ... ever. So go figure.
When my web designer first put the site up, we shot up ------ and sat on page two in spots 15, 16, 17 for a month or two. Then one day we were gone. My partner said it was because we let it sit too long without any content change, so ------ slapped us down hard. I don't know jack about ----- so I don't know what happened. But check out who is in the number five spot ... -------. He/she has been there for a long time.
Prior to working on any of our mini-sites, ----- was my Mega Site. But it too is just sitting. No maintenance, no seo. I was denied a trademark so I didn't see any need in pouring money into a potential dead end. Now I know a little more about trademarks and I think I'll try again in the future, but it ain't cheap.
Our next stop was -----. I think you know that story.
Somewhere along in there after -----, after -----, and during ----, money got low, I got frustrated, and I pulled the plug on the money. Truth is the guy in ----- is not really my partner. He is in a few ways, like ----- and
-----, but I pay for everything. We became pretty good friends and I never have been able to call anyone an employee, so I call him my partner. It's just easier to say in conversation. I do the same with Arjun. He's a mod here on NP and a student in New Delhi. Arjun is working on a site for me too. He is fast and good. And when you need him he responds immediately. I think his BlackBerry rings him up. Check out his work at
Creative Suite.
The guy in ----- is ----- . Check him out. He's a fairly successful artist and has done three shows since I've known him. Therein lies another problem in developing the mini-sites. When he gets a call to do a show, I lose him. Or 95% of him anyway. He just began work on our next site last week. It has a lot of potential and I'm really excited about it. I'll tell you the name when there's something to see.
I realize that I haven't even touched on answering your question because I don't know yet. Andy and Arjun are working on that stuff while I buy and sell ... usually just buy. But a couple of really nice people have taught me a lot about domaining. So I'm going to keep domaining while Andy and Arjun build sites.
If you want to learn anything about anything, go introduce yourself to Bruce Tedeschi. He's full of knowledge. He and his brother have been domaining and building minisites for 12 years and have done very well. You can find him at GenericCCTLDs.com or at DNaffiliates.com. He's also on FaceBook.
I will say one thing about mini-sites, especially the ones that are basically set on autopilot. I don't care for them. I think that as people, technology and the Web gets more and more sophisticated, mini-sites will eventually be weeded out. I like "small" sites. My goal is to have four or five that I can manage myself.
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... and maybe two others. Actually, a few people tell me that ----- has a lot of potential. Even if it does, I don't want to base my retirement on one site.
I have a handful of info's that might do well but I haven't done anything with them.
Gotta run. Talk soon.
Charles
PS: My step daughters got to the point that they were afraid to ask me questions about their homework. Can you guess why? 
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