discuss .today

[ThatNameGuy]

All...I purchased the following domains today. These domains cost me $60, but I think I may be on to something because of the .today that acts as a .com. and who doesn't want to make a deal/sale today? It was when I realized that every day is today and these names might make great eCommerce sites for all sorts of industries. Aesthetically these names look pretty good. I'm a business guy first, a marketer second, and a domainer third. What might you do if your were me? Thanks

DomainDeals.today
AutoSale.today
FurnitureSale.today
RVSale.today
ComputerSale.today
ApplianceSale.today
HomeSale.today
TruckSale.today
PuppySale.today
TireSale.today
ToySale.today
TicketDeals.today
JewelrySale.today
ArtSale.today
BoatDeals.today
BoatSale.today
ComputerDeals.today
BigScreenDeals.today
TVDeals.today
ApplianceDeals.today
FurnitureDeals.today
HouseSales.today
SkyDeals.today
PhoneDeals.today
GourmetGifts.today
YachtSales.today
BikeSales.today
GiftSales.today
WineSales.today
BeerSales.today
CruiseDeals.today

 

[PoliticalVII]

This thread is depressing. Looks like expired domain sites are going to be in business for a very long time.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

This thread is depressing. Looks like expired
domain sites are going to be in business for a very long time.

Depressing? Wait until you see headlines like; MarijuaniHigh.Today or FreePizza.Today
You got something against free pizza and marijuana?

Today's headlines will be tomorrow's domains! Enjoy.Today!

 

[BaileyUK]

JB...it's pretty clear you don't like me, so I need not humor you with an answer. Have a nice life.

I think it was a pretty valid question JBLions Just picked out an example registration and asked how you would promote it above the three word .com (which is available to register) I don't see any malice. it's certainly a question any perspective buyer is going to be asking themselves in any approach you make
.If you haven't fully developed your outbound or static sales arguments/persuaders as yet - just say so.

Many of us with 10/20 plus years in domains don't like to see any domainer shoot themselves in the foot, Hence the many advisory threads on all sorts of subjects. You've made a decent effort to convince some of us that your from a bonafide Business background, but somethings just don't seem to jell with your apparent lack of any sort of Business plan in going forward (apart from some sort of developed/static sales page)

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I think it was a pretty valid question JBLions Just picked out an example registration and asked how you would promote it above the three word .com (which is available to register) I don't see any malice. it's certainly a question any perspective buyer is going to be asking themselves in any approach you make
.If you haven't fully developed your outbound or static sales arguments/persuaders as yet - just say so.

Many of us with 10/20 plus years in domains don't like to see any domainer shoot themselves in the foot, Hence the many advisory threads on all sorts of subjects. You've made a decent effort to convince some of us that your from a bonafide Business background, but somethings just don't seem to jell with your apparent lack of any sort of Business plan in going forward (apart from some sort of developed/static sales page)

Ray Munro?...So I'll humor you this once. If you want to check me out I'd suggest you go the the "information" page about me here on NamePro's. There you'll find some of the domains I own, and other info about me...then I would Google Richard Morris, Virginia Beach, then go to my Linkedin Bio to learn a little about my background and business experience. If after that you still doubt me, I'd suggest you put me on ignore. Now lets take the domain I own; FreePizza.today and take JB's recommendation; FreePizzaToday.com, first, you might notice that before the extension my domain has "8" letters/characters and JB's has "13" letters or characters. While that's probably the biggest difference and always will be, what attracted me to the .today extension is how creatively and neatly it fits into the domain. Furthermore, of the 120 .today domains I own, I created 12 of them specifically for the medical industry. Here are a few; Concussions.today, ToothAches.today and ChestPains.today. Lets takeToothAches.today for example.Would I market this domain to a solo dentist or even a large group of dentists? Hell No! Because there are 195,000 dentists in the US generating 129 Billion in revenue annually, I'd either try to sell it to the ADA American Dental Association, or sell it to a smart developer and marketing firm that can display Toothaches.today all over the internet and in print, whereby anyone who clicked on it would be directed to their nearest dentist (zip code). How might a dentist pay for a listing? I figure maybe $1 to $3 a month, so if it's proven to connect patients with dentists, you can do the math to see how much revenue this model will generate.

Finally Ray, thank God I haven't relied on any of the help/advice I've gotten from the so called experts at NamePro's. I've made a solid connection with a very well known and respected industry leader that's helping and advising me. btw, I've asked my industry connection, who is very busy with another venture, if he could recommend someone who might be able to work closely with me to best monetize the 600 domains that I now own. My guess is once that comes to fruition, you won't be seeing me around here for long. Enjoy your weekend. As the DomainDrunkcom, I'm headed out with Mrs. Claus for some libation! Cheers

Bulloney

 

[LaunchUp.com]

Why does this thread reminds me of the .TOP thread??? hmmm....

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

.today

 

[Domains Ted]

If you are promoting your domains.. please promote the following two domains.. Im finding difficulty to sell these domains..

01. South America . Today
02. Race course . Today

 

[offthehandle]

Since they are only $1.99- here are some more you could help market the forum here and attach each and everyone to all the various entertaining threads on the forum here:

DotHorseDomain.today
OwnersIdeaToBidOnTheirOwnNames.today
FakeDomainAuctions.today
ShillBidders.today
PartneringOnDomains.today
BrokerAndReneg.today
NoProfitableParking.today
SEOExpertSpammer.today
AllGoodNamesTaken.today
88CentsXYZ.today
XYZEqualsBitcoin.today
DomainAppraisalsNeedFirst.today
NextBidWins.today
FakePublishedDomainSales.today
KingOfTopWhereIsHeNow.today
WEareDomainNameBroker.today
DotComOnly.today

 

[dordomai]

. btw, I've asked my industry connection, who is very busy with another venture, if he could recommend someone who might be able to work closely with me to best monetize the 600 domains that I now own. My guess is once that comes to fruition, you won't be seeing me around here for long. Enjoy your weekend. As the DomainDrunkcom, I'm headed out with Mrs. Claus for some libation! Cheers

Hope that industry connection name was not Dicker?

I think there is a misconception that you can easily monetize your domains. Sure you can put up content on a domain even like 3434fddfdfdfdd.com and monetize the traffic but you are making money off the content not the domain. You are a content producer then not a domainer.

Domains like the .todays you regged wont give you a special advantage in SEO neither will they attract much if any traffic on their own.

It may sound tempting that you can register domains for $1.99 and have your own empire of rev generating minisites but this is something that would have worked in 2003 not today.

If you have a large number of 2017 handregs that do not have any traffic and that can not sell, they are worthless. Sure you can produce content which has a certain value(and cost) and make money off it, not as easy as it sounds but lets make no mistake the money comes from the content not your domain even if the content is attached to your URL.

content has a certain value in the marketplace so you are not getting it for free/cheap, there is no such thing as easy free money from holding handregs of questionable quality.

If you are investing time/money in worthless regs you lose even more better let them expire and find better ones.

 

[robert widener]

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[arjun29]

I am smelling KINGOF.TODAY here... :D todaytodaytodaytoday......todaytoday.today (63)

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Hope that industry connection name was not Dicker?

I think there is a misconception that you can easily monetize your domains. Sure you can put up content on a domain even like 3434fddfdfdfdd.com and monetize the traffic but you are making money off the content not the domain. You are a content producer then not a domainer.

Domains like the .todays you regged wont give you a special advantage in SEO neither will they attract much if any traffic on their own.

It may sound tempting that you can register domains for $1.99 and have your own empire of rev generating minisites but this is something that would have worked in 2003 not today.

If you have a large number of 2017 handregs that do not have any traffic and that can not sell, they are worthless. Sure you can produce content which has a certain value(and cost) and make money off it, not as easy as it sounds but lets make no mistake the money comes from the content not your domain even if the content is attached to your URL.

content has a certain value in the marketplace so you are not getting it for free/cheap, there is no such thing as easy free money from holding handregs of questionable quality.

If you are investing time/money in worthless regs you lose even more better let them expire and find better ones.

Dicker? Nope, never heard of him/her. One of the main things most of you are missing is the .com vs. .today extension itself. Lets just take the domain FreePizza.today vs. FreePizza.com or even FreePizzaToday.com. In this case the .today extension is descriptive in that it's specific about a point in time the "Free Pizza" is available, whereas the .com extension is a non specific and non descriptive extension. Do you follow that? If you don't, the rest of our argument/disagreement is meaningless.

You may wish to note, that "most" of the .today domain names that I'm buying use the extension as more of a sales word/tool than simply a non descriptive internet extension. At least extensions like ca and uk identify the country in which the domain is registered.

"Most" of the names I've registered with the .today extension are intended to have the reader/consumer/user click on the url TODAY because they want a free pizza today, or they have a toothache today, or they are looking to buy a new yacht today.

Granted, the .today extension will never be as popular as the .com extension, but it serves the purpose for which I'm buying these names. I'm looking to make hay .today, not .yesterday, not .com, not .life and not .uk or .ca.

Finally, humor me now for a second. Let's assume the internet didn't exist, and you own a pizza place. Which of these add's would you put in your window, Free Pizza Today or Free Pizza Com? I know which one I'd choose. And your response would be, but...but....but...but...but...but. And guess what, I understand. Thanks for listening,

Bulloney

ps. some of you are asking if I could help you sell your .today names? Names like Cash.Today should probably sell for big bucks, while BulloneyIsanA**Hole.Today will probably never sell, even though it may be popular with some

 

[dordomai]

finally, humor me now for a second. Let's assume the internet didn't exist, and you own a pizza place. Which of these add's would you put in your window, Free Pizza Today or Free Pizza Com?

I would use .com because 99% of people understand it is an URL that you can visit (.com itself is a call to action, it means website/visit us there) while 95% of people do not understand freepizza.today to be a website URL.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I would use .com because 99% of people understand it is an URL that you can visit (.com itself is a call to action, it means website/visit us there) while 95% of people do not understand freepizza.today to be a website URL.

I would use .com because 99% of people understand it is an URL that you can visit (.com itself is a call to action, it means website/visit us there) while 95% of people do not understand freepizza.today to be a website URL.

There's where you and I differ dordomai (btw, couldn't find any info about you on the info page here?), I'm a sales and marketing guy way more than I'm a domainer, and I believe FreePizza.today will generate just as much attention (due to curiosity) as the .com will. I was attracted to PingPong.gives out of curiosity. Keep in mind "Free" anything get's most peoples attention,but domains like YachtSales.today would get my attention if I'm looking to buy a yacht.

My final point is whereas Sea Ray (the largest boat builder in the world) might pay 500K for YachtSales.com, Wellcraft (the 9th largest boat builder) might pay 100K for YachtSales.today (why?, because YachtSales.com is sold/gone) Does any of this make sense to you? btw, someone clicking on either of these names would go to the yacht builders/dealers website where the goal would be to sell them a boat/yacht.

While we may not agree on any of this, I'm starting to think the negativity being spewed about my use of the .today extension only emboldens and encourages me.....and that's who I am.


Bulloney

 

[MasterOfMyDomains]

I want to give you some encouragement. Your wasting not just money, but time.
Now go make some sales. Wellcraft aint gonna pay 90k for .today
They have Wellcraft.COM and they sell powerboats not yachts

Show us your sales pitch for why they should swap their .com for .today

 

[Aaron.A]

Hi Bulloney,

I'd just like to add a couple of things to this thread. Not to insult you, but hopefully help you.

1) You seem to be underestimating domaining by such a large margin that as it stands, you have 0% chance of succeeding in this business. Anyone with even a limited experience of selling domains could tell you this.

2) Being sure of yourself is a great quailty to have but it's clearly getting in the way of you accepting valuable advice from experienced members who are actually trying to help you. We have all lost money in domaining and made bad buys when starting out. The faster you realise this, the sooner you will move away from this nonesense.

3) Good advice rarely strokes the ego

Bad Advice- Your a genius, keep buying .today domains till you have no money left. It doesn't matter if you end up homeless, you'll still have great .today domains that you'll sell for loads of money.

Good Advice- Your bad at domaining, STOP buying domains until you know how the game works. Do the smart thing, listen to the people who have actually sold domains.

I hope you wake up before you lose too much money.

Good luck

 

[Premiums]

All...I purchased the following domains today.

DomainDeals.today
AutoSale.today
FurnitureSale.today
RVSale.today
ComputerSale.today
ApplianceSale.today
HomeSale.today
TruckSale.today
PuppySale.today
TireSale.today
ToySale.today
TicketDeals.today
JewelrySale.today
ArtSale.today
BoatDeals.today
BoatSale.today
ComputerDeals.today
BigScreenDeals.today
TVDeals.today
ApplianceDeals.today
FurnitureDeals.today
HouseSales.today
SkyDeals.today
PhoneDeals.today
GourmetGifts.today
YachtSales.today
BikeSales.today
GiftSales.today
WineSales.today
BeerSales.today
CruiseDeals.today

Wow, you just wasted your.money

 

[shopman]

I have had glam.today for months. No offers yet.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Hi Bulloney,

I'd just like to add a couple of things to this thread. Not to insult you, but hopefully help you.

1) You seem to be underestimating domaining by such a large margin that as it stands, you have 0% chance of succeeding in this business. Anyone with even a limited experience of selling domains could tell you this.

2) Being sure of yourself is a great quailty to have but it's clearly getting in the way of you accepting valuable advice from experienced members who are actually trying to help you. We have all lost money in domaining and made bad buys when starting out. The faster you realise this, the sooner you will move away from this nonesense.

3) Good advice rarely strokes the ego

Bad Advice- Your a genius, keep buying .today domains till you have no money left. It doesn't matter if you end up homeless, you'll still have great .today domains that you'll sell for loads of money.

Good Advice- Your bad at domaining, STOP buying domains until you know how the game works. Do the smart thing, listen to the people who have actually sold domains.

I hope you wake up before you lose too much money.

Good luck

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Hi Bulloney,

I'd just like to add a couple of things to this thread. Not to insult you, but hopefully help you.

1) You seem to be underestimating domaining by such a large margin that as it stands, you have 0% chance of succeeding in this business. Anyone with even a limited experience of selling domains could tell you this.

2) Being sure of yourself is a great quailty to have but it's clearly getting in the way of you accepting valuable advice from experienced members who are actually trying to help you. We have all lost money in domaining and made bad buys when starting out. The faster you realise this, the sooner you will move away from this nonesense.

3) Good advice rarely strokes the ego

Bad Advice- Your a genius, keep buying .today domains till you have no money left. It doesn't matter if you end up homeless, you'll still have great .today domains that you'll sell for loads of money.

Good Advice- Your bad at domaining, STOP buying domains until you know how the game works. Do the smart thing, listen to the people who have actually sold domains.

I hope you wake up before you lose too much money.

Good luck

Aaron...thanks for the encouragement. I just bought three new .today domains about an hour ago.

1. DentalHygiene.today
2. DentalHygene.today (note, the incorrect spelling on purpose)
3. GodBless.today

Aaron...you needn't insult my intelligence I know the difference between good and bad advice, and it's worked pretty well for me since I was a child. I just paid 5.98 for the three domains I just bought, and GoDaddy has the equivalent .com domains appraised for over $28,000, and that includes the misspelled domain for over $1,000. So what does GoDaddy appraise my .today domains for? Each less than $100, and if you don't know by now that appraisals in the domain industry are the biggest JOKE of any industry, you sir are poorly informed. Aaron, that should probably tell you exactly what I think of your advice

Bulloney