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

 

[ThatNameGuy]

As most of you know, GoDaddy's appraisals are the biggest joke in the domain industry (any industry) You know it and I know it, but the average business person on the street isn't aware of it. Here's my point, I purchased three Gtld's this morning, and here is what I paid for them and what GoDaddy appraises them for:

My Name My Price .today GoDaddy's .com Appraisal

NextPlay.today, My price1.99, GoDaddy's .com appraisal $7,871

SlamDunk.today, My price 1.99, Go Daddy's .com appraisal $10,027

FashionShow.today, My price 1.99, Go Daddy's .com appraisal $19,594

Totals: My price 5.97, Go Daddy's .com appraisal $37,492

When selling my domains to retail, I plan on using GoDaddy's appraisal to my advantage. Anyone else do the same? Note, I also plan on telling my buyers that although GoDaddy may be the biggest player in our industry, their appraisals may be a slight bit high (tongue in cheek) What say you?

Bulloney

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Just picked up 10 area code .today's. While some of the real good ones like 212.today for NY and 702.today for Vegas were gone, I was able to buy;

650.today for San Fran
504.today for N.O.
206.today for Seattle
407.today for Orlando
619.today for San Diego

 

[offthehandle]

Re-Finance.today. Neither of these names are meant to be businesses or brands. However, they are meant to be sales/lead generators to anyone in the lending business who see's the value I see in them. So are they as good as BoatLoans.com or Refinance.com? No, but those two domains aren't available, and even if they were, they'd be 100

You might want to study the drop lists instead of constantly defending every decision you share about a new purchase. 50-100k .com, .net and .org names expire daily. I spend hours on these lists and many of the dropped names would be better than using these new failing and confusing Gtlds. Look at Spamhaus and see how the low price promotions create a spike in demand of a new extension and all the spammers and phishing websites congregate under them, so you wind up with a nice house in a ghetto so to speak.

I say this with goodfaith, constructive criticism and intent. I have read over and over various threads you post comments where people here try to steer you into thinking and opening up your mind, and most of those people are genuinelycreatively trying to help. Take a look at websites in those categories also. Try out kwfinder and discover how difficult it is to rank a website in those segments- loans and refinance, insurance, legal, etc. If you cannot rank, there will never be leads generated.

The .com dedicated button on both Android and Apple devices is there for a reason.

I admire your enthusiasm, and perhaps I am incorrect. Prove those of us wrong who have given you feedback and rank organically BoatLoans.Today. I am all ears to see how you might do that without PPC campaigns. Enjoy the Holidays.

 

[bmugford]

As most of you know, GoDaddy's appraisals are the biggest joke in the domain industry (any industry) You know it and I know it, but the average business person on the street isn't aware of it. Here's my point, I purchased three Gtld's this morning, and here is what I paid for them and what GoDaddy appraises them for:

My Name My Price .today GoDaddy's .com Appraisal

NextPlay.today, My price1.99, GoDaddy's .com appraisal $7,871

SlamDunk.today, My price 1.99, Go Daddy's .com appraisal $10,027

FashionShow.today, My price 1.99, Go Daddy's .com appraisal $19,594

Totals: My price 5.97, Go Daddy's .com appraisal $37,492

When selling my domains to retail, I plan on using GoDaddy's appraisal to my advantage. Anyone else do the same? Note, I also plan on telling my buyers that although GoDaddy may be the biggest player in our industry, their appraisals may be a slight bit high (tongue in cheek) What say you?

Bulloney

I would rather pay $10K for SlamDunk.com than $1.99 for SlamDunk.today.

You are just wasting more money every day.

Brad

 

[JB Lions]

Just picked up 10 area code .today's. While some of the real good ones like 212.today for NY and 702.today for Vegas were gone, I was able to buy;

650.today for San Fran
504.today for N.O.
206.today for Seattle
407.today for Orlando
619.today for San Diego

Again, all available in .com.

You're forging ahead without even testing what you already have can work.

Like I asked before. How much would you sell 407.today to me? Knowing I can buy 407today.com right now for $8 and some change.

Knowing I'll never have this issue:

So far, most don't know what I'm talking about,/QUOTE]

That's not a good thing. For domainers trying to sell them or businesses trying to build on them.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I would rather pay $10K for SlamDunk.com than $1.99 for SlamDunk.today.

You are just wasting more money every day.

Brad

Sure Brad...while SlamDunk101 teaches about upside potential via risk vs. reward, it also teaches about downside risk proving that if you lose 50% of your $10K, I'll just lose a buck. And speaking of a "buck", a friend of mine Macon Brock, one of the founders of Dollar Tree passed away last week. Macon wrote one of the best business books I ever read called "One Buck at a Time" I'd highly recommend you read it!

Bulloney

 

[ThatNameGuy]

You might want to study the drop lists instead of constantly defending every decision you share about a new purchase. 50-100k .com, .net and .org names expire daily. I spend hours on these lists and many of the dropped names would be better than using these new failing and confusing Gtlds. Look at Spamhaus and see how the low price promotions create a spike in demand of a new extension and all the spammers and phishing websites congregate under them, so you wind up with a nice house in a ghetto so to speak.

I say this with goodfaith, constructive criticism and intent. I have read over and over various threads you post comments where people here try to steer you into thinking and opening up your mind, and most of those people are genuinelycreatively trying to help. Take a look at websites in those categories also. Try out kwfinder and discover how difficult it is to rank a website in those segments- loans and refinance, insurance, legal, etc. If you cannot rank, there will never be leads generated.

The .com dedicated button on both Android and Apple devices is there for a reason.

I admire your enthusiasm, and perhaps I am incorrect. Prove those of us wrong who have given you feedback and rank organically BoatLoans.Today. I am all ears to see how you might do that without PPC campaigns. Enjoy the Holidays.

offthehandle....you sent a lot of mixed messages in your post. On the one hand, you and others try to educate me on how you think this industry is suppose to work, then you say, "I admire your enthusiasm,and perhaps I am incorrect" Note, the "iasm" acronym in enthusiasm stands for "I am sold myself" You sir are a domainer, and I am not...remember I said I'm a businessman first, a marketer second, and a domainer third. Sure, I looked at some of these lists that you pour over for hours every day, and I found "nada" to my liking, and rankings mean nothing to me. Maybe I'm an anomaly, but I've always had a knack for business in that I've started over 20 businesses in my lifetime, and five of these businesses are still in business today. I luv a challenge, and just because someone tries to tell me that registering a domain like Boat Loans.Today is a waste of my 1.99, that only encourages me more. Why? I don't care how this "name" rates in some obscure report, I care how the name looks on a business card whereby I can hand my card to a prospective borrower and prominently displayed in the middle of the card are the three little words "Boat LoansToday", then on the bottom of my card are my name, my phone number and my IP address, BoatLoans.today.

I can't remember now which domain website uses the business card idea to sell their domains, but I like the idea enough that I intend to copy it, and possibly add a short "NapkinBusinessModel.com" for which I own the domain, to further explain how this IP address will help promote their business. I also plan on using a simple "clip art" type logo to further emphasize the business and it's IP address. Make sense?

That's all I got offthehandle, I know what you're saying is in "goodfaith", and the same goes for what I'm saying. God Bless!

Bulloney

 

[offthehandle]

You sir are a domainer, and I am not...remember I said I'm a businessman first, a marketer second, and a domainer third.

I get it, going against the grain is fine. Guerilla lean marketing was my thing way before the internet with hand mailing thousands of my inventory lists and fax blasts. I am anxious to see your progress, especially if you take a different path and you are able to get businesses running out of these domains. The new Gtld's, just have so many issues (instability of renewal prices, lack of end user interest, most people don't even know they exist, etc.) hence why this forum is split with the .com and the not com factions.

Actually, I have similar to some extent that background. I've started 4 lean businesses since 1990. 2 very successful so I retired 14 years ago way too early in my 40's. Started domaining last year since I was bored of goofing around, and this hobby business requires no employees and very similar to the buy/sell businesses and auction business I spent quite a few years in- before Ebay and Google came along to fuck up the niche and make the barrier to entry for anybody able to compete. Sold my obtuse and strange inventory and got into another market segment all physical products sold over phone $3K-20K range, very niche technical products most people have no idea what they do or how they work or who buys them. Then in 08' market crashed, and Chinese knockoffs tore down the low end and into the mid range in pricing. so started an entirely unrelated non tech hospitality business dealing with the general public (which I hated, since I was used to dealing with Bus owners, directors, professionals and engineers), and so later fired the employees and closed. Traveled all over the last 10 years, and last year decided to recalibrate my brain and work hard again. I wake up daily enjoying whatever I do, and have done that all my life, it's a great life and always has been. I don't consider it "work".
Go for it, do something unique and not of the pile, all you have to lose is abit of time since you are probably doing this as a hobby also.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I get it, going against the grain is fine. Guerilla lean marketing was my thing way before the internet with hand mailing thousands of my inventory lists and fax blasts. I am anxious to see your progress, especially if you take a different path and you are able to get businesses running out of these domains. The new Gtld's, just have so many issues (instability of renewal prices, lack of end user interest, most people don't even know they exist, etc.) hence why this forum is split with the .com and the not com factions.

Actually, I have similar to some extent that background. I've started 4 lean businesses since 1990. 2 very successful so I retired 14 years ago way too early in my 40's. Started domaining last year since I was bored of goofing around, and this hobby business requires no employees and very similar to the buy/sell businesses and auction business I spent quite a few years in- before Ebay and Google came along to f*ck up the niche and make the barrier to entry for anybody able to compete. Sold my obtuse and strange inventory and got into another market segment all physical products sold over phone $3K-20K range, very niche technical products most people have no idea what they do or how they work or who buys them. Then in 08' market crashed, and Chinese knockoffs tore down the low end and into the mid range in pricing. so started an entirely unrelated non tech hospitality business dealing with the general public (which I hated, since I was used to dealing with Bus owners, directors, professionals and engineers), and so later fired the employees and closed. Traveled all over the last 10 years, and last year decided to recalibrate my brain and work hard again. I wake up daily enjoying whatever I do, and have done that all my life, it's a great life and always has been. I don't consider it "work".
Go for it, do something unique and not of the pile, all you have to lose is abit of time since you are probably doing this as a hobby also.

Thanks for sharing your background offthehandle. I just turned 70 (70 is the new 55) in October, and while I've always had fun throughout my life, I'm having more fun now than ever. I'm borderline ADD, but in some ways that's worked to my advantage. How my sweetheart of a wife has stayed with me for 47 years I'll never know....I guess she luvs me? Finally, I have four different projects/businesses on my plate, one of which is this domain gig (note, I got into this purely by accident), the next is a brand/business of sorts called "FirstCarMemories".com where prizes will be awarded to the best memories, revenue will be generated by selling t-shirts, coffee mugs, beer mugs and commemorative license plates will be sold with pics of customers "First Cars". The site will be further monetized by selling advertising to he likes of Ford, GM, Toyota, etc., that is if we're generating a ton of traffic to our site. Our goal is to have 100,000 followers. The third project/business I'm involved in is a "non profit" I started earlier this year called "SavingMinds".org (to serve victims and their caregivers of early onset alzheimers), and finally, the last project I'm involved with is sharing "The Mike Christian Story" where Mike was a POW from Vietnam, and became a friend from 1978 to 1983 when he died tragically. Here is a 4 minute Youtube with John McCain sharing part of Mikes Story while in prison with Mike,

The "whole story" of Mikes life has "Hollywood" written all over it...it involves, Patriotism, Sex, Scandal and even the local "mob". My goal is to have someone write a book about Mike that will hopefully lead to a movie. I don't care to make any money from it, but I would like for all proceeds to go to Kiwanis Charities where I met Mike in 1978.

I think I have enough on my plate to last a life time, but I look to accomplish most of this by the time I'm 75...wish me luck!

Bulloney

 

[Daniel Owens]

Amazing domains! I hope you list them at $1 start namepros auction soon to get xxx off them!

 

[MapleDots]

Been reading a few of @Bulloney 's threads since getting back here. The one thing I can say for sure is that if tenacity counts then he will probably be successful. I remember my dad making fun of me and the expression on his face when I became his boss. The one drive in life I had was to show him what I could do and that I was better than him. I don't think I would have been who I am today if my dad had not been such a brute (kindest word I could think of).

@Bulloney may be inexperienced at domaining but I would never underestimate drive and determination.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading all the bantering back and fourth.

 

[Kate]

But being a domain collector is not the same as a domain investor (or developer)
https://www.namepros.com/threads/my-little-portfolio-after-18-months.702045/

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Been reading a few of @Bulloney 's threads since getting back here. The one thing I can say for sure is that if tenacity counts then he will probably be successful. I remember my dad making fun of me and the expression on his face when I became his boss. The one drive in life I had was to show him what I could do and that I was better than him. I don't think I would have been who I am today if my dad had not been such a brute (kindest word I could think of).

@Bulloney may be inexperienced at domaining but I would never underestimate drive and determination.

Nonetheless, I enjoyed reading all the bantering back and fourth.

MapleDots...thanks for your thoughts. I wish you had a better relationship with your Dad, but it sounds like it all worked out. I intend to see humor in most everything, and with your Dad being a Brute, that would make you an S.O.B. or a Son Of a Brute. Don't feel bad though, I'm an S.O.B. like you in that I'm the Son Of a Buckeye (my Dad graduated from Ohio State in 1942).

Enjoy the Holidays as though you're the Son Of Blessed....you may note I own the domain Son Of Blessed.com along with about 30 other S.O.B. domains.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...Cheers!

Bulloney

 

[howudoin8]

You have to understand that these New gTLDs are not all that popular & hence try your best to remain close to L.today.

That is because "today" in itself is counted as 1 word, which is usually not the case with .com (since they are popular by default)

For example, I have Rate.Loans which would be considered as two words, in the mind of buyer.

 

[namezest]

I think the extension itself is okay but it's still very new, thanks to some avoiding it I got one and I will see how it does it's an LLLL and I have the .com TVUP , I wonder what that will be.... lol.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

I think the extension itself is okay but it's still very new, thanks to some avoiding it I got one and I will see how it does it's an LLLL and I have the .com TVUP , I wonder what that will be.... lol.

I agree with what you say, but I think there's way to much emphasis on any domain being "short". Take for example a domain that I've owned since 09/01/2001 "MakeSomethingHappen".com. Someone has owned MSH.com since 1994, which would have been the the first letter of each word in my domain. While my domain name is too long compared to most, it spells a message. As for my .today domains, I own plenty that have 3 and 4 letters, but with a descriptive call to action noun like "Sale" or "Deal" attached. For example;

BoatSale.today
ToyDeals.today
BeerSale.today
WineSale.today
HomeSale.today

Stand alone the words Boat, Toy, Beer, Wine, Home mean little to nothing, but when you add a descriptive identifier, it means something. I know what wine is, but if I were to see WineSale.today I'd be more likely to click on it to see where it's on sale and for how much. Make sense? And to think, these domains are selling for 1.99 Thanks

Bulloney

 

[Bob Hawkes]

DomainDeals.today

ComingHome.today
JeanSale.today
Funnies.today
Bullish.today
Bearish.today
HelpOthers.today
ApartmentRentals.today
FunFacts.today
ShoeSale.today
Devotional.today
CoatSale.today
Legends.today
FreeDelivery.today
FreePizza.today
FreeBeer.today
FreeVino.today

Not yesterday...Not tomorrow.... LiveFor.today

I like a lot the ComingHome.today that I can see being used in various marketing campaigns, and HelpOthers.today that may be challenging to find a purchaser for but sends a positive message. FunFacts.today would be ideal for various uses. Good luck with selling enough of them to make it a good investment.... obviously you are Bullish.today !

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Ok having been inspired by @Bulloney enthusiasm for .today, and looking up that there have been some good .today sales, I decided to buy my first ever (and only as of now) .today:
Tweets.today

Hopefully someone will want it - see it as especially useful with redirects/subdomains to make things like
funny.tweets.today
inspirational.tweets.today
science.tweets.today
etc.

 

[ThatNameGuy]

Ok having been inspired by @Bulloney enthusiasm for .today, and looking up that there have been some good .today sales, I decided to buy my first ever (and only as of now) .today:
Tweets.today

Hopefully someone will want it - see it as especially useful with redirects/subdomains to make things like
funny.tweets.today
inspirational.tweets.today
science.tweets.today
etc.

Bob...this domain sh*t is driving me crazy, but I'm luv'n it. As you're aware, I wondered off the .Today reservation to the Simpli and Simplii and even the traditional Simply reservation. Now that you've drawn me back to .today I couldn't help myself and registered for a whopping 1.99; TopTenTweets.Today. Who wouldn't want this domain with the Quad T's, it's SimpliTerrific

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Bob...this domain sh*t is driving me crazy, but I'm luv'n it. As you're aware, I wondered off the .Today reservation to the Simpli and Simplii and even the traditional Simply reservation. Now that you've drawn me back to .today I couldn't help myself and registered for a whopping 1.99; TopTenTweets.Today. Who wouldn't want this domain with the Quad T's, it's SimpliTerrific

So now we are in the Tweets.today competition! haha! I have not been on here much for a couple weeks, and had not noticed you had moved to Simpli/Simplii etc. Interesting that I had considered those in some extensions, but never registered any, as unsure whether Simplii Financial had trademarks that would create issues. Best of luck with all your portfolio @Bulloney!