domain VEUP.COM - IT DROPPED - I CATCHED IT!. High traffic it seems

[rawandy]

For a while back I saw that "Veup.com" was listed on Snapnames, I noticed that the site was developed and had been running since 2005 with basicly the same big chinese site. (40 sites in history on archive.org, so it has been updated frequently).

I picked up this domain yesterday, and today (after 12hours or less), i've recived above 239 unique hits on Sedo.

Im really looking forward to see how many hits there are in 1day, but im guessing around 500 or more.

Here's a buffer of the old site:
VeUp.com

The term "Veup.com" has 941 results in google, apperantly many sites have links and so on to it!.


Info from UrlTrends:

Current Rankings:
PageRank: 1/10
Alexa Rank: 6,872,105

Incoming Google Links: 0
Incoming Yahoo Links: 0
Incoming MSN Links: 0
Incoming Alexa Links: 37
Overall Incoming Links: 37 (Overlap is possible - Estimated 37 unique links)
Outgoing Links: 91 (Ratio: 0.000% - Each Link Receives Approx. 0.009 PR) [ View History ]

Snatched from Estibot.com:

Domain veup.com
Keywords veup
Frequency 956
Anchor Text 2,940
Title 108
Backlinks 118

 

[mmurch03]

Nice catch! I'd value it at mid to high $xxx due to the traffic and pronouncibility. What are you going to do with it?

 

[xman]

Good catch rawandy

 

[rawandy]

Nice catch! I'd value it at mid to high $xxx due to the traffic and pronouncibility. What are you going to do with it?

Thanks mmurch03, to be honest, I have no clue at all!.

Im soon going to sell RC planes/helis/boats and all that other good stuff internationally, I only have a site thats mainly Norwegian right now, but im not sure if this could be used for that purpose. Another thing is that I havent found out what "Ve and Up" should stand for if I were gonna use it.

Thanks again, values/opinions and development plans are very appreciated!.

Andree

 

[ulasbbtr]

how do you catch it? in order to catch domains should we use companies like snapnames or is there an alternative way? For example, I knew a domain was dropping, and that day I made whois checks almost once in every hour, it shows no change and tomorrow it showed domain belonging to someone else. Was my method or attempt for catching wrong?

 

[OctaneInv]

The traffic won't last long, so you can't really rely on traffic to help the value of the name.

I would say high xx to low xxx for right now.

Nice catch.

 

[rawandy]

how do you catch it? in order to catch domains should we use companies like snapnames or is there an alternative way? For example, I knew a domain was dropping, and that day I made whois checks almost once in every hour, it shows no change and tomorrow it showed domain belonging to someone else. Was my method or attempt for catching wrong?

Hi ulasbbtr.

Yes, if you really want a domain thats dropping, you'll almost certain that it will be picked up by a company like snapnames, except if its a country cctld domain. Snapnames and most others only do .com/net/org/info/co.uk and so on, basicly the domains that hold any value.

You have snapnames/pool/tdnam and im sure there are alot of others, but I belive that these are the biggest ones. I only use Snapnames, I dont like the support on tdnam, and I dident like the layout on pool, so there are probably a few domains that go past me, since I only use Snap, but thats ok for me.

Thanks Xman

Does anyone else agree with the appraisal to mmurch03 ?!

Thanks,
Andree

 

[rawandy]

The count stopped at 394 unique hits!. Isnt that much, but, it isnt that bad either, if it keeps that up, hopefully goes up and down to this, it will be around 11-14k with visitors each month.

This does increase the value dosent it?.

I cant seem to find a way to see where the visitors are coming from etc, as i've mentioned, I have it parked at Sedo atm.

Thanks, hoping to hear someone elses opinion on this .

Andree

 

[whitebark]

Hits are nice but the real value is in any revenue earned! Expired Chinese traffic can be hard to convert.

 

[rawandy]

The traffic won't last long, so you can't really rely on traffic to help the value of the name.

I would say high xx to low xxx for right now.

Nice catch.

Thanks OctaneInv!. Well, there isnt anyone saying that the traffic will suddenly dissapear either, as it could be typein traffic!. However, if I want the traffic to continue, I need a development plan quick.

Thanks again for all the inputs, appreciated.

Andree

 

[buckshotdots]

Google analytics is a good source of info as to where your traffic is coming from (and free as well). Nice catch BTW.

gary-

 

[rawandy]

Google analytics is a good source of info as to where your traffic is coming from (and free as well). Nice catch BTW.

gary-

Thanks Roy & Gary!. I may set up that later (google analytics), I mean if the traffic continues, either that or i'll develope it quickly. Im very interested in starting a RC store nationwide. . Much more customers!.

Thanks again,
Andree

 

[StudioWorks]

The count stopped at 394 unique hits!. Isnt that much, but, it isnt that bad either, if it keeps that up, hopefully goes up and down to this, it will be around 11-14k with visitors each month.

This does increase the value dosent it?.

I cant seem to find a way to see where the visitors are coming from etc, as i've mentioned, I have it parked at Sedo atm.

Thanks, hoping to hear someone elses opinion on this .

Andree

How much revenue did 394 unique hits earned you ?

 

[rawandy]

How much revenue did 394 unique hits earned you ?

06/19/07 394 Views
06/20/07 136 Views

I've earned $0.00 on this traffic, but then again, it's parked at Sedo, so what do you expect? hehe. I have around 100 domains listed there, hmm, earned 20euros in two years, thats good.

As you probably understood, I dont like Sedo parking that much, I practicly think it sucks.

Andree

 

[champ_rock]

yes it all depends on the revenue that you have earned. and the whether the traffic is sustainable.

 

[rawandy]

yes it all depends on the revenue that you have earned. and the whether the traffic is sustainable.

Thanks Champ!.

However, how much do you guys think the domain in itself is worth?
It is worth mid xx atleast right?.

Thanks,
Andree

 

[champ_rock]

Thanks Champ!.

However, how much do you guys think the domain in itself is worth?
It is worth mid xx atleast right?.

Thanks,
Andree

yes, if we assume that the domain does not earn any revenue then we can say that it will be worth midXX because it is a nice premium pronunciable name

 

[rawandy]

Thanks again, you really are a Champ! hehe.

But I must be honest, in my humble opinion it's worth atleast low xxx.
Easy to remember and somewhat pronouncable.

I would atleast have paid low xxx myself for it. Don't take this the wrong way, everyones entitled to an opinion, and I appreciate every word everyone has mentioned here .

Now I need to find a way to make money out of the traffic im getting!

Cheers,
Andree

 

[rawandy]

06/19/07 394 Views
06/20/07 337 Views
06/21/07 268 Views
06/22/07 234 Views
06/23/07 218 Views
06/24/07 243 Views
06/25/07 303 Views
06/26/07 294 Views
06/27/07 316 Views
06/28/07 261 Views
2,930 Views collectively



This is the traffic stats from Sedo!.

I've only had one click, I earned 0.4€ on it.

Not sure what keyword I should use on it, i've tried "free sms" for a couple of days now without improvement.

Dosent this traffic increase the value of the domain?. Traffic and easy to remember should give this domain a nice value IMO.

Thanks,
Andree

 

[jarmas]

Oh Chinese traffic! Hire me! :P I can develop chinese sites for you to bring in even greater traffic