Handpicked available names – several with 5,000+ monthly searches — DomainTweeter

Handpicked available names – several with 5,000+ monthly searches

April 22, 2010

Here are my handpicked available names for the day along with demand, CPC and some possible uses. These names are all available as 2:55PM and can be immediately registered with your favorite registrar for about $10. If you find this post useful, please consider retweeting it or signing up to my domain newsletter.

1. BirthdayDecorations.org – 14,800 monthly searches – nice fit for the .org extension

2. ComputerOfficeChair.com – 590 monthly searches, $5.06 CPC.

3. LaserSurgeryUK.com – limited keyword data for this one, however laser eye surgery uk has an estimated CPC of $12.28. Create a directory and monetize with Adsense / direct ads or sell to end user.

4. SkylinePoster.com – 480 monthly searches, $1.72 CPC. Allposters has over 6000 of these and an affiliate program.

5. LaserSurgeryRisks.com – Wouldn’t expect much type-in traffic on this one, but could be good for a development project (e.g. explain major risks of different laser surgeries and monetize with adsense or possibly lead gen).

6. BurlingtonNJ.net – (GEO) 14,800 monthly searches for Burlington, NJ.

7. BlankDiscs.net – 2400 monthly searches, $1.51 CPC. Might be a good match for using a free turnkey ecommerce platform like SmartShops.

8. HandheldScanners.org – 1900 monthly searches, $4.04 CPC. Another good candidate for SmartShops.

9. BaseboardHeaters.org – 8100 monthly searches, $2.15 CPC. Another good candidate for SmartShops.

10. TanningBooths.org – 3,600 monthly searches, $2.94 CPC. Not sure how many people still using these, but good for SEO purposes or end user resale.

Tip: Since many names I post receive simultaneous registrations, you may want to use a fast registrar and have your billing information pre-programmed. Or use a program like Roboform to fill in your information.

I’m also selling the following names today…

Borgotaro.com ($395) [GEO]
DiscountCruiseTrips.com ($195)
DiskRecoveryServices.com ($295) [$18.24 CPC – good for directory or mini site]
HomeTeethWhiteningKits.com ($295)
PopupRemovers.com ($395)
ReduceJunkmail.com ($995) [can be developed into a junkmail stopping comparison site/blog. Several affiliate programs – example]

Domains are with Moniker and are available for immediate push. To purchase, be the first to contact me with ‘SOLD’ and the name of the domain. Payment to be made via Paypal within 24 hours.

That’s it for today. If you are interested in receiving future available domains, you can subscribe to my free available domains e-mail newsletter here and follow me on Twitter at @DomainTweeter.

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Domaining Contest – Guess the right price and win 10%. — DomainTweeter

Domaining Contest – Guess the right price and win 10%.

[Update: Contest ended 3/23 at 11:59PM. Winner to be announced today at conclusion of no-reserve auction]

Hi all. I’m testing a new way to sell domains using Twitter and am offering 10% of the proceeds as a prize. Here’s the contest…

I’ll post a domain and ask people to guess how much it will sell for by sending me a tweet. The next day I’ll auction off the name in a no reserve auction on Snapnames and will paypal 10% of the sales price to the person who came closest.

I’ll be concentrating on minisite quality exact-match domains – ones with good search volume and high CPC rates. Today’s domain is: ImageBackupSoftware.com

In case you are new to domaining, the following metrics are commonly used to determine value. If you are in a rush or already know this stuff, you can click here to jump to the contest entry.

About today’s domain

ImageBackupSoftware.com is an exact category match for ‘image backup software’ a popular type of software used to backup complete hard drive images. Google’s sktool estimates this term receives 1,200 searches per month with a $3.31 CPC (cost per click) and a $2,700 Estibot appraisal. Google show 7,740,000 results and Google Shopping shows 5,564 products listed.

Because of the high demand and CPC, this domain is ideal for parking or minisite development. Its also an excellent candidate for end user resale. Existing advertisers for the key phrase include Symantec, Barracuda Networks, DoubleTake, Paragon Software, Carbonite and Acronis.

Contest details: To enter, please click here to tweet your entry. Then follow me @DomainTweeter so that we can communicate by direct message (DM). I’ll sell the domain Tuesday, March 24th via a no reserve auction on SnapNames.com. If you’re the winner, I’ll direct message you to get your paypal details and paypal 10% of the sales price to you when SnapNames credits my account. If more than one person guesses the exact price, I’ll split the 10% prize between them. All tweets must be received by Monday, March 23nd at 11:59PM EST to be count.

I don’t normally list good names with no reserve, but I’m hoping that using Twitter will bring enough publicity to this auction to justify the risk. I’d really appreciate any help retweeting this contest to help spread the word.Thanks and best of luck!

Update: Here are the entries received…

$280 @Dluzional
$325 @Dnauso
$600 @AndrewWright
$762 @LovelyLeighAnn
$855 @DanSanchez
$950 @JamesSun
$1733 @TrampArt
$1175 @DomainJuggler
$2199 @PhoneRated
$3200 @Anthonys_Book
$3921 @AceFerdnand
$4994 @CallerBrian
$5375 @IowaDawg
$12,000 @EricWard

Twitter search optimization: Will Twitter reputation become the new PageRank? — DomainTweeter

Twitter search optimization: Will Twitter reputation become the new PageRank?

May 7, 2009

Twitter just announced they are updating their real-time search to index links. If done properly, Twitter search could morph into a strong competitor to Google and may become critical in driving traffic to web sites. In this post, I’ll explain why Twitter reputation may become as important as PageRank and give specific advice you can use to improve yours.

Why is today’s announcement important?

If the predictions are right, Twitter users with excellent reputations will be able to have their sites instantly indexed and have their Tweets appear at the top of Twitter search results. This will give established Twitter users the ability to drive large amounts of traffic to their sites, especially if Twitter search becomes a major destination (or is bought by a top search engine).

Twitter search will never have the index size of Google, but it doesn’t have to. Twitter’s advantage is that it knows about events seconds after they occur (even minor ones that only effect a few people). Sure, Google News is fast, but it still needs to wait for a reporter or blogger to write up a story, edit it and post it. And most micro-stories don’t get picked up by Google news and if they do make a local paper or small blog they can take days to be indexed.

Just like Google, Twitter will need to come up with a good search algorithm and find ways to filter out spammers who try to game the system. Google relies heavily on Pagerank, site authority and incoming link analysis. Since Twitter controls their environment, they can do this without indexing and analyzing billions of pages.

Twitter’s enhanced search has not been released yet and it’s search algorithm isn’t finalized, but I like to conduct my Twitter activity as if it has. If I was writing their new algorithm, here is what I would look for…

date userid first registered (the equivalent to Google’s rewarding older domains)
percentage of tweets that are retweeted (taking into account the number of followers a user has)
number of tweets per day
percentage of tweets which are replies to other tweets (indicates taking part in conversations)
the reputation of the people you are following and the reputation of people who retweet you

I’d also put in the following ‘red flags’ to specifically demote spammy listings

threshold for the number of Twitter ids registered from same IP address
people who haven’t taken the time to update their profile picture or description
people who have included certain spammy phrases or URLs in their tweets (e.g. gain 20,000 followers in one day, etc.)
number of times a user is blocked
excessive following

This would reward established Twitter users who actively use the service. It would also discourage un-targeted mass following and neutralize the viral component of many spammy instant follower programs.

What to do today

1. If you aren’t on Twitter yet, take two minutes and register your Twitter ID.

2. If you are already on Twitter, you may want to consider the above algorithm when you use the service. Customize your avatar photo (this alone will boost the percentage of Twitter user’s who follow you). Be selective in who you follow. Take a moment to look at their profile and their last few Tweets. Just as you wouldn’t link to a spammy site, don’t reward spammy Twitter users by following them.

For more tips, you might want to read my ‘Don’t be a Twitter Twerp‘ post and follow me on Twitter.

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SheToldMe.com: 05.09.09 at 7:55 pm

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James 05.09.09 at 7:58 pm: Nice advices, I hope someone at Twitter will take them into account when developping their reputation system, because spammers trying to game the system will exploit any flaw in the Twitter reputation system’s design.

Cheers,
James
David Spinks 05.22.09 at 10:03 am: I like this algorithm prediction a lot. Mainly because it’s not based on the number of followers.That’s really what I’m afraid of, that they’ll place too much authority on the number of followers and twitter will just become useless in its lack of authenticity. Your algorithm looks like it really bases authority on who’s using twitter correctly…lets just hope Twitter agrees.

Dave

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Handpicked available com, net and us domain names – many with $7-$15 CPCs. — DomainTweeter

Handpicked available com, net and us domain names – many with $7-$15 CPCs.

April 26, 2010

Here are my handpicked available names for the day along with demand, CPC and some possible uses. These names are all available as 11:00PM and unlike pending drops, can be immediately registered with your favorite registrar for about $10. If you find this post useful, please consider retweeting it or signing up to my domain newsletter.

1. DonorTracking.com – $7.23 CPC. Good candidate for review site or end user resale.

2. T1InternetAccess.net – $14.89 CPC. Good for minisite or SEO usage

3. SiliconeBracelets.us – $1,500 Valuate.com appraisal, 12,100 monthly searches – $7.26 CPC. Good for minisite or end user resale.

4. RoyaltyFreePhotography.net – $8.78 CPC, 1000 monthly searches. Good for minisite – can be monetized by affiliate programs from sites like IStockPhoto.

5. CameraLightMeter.com – 480 monthly searches at $1.43 CPC. Good for Smartshops type site.

6.JewelryAppraisal.us – $1,100 Valuate.com appraisal, 18,100 monthly searches. Good for minisite or directory and possibly end user resale.

7. 10957.com – zip code for Lewisboro, NY. Not sure what I would do with this one, but some domainers are into zip code com’s, so I thought worth mentioning.

8. ImmersionPrograms.net – Might be interesting to make this one into a directory. Using subdomains ( e.g. Spanish.ImmersionPrograms.net) may have some SEO benefit.

9. HowMuchCanWeBorrow.com – Low volume, but $9.97 CPC. Might have some enduser potential (if marketed properly) and could make a good URL for a loan calculator.

Update: If you missed the above names, here are a few affordable .info names I am offering for sale today. All are priced at $49 (less than a drop catching service would charge) and are well suited for Adsense or affiliate use.

DebtLeads.info ($17.04 CPC)
WeatherRadios.info (10,000+ searches per month)
BackProblems.info (5,000+ searches per month)
AirlineCreditCards.info ($16.78 CPC)
FishingMagazines.info – Good for use with Magazines.com type affiliate program
HomeBasedOpportunities.info

I’m also selling the following .com names today…

DomainNameExtensions.com ($295) [$6.53 CPC, 720 monthly searches – good for minisite, can be monetized by Adsense or registrar affiliate programs]
CheapFloridaInsurance.com ($295) [$21.79 CPC – good for enduser resale]
DiskRecoveryServices.com ($295) [$18.24 CPC – good for directory or mini site]

Domains are are available for immediate push. To purchase, be the first to contact me with ‘SOLD’ and the name of the domain. Payment to be made via Paypal within 24 hours.

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Joyabo 04.27.10 at 10:23 am: Thank you for sharing those wonderful names…… Unlucky, most of them already registered moments ago..
admin 04.27.10 at 11:17 am: @Joyabo – no problem. Hope to post another batch of names tonight. If you want to be notified, you can sign up here.

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Careful – very realistic Go Daddy Phishing e-mail being sent out this hour — DomainTweeter

Careful – very realistic Go Daddy Phishing e-mail being sent out this hour

June 21, 2010

I just received three invoices (on three different e-mail accounts) from what appeared to be Godaddy. I’ve been using a few of my email accounts since the mid-nineties and am used to getting spam and phishing notices, but this one was good and almost fooled me. The notice looked real, but was for an .INFO Bulk registration for $357.00. Since the notice looked legit, the authors were probably counting on people logging in to their accounts via the included links to see if they were mistakenly billed.

Realtime search

I did a Google search to see if there was any mention, but couldn’t find anything. A Twitter search showed several reports within the last few minutes. More info (and screenshots) can be found here on Adam Helweh’s blog.

Update: Adam posted that he called GoDaddy billing. They confirmed the message was a scam and that Adam was the 10th person in a row who had just called in about this.

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John 06.21.10 at 7:35 pm: Got the same email, very authentic looking, didn’t click it because my spam filter caught it so I just logged into my GoDaddy account.

Someone is about to have GoDaddy go after them.
Go Daddy 06.21.10 at 8:07 pm: Thanks for spreading awareness. Go Daddy knows about this issue and is making sure customers know how to avoid getting caught by a phishing attempt. Check out this article for tips and info: http://community.godaddy.com/godaddy/consumer-alert-dont-be-a-victim-how-not-to-get-phished/

Alicia
Attila 06.22.10 at 8:51 am: Will Bob Parson send the GoDaddy’s girls or lawyers? If he sends the GoDaddy girls…my phishing campaign will begin which will include my place of residence on the bottom. Though I hope the GoDaddy girls don’t mind I am in Asia…

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Domaining exp. #3: Using Twitter to promote Sedo auction — DomainTweeter

Domaining exp. #3: Using Twitter to promote Sedo auction

March 30, 2009

I’m selling I’ve sold HELOCLoans.net as part of an experiment testing the effectiveness of using Twitter to promote a Sedo domain auction.

1. To help get this auction started, I’ll paypal 10% of the final sales price to the person who makes the first bid. Update: Contest winner: @FreelanceNation

2. I’ll also pick a random commenter who tweets about this auction and paypal them 5% of the final sales price. Update: Contest winner: @MylesAgnew

HELOCLoans.net: Auction ends Friday Apr/03/09 – 6:51PM EST

Overview: HELOC Loans (short for Home Equity Line of Credit Loans) are one of the most heavily searched financial terms on the Internet. Google’s sktool shows an estimated 1000 monthly searches with an average cost per click (CPC) of $7.27.

Due to it’s high demand and CPC, this domain is ideal for a mini site or end user resale to a bank. Google shows 249,000 results for ‘heloc loans’ and all of the top 5 domain extensions have been reserved for this competitive keyword.

Click here to view this listing on Sedo.

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admin 03.30.09 at 10:05 am: Post moved from previous page. People who have re-tweeted this auction as of 4/3…

http://twitter.com/christophdonath
http://twitter.com/TeenDomainer
http://twitter.com/TCusack247
http://twitter.com/FreelanceNation
http://twitter.com/mylesagnew

Update: Thank you everyone for your help promoting this domain auction. The sedo listing received over 700 views, however there was only one bidder for the name.

Contest Winners: @FreelanceNation (for pushing domain to auction) and @MylesAgnew (for retweeting)

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5 Available Exact Match Product Domains – one with $1,100 Valuate.com appraisal — DomainTweeter

5 Available Exact Match Product Domains – one with $1,100 Valuate.com appraisal

March 11, 2010

Available Names

The following exact match domains are available for hand registration and can be registered with any registrar. I have included the Valuate.com appraisal for each domain. The highest appraisal is $1,100 but all have good search demand and cost per click figures.

All are well suited for minisite development using a service like SmartShops or DevHub.

If you would like to receive more available names, please sign up for my free available names newsletter here as I will be sending out a special bonus list to my subscribers shortly.

Domains for sale

I’m also selling the following domains today via Sedo. To purchase, be the first to submit the BIN price via Sedo.

40lcd.com ($195) – 4,400 exact monthly searches, $1.34 CPC – $710 Valuate.com appraisal

46lcd.com ($295) – 6,600 exact monthly searches, $1.62 CPC – $1400 Valuate appraisal

AltoHotels.com ($495) – $3,200 Valuate appraisal, many affiliate programs to monetize with

CelebrityEyeglasses.com ($295) – $510 Valuate appraisal, Good for fashion blog / resale

FixedEquityLoans.com – ($995) $23.20 CPC – good end lead gen / user resale possibilities

That’s it for today. If you are interested in receiving future available domains…

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What I like about Latonas.com auction platform

What I like about Latonas.com auction platform | suggestions

December 15, 2009

Just got around to taking a look at Rick Latona’s new auction platform, Latonas.com and like what I see. Here’s what I think he is doing right…

1. I can see important domains stats like cost per click (CPC), exact Google searches at a glance for each listing.

This is a big time saver. If I’m considering bidding on a keyword name, the first thing I do is run it through Google’s keyword tool to see search demand and CPC. Thanks Rick for saving me some time. Hopefully, this will encourage better quality listings and bring back some frustrated buyers – no more researching hundreds of names only to find out that 95% of them have no real demand.

2. Listings and descriptions can be easily scanned from the main auction page. Much nicer than hoverable popovers or small description links that most buyers never click. It’s always surprised me how many auction platforms bury descriptions a level or two deep and make it hard for sellers to highlight the benefits of their domain and buyers to learn about each domain.

latona

3. Descriptions seem to be more metric based and less ‘fluff’. Don’t know if this is a result of system programming or good human editing, but many of the domain descriptions are actually helpful (e.g. number of incoming links and pages indexed by Google). I know these factors can change quickly when a name changes hands, but they can contribute to the value of a name and are good to be aware of.

4. Nice look at feel, including a custom graphic for each name. If a name is worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, it’s probably worth having a graphic artist spend a few minutes making up a good graphic for it. The only place I have seen this before is at DotSauce’s AQDN.com. It’s nice to see a major auction platform include this and is a very nice touch.

Suggestions

I know the site is still in beta mode, but here are a couple of features I hope they consider adding down the road…

Simplified view – I like the detailed info, but some might find it useful to have an option for quick summary view. Ideally, it would be nice to be able to cut and paste all domains listed on a page to quickly plug them into other services like Valuate.com.
Ability to export – The ability to export auction data to .csv or excel format might be helpful for some advanced domainers who have their own tracking systems.
Advanced search capability – As a big keyword domainer, I would love to have the ability to search for specific demand/CPC/etc. E.g. list all .com domains with a CPC over $2 and more than 5,000 exact searches per month.

I think it makes good sense to test the platform out with a lower volume charity auction and wish Rick and Whypark the best of luck in this week’s auction. If you are interested in trying out the system or bidding in the auction you can follow this link.

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Rick Latona 12.15.09 at 3:20 pm: Thanks for the suggestions. We’ll incorporate them.

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Results of Twitter no-reserve domain experiment — DomainTweeter

Results of Twitter no-reserve domain experiment

March 25, 2009

ImageBackupSoftware.com sold yesterday for $145 in a no-reserve SnapNames auction primarily promoted on Twitter. The winner of the domain contest was @Dluzional for his $280 guess and he will receive a paypal payment of $14.50 (10% of the sales price).

[3/30/09 Update: I’m trying a different variation of the contest using Sedo this week. Click here for details and to win 5% of sales price.]

Here’s my take on the results..

1. The name sold for a considerably lower price than expected with only 3 bidders involved. This may have been due to the name itself. This name has very good metrics and is well matched for a profitable mini site, may not have that eye-catching factor some buyers look for. I didn’t formally appraise the name before the auction , but I was anticipating it would sell for a minimum of $500.

2. I was very pleased with the exposure the listing received. I tweeted about the auction to my 900 followers and many domainers (@NameSugar, @Yofie, @DanSanchez @ebusinessnames) were nice enough to re-tweet my posts to my their combined list of 1600+ followers. As a result, I’m pretty sure most domainers who were on Twitter yesterday knew about the auction. My stats show that in the final hours more than 100 people clicked through to my blog and auction listing pages.

3. The auction process itself was pretty buggy. Snapnames was having intermittent problems in the morning and many attempts to view the auction were failing. In the final minute of the auction, my control panel showed the auction closed at $25. I announced this but a friend tweeted back saying he was seeing 3 minutes left with a $145 current bid. After viewing screenshots, we realized that we were seeing two different things. Not very comforting for a live auction. I hope this will improve as I am a big fan of Moniker.com and like their tight integration with SnapName’s market place.

What’s next?

I’m pleased with the experiment in general and plan on doing it again next week. I received some helpful comments about the contest and am considering changing it to make it a little more domainer friendy. I’m going to work with Snapnames to see if we can avoid some of the glitches that were encountered. And I’m going to pay special attention to the next batch of names, focusing on ones that have both great metrics and eye-appeal.

In the mean time, you can usually find me on Twitter every day at @DomainTweeter – where I tweet about domaining and give away the available domain of the da y. Please feel free to send me a Tweet or DM introuducing yourself.

Hoping to get some additional feedback…

I’m pretty new to blogging (this blog is about two weeks old), but wanted to try to use the comment section of this post to learn more about what you are looking for. If you have a second was hoping you might be able to answer one or more of the following..

Were you aware of the domaining contest?
Can you think of any specific ways to improve it?
What did you think of the domain that was listed?
What type of names are you interested in?
Any other comments or suggestions?

Thanks!

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Brian Diener 03.25.09 at 5:12 am: Hey, I was the winner of the auction and without twitter I would have not heard of the auction. I thought the name would sell for more but it was really buggy, for me it stopped on less the 1 min left for like 10 min. I really like the idea, and I love the blog. I am @teendomainer on Twitter and I’ll be sure to RT the next auction. You might want to try a longer contest time not just 1 day.

Thanks

Brian
admin 03.25.09 at 7:55 am: Hi Brain. Thanks for posting and congratulations on the name. I was having a lot of problems with SnapNames as well. I didn’t write about it, but the name was originally listed incorrectly and was not able to go live as early as I had planned. I like SnapNames’ ability to schedule the specific days of an auction, but since reliability is a concern, I may run a few small test auctions this week before I use them for another good name.

Another choice would be to use Sedo by having someone push the name to their three day auction process. This would go well with your suggestion for a longer auction period.

Was wondering if anyone else had any experience with a good auction service that could do 1 day auctions and handle payment/escrow? I’d really rather not do it in house unless I have to.
Brian Diener 03.25.09 at 8:33 am: ebay 1 day never goes down
Dan Sanchez 03.25.09 at 8:34 am: Congratulations on the sale! Looks like Brian Teen Domainer and I will be working on a case study with the domain pretty soon so we can track the progress of development, as well as seeing the value of the domain grow over time which will help you use this first domain as an example of your exemplary ability to pick domains.

Looking forward to the next auction!

Dan
Kevin Jackson 03.25.09 at 8:52 am: I learnt about the contest and experiment from your blog. I agree with Brian’s comment. The auction was too short, and this impeded the chances of getting the word out or having more eyeballs reading the tweets in time to participate.

ImageBackupSoftware.com is an OK domain name, but not one that I would be excited about. It is a bit lengthy, and I am not sure if there are actually Image Backup Software, as any other back software would do well for images.

Nonetheless, am glad that the domain attracted bids and sold for more than $100. That should give you the motivation to proceed with the concept and to expand on the promotion as much as possible.

In terms of domains that you could auction, well simply put, domains with resale values and enough commercial appeal.

You should stress that these auctions are Zero-Reserve, as this sort of auction is geeting everyone excited these days.
admin 03.25.09 at 9:51 am: Dan, that’s great news. I’ve seen the great work you do and look forward to seeing what you and Brian can do with this name. Please keep me posted!

Brian: I usually try to stay away from eBay for major domain sales. Maybe it’s just me, but I think most domainers would rather deal with a sedo,snapnames,afternic or even a Godaddy tdnam auction instead eBay. It was also my impression that there is somewhat less seller protection on eBay. If your experience differs, I would be very interested to hear. I’ve used eBay for non-domain transactions and do appreciate the ease and stability of their system.

Kevin: thanks for your suggestions. I tend to agree that the short time frame may be inadvisable. My original concept was to keep it exciting – a 24 hour contest, rolling right into a 24 hour auction. I’m going to test a number of different factors and see how much timing/auction venue effects results. Was wondering what you thought of listing the name with Sedo and automatically pushing it to a 3 day auction upon first offer?

Thanks for the suggestions about possible domain types. I may choose a more well known product or service name next time. I think ImageHardwareSoftware.com has great metrics for a very specific niche audience actively searching for it. However the fact I had to explain it to many of my non-tech friends, makes me think it might not have been the ideal choice to lead in with.
Dluzional 03.26.09 at 4:01 am: Congrats on the somewhat success of the experiment, and I also sent you an email, regarding the winning bids…and thanks again,

You have to remember that Twitter is still relatively new for a lot of people, and the majority of the twits (wow you really can use that in a sentence and not be dissing anyone) are relatively young, and more interested in what britney’s wearing, and who’s doing who, and didja hear about. I’m getting in my car, I’m getting out of my car, I’m walking to get a coffee…etc.comments.

It could be a useful tool, but as with anything, the learning curve metric is there…
and as with anything, it’ll take a bit to catch on, as most domainers, hard core or not, still feel comfortable using their own tools, and research.

But the fact that this is yet another avenue to find a name, research that name, and find out where it is for auction, is nothing but good.

Keep it up, this may be the start of a category of sorts for twitter to enhance upon.
D
admin 03.26.09 at 8:15 am: Thanks Dluzional. It definitely is a timing issue and it looks like domainer usage is really ramping up. For example, in the last 2 weeks the number of domainers who have tagged themselves at wefollow.com has gone from 25 to 56. Also, please DM me your paypal info so I can send you the prize.

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9 Available Domains and why I like them – 6/30/09 — DomainTweeter

9 Available Domains and why I like them – 6/30/09

June 30, 2009

Here are some available names I came across today and why I like them. All are available for registration as of 10:00 EST tonight.

1. CollegeLifeCoaching.com

$10.51 CPC. Low monthly volume, but growing niche and net/org/info versions already taken. Could be used by a life coach to offer college life coaching (like this) or might make a good minisite for people trying to find a life coaching college.

2. PortableInkjet.com

.Net version already registered. Cost per click is $6.20 CPC, search volume 210 searches per month. Over 17,000 exact Google matches and 176 exact Google Product matches.

3. Geo hotel domains

Here are several geo hotel domains with good search volume. Might be worth developing mini sites for and monetizing with an affiliate program like this.

a. BaskingRidgeHotel.com (720/searches per month, $3.62 CPC) | examples

b. EastBrunswickHotel.com (1300/searches per month, $2.48 CPC) | examples

c. HamdenHotel.com (720/searches per month, $2.77 CPC) | examples

d. JerseyCityHotels.net (12,100/searches per month, $2.95 CPC)| examples

e. FarmingtonHotels.net (12,100/searches per month, $2.91 CPC) | examples

4. BiomedicalJobs.org

5,400 searches per month, $2.40 CPC. .Com/net/mobi/uk versions already taken. Over 100,000 exact match Google searches.

5. AutomobileDealers.us

8,100 searches per month, $2.52 CPC. Over 3 million exact Google matches. Nice domain for a directory site and makes good sense with the .us domain. Com/net/org/info/mobi/uk/cn versions taken.

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admin 06.30.09 at 6:33 pm: 10:30PM Update: 5 of the 9 domains have been registered in the past half hour.

The following domains are still available:

EASTBRUNSWICKHOTEL.COM
BASKINGRIDGEHOTEL.COM
HAMDENHOTEL.COM
BIOMEDICALJOBS.ORG
admin 06.30.09 at 6:37 pm: 10:35PM Update: 8 of the 9 domains have been registered since my 10:00 post. BIOMEDICALJOBS.ORG is still available.
admin 07.01.09 at 4:39 am: 8:30AM Update: All 9 domains have been registered. If you’d like to receive
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Available for registration: 15 names valued at $4,210 by Valuate.com (part 1/2) — DomainTweeter

Available for registration: 15 names valued at $4,210 by Valuate.com (part 1/2)

December 4, 2009

I came across some available exact match .com names today and thought it would be interesting to run them through Francois’ new Valuate.com service.

Here is an overview of the results…

The appraisals varied from $110 – $680
Total appraisal for all 15 names was $4,210
Highest CPC was $11.50

All names are currently available for registration as of the time of this post. Here is a screenshot listing 7 of the domains:
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If you would like to see an advance copy of the 8 additional domains (obscured above), signup for my free e-mail newsletter here. I’ll be sending out part two of this post to my subscribers before publishing it.

In the meantime, you might want to check out my latest site – DomainingMindmap.com, my personal mindmap containing the domaining tools I use to find, develop and sell domains.

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Available names for saturday and a few auction picks — DomainTweeter

Available names for saturday and a few auction picks

February 27, 2010

Available Names

The following exact match domains are available as of the time of this post for hand registration and can be registered with any registrar. All have Valuate.com appraisals of over $500 and are suitable for development or resale.

1. NappyChangingBag.com – Valuate appraisal of $1400. Product examples. Notes: Would be a great candidate to list on BargainDomains. As you can see in the above graphic, since it meets their requirements ($1000+ appraisal with sufficient search volume, the ‘Sell It’ button will let you immediately list it there.

2. CeramicBracelet.com – Valuate appraisal of $960. Here are some product examples and a list of manufacturers.

3. WirelessComputer.us – Valuate appraisal of $730. 1900 Google searches per month at $3.21 per click.

Auction Picks

I also wanted to include a few interesting auctions I came across this morning..

1. DoubleBeds.com (Godaddy Auctions) – Valuate.com appraisal of $60,000 – current bid of $501. This phrase receives over 14,000 monthly searches on Google with an average CPC of $1.59.

2. WallRacks.com (Godaddy Auctions) – Valuate appraisal of $6,000 – current bid of $15. This phrase receives over 18,000 monthly searches on Google with an average CPC of $2.27.

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.AU Dropcatching – Investigating the possibilities — DomainTweeter

.AU Dropcatching – Investigating the possibilities

February 17, 2010

Just added Drop.com.au to my domaining mindmap after reading today’s post by OzDomainer . This is a domain space I’ve largely overlooked, so I thought I would spend a few minutes to see if I’m missing out on a lucrative market segment.

I started by looking at some of the recent .au sales listed on Drop.com.au…

carparts.com.au	$18,011
printing.com.au	$9,221
motorhomes.com.au	$5,556
currencytrading.com.au	$5,205
livemusic.com.au	$4,501
financialadvisor.com.au	$3,889
audiobooks.com.au	$3,501
motorsport.com.au	$2,531
windturbines.com.au	$2,001

I’m not too familiar with .au pricing, so I ran the list through valuate.com and came up with the following…

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Next, I wanted to see more aftermarket sales, so I used a few of the historical pricing resources from my mindmap.

I started with one of my favorite resources, NameBio.com which I use frequently for .com valuations, however it only contained the following 4 .au sales….

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It’s always good to try a few different tools, so next I used DomainTools historical pricing tool which located the following high dollar sales…

ausaleshistory

Summary

Based on my quick research, it looks like there are some interesting opportunities in the .au namespace. If you’d like to get involved, Drop.com.au offers drop catching memberships for a one time fee of $250.00 AUD with a no-catch no-pay guarantee. They also offer an aftermarket auction membership for $9.95 AUD.

I also came across DNTrade.com.au, a domaining forum dedicated to the .au namespace.

As with any namespace, before making significant purchases, you may want to investigate development potential including current search demand and CPC for .au businesses as well as possible monetization options (as they are likely to differ from US based businesses due to shipping concerns and other factors).

Finding additional domain tools

If you are interested in seeing some of the other tools I use to find, develop and monetize domains you can explore my Domaining Mindmap here.

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wix.it 02.17.10 at 7:16 pm: the cctlds dropcatcher are the next place to be in….
Michael 02.20.10 at 1:46 am: If you’re looking for sales history of .au names, we have kept a list over the past 2 years,
http://www.dntrade.com.au/domain-sales-list-2009-t337.html
http://www.dntrade.com.au/domain-sales-list-2008-t118.html

Some very great opportunities to buy .au domains.
admin 02.20.10 at 9:03 am: @Michael Great lists – thanks for posting them.

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New domaining resource: DomainingMindmap.com — DomainTweeter

New domaining resource: DomainingMindmap.com

October 8, 2009

If you are interested in what domaining tools I use to buy, sell and monetize domain names, I’ve decided to open up my private domaining mindmap to the domainer community and have just launched a new site called DomainingMindmap.com.

In case you haven’t used a mindmap before, it’s an organized brain dump about a subject. A good mindmap can be invaluable when trying to master a body of knowledge. I created DomainingMindmap by reviewing my past 15 years of domaining bookmarks and notes and add to it on a daily basis as I discover new tools. My mindmap currently has 512 topics with notes and annotated links to hundreds of tools including…

Domain Research – Keyword research, link popularity, traffic, domain pricing, geo tools, site history, business research and trademark tools.
Minisite Development and Domain Monetization – Domain parking, mini site development services, graphic designers, copyrighting and content authors.
Registering new domains – Domain suggestion and generation tools, bulk check tools and domainer friendly registrars.
Catching expired names – Understanding the drop process, determining which names are dropping, and determining the best way to backorder names.
Buying and selling domains – Recommended marketplaces, domain brokers,appraisal services and tools to find end users.
Domaining blogs, news, forums and guides as well as Twitter domaining tools.
Domain conference information, accounting, financing and domain management tools.

I’ve tried to structure the mindmap so that it can be easily browsed and hope it will be helpful to new domainers as well as seasoned pros. It’s currently in beta mode, so any feedback or suggestions are much appreciated!

Thanks.

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Compiling a list of exact match .com keyword domains. — DomainTweeter

Compiling a list of exact match .com keyword domains.

November 20, 2010

I’m currently putting together a list of exact match .com keyword domains which I’ll be offering for sale at domainer/resale prices. The list will include generic product names, high demand CPC names and some good directory quality names. Also some traffic/revenue names and a few minisites / e-commerce storefronts – some with top 10 Google rankings and original content.

If you’re interested in receiving an advance copy of the list or are looking to buy certain types of names (specific keywords/niches, high CPC, geo, etc.), email me or DM me on Twitter.

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TeenDomainer 11.20.10 at 5:38 pm: I would love a copy
Elise 11.21.10 at 2:53 am: So would I.
Peter 11.22.10 at 3:57 am: Me too.
Kevin 11.22.10 at 8:29 pm: Me three
Domain Hammer 12.10.10 at 10:08 am: send me a copy too.

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