Another "What Would YOU Do With This Domain" Question

9 years ago

I think its a waste. Tion, really?

Too many sub domains to type...

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PhilCarson 9 years ago

Agreed. But the subdomain possibilities are massive, marketing wise.
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ryanbiddulph

9 years ago

Hi Phil,

I think it'd have tons of potential.....without that first dot

Not sure if people will be typing in the first dot anytime soon. But that's just me.

I'd deep six 'em and pick something memorable, easy to remember and most importantly, a domain you feel passionate about because your passion is where that monster potential is.

All the best!

Ryan

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Simon Nilsson

9 years ago

I'd use this in such a way that people dont have to type in the domain from memory, since remembering that first dot would be really tough.

Maybe put it on a business card or physical marketing items, like an invitation to the "playstation club" or something. So that people could look at the actual text and chuckle because its a neat domain ^.^

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Monkmoney

9 years ago

Its clever thinking, don't ever be ridiculed for clever thinking

As for what to do with it, well you said yourself..just try something out

With the internet, people don't always have to remember or type in the address if theres a link for them to click =)

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PhilCarson

9 years ago

Exactly - marketing potential. But it needs to be a clickable link, otherwise it's "usability" gets lost.

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Steve B

9 years ago

Phil,

Why did you register the name in the first place? Surely you had some idea of what you would do with it.

The flaw in your thinking . . . "the subdomain possibilities are massive, marketing wise" . . . IMO, is that there is a solid marketing angle or premise that you can profitably exploit. I have no idea what that might be - and apparently you don't either.

I can't think on one good reason why someone would want to invest in or spend effort working on a subdomain that they didn't control. Unless you come up with a one-in-a-million idea like Facebook or Twitter (it's not going to happen, sorry) I would just drop the domain and focus your effort on a business you can create and run.

I've owned many, many domains that I bought on a whim because I thought they had great potential. Nearly every one I have just dropped because I never got around to developing them.

Steve

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Frank Donovan

9 years ago

My inclina.tion would be to agree that this domain is probably next to worthless.

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Alexa Smith

Banned 9 years ago

I'm going to admit ("Woe, alas, what? In public?!?!") that I'm a fellow-enthusiast, with Phil, of domain-names which are fun and clever, because you can do some really interesting things with the sub-domains.

I have a little experience of registering these, and a very little experience of managing to sell them profitably. OMG, they're difficult to market, while boring domain-names are so easy!

I have a lot more experience of letting them expire unsold or putting them in GoDaddy/Namecheap auctions/market at stupidly low prices because I can't get rid of them.

I like them. I think they're underrated and replete with potential.

The problem is that I don't have either the time or the inclination to do anything "clever" with them, myself (it's the idea that appeals to me, not its execution

), and unfortunately the number of people who share my enthusiasm for them is too small to make them collectively viable.

A shame, but there it is.

I'm afraid the guys posting above are all probably right, Phil.

(And when you see Frank, Jeff and Steve all saying the same thing, that's so solid that you can more or less build a house on them being right, anyway, in my experience.

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Steve B

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Alexa Smith

The problem is that I don't have either the time or the inclination to do anything "clever" with them, myself (it's the idea that appeals to me, not its execution)

Lexy,

Could there be a viable and legitimate business here?

Someone creative and full of great ideas like you to come up with a stable full of clever domains that you register. Then you explain exactly what you would do with them, the business model, monetization strategy, and the perfect prospect audience. You thoroughly explain the rationale for the business type and the best keywords. Then you flip the domain along with your analysis of it.

Surely there are "implementation" mentality folks that would appreciate the creativity (which they don't have). They would have a running start on a great business domain if they were able to share your vision.

Just thinking out loud here.

Steve

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Alexa Smith Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Steve B

Lexy,

Could there be a viable and legitimate business here?

Thank you, Steve. I've sometimes wondered: I don't know.

I suspect that it's a bit experimental, and (just in terms of "opportunity-cost") relatively hard to monetize. In other words, to me, it's so much less of a sure thing than what I already do for a living that as a commercial proposition it perhaps "shouldn't" really interest me that much. Overall, I prefer to do what I do now and get that kind of input by doing the newspaper crosswords and so on, each day.

I think there are similar opportunities with other extensions, not even depending on subdomains, too?

I once went all through the ".in" domains that make up English words (they cost almost nothing to register, at the time), thinking that many might have some potential. All it takes is a crossword-solver's "reverse order dictionary" and a VA with not much to do but "checking availability" for a couple of days.

(I still own quite a few of them! ).

Things like selling "chestpa.in" to cardiologists/companies with an interest in heart disease, and so on. (That's not one of mine: just an example.)

There are actually many "opportunities" like this, with domain-names (including the .me domains, among several others).

But who knows how commercially viable they are, really? I've dabbled in them, a bit, and I don't know.

I suspect they could easily turn out to be disappointing, overall? "Appealing" though they are?

It's interesting, but I'm "just saying": it's also easy to be distracted by hard-to-monetize personal enthusiasms, in this game?! Call me a spoilsport, but perhaps I'm too commercially minded/conservative for large-scale "experiments".

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- Steve B 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Alexa Smith
  
  I suspect they could easily turn out to be disappointing, overall? "Appealing" though they are?
  
  You are probably right. To a large degree "creative types" . . . artists, photographers, sculptors, actors, designers, musicians, and even writers (maybe to a lesser degree) . . . haven't unlocked the power of online business as a profitable vehicle for wealth just yet. Most of these "artists" are employed by other companies that pay them for applying their skills within the company setting.
  
  Maybe the entrepreneur that figures out how to give these people a way to be paid online for their talent will be the one to make a fortune. I think the demand is there within the "artist" community.
  
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sbucciarel

Banned 9 years ago

I woudn't want it but if there's a reason you bought it, use it and see. It won't be worth registration fee if you don't. It's not a domain with a subdomain that will be memorable to people. They would have to click on it from a link most likely. That's a drawback.