Got simple idea from warriorforum and earned £5700 for doing nothing

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Hello Warriors,

Someone was talking here a while ago that he made livings from registering / selling domain names. It made me think I can try to be registering appealing domain names as well but couldn't end up with any.

but then

there was a nationally known personality in one of the Asian countries,,,, few weeks ago, she got international fame, she came up in the news around the world, Almost all international electronic / printed media picked her story and give her lots of respect [ I won't discuss more about her here as it might be against the forum rules]

The second day, I registered 7 domain names about her. All 7 domain names came up under £35.

Week ago, I was contacted,, if I was interested to sell these domain names by someone in US. After negotiations, He bought all 7 domains for £5700.
I couldn't believe that it can be so simple. I am sure if I had kept those domain names for long, I might have sold them on higher price later but still it was a great cheque for doing nothing...

Guys, Keep an eye, there might be something such around you, you never know..

Thousands times thanks to that post here in warrior forum which gave me an idea about selling domain names..

Thanks warriors, Thanks again for giving me an idea.

Added;
few of the posts below have suggested that it is risky to register such domain names. [registeting domain names on celebrities names]

In my opinion if worse come to worse, one can always give it away to them or sale it back to them on reasonable price. Also if the trouble comes, simply don't sale it. If you don't sale it, no one can prosecute you for registering any sort of domain names.

In the above case, it wasn't the person mentioned who bought those domain names from me but a third party in US.

I think one has to take a bit risk and make bold decision to make money.

For argument sake; Warriors, Is it really that risky to be doing so..?

Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Congrats on that sale. Hope you have many more.
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  • Profile picture of the author Confined To Life
    Motivational. You're quite the opportunist, I think you'll go far.
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick
    Congratulations. This sounds like one of the "push button" ways to earn money with some exchange of emails.
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  • Profile picture of the author butters
    You should watch 60 minuets, I found a lot of domains from there !! Just have Godaddy or what ever provider you use at the ready !!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Richard Tunnah
    That's great. However without raining on your parade some public figures/celebs have sued for their domain name. The argument goes they believe you are using their brand to make money.

    Meat Loaf Sues Impersonator for Cybersquatting

    Its all over the place in the world of celebrity domains - Hybrid Domainer
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  • Profile picture of the author NickSway
    That's really sweet! Just goes to show you a little bit of "doing" actually goes a long way. Congrats!
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  • Profile picture of the author dukegman
    Oh My God, that is really insane. I cant believe how much powerful luck is. I wish you repeat this success again in future. Congratulations for this time and good luck for your future :-)
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    • Profile picture of the author Mic Jo
      Merry Xmas. You were lucky and success carries a dose of that.
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  • Opportunism at its best nothing wrong with that in my book. A bit cheesy, but valid.
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  • Profile picture of the author petemcal
    Pretty nice story, although seen as how EMD and PMD are taking a pounding I think this value is questionable. However just like anything it's worth what someone is willing to pay for it!

    Congratulations and best of luck rolling out this strategy.
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  • Profile picture of the author dengkane
    Great idea!

    Yes, there will be new famous people popup here and there, and it will provide great opportunities.
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  • You are really smart. Congratulations on your sale, you deserve it!
    Although this technique is never a guarantee, and you have to risk it. But then, every marketing technique in the internet has no guarantees. You just chose a more risky path, so you deserve the cash. Grats again!
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  • Profile picture of the author artion
    Nice story man, congrats , was those domains filled with content ?
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  • Profile picture of the author WillR
    I wish I had registered 'psy.com'.

    I could have sold it to porn companies or a Korean popstar.
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  • Profile picture of the author cooler1
    That is great. Though it sounds difficult to replicate. What is the chances of someone contacting you offering a high fee after you buying some cheap domains.

    How did you decide which 7 domains to choose? Were they just variations of her name?
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    • Profile picture of the author datingworld
      Originally Posted by cooler1 View Post

      That is great. Though it sounds difficult to replicate. What is the chances of someone contacting you offering a high fee after you buying some cheap domains.

      How did you decide which 7 domains to choose? Were they just variations of her name?
      The domain names were random selection of her name along with .com, .net, .org

      when you buy a domain name from domain registrar, they are all cheap, now when there is a demand for some domain names, people will pay higher prices for it depending on the demand of the domain name. I presumed the domain names registered would be used to launch some sort biography sites for the lady / and also may be a foundation named after the lady. So that' why they bought them on higher prices,, good for me,, isn't it
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  • Profile picture of the author seriousjake
    Congrats on your sale. Fantastic ROI. These websmarts are going to be very useful for you. However, I'd advise you not to get carried away and think that's all it takes.

    You'd need to come up with a system/business model based around your success to replicate it otherwise it will just be a matter of time before your write this off as a one time thing.

    Unless of course, you're content with it being a one-time thing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Al amin
    Congrats!!! Now its your turn to make those dollar count. Invest wisely and make more money online...
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  • Profile picture of the author sf_Imtiaz
    Now that's inspiring, congrats! and here I was being overly cautious of infringing on someone's copyright.

    I explicitly avoid picking domains with celebrity names, guess it doesn't hurt to take a little risk after all.
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  • Profile picture of the author J. Barry Mandel
    Congrats and that's awesome, but I feel like you are leaving out some information...

    You were contacted how? They went to one of the URL's, saw that the domain name was taken and then contacted you??

    Did you change the homepages to reflect that the 7 domain names were for sale?

    etc.

    Week ago, I was contacted,, if I was interested to sell these domain names by someone in US. After negotiations, He bought all 7 domains for £5700.
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    • Profile picture of the author sunray
      Originally Posted by Justin Mandel View Post

      Congrats and that's awesome, but I feel like you are leaving out some information...

      You were contacted how? They went to one of the URL's, saw that the domain name was taken and then contacted you??
      Domain whois gives all the info you need. Even with private whois it is still possible to send email to the owner of the domain.
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      • Profile picture of the author datingworld
        Originally Posted by Justin Mandel View Post

        Congrats and that's awesome, but I feel like you are leaving out some information...

        You were contacted how? They went to one of the URL's, saw that the domain name was taken and then contacted you??

        Did you change the homepages to reflect that the 7 domain names were for sale?

        etc.
        I presumed they tried to register domain name on her name and found out that domain name is already registered, I didnt go for privacy for those domain name because I wanted someone to contact me for buying them

        and also from whois [As stated by Sunray below] anyone can get owner's information if domain names don't have a privacy.

        Originally Posted by sunray View Post

        Domain whois gives all the info you need. Even with private whois it is still possible to send email to the owner of the domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author Brains Gone Wild
    nicely done! congrats, now go buy some more!
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    Congrats on your sale and profit! Thats why I like to trade with domains

    I would just add, TM and personal names could be risky investment. You had luck this time and thats great.
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      Awesome dude ! Congratulations....
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    Well done, bro. Congrats. Nice Holiday Gift, huh?

    Some movie came to my mind "Just My Luck". Though you've done your homework with this one, there's still a hand from luck in this case. Not all people are lucky when it comes to this part:


    Originally Posted by datingworld View Post

    Week ago, I was contacted,, if I was interested to sell these domain names by someone in US. After negotiations, He bought all 7 domains for £5700.
    ^^^ that was the icing on the cake!!
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Ten
    Wow. That is pretty amazing. Good job!
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  • Profile picture of the author moreno
    take action at the best !!!
    Hard to believe you don't get problem with the star for using the name but anyway great inspiration .
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    Your are doing something. You think and buy.

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  • Profile picture of the author Elion Makkink
    Nice one!

    You could hit refresh on Twitter, Google News & Trends and look for *.com gems!
    Potential business but very dependent on current events / celebrities.
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    • Profile picture of the author writeaway
      Originally Posted by Elion Makkink View Post

      Nice one!

      You could hit refresh on Twitter, Google News & Trends and look for *.com gems!
      Potential business but very dependent on current events / celebrities.
      You can also track many industry leading blogs and mine their word usage for domain name ideas.
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      • Profile picture of the author Cade21
        Congratulations. You deserve to be rewarded for seeing an opportunity and having the juevos to take action. Nice job.
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    Originally Posted by datingworld View Post

    Hello Warriors,

    Someone was talking here a while ago that he made livings from registering / selling domain names. It made me think I can try to be registering appealing domain names as well but couldn't end up with any.

    but then

    there was a nationally known personality in one of the Asian countries,,,, few weeks ago, she got international fame, she came up in the news around the world, Almost all international electronic / printed media picked her story and give her lots of respect [ I won't discuss more about her here as it might be against the forum rules]

    The second day, I registered 7 domain names about her. All 7 domain names came up under £35.

    Week ago, I was contacted,, if I was interested to sell these domain names by someone in US. After negotiations, He bought all 7 domains for £5700.
    I couldn't believe that it can be so simple. I am sure if I had kept those domain names for long, I might have sold them on higher price later but still it was a great cheque for doing nothing...

    Guys, Keep an eye, there might be something such around you, you never know..

    Thousands times thanks to that post here in warrior forum which gave me an idea about selling domain names..

    Thanks warriors, Thanks again for giving me an idea.
    Nice move...cyber-squatting rules!
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  • Profile picture of the author daddykool
    @DW

    Nice example of putting crazy IM related ideas into practice, even though everyone else thinks they are REALLY crazy!

    Hope that you, as all us DN investors to, put 75% of your total profit back into the next viral niche or person!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author mdan287
    there was a nationally known personality in one of the Asian countries,,,, few weeks ago, she got international fame, she came up in the news around the world, Almost all international electronic / printed media picked her story and give her lots of respect [ I won't discuss more about her here as it might be against the forum rules]
    Congrats! I guess,I got her name
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  • Profile picture of the author Sushiman1111
    Just as a quick note, most Asians aren't going to sue to get a domain name. Just isn't in the culture around here (unlike the West and especially America).
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  • Profile picture of the author petelta
    If you happened to watch that singing show The X Factor the other day, at the end of each act they would show the singers URL so you could check out more on that person.

    Well, it looks like someone smart like you grabbed all the hot singers exact match domains because every singers URL was TheirNameOfficial.com instead of TheirName.com

    I've made a ton of money from these hot singing shows like American Idol, XFactor, and the Voice because they give you future stars that no one has done a single second of marketing for. You can hop on that buzz and piggyback it all the way to the bank.

    I don't buy the domain names myself, I usually create a Fan Page around the top singers at the last few weeks of the show and use FB PPC ads to fill them up. The click throughs are ridiculous because of the television buzz that happens the night before.

    It typically takes a couple months after the show before the singers release their albums, but when they do, you have a giant list of superfans who want it.

    I'm sure domains would work the same. Even the Xfactor used TheirNameOfficial.com, any of those people that make it big will eventually want their exact match domain.

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    • Profile picture of the author datingworld
      Originally Posted by petelta View Post

      If you happened to watch that singing show The X Factor the other day, at the end of each act they would show the singers URL so you could check out more on that person.

      Well, it looks like someone smart like you grabbed all the hot singers exact match domains because every singers URL was TheirNameOfficial.com instead of TheirName.com

      I've made a ton of money from these hot singing shows like American Idol, XFactor, and the Voice because they give you future stars that no one has done a single second of marketing for. You can hop on that buzz and piggyback it all the way to the bank.

      I don't buy the domain names myself, I usually create a Fan Page around the top singers at the last few weeks of the show and use FB PPC ads to fill them up. The click throughs are ridiculous because of the television buzz that happens the night before.

      It typically takes a couple months after the show before the singers release their albums, but when they do, you have a giant list of superfans who want it.

      I'm sure domains would work the same. Even the Xfactor used TheirNameOfficial.com, any of those people that make it big will eventually want their exact match domain.

      Travis

      Great Feedback, Thanks for that.

      Do you create Face Book fan pages for each of them or is it a single page for all the contestants?
      How much ideally do you spend on FaceBook PPC to bring fans to that page.

      Looking forward to hear from you. Thanks Again
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