I bought qkbuck.com as a compliment to my web app https://qKast.com What should I put on it?
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Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name
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#82Halfway through reading, I was going to criticize the author for lack of quantitative evidence, but he partially redeemed himself by using actual numbers in the Expired Domains section. Anyone can write an article saying "X is important!" but a business owner will not give attention unless dollar values are assigned to the importance. Still, I'd like to see some more evidence in this article than the Bobblehead case…
author here..
all I can say regarding building businesses on keyword descriptive domains.. it just makes everything easier..
Easier to communicate your biz. Easier to get your foot in the door somewhere. Easier for introductions. Easier for consumers to remember your name (https://blog.nuts.com/were-going-nuts-dot-com/). Just easier all around. All those things added together can directly impact sales..
Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name
#83Have a bunch of good domains in my portfolio and this article is just crap.
Content is king, and always will be.
Also, even his first example is inadequate, I would actually have chosen the Spanish sounding website, when going to Spain.
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#84I would pick a third option: SojournBikeTours.com -There would be a high likelihood of that domain name being available as opposed to buying the KEYWORD domain from a squatter for thousands. -Having a brand or name would give it more authority and a feeling of a mom and pop store. -It is still descriptive. Not to mention that if you do decide to go through the KEYWORD domain route you will be competing with a lot of…
An article I tend to share when folks consider longer or too descriptive domain names:
Re: Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name
#85It speaks volumes about human psychology. The fact that sometimes all it takes is a catchy name to build a company from nothing that has not one single innovation. Just look at one of the most hilarious examples: "meundies.com" It has a cute little name that people like, so it's gaining traction. Is there anything innovative or good about the product or business model? Nope. The catchy name is all.
Probably more important than the name is that I hear countless ads for meundies. I assume they're spending a fortune on advertising.
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#86This feels like advice from 2010. I'm just not sure how much of it is relevant any more.
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#87I still haven't figured out how to make money with butt.ventures
I own meatgalore.com, I thought it would be a cool idea to have a business that sold rare meats and cuts online... but never really got the supply chain worked out.
We should link to each other.
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#88I sometimes buy domain names on my phone, late at night, in my bed. Usually after hours of laying in bed building out a business in my mind and iterating over and over to see where it leads. Buying the domain name seems to be the last step in the processes, it helps me sleep. I look at the list of my domains every once in a while and pick ideas to work on, but sometimes I have no idea what drove me to buy them, like…
Will be a good domain to have once we make way for our robotic overlords and see our usefulness decline
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#89Not to burst your bubble but I'm convinced we're moving into an era where your domain name and TLD are becoming less and less relevant. Google and Social are all that matter. Had you asked me 4 years ago if I'd ever consider building a business on .io or .co I would have laughed in your face. Now I'm building products on both of them. FWIW, I used to buy/sell domains and I think it's a terrible investment strategy no…
gotta disagree, with all due respect. But I do like the .io extension.. but confused - you say Google & Social are all that matter.. Google indexes domains. And once a user visits a domain and has a positive experience, the domain would be that much easier for them to remember. And with social, you don't own or control the content - so if they fold (or change the rules), you're up the creek.
> Google indexes domains
Based on their content, back links, etc.
> And with social, you don't own or control the content
Using social to drive traffic to the content, not posting content directly on social.
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#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the context of YC, here's what pg thinks about domain names: "If you have a US startup called X and you don’t have x.com, you should probably change your name. The reason is not just that people can't find you. For companies with mobile apps, especially, having the right domain name is not as critical as it used to be for getting users. The problem with not having the .com of your name is that it signals weakness.…
How many companies have started without x.com that are now huge? Tesla was TeslaMotors.com before it was Tesla.com, Square was SquareUp.com before it was Square.com, DataDog was Datadoghq.com before it was Datadog.com; I can keep going.. (yes, they're still .com's, but you wouldn't consider datadoghq.com investable. In all likelyhood, Datadog only used that name because it was a $9 registration.) The domains didn't m…
Didn't rap genius start as a subdomain even?