Want to Build a Side Business? Just Buy Great Domain Name

Post by dazc » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 10:56 PM UTC

hrayr wrote: post #8

I 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…

Post by rookietect » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 11:21 PM UTC

azdle wrote: post #7

Maybe it's just that I lack follow through, but I disagree. I have a horrible habit of buying domain names thinking that I have this great idea, I play with it for a day or two and then abandon it. Actually, in the spirit of this article, if anyone here is interested in any of these, let me know: addressauth.com -- Was going to be a physical address verification service using lob.com's postcard sending API. atomicthi…

Post by sukilot » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 11:31 PM UTC

adventured wrote: post #23

logfromblammo wrote: post #14

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The general public no longer types domain names. They type what they want into the search box of Google or Bing. Domain names now only matter to the extent that search result ranking algorithms prioritize hits in the domain name. As for myself, I am automatically wary of domain names that do not include a known trademark, and have no plausible reason to exist (and pay its own operating expenses) aside from advertisin…

> The general public no longer types domain names. I partially disagree. My opinion is that the general public has learned to type the first letter/s of a site they've previously visited, into their browser url bar. The median Pinterest user on the Web is not going to Google to get to Pinterest.com, even if a small percentage of users do so. Typing those first letters into the browser has become radically more common…

Post by prawn » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 11:42 PM UTC

dmoney wrote: post #75

I like the idea of using expiring domain names to generate business ideas (especially domain names that are fetching a good price). But what if, instead of buying the domain name, you... didn't buy it? What if, instead of dropping $5K on an exact match, you spent $10 on a B+ domain name, where you can set up a landing page to see if there's interest in the business idea you've generated? That way, if you are getting…

Post by OJFord » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 11:48 PM UTC

azdle wrote: post #49

throwaway729 wrote: post #40

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> Yeah, I think I need to get away from the term 'access system' everyone I've asked didn't get it and I think that was the main part of the confusion. Have you looks through condo/apartment amenity listings and figured out what words they're using to describe these systems? I imagine people would probably pick up on and use those names? I just call it a "buzzer" and explain to friends "enter the code or find me in t…

I've never seen any that actually specify it as an amenity. I think it's assumed that buildings will have that these days. In searing for how they're actually sold, I've seen mostly "Phone Entry System" and "Phone Access System", but I felt like that was super generic without context.