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Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by Sophistifunk »

jeremyjh wrote: post #163
lwneal wrote: post #68

You don't need to bid up the price of existing .com domain names. Even in 2020 there are plenty of perfectly good ones that nobody has claimed yet! All you need are two or three words that satisfy the following criteria: 1. The words, when spoken, should be easy to spell. 2. The words, when read, should be easy to pronounce in any English dialect. 3. The words, when concatenated, should not create any ambiguity (a la…

Ok so I'm the proud owner of orcapunch.com. What now?

Start punching orcas and rake in that sweet sweet dough ray me.

Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by greggh »

bonestamp2 wrote: post #86
lwneal wrote: post #68

You don't need to bid up the price of existing .com domain names. Even in 2020 there are plenty of perfectly good ones that nobody has claimed yet! All you need are two or three words that satisfy the following criteria: 1. The words, when spoken, should be easy to spell. 2. The words, when read, should be easy to pronounce in any English dialect. 3. The words, when concatenated, should not create any ambiguity (a la…

> https://startupname.website The best one I got was roofpotato.com Sell rooftop potato garden kits? I guess that's my life now...

I got dialblocker.com, that actually doesn't seem that bad.

Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by mdgrech23 »

hanoz wrote: post #164

The best thing about coming up with and then buying a great domain name for your new business idea is that thinking of one uses so much creative and analytical energy, diverted from considering the business itself, and delivers such a dopamine hit on completing the purchase transaction, that you don't need to proceed any further with developing the idea whatsoever.

lol this perfectly explains why I have a collection of domain names. might as well be an idea log where you pay for each entry.

Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by qppo »

dangwu wrote: post #118
Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I laughed out loud at this example, because I run a site with (what I reckon to be) one of the best domain names for exactly that use-case: https://cycle.travel

Do you think having an unusual TLD (travel) is hurting you at all? If someone told an average person to go to "Cycle.travel", I'm not sure that they would understand that to be a web address.

I also use an unusual TLD and people don't have a problem with it, but automated systems do. Email input forms in particular are really bad

Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by swinnipeg »

mysterypie wrote: post #96

The advice is to buy descriptive domain names and build a business basing your decision "solely off the domain name" that you're able to find. His About page claims that he himself does this. But does he actually do that? Of the examples he gave – ComputerCamp.com, ShippingSupply.com, KobeBeef.com, CameraBag.com, Pacifiers.com, ZoysiaGrass.com, SouthernCookbook.com, Ziplines.com, CannedHam.com, SexyBastard.com – ever…

Read more of his site. He is legit, builds out domains into great products. DudeRanch.com / VidaliaOnions.com. His onion business blog posts are great, and provide real insight into his approach.

I consider the extra domains he is selling to just be table stakes. You buy the domain, have big ideas, but then realize your time is better spent on another project.

Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by dexterdog »

Scarnface wrote: post #154
hobofan wrote: post #136

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From my experience, such an effect is generally far to small to be a deciding factor (in the beginning). If you look at the traffic of most websites, very few visitors come directly to your website by entering the domain into the address bar (because visitors are far too lazy to type out an address). The biggest chunk normally comes from other websites directly linking to you (this includes search engines and social…

As a kid I knew every one of my friends phone numbers. I couldn't tell you my nearest and dearest now because typing this kind of info manually is long gone.

I'm 50 and I can still tell you the phone numbers of all of my friends from growing up. The only number other than mine that I know now is my wife's because it's the number for the grocery store discount card. That stuff sticks because we pounded it in there.

Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by ponker »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #28

> Read this story about Warren Royal of Bobbleheads.com Cool, are there any other stories about lottery winners I should read before I buy my scratch-offs?

Why is Bobbleheads a lottery win? Buy a domain for something people like to buy. Find a supplier to manufacture them. Build a reputation with good product and service. Has to be as far from a lottery winner as exists.

Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by csa »

christopoulos wrote: post #167
eightturn wrote: post #120

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author here. I sell onions on the internet. does that qualify? Check out my homepage for other developed domain projects.

Depends if you have the ISellOnions.com website...

Even better... he has vidaliaonions.com.

Re: Want to build a side business? buy a great domain name

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Post by ItsDeathball »

klondike_klive wrote: post #140
tylerchilds wrote: post #117

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I don't even know where to start with "mightbrabancon.com"

Ditto - I got forcesuck.com

While I'm not comfortable with the implications of killpolice.com, I'm also surprised it's not already a thing.
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