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Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name
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Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name
#152This is exactly what I need. I have been having difficulty looking for viable domain names that contain good keywords and that I can use as a business name as well. Great help!
Re: Review my startup - Lean Domain Search: The fastest way to find a domain name
#153nice, I works fast and very user-friendly for me :)
Though it wasn't clear to me, that it only searched for .com domains (until the 3rd time I tried, where I saw the note to the right of the results).
A nice feature would also to filter on the max. length of the suggested domain names.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't disagree. I probably should have been more precise than "its a feature". My real point was more "protect the real revenue stream". Doing all the hard work to find leads, qualify them, get the lead interested in converting and then handing it off to a registrar for a one time bounty is selling the potential short. There are a ton of ways this "feature" could be launched with a fully-realized revenue stream - j…
I see what you're saying, but there's a big issue in doing this with domain names - the margins are slim to none (at least they are if you want to be price competitive). Whereas registrars are paying 10%-20% on sales affiliates generate. You need to think about whether you can actually beat this margin on your own, taking into account overheads like payment processing fees, customer support, billing issues & fraud et…
I run a profitable registrar at scale and can appreciate the comments about low margin, costs, competition, etc.
My point is simply this: don't underestimate the value of a recurring revenue stream vs. a one-time payout to your business.
With a strong product and good customer service, you can count on a customer relationship for a number of years allowing you to amortize your customer acquisition costs over a much longer term than an affiliate relationship permits.
That said, if you've got the stomach for arbitrage, then go for it - there's a lot of potential for the right business to strictly focus on lead gen and delivery. However, I don't get the sense that this is in the OP's wheelhouse. I have a bias that those with a product focus tend to operate with fatter and more sustainable margins on the basis that its necessary to support their development of the product. Marketing organizations OTOH would never start with a comment like "look at the product I built on the weekend, what kind of a business can we build with it..."
If you want to build a business that focuses on affiliate lead-gen, then this prototype is the wrong place to start. I mean, you might get there accidentally, but its definitely the long way home.
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#155When I see stuff like this, I always think "feature" not a company. There are two directions you can take this to avoid the "but its just a feature" issue - a) build it so that you can license the technology to people that have made a company out of selling domains (domainsbot.com is a great model to take a look at) b) become a reseller or registrar so that you can fully deliver the service and collect the recurring…
> When I see stuff like this, I always think "feature" not a company. People thought that about search too until Google came along.
And Facebook, and Twitter. And I believe Steve Jobs said that about Dropbox, too.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
I knew this would come up :) I am relying on affiliate revenue for income and like it or not, GoDaddy is the largest registrar in the world. That doesn't mean its inclusion is automatic, but IMO GoDaddy is not evil enough to warrant removing it. Thoughts?
IMO GoDaddy is not evil enough to warrant removing it. IMO, they are evil enough to warrant removal.
True, but he's controls whether its removed or not so it's best to give a more persuasive reason.