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Any idea what the yearly gross income from duderanch.com might be? Or the selling price at the exit? I love the narrative. I'd love it even more if we had a glimpse of whether this ultimately settled in as predicted ($25k/year) or turned out to be a whole lot more rewarding.
Any idea what the yearly gross income from duderanch.com might be? Or the selling price at the exit? I love the narrative. I'd love it even more if we had a glimpse of whether this ultimately settled in as predicted ($25k/year) or turned out to be a whole lot more rewarding.
i really enjoyed the onions piece. it was inspiring, and i was checking those domain auctions daily for awhile, then fell off. edit: i enjoyed this piece too.
Any idea what the yearly gross income from duderanch.com might be? Or the selling price at the exit? I love the narrative. I'd love it even more if we had a glimpse of whether this ultimately settled in as predicted ($25k/year) or turned out to be a whole lot more rewarding.
I'll bet its more than the $664 USD this website valuator [1] reports, lol. [1] http://www.siteworthtraffic.com/report/duderanch.com
I love reading about Deep South Ventures websites-- the projects are simple but inspiring. They're kind of like the other side of the coin to YC-- they make business seem possible but in a completely different way. Heads up-- something on duderanch.com is putting a max-width on rows making the site unreadble in desktop: ...
What a wonderful and refreshing approach to entrepreneurship. I loved his previous post about selling onions, and I like his strategy of picking a domain first and then running with it -- the details will be filled in later. Domain names have so much potential! They are so motivating initially -- and he clearly follows through!
thank you zapstar! Sorta like Bill Walsh (49ers coach) said (essentially).. start on the right foundation and "the score will take care of itself".. Domain names are such a great way to start a project off on the right foot..
I love reading about Deep South Ventures websites-- the projects are simple but inspiring. They're kind of like the other side of the coin to YC-- they make business seem possible but in a completely different way. Heads up-- something on duderanch.com is putting a max-width on rows making the site unreadble in desktop: ...
I agree. I just finished reading this guide on how to build a profitable side business and it is as practical as it is - eye-opening. https://www.deepsouthventures.com/build-a-side-business/
1. The ability to write software is an asset and the DSV type projects are more software adjacent. Software has such great margins that it's much easier to create a profitable business than anything that involves shipping or physical goods (MicroSAAS, Dev Books/Courses, Themes, etc.)
2. It's sort of left unsaid that much of the purpose of buying these "domains you can make a business around" is to optimize SEO. And my honest feeling is: well done, that's a huge leg up in ranking.
But there have been some changes to SEO (Google weighting factors and more navigational searches) that have reduced the value of them.
Also, I think there's a strong argument to be made that if you're just starting out today and have $20,000 you'd be better off today with:
duderanchjourney.com ($14 to register) + $19,986 in content, advertising, etc.
vs
duderanch.com ($20,000 to buy) + a blank page.
That is Firefox by the way. I suppose it looks differently in whatever browser it was tested at the time? Or maybe it is my adblock blacklisting wpengine.com by default?
He could have hired a web designer/coder for a fraction of that price.
Edit:
Turns out it is uBlock.
Don't use styles/JS from domains used for serving ads I suppose. That's analogous to sending legitimate mail from servers that also tend to send out a lot of spam.
You'll have spam filters/adblockers ruining your day.
