Traffic Vancouver Postscript: The Castello Brothers Cross British Columbia to Visit "The Cherminator"
Jun/100
Legendary Vancouver area domainer Garry Chernoff was not able to make it to last week’s Traffic conference, so the Castello Brothers took the conference to him! Michael and David made a 250-mile pilgrimage to Penticton, British Columbia to see “The Cherminator” and wound up getting a birds eye view of Garry’s world.
Everybody has a sale that he regrets…
Apr/100
I keep on reading about the guy who sold camroullete.com for $1400 to Adam Strong, who flipped it a few weeks later for $150k at his Domain Madness auction. Congrats to Adam of course.
Everybody has a sale that he or she regrets, it’s just part of the domainer life. I recall about 2 years ago I sold ringtones.org for $20k to Scott Richter. The domain got about 7-10 uniques a day and made $2-3 a day. So it was about 25 years revenue, which I saw as very reasonable. A few months later Scott flipped it over via auction for about $140k. I was obviously upset as well as I tought of myself as the biggest sucker on the planet. But I overcame this and made that amount many times over later on other domain deals. Learning can sometimes be painful!
Is a great domain really a prerequisite of building a successful business online?
Mar/100
I am always fascinated how a lot of domainer’s perspective is really narrow. If you ask them if they had $100k to start an online business, in most cases they will tell you that they would start by buying a great domain and say, spend $90k on it. Then use the remaining $10k to build a site by a freelancer and maybe spend some money on Google advertising to get it running. Then you get websites like property.com as a result of this approach.
On the contrary I would spend a maximum of 20% on a domain, more probably even 10%. I would plough the rest into developing a great user experince, great content and at least 50% into various forms of online marketing. When we’ve been developing sites, this approach just brings a better ROI for us.
It’s sad to say, but I don’t think an absolutely great domain is a prerequisite to success online. In some cases I can actually even see it as being detrimental. Because you quickly get the mindset that you have the best domain in the niche and your competitor’s don’t, hence you supposedly have an edge. But that’s the reason why your competitors work even harder to get ahead of you. It’s a little bit like dutch disease, in which natural resources become more of a curse than an advantage. It’s just that here your curse may be a great domain.
And now hate me!
Domainer Mardi Gras Dialed Everything Up a Notch For the Show’s Second Run in New Orleans
Feb/100
Dn Journal’s comprehensive review of the 2nd Annual Domainer Mardi Gras Conference has just been published. This wire to wire report has new photos and individual session details that were not seen in our daily Lowdown updates from the show. In fact every photo in this review is being published for the first time.
After 3 Weeks Away From Home It’s Payback Time + Sedo Confirms $1 Million Poker.org Sale
Feb/100
After being away from home three of the past four weeks covering domain conferences (T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas, DOMAINfest Global & Domainer Mardi Gras), I owe my wife some time together. So, this afternoon we are off to a favorite place. Plus, Sedo confirms the $1 million sale of Poker.org – the highest .org sale ever reported.
Photos & Highlights From the Closing Day (& Night) at Domainer Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Feb/100
The 2010 Domainer Mardi Gras conference closed last night in New Orleans (or to be more precise, in the wee hours of this morning). We have photos and highlights from all Saturday’s sessions and social events, including the farewell party on Parked.com’s Bourbon Street balcony.
Friday (Day 2) Photos and Highlights From the Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans
Feb/100
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Friday (Day 2) photos and highlights from the 2010 Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans. We cover it all from the opening panel discussion to the private balcony party on Bourbon Street that ran into the wee hours Saturday morning.
Opening Night Photos & Highlights From the 2010 Domainer Mardi Gras Conference in New Orleans
Feb/100
The 2010 Domainer Mardi Gras Conference got underway last night with a welcoming cocktail party at the New Orleans Marriott. Then it was on to the evening’s main event – a traditional New Orleans Crawfish Boil where domainers downed enormous mounds of mudbugs.
Domainer Mardi Gras Forecast: Cold & Wet With a Few Missing Guests But Rain Won’t Stop This Parade
Feb/100
The Domainer Mardi Gras conference gets underway tonight in New Orleans. The forecast calls for a steady rain starting around 6pm that will last til noon tomorrow but in the Big Easy a little rain and cold weather will never stop a good party! Unfortunately snowstorms in the Northeast will stop some guests from getting there.
Stars Lining Up For Domainer Mardi Gras – Saints Super Bowl Win Will Take it to a New Level
Feb/100
The Domainer Mardi Gras conference will be held in New Orleans Thursday through Saturday. With the Mardi Gras celebration as a backdrop, DMG already had a lot of appeal and now with the city also celebrating the Saints first Super Bowl win the show is shaping up to be one people will never forget.