Domain Name Arbitrage

[jasdon11]

From what I've heard from others taking the course, they think that the producers were taken by suprise by the number of newbies taking the course, and have had to dumb down. As the material got a little harder, the refunds went up. Lot of people have got refunds already.

Until the course is completed, no-one will know if it was worth the money or not I guess, but I'd have thought that if they were going give away any gems, they'd have done so early on to stop people asking for refunds.

[discovernow]

2 weeks since the last post. Any more reviews on this. I passed on this myself but interested to seeing any updates from anybody.

[Carter]

Originally Posted by namestrands

You could always just redirect your NICHE specific domains to an affiliate link and chances are you will earn more than parking.. however the domain would have to be discriptive and your Advertising Partner will have to be relevant.

I do this for a few of my domains... one Domain just redirects to an affiliate (with permission) and I get 10% Commission on all sales.. I can easily average $500 a month for very little traffic.. I had the domain parked and it earned less than $2 a month.

Nothing new in Arbitrage, and advertisers are getting wise to it.. Read the T&Cs and you will find that they do not allow sponsoring of brand keywords, so this would mean that you take a bigger risk sponsoring Generic Phrases.

However, its a sound concept, but a risky one..

You say just forward your domain at your affiliate link url??
Thanks.

[dn-101]

100% proifts daily!
There is a huge Chinese flipping underground run by the teens. They reg every possible combination in .cn of those names that just got regged in other tlds for 12c a pop. The resell at 24c.
Great Business Model.

[ParkQuick.com]

The course is pretty good, but I'm finding that I don't have time to keep up and "crank campaigns" at the rate that they want us to. I'm keeping up with the content and finding it useful at times in other ways. Some newbies are struggling, and some people seem to be making good money.

I'm not sure why this post is still sticky. I don't think you can sign up anymore.

[harleyx]

Guys making boatloads of money
Willing to let a complete stranger in on it for only $XXX
Low Risk
Anyone can do it
Testimonials from a few random folks
Get in quick, the doors are closing
9:10 seconds in, says it all!"

This thread sounds like it was written word for word from the script of a 3:30AM Infomercial...

[dn-101]

Arbitrage you say?
I came across the guy who regs .mobi, pays $30 to $50 in reg fess and sells them for $0.99 on eBay.
So far he sold more than 500 names.
Perfect arbitrage!

[discovernow]

The only reason why I read this post is because I respect Leonard Holmes. However, these guys most likely make there money off selling the course than anything else. I got well turned-off by all the hype and the e-book/infomercial approach which to me which makes it very skeptical. Until then, I will wait to see what Leonard's final word on his opinion about the course.

[domaingenius]

Originally Posted by BuyAuthority

I think they will let only a few inside and close the doors so its best to get in while you can.

That is exactly how Madoff worked. He made it exclusive so people
thought it must be good. I guess this is all a similar con.

DG

[bwhhisc]

Anyone taking the Arbitrage Conspiracy course care to update or comment?
Must be into about week 8 of the 12 week course by now.

[PRED]

Originally Posted by domaingenius

That is exactly how Madoff worked. He made it exclusive so people
thought it must be good. I guess this is all a similar con.

DG

i agree. read thread in its entireity other day.
it's bull

basically at best these guys actually made a ton and now it's dead and they are hooking suckers to bankroll their lifestyle further. if it was truly that good, these type of guys never share.

look around this forum, the real top guys stay silent, they never share a damn thing, they sit in the shadows and pounce on domains or set up things to make more money off your average domainer. whether parking, or bido or whatever.
the most you will ever see is a free blog but that is to massage their ego more than anything

make genuine friends and contacts is the best thing and think for yourself by doing tons of research and reading. friends never charge

[mclovin]

Originally Posted by namestrands

You could always just redirect your NICHE specific domains to an affiliate link and chances are you will earn more than parking.. however the domain would have to be discriptive and your Advertising Partner will have to be relevant.

I do this for a few of my domains... one Domain just redirects to an affiliate (with permission) and I get 10% Commission on all sales.. I can easily average $500 a month for very little traffic.. I had the domain parked and it earned less than $2 a month.

Nothing new in Arbitrage, and advertisers are getting wise to it.. Read the T&Cs and you will find that they do not allow sponsoring of brand keywords, so this would mean that you take a bigger risk sponsoring Generic Phrases.

However, its a sound concept, but a risky one..

What would be the risks of doing this? It sounds like something the affiliate would frown upon or against their TOS, at least to my noob brain. Today's the first time I heard of APC and arbitrage and it sounds very interesting. Seems I have a lot of catching up to do.

[dodo1]

Originally Posted by discovernow

The only reason why I read this post is because I respect Leonard Holmes. However, these guys most likely make there money off selling the course than anything else. I got well turned-off by all the hype and the e-book/infomercial approach which to me which makes it very skeptical. Until then, I will wait to see what Leonard's final word on his opinion about the course.

It was so obvious from day one that this was just another money-making scheme for the operators of the program (and their affiliates).

You don't need expensive courses to learn about arbitrage. First of all, the tools and information are all out there for free. Secondly, the market gets more efficient every day, so arbitrage is also getting more difficult to do. Thirdly, the market changes quickly and adapts to certain trends, so you always have to change your arbitrage strategy, which in turn makes a course about arbitrage worthless.

Don't try to get rich the quick way by paying others and making them rich... Do your research, then work hard and you're on a good way to make money in this industry.

[petrosc]

for those who are curious, this course generated $7M in sales for the author and his affiliates during launch

[ParkQuick.com]

This can be removed from the sticky area now. The course is no longer open.

The best tool I found to do keyword research has a short-term free trial until 6/16. This is Chris Carpenter's Google Cash Detective 2. More info here
. I pay $200 a month for this and so far it is worth it.

[tekz999]

So any feedback from the course participants?

[ParkQuick.com]

I learned a lot from the course as a participant, but the guys were a little hard to listen to at times. I think it was partly that they were non-native English speakers and partly that they were so young and boundlessly enthusiastic to the point that they got on my nerves. I agree with a previous poster that they dumbed it down a little. They did not talk about cloaked silo structures, which they did talk about in the one day Vegas talk, and they seemed to sometimes choose products to push based on the affiliate commission rather than the usefulness. For example, they pushed Stats Junky and did not mention the free Prosper202 software that essentially does the same thing. They did allow discussion of Prosper202 on their forum, though.

All-in-all I learned a lot and it kick-started me into affiliate marketing.

Leonard

[usbaggage]

Leonard,

How much did you make by promoting this course?

Sounds like the results were mixed for you (and seems that is the general opinion of others who paid for the course - myself included.)

They also mentioned some topics in their long sales pitch page that were not even covered....

All-in all, i really did not gain anything new from the course as i was already an expert with AdWords and been in the affiliate space for more than 6 years...

[bwhhisc]

Originally Posted by petrosc

for those who are curious, this course generated $7M in sales for the author and his affiliates during launch

All in all seems very quiet on the internet about how people fared from taking the course. Have not seen anyone say they have hit it big as the Amen (the author) claimed would be the result.

Above number would estimate that around 3500+ people shelled out the $2k for the course. Seems that during (or after the course) participants would have formed a forum of sorts to try and share info etc.