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<blockquote data-quote="Jojomon" data-source="post: 2342249" data-attributes="member: 322978484"><p>Thanks [USER=136231]@silentg[/USER]!</p><p></p><p><strong>WARNING: WALL OF TEXT</strong></p><p></p><h3><strong>Background (Con't)</strong></h3><p>A bit of a background, I used to (and still do) vet websites and estimate potential/revenue for web properties. On top of that, I concoct revenue building/growth roadmaps for companies interested in acquisitions. The biggest difference between that and what I'm doing here is that I am not a company with deep pockets and resources to scale.</p><p></p><h3><strong>Monetization (Top level)</strong></h3><p>Because of that, my only practical play right now is to get my feet wet and do research on <strong>capitalizing on +ROI domains that are overlooked or have strong potential based on a variety of factors. </strong>We won't know the results until months/years from now, but I do think I can find good value sites based on my research and (hopefully) sound logic. I'll do my best to explain my thought process and I'll discuss key plays sites that pique my interests.</p><p></p><h3>Domain Purchases</h3><h4><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">June Domains Purchased: 5 </span></strong></h4><p>-- 2 Domains Are To Flip into Brandable sites</p><p>-- 1 Domain is used for an app I intend to build</p><p>-- 1 Domain is for a personal blog (figure to mention it since there may be a point where it may be monetized)</p><p>-- 1 Domain is meant to be a hub for my domain portfolio</p><p>-- $56 spent</p><p></p><h3><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">July Domains Purchased (To Date) - 35</span></strong></h3><p>I apologize for the long-windedness ahead of time. I'll do my best to highlight some favorites, I won't go over all 35. I made most of the purchases today. </p><p></p><p><strong><u>Notable Purchases: Favorites</u></strong></p><p><strong>Moxtrot.com </strong><em>[Brandable] - </em>I already have 3 industries lined up for a potential fit, the name IMO is sleek. This is will probably be a flagship domain I build with branding and gives me the warm and fuzzies just thinking about it. </p><p><strong>Storkbrand.com </strong><em>[Park & Resell] - </em>I may work on logos/branding. This one is different play and I'm working on the assumption that a similar website that is deemed "premium" and sells for over $10K is overpriced. It hasn't sold and that's better for me. I plan to have actual assets & a significantly lower price, leaving users who may be interested in the other site to snap-buy this site. Of course, that's just me talking out loud, who knows lol. </p><p><strong>Plumbers.Boston</strong> <em>[Park & Resell] - Currently the only non-dot-com site I purchased (for $14 wtf). </em>I'd be surprised is this got any direct traffic (possible with mobile typos now that I think about it). I will die before this I let go of this site. If I have time I may develop it into a lead gen site but highly unlikely right now. Going to park this, other city TLDs are selling for significantly more. </p><p></p><p>There are several other "brandable" category sites I purchased but I don't want this post to be a novel lol. Moving on.</p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Methodologies</span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">You can kind of tell based on the domains purchased that I like to place many feelers and test a variety of ways to monetize. I'll do my best to label them accordingly as I will likely refer back to these in other posts. This month I focused my efforts on <strong>5-letter .com domains.</strong> My pockets aren't deep enough for 4-letter .com's, I imported a slew of 5-letter domains that had been expired since the dawn of time and asked myself "does anything immediately pop out".</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Self-Tip: </strong>Whenever I vet / research any property or digital audit, I wander without an agenda and note anything striking to me. In this case, I scoured the oldest domains first (several hundred) and began cataloging any domain that felt like it either 1) made sense <em>to me </em>or 2) immediately reminded me of anything, if it took more than a second I would skip it.</span></p><p></p><p>After hours of manually scouting, it made more sense to get keyword estimates on tens of thousands of other domains as a quick way to identify potential "Typo" domain candidates. Alternatively, this would create a shortlist of domains that I can rank or rate manually as I continue to vet.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>5-Letter Domain Vetting</strong></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Version 1 Vetting - 90 Domains - </span></strong>I researched domains, SERP results, correct spellings, phonetics, etc. and determined ranks. Ranks are based on my insights and research (I will discuss this at a further date, assuming I have some semblance of success lol).</p><p></p><p>The 90 domains were <strong>culled to 32 (33 technically, I'll explain later</strong>). All 90 sites were given grades in relation to its overall potential, readability, and trending qualities (i.e.. high search volume, use in day-to-day language, etc.) All had notes and potential uses (if any). All domains with a B+ or higher I purchased.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Notable Purchases: 5-Letter Domains</u></strong></p><p><strong>phmix.com</strong> <em>[Brandable Hybrid] </em>- HIGH Potential. Brandable (PHMix - as a potential way site for soil testing, water testing, or other outdoor testing kits). Alternatively, this acronym generates some traffic out of the gate. High potential if I can get something off the ground, but at worst I think this is a parking domain.</p><p><strong>pnuch.com </strong>[Typo] - punch.com typo (that is also for sale, lol). Good search volume for 'punch', mainly used as a baseline to see how much this typo domain generates. </p><p><strong>rbeak.com </strong>[Typo] - common typo for break.com (fun fact, they no longer exist), while a typo...this appears to be a very common one. "RBeak" could be something (ex: ravenbeak) but it's branding power could have a solid upside down the road.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>The One That Got Away</u></strong></p><p><strong>anutd.com -</strong> this was my first search on the shortlist that prompted a search volume in the hundred of thousand IIRC. Turns out it's a typo for the Manchester United site. It appeared on my list and appeared to be available on July 8 and was gone when went to buy it today. This was easily my best find but I slept on it too long. Live and learn.</p><p></p><h3>Breakdown Of My 5-Letter Domain Purchases</h3><p>I still have much more to do. But I wanted to try a mixed approached to start. All in all, of the 5-letter domains I purchased:</p><p> </p><p>- 20 of 32 are misspellings or typos on popular brands/terms</p><p>- 10 of 32 are IMO brandable and I'll start working on branding</p><p>- 2 of 32 are exact match keywords mentions with volume on the web. I anticipate these two will likely generate traffic right away or will yield a reasonable resell price.</p><p></p><p><strong>Currently Spent: $352.66</strong></p><p></p><p><em>PS: I'll go back to fix grammar/spelling, I don't know how long I've been writing but my brain is drained.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jojomon, post: 2342249, member: 322978484"] Thanks [USER=136231]@silentg[/USER]! [B]WARNING: WALL OF TEXT[/B] [HEADING=2][B]Background (Con't)[/B][/HEADING] A bit of a background, I used to (and still do) vet websites and estimate potential/revenue for web properties. On top of that, I concoct revenue building/growth roadmaps for companies interested in acquisitions. The biggest difference between that and what I'm doing here is that I am not a company with deep pockets and resources to scale. [HEADING=2][B]Monetization (Top level)[/B][/HEADING] Because of that, my only practical play right now is to get my feet wet and do research on [B]capitalizing on +ROI domains that are overlooked or have strong potential based on a variety of factors. [/B]We won't know the results until months/years from now, but I do think I can find good value sites based on my research and (hopefully) sound logic. I'll do my best to explain my thought process and I'll discuss key plays sites that pique my interests. [HEADING=2]Domain Purchases[/HEADING] [HEADING=3][B][SIZE=5]June Domains Purchased: 5 [/SIZE][/B][/HEADING] -- 2 Domains Are To Flip into Brandable sites -- 1 Domain is used for an app I intend to build -- 1 Domain is for a personal blog (figure to mention it since there may be a point where it may be monetized) -- 1 Domain is meant to be a hub for my domain portfolio -- $56 spent [HEADING=2][B][SIZE=5]July Domains Purchased (To Date) - 35[/SIZE][/B][/HEADING] I apologize for the long-windedness ahead of time. I'll do my best to highlight some favorites, I won't go over all 35. I made most of the purchases today. [B][U]Notable Purchases: Favorites[/U] Moxtrot.com [/B][I][Brandable] - [/I]I already have 3 industries lined up for a potential fit, the name IMO is sleek. This is will probably be a flagship domain I build with branding and gives me the warm and fuzzies just thinking about it. [B]Storkbrand.com [/B][I][Park & Resell] - [/I]I may work on logos/branding. This one is different play and I'm working on the assumption that a similar website that is deemed "premium" and sells for over $10K is overpriced. It hasn't sold and that's better for me. I plan to have actual assets & a significantly lower price, leaving users who may be interested in the other site to snap-buy this site. Of course, that's just me talking out loud, who knows lol. [B]Plumbers.Boston[/B] [I][Park & Resell] - Currently the only non-dot-com site I purchased (for $14 wtf). [/I]I'd be surprised is this got any direct traffic (possible with mobile typos now that I think about it). I will die before this I let go of this site. If I have time I may develop it into a lead gen site but highly unlikely right now. Going to park this, other city TLDs are selling for significantly more. There are several other "brandable" category sites I purchased but I don't want this post to be a novel lol. Moving on. [B][SIZE=5]Methodologies[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=4]You can kind of tell based on the domains purchased that I like to place many feelers and test a variety of ways to monetize. I'll do my best to label them accordingly as I will likely refer back to these in other posts. This month I focused my efforts on [B]5-letter .com domains.[/B] My pockets aren't deep enough for 4-letter .com's, I imported a slew of 5-letter domains that had been expired since the dawn of time and asked myself "does anything immediately pop out". [B]Self-Tip: [/B]Whenever I vet / research any property or digital audit, I wander without an agenda and note anything striking to me. In this case, I scoured the oldest domains first (several hundred) and began cataloging any domain that felt like it either 1) made sense [I]to me [/I]or 2) immediately reminded me of anything, if it took more than a second I would skip it.[/SIZE] After hours of manually scouting, it made more sense to get keyword estimates on tens of thousands of other domains as a quick way to identify potential "Typo" domain candidates. Alternatively, this would create a shortlist of domains that I can rank or rate manually as I continue to vet. [SIZE=5][B]5-Letter Domain Vetting[/B][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=4]Version 1 Vetting - 90 Domains - [/SIZE][/B]I researched domains, SERP results, correct spellings, phonetics, etc. and determined ranks. Ranks are based on my insights and research (I will discuss this at a further date, assuming I have some semblance of success lol). The 90 domains were [B]culled to 32 (33 technically, I'll explain later[/B]). All 90 sites were given grades in relation to its overall potential, readability, and trending qualities (i.e.. high search volume, use in day-to-day language, etc.) All had notes and potential uses (if any). All domains with a B+ or higher I purchased. [B][U]Notable Purchases: 5-Letter Domains[/U] phmix.com[/B] [I][Brandable Hybrid] [/I]- HIGH Potential. Brandable (PHMix - as a potential way site for soil testing, water testing, or other outdoor testing kits). Alternatively, this acronym generates some traffic out of the gate. High potential if I can get something off the ground, but at worst I think this is a parking domain. [B]pnuch.com [/B][Typo] - punch.com typo (that is also for sale, lol). Good search volume for 'punch', mainly used as a baseline to see how much this typo domain generates. [B]rbeak.com [/B][Typo] - common typo for break.com (fun fact, they no longer exist), while a typo...this appears to be a very common one. "RBeak" could be something (ex: ravenbeak) but it's branding power could have a solid upside down the road. [B][U]The One That Got Away[/U] anutd.com -[/B] this was my first search on the shortlist that prompted a search volume in the hundred of thousand IIRC. Turns out it's a typo for the Manchester United site. It appeared on my list and appeared to be available on July 8 and was gone when went to buy it today. This was easily my best find but I slept on it too long. Live and learn. [HEADING=2]Breakdown Of My 5-Letter Domain Purchases[/HEADING] I still have much more to do. But I wanted to try a mixed approached to start. All in all, of the 5-letter domains I purchased: - 20 of 32 are misspellings or typos on popular brands/terms - 10 of 32 are IMO brandable and I'll start working on branding - 2 of 32 are exact match keywords mentions with volume on the web. I anticipate these two will likely generate traffic right away or will yield a reasonable resell price. [B]Currently Spent: $352.66[/B] [I]PS: I'll go back to fix grammar/spelling, I don't know how long I've been writing but my brain is drained.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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