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To begin, thanks to Adam and the Mods for affording numeric domains their rightful place on a very comprehensive and busy "board". For my money, this is the runaway leading domain site in the world. Bar none.
There are a handful of domainers who have invested some fairly tidy sums in numeric domains over the years and a lot of us who have dabbled on the edges hoping to find a gem or two in the lot. One of the most notable transactions was the Marchex deal. Thousands of the numeric domains in that package are now part of a business model that uses 5-digit numeric domains representing a large number of US zip codes for "local" search. Try typing in any zip code and you'll may find sites similar to this one www.90806.com. Marchex didn't get all of the zip code domains so if you have any pure 5-digit .com numerics, they may want to chat with you.
I'm not totally convinced that they have the model down just right, but any promotion of numeric domains can only benefit all of us that are in the space.
At the time of this post, pure numeric domain websites occupied some of the top Alexa global rankings. www.163.com at #13 (ahead of Microsoft and AOL), www.3721.com at #44, www.126.com at #61 and www.265.com at #122 to name a few. There are others that use just the IP address or an alpha-numeric combnination that are also very highly ranked.
When you look at what's happening around the world in respect of numeric domains and the proliferation of cell phones, perhaps you will start to see what is emerging. People are increasingly moving away from, depending on how far away your couch is, the 10-foot screen (the TV), and more towards the 2-foot screen (the computer monitor screen) and even more so to the ubiquitious 1-foot screen (the cell phone or other PDA).
There are opportunities in this mix if you know what to look for. I've invested in this space for the long haul and have seen some dramatic shifts. I look forward to sharing some exciting news regarding a blockbuster numeric domain sale and the roll-out of an exciting new project, hopefully within the next 2 months.
243377!
There are a handful of domainers who have invested some fairly tidy sums in numeric domains over the years and a lot of us who have dabbled on the edges hoping to find a gem or two in the lot. One of the most notable transactions was the Marchex deal. Thousands of the numeric domains in that package are now part of a business model that uses 5-digit numeric domains representing a large number of US zip codes for "local" search. Try typing in any zip code and you'll may find sites similar to this one www.90806.com. Marchex didn't get all of the zip code domains so if you have any pure 5-digit .com numerics, they may want to chat with you.
I'm not totally convinced that they have the model down just right, but any promotion of numeric domains can only benefit all of us that are in the space.
At the time of this post, pure numeric domain websites occupied some of the top Alexa global rankings. www.163.com at #13 (ahead of Microsoft and AOL), www.3721.com at #44, www.126.com at #61 and www.265.com at #122 to name a few. There are others that use just the IP address or an alpha-numeric combnination that are also very highly ranked.
When you look at what's happening around the world in respect of numeric domains and the proliferation of cell phones, perhaps you will start to see what is emerging. People are increasingly moving away from, depending on how far away your couch is, the 10-foot screen (the TV), and more towards the 2-foot screen (the computer monitor screen) and even more so to the ubiquitious 1-foot screen (the cell phone or other PDA).
There are opportunities in this mix if you know what to look for. I've invested in this space for the long haul and have seen some dramatic shifts. I look forward to sharing some exciting news regarding a blockbuster numeric domain sale and the roll-out of an exciting new project, hopefully within the next 2 months.
243377!