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closed StockPhotos.co - Please appraise my domain
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Is it sock photos or stock photos ?
UnfortunatelyUnfortunately I acquired it by paying mid $X,XXX range.
Develop.
Horrific appraisals and advice. That's the norm here, so nobody will call anyone out on it. The name is worth zero. Now, if you can get lucky and get someone else to take it off your hands for a few hundred, then run, don't walk, towards that person and do the deal. People that suggest developing garbage names should be ashamed of themselves. Companies like Microsoft blow hundreds of millions of dollars on projects that don't work out. But, if you listen to people here, someone who has the poor judgement to flush 5K or so down the drain on a worthless name ought to now flush some years of his life down the drain trying to create a business sitting in his underwear.
Sorry folks. The idiocy has to end sometime. Facebook never made a nickle until very recently, and most of that is smoke and mirrors. Twitter is a stone cold money loser. Those companies went public because they wanted the public's money. If the businesses were so good, why would they want to sell shares to strangers? So, by all means, spend your valuable, finite time on earth wasting 5K on worthless names, then compound that disaster by wasting your valuable life trying to create a business on it. Sounds great.
I guess when you have losers like Frank Shilling, who made a fortune buying good to great names, trying to sell the domaining public total dogshit names and extensions, then one more victim who spends real money and ruins his life is no big deal. Is there one documented case where someone like Frank Shilling ever bought a name off of a domainer on a forum for a great price, or sold a domainer a good to great name at even a decent price? Not that I know of. So, he took all of your money and now he wants you to believe that crap similar to .co is worth anything. Laugh Out Loud. And whatever happened to the loser Pinky Brand of dotmobi fame. He took your money. Haha. I warned you people many times. If you cannot figure it out, then you are on your own.
Anyone who appraises this scam name at anything over minus 50 dollars is an idiot, and a disgraceful, disgusting person. Period. You wonder why this forum is worth about 1/50th of what it was worth 5 or 6 years ago? The reason is that those scammers in the loser extensions were allowed to peddle their worthless wares here, and 99 percent of known domainers contributed to the scam. Traffic auctions would auction the loser names. Otherwise decent domainers would buy the worthless names and try to sell them to some newbie so that they could pay their mortgage.
You all got what you deserved. That is NO RESPECT. You have the same credibility as those loser poker players, who are always trying to justify their existence, while behind the scenes every single leader in the industry was involved in one scam or another.
Who is the sucker? Lots of suckers. Lots of scumbags. Time to wake up.
Sorry folks. The idiocy has to end sometime. Facebook never made a nickle until very recently, and most of that is smoke and mirrors. Twitter is a stone cold money loser. Those companies went public because they wanted the public's money. If the businesses were so good, why would they want to sell shares to strangers? So, by all means, spend your valuable, finite time on earth wasting 5K on worthless names, then compound that disaster by wasting your valuable life trying to create a business on it. Sounds great.
I guess when you have losers like Frank Shilling, who made a fortune buying good to great names, trying to sell the domaining public total dogshit names and extensions, then one more victim who spends real money and ruins his life is no big deal. Is there one documented case where someone like Frank Shilling ever bought a name off of a domainer on a forum for a great price, or sold a domainer a good to great name at even a decent price? Not that I know of. So, he took all of your money and now he wants you to believe that crap similar to .co is worth anything. Laugh Out Loud. And whatever happened to the loser Pinky Brand of dotmobi fame. He took your money. Haha. I warned you people many times. If you cannot figure it out, then you are on your own.
Anyone who appraises this scam name at anything over minus 50 dollars is an idiot, and a disgraceful, disgusting person. Period. You wonder why this forum is worth about 1/50th of what it was worth 5 or 6 years ago? The reason is that those scammers in the loser extensions were allowed to peddle their worthless wares here, and 99 percent of known domainers contributed to the scam. Traffic auctions would auction the loser names. Otherwise decent domainers would buy the worthless names and try to sell them to some newbie so that they could pay their mortgage.
You all got what you deserved. That is NO RESPECT. You have the same credibility as those loser poker players, who are always trying to justify their existence, while behind the scenes every single leader in the industry was involved in one scam or another.
Who is the sucker? Lots of suckers. Lots of scumbags. Time to wake up.
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What credibility do you have?
There is a difference between stating your opinion and passing your statement to be factual. Everything you post here on this forum is worded as it is factual.
Who the hell are you to call someone an idiot.... I just see you talking a lot of shit and not backing it up... You just put a lot of irrelevant shit in your long posts to make it seem as you know what the hell you are talking about. What did Frank, Facebook, or Twitter have to do with the appraisal of StockPhotos.co....
You did not give one reason behind why you think this domain is worth $0, it's just worth $0 because you said so... Once again, who the hell are you?
I have sold names to some of the TOP domainers and several Fortune 500 companies. So I think I have a good idea of what a name is worth.
You all talk man, if you were the "expert," you think you are, you would be on top of the game like guys like Frank...
There is a difference between stating your opinion and passing your statement to be factual. Everything you post here on this forum is worded as it is factual.
Who the hell are you to call someone an idiot.... I just see you talking a lot of shit and not backing it up... You just put a lot of irrelevant shit in your long posts to make it seem as you know what the hell you are talking about. What did Frank, Facebook, or Twitter have to do with the appraisal of StockPhotos.co....
You did not give one reason behind why you think this domain is worth $0, it's just worth $0 because you said so... Once again, who the hell are you?
I have sold names to some of the TOP domainers and several Fortune 500 companies. So I think I have a good idea of what a name is worth.
You all talk man, if you were the "expert," you think you are, you would be on top of the game like guys like Frank...
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The name is worth zero. StockPhotos.co, SockPhotos.co, doesn't matter. I am an expert on domain names. No big deal. People can get slaughtered and become homeless if they want to. I usually only respond to outrageous threads. This one is outrageous. Your opinion means nothing to me. Everybody with an ounce of integrity knows that Frank Schilling doesn't believe in the crap he is selling. Get real. He is trying to sell GARBAGE to ignorant people. Nothing more.
This name is horrific. The fact that the OP paid 5K or so for it would be laughable if it wasn't so sad. The reason that people like this ruin their lives and waste their time on names like this is because those with knowledge about domains do not STEP UP and help these people out. The reason that most people don't help newbies out is because most people are looking to take advantage of newbies, and don't want to ruin a potential "relationship".
I am one of the top domain experts in the world. That's just the way it is. However, unlike most, my identity is not tied up in my being involved in domains. That is why I can tell it like it is. There has NEVER been a case of me taking advantage of a newbie domainer by trying to sell him or her a name at an outrageous price. These are just the facts. I am one of the only ones here that doesn't try to sell names for amounts that I would never pay anywhere near myself.
That is why when I speak, you better pay attention. I don't need you, and I don't need anyone else here. Understand? Keep wasting your life away, and keep giving your NONSENSE WORTHLESS appraisals for names like this. When you look back at your life you will be looking at a life wasted.
This name is horrific. The fact that the OP paid 5K or so for it would be laughable if it wasn't so sad. The reason that people like this ruin their lives and waste their time on names like this is because those with knowledge about domains do not STEP UP and help these people out. The reason that most people don't help newbies out is because most people are looking to take advantage of newbies, and don't want to ruin a potential "relationship".
I am one of the top domain experts in the world. That's just the way it is. However, unlike most, my identity is not tied up in my being involved in domains. That is why I can tell it like it is. There has NEVER been a case of me taking advantage of a newbie domainer by trying to sell him or her a name at an outrageous price. These are just the facts. I am one of the only ones here that doesn't try to sell names for amounts that I would never pay anywhere near myself.
That is why when I speak, you better pay attention. I don't need you, and I don't need anyone else here. Understand? Keep wasting your life away, and keep giving your NONSENSE WORTHLESS appraisals for names like this. When you look back at your life you will be looking at a life wasted.
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The fact that you just claimed to be one of the top domain experts in the word is laughable. Man, I am just going to ignore you on this forum for now on and I hope others will do the same. Like I said, you are just talk.
All we have in this world is our word. That means when you make a statement, especially when you make as outrageous as the one you just made, you have to be willing to back it up. Tell us why you are one of the "top domain experts in the world." Do you have any big sales under your belt? Super prem names? Started a widely used service in this industry? Do you mind sharing some of your big sales, etc.?
Not that I give a shit, but MAN UP and back your words up....
All we have in this world is our word. That means when you make a statement, especially when you make as outrageous as the one you just made, you have to be willing to back it up. Tell us why you are one of the "top domain experts in the world." Do you have any big sales under your belt? Super prem names? Started a widely used service in this industry? Do you mind sharing some of your big sales, etc.?
Not that I give a shit, but MAN UP and back your words up....
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Back on topic, I am afraid I am one of those who does not see the point of .co as an extension.
StockPhoto.com just sold for $250k not that long ago. I think the plural is the better one in this case, but it really is a matter of branding.
So assuming we are not talking about pictures of sock puppets here, you have a singular version .co of a plural .com worth $250k
If you assume they (plural and singular) are relatively equal, and that a .co is worth approximately 1% of a .com (which in my view is way too generous) then you are looking at a potential market value of $2500
As Mr. Dog implied, however, I am afraid the only person who might be willing to pay that is another newbie who doesn't get the inherent lack of value in a .co
And let's face it... are you really going to develop this one?
The logical course for you is to consider this an expensive education in newbie domaining, and move on to focusing on more profitable areas.
Back on topic, I am afraid I am one of those who does not see the point of .co as an extension.
StockPhoto.com just sold for $250k not that long ago. I think the plural is the better one in this case, but it really is a matter of branding.
So assuming we are not talking about pictures of sock puppets here, you have a singular version .co of a plural .com worth $250k
If you assume they (plural and singular) are relatively equal, and that a .co is worth approximately 1% of a .com (which in my view is way too generous) then you are looking at a potential market value of $2500
As Mr. Dog implied, however, I am afraid the only person who might be willing to pay that is another newbie who doesn't get the inherent lack of value in a .co
And let's face it... are you really going to develop this one?
The logical course for you is to consider this an expensive education in newbie domaining, and move on to focusing on more profitable areas.
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... said one anonymous forum poster to the other...
Back on topic, I am afraid I am one of those who does not see the point of .co as an extension.
StockPhoto.com just sold for $250k not that long ago. I think the plural is the better one in this case, but it really is a matter of branding.
So assuming we are not talking about pictures of sock puppets here, you have a singular version .co of a plural .com worth $250k
If you assume they are relatively equal, and that a .co is worth approximately 1% of a .com (which in my view is way too generous) then you are looking at a potential market value of $2500
As Mr. Dog implied, however, I am afraid the only person who might be willing to pay that is another newbie who doesn't get the inherent lack of value in a .co
And let's face it... are you really going to develop this one?
The logical course for you is to consider this an expensive education in newbie domaining, and move on to focusing on more profitable areas.
You see WhoDatDog? That's how normal human beings communicate and express their opinion. No disrespect just disagreement.
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It has some value as I have seen .co get ranked pretty high.
The big concern I would have is this: will .photos get ranking and will stock.photos get even better ranking?
If .co claim to fame is typo for .com, then this is a problem as well since .co is not standing on it's own two feet.
With the release of new tld's, I have to wonder if these lower popularity country codes are going to suffer and take a massive hit in demand, desire, and rankings. If I had to guess, right now I believe the answer to all three is YES.
If you can find a buyer for what you paid or better, take it. Otherwise develop. And consider developing for who the .co is SUPPOSED to represent...the country of Columbia. Yes, it is not totally correct spanish but I think it may work as a site devoted and developed in Spanish offering stock photos via numerous categories.
The big concern I would have is this: will .photos get ranking and will stock.photos get even better ranking?
If .co claim to fame is typo for .com, then this is a problem as well since .co is not standing on it's own two feet.
With the release of new tld's, I have to wonder if these lower popularity country codes are going to suffer and take a massive hit in demand, desire, and rankings. If I had to guess, right now I believe the answer to all three is YES.
If you can find a buyer for what you paid or better, take it. Otherwise develop. And consider developing for who the .co is SUPPOSED to represent...the country of Columbia. Yes, it is not totally correct spanish but I think it may work as a site devoted and developed in Spanish offering stock photos via numerous categories.
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I personally like .co as an extension and that's not just my opinion as a domainer but more so as a employee and co-founder of several internet (startup) companies in the last decade. There's a reason many new startups go for a .co and no it's not just the marketing by the registry (who are doing a great job i have to say). It's because the extension makes a lot more sense than .biz, info or .whatever.
That said, this domain is not worth more than a couple of hundred of $ max for a re-seller and MAYBE 1 or 2k for a end user if you get lucky. If you spend $X,XXX range on it i would say it's a pretty bad investment. IMO
That said, this domain is not worth more than a couple of hundred of $ max for a re-seller and MAYBE 1 or 2k for a end user if you get lucky. If you spend $X,XXX range on it i would say it's a pretty bad investment. IMO
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The big problems with a domain like this, as I see it...
1) As a .co, it will not draw in any type-in traffic
2) To rank it, you will have to have quality content on it. In this case, the bar is pretty high and will be a tough level to compete at.
I will take a step back from my previous valuation though. I looked up some of the top .co sales of 2014 so far (at DNJournal), and there are some impressive transactions.
The top five:
1) Sandwich.co ($18,000)
2) How.co ($13,890)
3) Lock.co ($10,000)
4) Picnic.co ($9,999)
5) Random.co ($9,999)
Given that landscape, it is not inconceivable that you could find a buyer to make you whole. It is still not one I would have chosen though.
1) As a .co, it will not draw in any type-in traffic
2) To rank it, you will have to have quality content on it. In this case, the bar is pretty high and will be a tough level to compete at.
I will take a step back from my previous valuation though. I looked up some of the top .co sales of 2014 so far (at DNJournal), and there are some impressive transactions.
The top five:
1) Sandwich.co ($18,000)
2) How.co ($13,890)
3) Lock.co ($10,000)
4) Picnic.co ($9,999)
5) Random.co ($9,999)
Given that landscape, it is not inconceivable that you could find a buyer to make you whole. It is still not one I would have chosen though.
Sorry, but the kid gloves approach doesn't work. I always give my reasons as to why a name is worthless. For many years here, people have allowed this garbage to infiltrate forums, and the end result is that decent people who get into domaining get CREAMED and lose all of their money. Domainers who see these disasters happening, allow it to happen, without stepping in to save these people, and anyone who sees this going on and allows it to happen is a loser, and that is not up for debate.
So, forums who allow crap extensions to run wild, and people who profit of of them are basically criminals. People like Frank Schilling, who is now peddling dogshit that he KNOWS is dogshit, are about the lowest human beings on planet earth. He made millions and it isn't enough, he must now sell a product that deep down he knows is worthless. He is looking for suckers and idiots. The problem is that when a big time successful domainer like Frank Schilling attaches his name to dogshit, then newbies who see similar dogshit names will often spend their hard earned money on them.
At least guys like Rick Schwartz calls it like it is. He tells everyone that dotcom is KING, and he then gives the reasons why. But he even dabbled in the crap for a while, even including garbage like dotmobi in some Traffic Auctions. He should have never given Frank Schilling a forum to debate loser extensions.
Most everyone starting in domains would be better off buying dotcom only. Only after making tons of money in dotcom should they even think about buying any name in an extension other than dotcom. The odds of a domainer starting out in a loser extension and becoming a success is close to zero. The names are for losers, and scam artists. It is kind of like Bitcoin in a way. Notice that Overstock.com is accepting Bitcoin. The CEO is one of the world's biggest losers ever. He played a role in the .co scam launch, as well. And those scumbag Winklevoss Twins, who bought tons of bitcoins cheap, are now trying to offload their garbage on others. Not a single one of the bitcoin losers ever mentions the fact that because the transactions are irreversible, there is zero protection for a party who gets scammed. There is even a joker here, who has some of the worst domain names in world history, who puts in his thread that he is accepting PayPal or Bitcoin...lol. When you read about how businesses are accepting bitcoin, they are doing it for free advertising. The other lie that they tell is that Bitcoin has no transaction fees, and therefore it is better than a credit card or debit card. These people are losers. The price of bitcoin is not stable, the risk is huge, and nobody on the planet who has a clue, and doesn't have a vested interest in scamming someone else, would accept it in any transactions that could materially effect their lives if there was a dispute.
Alternate extensions and bitcoin are for LOSERS. It is the same idiotic thought process, one that neglects reality, and overlooks the risks and general idiocy of the thing.
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also interesting that #'s 2, and 4 are parked at gd, while #3 doesn't resolve at all
stock photos is decent keyword, sock photos not.
imo...
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Dude, you've been domaining over a yr, I'd say VERY part-time. Take this loss (it's a no-brainer if there ever was one, you'll lose on this one, and biggg time) as an INVALUABLE lesson. Not only has the .CO ext not "made it" 4 yrs later, but the domain itself is not good at all, StockPhotos..... never mind it's not in singular, it's a bad one, on top of that it's in an almost junk extension (tho still better than .biz, .me, .im)...
I used to like .CO ("like" is too broad, just say I had hopes for it as being a true alternative to .COM) But I had a blessing in disguise in July 2010, I had lost so much $ for 2 yrs that I had very little $ to prereg many .CO names. I did a few and had a few decent sales early on. But it doesn't take long to realize .CO is mostly a bust. I only agree w/katherine to develop cuz you paid sooo much for the thing. Mid $,$$$....I assume you mean $3.5-6.5 K.....wow.... And just who's this lucky seller ? a domainer who struck gold on some forum ? or did you see it in auction w/a clever "description" ? I'd love for that seller to word my descriptions when I list names lol...
As to Jack G's observation StockPhoto.com went for $250 K, I mean, what were they thinking ? lol That WAS insane. You should not be afraid to use your gut feeling (to the OP), even as a newcomer. And read plenty here, great newbie section. Ask questions and make requests for appraisals BEFORE you shell out any big bucks. That section here is great too, knowledgeable advice from some guys. Don't get me wrong and conclude anything that's not a .COM is trash, most of my biggest sales were not .COM in fact. But don't go into .biz, .name or .ws for example. And examine the quality of the .COM/.NET/.ORG names you buy. And watch out for those 2-char ccTLDs touted as the next big thing (go to the long recent thread here on .PW, you'll have fun) Bitter medicine to swallow, but better now than after another "misstep". I hope you do well with other sales to perhaps make your final tally on domaining a wash...
I used to like .CO ("like" is too broad, just say I had hopes for it as being a true alternative to .COM) But I had a blessing in disguise in July 2010, I had lost so much $ for 2 yrs that I had very little $ to prereg many .CO names. I did a few and had a few decent sales early on. But it doesn't take long to realize .CO is mostly a bust. I only agree w/katherine to develop cuz you paid sooo much for the thing. Mid $,$$$....I assume you mean $3.5-6.5 K.....wow.... And just who's this lucky seller ? a domainer who struck gold on some forum ? or did you see it in auction w/a clever "description" ? I'd love for that seller to word my descriptions when I list names lol...
As to Jack G's observation StockPhoto.com went for $250 K, I mean, what were they thinking ? lol That WAS insane. You should not be afraid to use your gut feeling (to the OP), even as a newcomer. And read plenty here, great newbie section. Ask questions and make requests for appraisals BEFORE you shell out any big bucks. That section here is great too, knowledgeable advice from some guys. Don't get me wrong and conclude anything that's not a .COM is trash, most of my biggest sales were not .COM in fact. But don't go into .biz, .name or .ws for example. And examine the quality of the .COM/.NET/.ORG names you buy. And watch out for those 2-char ccTLDs touted as the next big thing (go to the long recent thread here on .PW, you'll have fun) Bitter medicine to swallow, but better now than after another "misstep". I hope you do well with other sales to perhaps make your final tally on domaining a wash...
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