Posted by Jason.
Jul
30
Posted by Jason.
I’ve been watching domains drop every day for almost two years now over at GoDrops.com and it’s turned out to be not a small source of domain registrations for me and for some members. First, I have to thank Jamie from DotWeekly.com for getting me hooked and up to speed on the drop-catching process and great “insider” information. (Other domainers have also recently starting blogging about the esoteric science of drop-catching).
Before April 1st, drop-catching decent names was near impossible due to massive domain tasting by Enom, Maxim Internet, various NameMedia companies, Pool and a host of others. Tasters did usually drop their domains for refunds during the grace period, and this provided a second chance to grab whatever you had your eye on. The same taster might register the domains again, a practice called domain kiting, or other tasters would grab these deleted names (e.g. Maxim would catch Enom drops, etc…) It was fun to watch the circus from the view of my whois scanner/database. Tasters now have to be more selective — some taster registrars even collapsed and lost their names — which means there are now more domains available at drop time.
Don’t kid yourself about the domains you are able to get off the drop. Even though it’s the best time to get higher quality domains – before the masses have combed through the various distributed drop lists – these are still domains that no one thought it worth to spend even $18 for a backorder at GoDaddy and most recently Name.com. Good quality brandables and long-tail keywords do fall through the cracks from time to time – that’s the whole rational for drop-catching for yourself in the first place!
Happy Drop-Catching! Keep it real and keep it dot COM!
Jul
10
Posted by Jason.
Despite tracking a zillion (approx.) names in that time over at GoDrops.com, only 10 new names have been added to my domain collection (dare I call it a portfolio?). I’ve been keeping busy developing a real-estate Wordpress-based site and, of course, keeping up with what’s dropping and the bargains at auction.
Here’s a run-down of my latest 10 domains and why I pulled the trigger on them:
GenericOutlet.com (reg fee) - Think “generic drugs” or “generic medications”. Great Google searches and “outlet” makes …
Jun
8
Posted by Jason.
GoDrops.com is my personal whois scanner gone wild. Everyday, I host the Web’s only “Live Chat and Drop” event where I stream live my dropping domain picks for the day. Not only do you see domain dropping and picked up live by big companies like Buy Domains, Zag Media and Portfolio Brains, backorder services like Pool, Namejet and Snapnames, and domainer/drop-catchers like Dan Rubin, but you also get to chat along — you never know WHO will show up
You cannot …
May
21
Posted by Jason.
WP-Domainer is a free Wordpress plugin I’ve developed that’s basically been a bag ‘o tricks for my various sites. With WP-Domainer you can insert a message at the top of every page, upload favicons for Wordpress MU installs across multipe domains, and list domains in a post or page using a flexible Wordpress shortcode.
Like I said, it’s absolutely FREE! Download WP-Domainer Today!
May
20
Posted by Jason.
Not long ago, I helped Alltop.com acquire the domain name alltop.net. Soon after, we were sporting our new Alltop T-shirts all around southern California and, as the picture below clearly shows, off the beaten path as well. Thanks Alltop!
May
19
Posted by Jason.
I’ve started scanning domains at Snapnames that are ending soon. I may go after a couple, but here’s my short list for today. I just applied to get a Snapnames affiliate ID, so in the meantime, I’m using DotWeekly’s code =)
I’m also testing out my Domainer Wordpress plugin that makes listing names in blog posts easy. Look for a release of that here soon…
Without further ado, here’s my short-list for today! Most of these are less than $50 and end …
May
11
Posted by Jason.
Hot on the trail for a Wordpress theme for my Travel domains — thanks to Booking.com for getting me signed up and ready to go, by the way — I noticed many new themes both gratis and premium being released in the last few days. Here’s a run down…
May
9
Posted by Jason.
At the GeoDomain Expo a couple weeks ago, I found myself sitting down with a representative from Booking.com over lunch. They’re big in Europe covering all the large hotels and the smaller independent ones (i.e. the long-tail). I’ve got a solid collection of undeveloped travel names now and it’s time I rolled-up my sleeves and get them built. Yesterday, I applied to their affiliate program and hope to be in contact with them early next week.
I’m still looking for Wordpress …
May
7
Posted by Jason.
This is going to be the start of a series of posts describing how I go about developing my most expensive domain so far for 2009. The name is ExploreHungary.com and it set me back a cool $25.00 at Snapnames recently.
For me, this is as near premium for geo/travel without having the exact city or generic “travel” keyword domain. Early last year I purchased a related name for over $600, but I think this one is better, not because it …
May
6
Posted by Jason.
A couple days ago I grabbed HaircutReviews.com from the daily domain drop. The day before, by coincidence, my wife was complaining about how she couldn’t find the salon a friend had reccomended to her online. For the local places she could find, the reviews were either non-existent or not very helpful. The next day, I saw this name in the drop list and, well, I couldn’t resist pulling the trigger.
Google shows some decent searches for related keywords:
hair reviews …
