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How many domains do you own?
« on: March 25, 2007, 03:06:47 AM »
To make it interesting list how many you own, how many you own that are developed, and how many you own that at least cover their hosting costs on a regular basis.
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Re: How many domains do you own?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2007, 11:41:02 AM »
I own 11 total, the only one that maintains itself at all is www.betougher.com
the other developed is show-e-records.com (soon to be redone with joomla)

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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2007, 11:41:33 AM »
i own about 30 domain names now (used to be loads more); of those i have three primary domains and under those about 20 which are associated because of name or kept 'just in case' the three primary all pay for themselves

the other domains are all 'in development'

i used to buy domain names just for the sake of it ... now i'm a lot more careful about what i buy. i did find c3p0.biz the other day though and just had to have it .. and i also purchased damo.se as i live in sweden and i couldn't get it with .co.uk or .com
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Re: How many domains do you own?
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2007, 11:57:52 AM »
Quote from: damo on March 25, 2007, 11:41:33 AM
i own about 30 domain names now (used to be loads more); of those i have three primary domains and under those about 20 which are associated because of name or kept 'just in case' the three primary all pay for themselves

the other domains are all 'in development'

i used to buy domain names just for the sake of it ... now i'm a lot more careful about what i buy. i did find c3p0.biz the other day though and just had to have it .. and i also purchased damo.se as i live in sweden and i couldn't get it with .co.uk or .com



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Re: How many domains do you own?
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2007, 12:01:27 PM »
i have i think ... used to be a lot more than that ...  Grin
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2007, 03:23:25 PM »
Hundreds. They all pay for themselves, most make money (not much). I have some creative parking techniques that work well and I'm always experimenting with others. I have scripts where I can create and publish 25-30 domains per hour. The content is automated and mixed so it does get "ranked" without a park penalty. After I run them through the hatchery and they get ranked, I sell them and make a few bucks here and there.

I don't do it for the money, I do it for the technology. That's my hobby, playing with the toys. Just some toys make a buck or two along the way. A guy bet me I couldn't make any money with a Joomla site so I played with some automated toys and published a site. Since then it keeps making more money every month. (I think I'll keep that one)
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Re: How many domains do you own?
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2007, 03:52:20 PM »
Whats the site by the way?
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« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2007, 03:54:24 PM »
Quote from: Mack on March 25, 2007, 03:23:25 PM
Hundreds. They all pay for themselves, most make money (not much). I have some creative parking techniques that work well and I'm always experimenting with others. I have scripts where I can create and publish 25-30 domains per hour. The content is automated and mixed so it does get "ranked" without a park penalty. After I run them through the hatchery and they get ranked, I sell them and make a few bucks here and there.

I don't do it for the money, I do it for the technology. That's my hobby, playing with the toys. Just some toys make a buck or two along the way. A guy bet me I couldn't make any money with a Joomla site so I played with some automated toys and published a site. Since then it keeps making more money every month. (I think I'll keep that one)

Damned squatters! The bane of the civilized internet.
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Re: How many domains do you own?
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2007, 08:06:21 PM »
Quote from: GollumX on March 25, 2007, 03:54:24 PM
Damned squatters! The bane of the civilized internet.

That's me  Cool . Not really, what I do is SEO hatching. I run the sites until they get out of the sandbox and either sell them or develop them. Depends on how much traffic they get. They aren't just parked, they have content.

The "squatters" you are speaking of do it on this scale. http://www.bobparsons.com/DomainKiting.html   32 million domains out of circulation, for free. At least I pay for mine and keep them at least 1 year.
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Re: How many domains do you own?
« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2007, 09:11:25 PM »
Yup. nothing pisses me off more than cooking up this really cool idea for a website, then i check the name and BLAM its registered, not in use, parked, or worse, involved in this BS kiting garbage...  Nothing wrong with a person owning tons of names if they buy them and plan to use them, but at least pay for them...  I hate those stupid link clicker scam sites and they are EVERYWHERE, and taking up good search engine spots for the rest of us with legit sites.
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« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2007, 09:21:19 AM »
255 sites that I am working on or have intentions for, I have just over 400 at the moment. I look through snap names every morning, pick out ones I like, toss them on my watch list and if I get them I get them, if not, oh well, I have a few hundred already:) I would be really interested in what script and content generator you are using though Mack, That's something i've been wanting to do for a while, but just haven't foudn the time to plan it out and make it. So alot of those sites are sitting in snap names domain parking generating adsense revenue for them becaus eI haven't had the time to convert them over:( I did pick up an autocontent generator module or something form joomla extensions, but haven't even had time to look at it:( Too busy actually working on the sites that are the most important to me at the moment. So if you would be willing to part with some of that information, I would be very interessted:)

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« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2007, 10:12:09 AM »
Quote from: William E Dooley on March 26, 2007, 09:21:19 AM
255 sites that I am working on or have intentions for, I have just over 400 at the moment. I look through snap names every morning, pick out ones I like, toss them on my watch list and if I get them I get them, if not, oh well, I have a few hundred already:) I would be really interested in what script and content generator you are using though Mack, That's something i've been wanting to do for a while, but just haven't foudn the time to plan it out and make it. So alot of those sites are sitting in snap names domain parking generating adsense revenue for them becaus eI haven't had the time to convert them over:( I did pick up an autocontent generator module or something form joomla extensions, but haven't even had time to look at it:( Too busy actually working on the sites that are the most important to me at the moment. So if you would be willing to part with some of that information, I would be very interessted:)

Thanks,
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Re: How many domains do you own?
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2007, 10:43:22 AM »
A more important question, to me, is...

"How many domains did you USED to own?"

I guess in all I have registered about 25 domains. Six are still useful and 4 belong to clubs. The rest I have let go. I had a great idea for each one, but, alas, my follow-through was hampered by me having to slave away, making 'the man' rich.

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Re: How many domains do you own?
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2007, 10:51:54 AM »
Quote from: William E Dooley on March 26, 2007, 09:21:19 AM
So if you would be willing to part with some of that information, I would be very interessted:)

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David Henderson

No, I don't mind. Here's one I parked a couple days ago. Like I said, this one is an experiment, my hobby, playing with the technology. I could replicate it with a different category and have a new site in 10 minutes. I don't know how well this will work, I tried it on 20 domains to test (each one is different). Just keep trying different things until you find one that works.

http://vadmart.com/
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« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2007, 11:19:00 AM »
The only possible way I can possibly beat the squatters is to become one myself I guess. I have started snapping up all the names i think i might use in the future(not for the intention of selling them).

Most recently i did this buying joomlabydesign.com ... realizing i'll be working with joomla for years to come, i figured i needed a domain for the purpose. Will start using it in the next 2 months.

I own 12 domains. Currently use 6, will start using 4 more in the next 3months. None for the purposes of reselling them or adsense type money earners... all for actual businesses i'll be getting into shortly (for example: fijiacres.com .. will be partnering with a local real estate broker on this one + hotproperties).

Someone out there will visit one of my undeveloped domains and say:
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