Domain searches question.......

[Surfn]

I picked up a whole slew or 4 char radio and tv stations starting with "K" I'll hold on to them until new owners come in and want to use them. I get all kinds of email about programming and scheduling as a result of owning them. lol

[kenny]

Originally Posted by Linkster

Sleeper - there are a bunch of 3 char .coms available out there - but you are correct - if they are a dictionary word they are going to be taken - but think outside the box a little (I did and picked up one that was a doozy based on cell phone/IM shorthand)

I don't count

8u9.com

Only all letters or all numbers the rest are of no value

[kenny]

Originally Posted by Surfn

I picked up a whole slew or 4 char radio and tv stations starting with "K" I'll hold on to them until new owners come in and want to use them. I get all kinds of email about programming and scheduling as a result of owning them. lol

lol - that is funny

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by KG Gary

So you buy a domain you like the look of, maybe develop it a little, (or a lot), and sell it on?
Or is it more of a straight name-selling situation?

Hang on....I think another "A mixture of both" is on it's way.

Have you ever had a real killer domain that gave you a great return?
(Sorry if this is sounding like an interview).

Hit me on ICQ and I'll give you some pointers

[KG Gary]

Originally Posted by Surfn

Hit me on ICQ and I'll give you some pointers

Many thanks for the offer but I'm a true newbie.
ICQ scares me! I downloaded and installed it a few weeks back but haven't used it yet.

I have plenty of extremely-hostile-forum experience but little realtime typing experience!

Could I please ask a few more questions....
When searching for available domains I often find something I like but hesitate because the name is slightly similar to a plumbing company from Nevada, or a sports club from Ireland or something like that.

Are domain registrations an "anything goes but don't annoy the big boys" sort of deal?
Should I just go for it if I like something?

As an example "pagerankgoogle.com" is available but Google may not like it, especially if there a nice little porn list placed there.

Or is that the whole point of the exercise?

[Surfn]

Originally Posted by KG Gary

Many thanks for the offer but I'm a true newbie.
ICQ scares me! I downloaded and installed it a few weeks back but haven't used it yet.

I have plenty of extremely-hostile-forum experience but little realtime typing experience!

Could I please ask a few more questions....
When searching for available domains I often find something I like but hesitate because the name is slightly similar to a plumbing company from Nevada, or a sports club from Ireland or something like that.

Are domain registrations an "anything goes but don't annoy the big boys" sort of deal?
Should I just go for it if I like something?

As an example "pagerankgoogle.com" is available but Google may not like it, especially if there a nice little porn list placed there.

Or is that the whole point of the exercise?

Go for anything you like. If there's a problem they usually send you a letter. You don't go straight to jail.

[KG Gary]

Originally Posted by Surfn

Go for anything you like. If there's a problem they usually send you a letter. You don't go straight to jail.

As a freesite submitter I'll be careful not to incur the wrath of adult site owners. I'll be steering well clear of domains like "lunk-o-rama", FetishPiles" or "TommysCookmarks".

Again thanks for the help and advice.

[Surfn]

I just picked up a few more. They came to me while I was running errands. I usually don't do a domain similar to existing domains.

Good luck, and you really should get your ICQ working

[KG Gary]

Originally Posted by Surfn

I just picked up a few more. They came to me while I was running errands. I usually don't do a domain similar to existing domains.

Good luck, and you really should get your ICQ working

Thanks for taking the trouble to help a curious new guy.

[T Pat]

Hey Surfin and Linkster could you guys elaborate on the brokering I didn't know there was such an animal.
I have forty domains parked half with Sedo and the other half at Hop.com I'm moveing the ones at hop.com tonight three months is long enought to know we don't match at Sedo my numbers have been been steady for the last 4 or 5 months I'm getting around 7000 views a month with a 16% Clickthrough and the avereage click is 7 cents 5 of the domains get 85% of the clicks.
would it beworth my while to look into a broker? I have probable another 10 that I should park, would a broker deal with that small a number? I did a little googleing, I think I'll give Domain Sponsor a shot

[Linkster]

Sleeper - actually some of the number/letter combos (3letter) have sold for some pretty impressive prices so I wouldnt say they are of no value - if someone is willing to pay in the thousands for those then my guess is that they are of value to someone

TPat - when I talk about brokering I kinda lump all of the services like SEDO, etc into one ball of wax - there are a few brokering services that do all of the pushing for you but they tend to take a much bigger cut of the sell price as they are actively doing things to push for you. I would use those types of brokers for extremely high end type domains - although Ive always just dome my own and let someone like SEDO handle the transactions - and they are one of the good ones for parking. There are a few better - Ill get together a little list for ya

[Surfn]

What Linkster said. I've always found brokering domains a very fluid situation. So my advice today probably wouldn't work for you tomorrow unless you stayed on top by doing tons of research.