Ultimate Search Have It...

..But do they want to sell it?

[nutsandbolts]

There is a really nice domain name Ultimate Search currently owns that I would love to grab. Has anyone ever bought one from these guys? I've e-mailed them asking if it's for sale but heard nothing back. If you've managed to get one from them - what do they normally charge?

It's such a good domain name to waste! ;)

[CHC]

I was in a similar position last year with a domain name that a client had asked me to secure.

I emailed them with an overgenerous amount that the client had instructed me to offer and they never even bothered to reply.

Seems a funny way to run a business!

[rogerd]

What's up with those guys, anyway? Do they ever get nailed for duplicate content?

[CHC]

Very good point on the duplicate content. They have tens of thousands of clone pay for click search engines and they are all the same.

I think though that they rely on most of their traffic from type-ins.

[rogerd]

I'm sure they don't get that much search traffic, but last time I stumbled across a few of their domains they actually had OK PageRank. Perhaps they were recent acquisitions and hadn't been ferreted out yet.

[nutsandbolts]

It's very frustrating! Although, of course, they have every right to do this you would think for say $500 a domain they would make more money by selling the domains to people who want them!

Blimey, those clever sausages in Hong Kong and Korea are quick at grabbing deleted domains....

[Shakil]

Ultimate Search are the Daddy of this type of activity.

Very shrewd businessmen, and have been taken to court on a number of times, but I think they have won most of the diputes.

Shak

[Chris_R]

As far as I know they have never lost. I have a call in through one of their lawyers trying to obtain a domain from them for a friend. I still haven't heard anything and it has been a few weeks.

[Orion]

I believe they are in Hong Kong.

They had a domain name very similar to one of our own (i.e. a plural of our own), but were not interested in selling.

We recently wanted a domain that was just expiring, and the former owner had wanted several thousand dollars for a couple of years ago, and they got it first. It had a PR of 6, but now it has a PR of 0.

They probably have some good tools, and a large budget, to basically buy anything. But I bet they are banned by Google, because they just show a junk page of paid links.

[Brett_Tabke]

Info:

53980 domains found on 213.130.63.232

15 145 ms 152 ms 148 ms p4-0-0-0.r01.londen02.uk.bb.verio.net [129.250.4.182]
16 146 ms 145 ms 154 ms e1-1.c01.londen02.uk.vwh.net [213.130.47.250]
17 145 ms 186 ms 196 ms v10-d06-r0.londen02.uk.wh.verio.net [213.130.32.206]
18 145 ms 145 ms 149 ms v20-d06-r0.londen02.uk.wh.verio.net [213.130.32.238]
19 152 ms 149 ms 146 ms ultimatesearch.com [213.130.63.232]

[CHC]

How do you find out how many domains are on a particular IP address?

[Chris_R]

[zooknic.com...]

[WebGuerrilla]

For what it's worth, I've purchased a domain from them and it went very smoothly. The whole process was handled through a third-party escrow company and was wrapped up in a couple of days.

[nutsandbolts]

Brett: That's a whole heap of domains!

WebGuerrilla: Did you contact them directly about a domain or did they sell it via Ebay?

And, if you don't mind me asking, are they quite sensible with their sale prices? Last time I contacted a Hong Kong company about a domain they wanted $5,000 (which was waaaayyy too much!)

[amhitvl]

they not only grab domain name and they develop that domain
some of domain bring traffic to my site
some domain I think they can sell for $5000.00