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I only own one site with adsense and my first month is just over.
However a few days ago a close relative did a strange proposal.
He owns 2 "VERY GOOD" domain names, the same domain both .com and .net and when I say very good, it is as good as cars.com/.net or printers.com /.net if you see what I am saying, the kind of domain the ppl just type.
He has owned these domain for about a long time but never used them and he is offering them to me, I am thinking of puting them into Adsense revenue
First dilema, should I point both of them to the same page or build 2 pages
Second I know nothing about that specific niche, do you think selling them is better?
thanks
Either go for two completely different sites - or 301 the net to the com. Again, you can still decicde to build a second site later.
BTW, welcome to WW :)
Ann
edit> Be careful not to duplicate information on each site. That could mean disaster.
I would just park the .net and develope the .com
Purchasing the .net was probably meant to protect the .com from others who would jump in and register the same domain name and take away the .com's traffic, etc.
well the the domain names are really great, do you think that paying for ppl to write articles is a good idea?
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the kind of domain the ppl just type.
I've read so often that people supposedly do this however how true is it?
I have several type-in domain names and it is very rare that anyone does this however I'm not saying that people do not, maybe they do when they get used to seeing a name like hotels.com?
Are the names simply registered and never been used?
It might well be worth asking in the Domain name forum too for advice and opinions:
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At worse, if you DON'T get decent traffic from people who just type it, you should still make enough to pay your anual domain reg. and hosting once you get indexed. If it is going to do better your earnings will show it and you can spend some real energy developing it. What do you have to lose?
I have several type-in domain names and it is very rare that anyone does this however I'm not saying that people do not, maybe they do when they get used to seeing a name like hotels.com?Are the names simply registered and never been used?
well yes never used, only an underconstruction page for the past few years, and it is getting an average of 20 hits per day I think it is not bad for a start
I think it would be better to keep it a "virgin" domain by parking it at one of the large reseller sites and wait for "deep pockets" to come a' calling; like the owner of beef.com, for example, is doing.
Anyway, I wouldn't tie such a quality domain name to AdSense. You should find manufacturers/suppliers/providers, make deals and try to sell "the product". Look at what cars.com and others do. This is the way to monetize that domain name. If you can't do it yourself, find someone who accepts to share the profit or simply rent it for a fixed fee. But yes, don't sell it unless you get a decent offer.
only an underconstruction page for the past few years, and it is getting an average of 20 hits per day I think it is not bad for a start
More than likely bots and spiders methinks.
sonny and Alioc have offered very good advice and especially so if you have no in-depth knowledge of the "widget".
Thinking aloud, if they really are such good names then why not try and find out if there is a trade association for the "widget" and contacting the major national and international "widget" magazines and actually ascertain what is happening globally in that "widget" market?
You may find that there are already some well-established players in that market who are not even interested in the name, then again they may make you an offer that's too good to be true.
Incidentally, why on earth did your relative buy these domains and not develop them? Surely they realise such good names should be potentially valuable?
Lucky guy, don't rush into it too quickly and...what did you say the names were? :-))
More than likely bots and spiders methinks.
Perhaps you have, but did you type that in or find them through G? A good domain name can add credibility to a site but I wouldn't expect it to automatically bring in 1000's of hits.
Your other option would be to sell it to a major vendo in that area. I'm sure HP would pay big $$ for printers.com and Tyson would likely be interested in chicken.com.
must be a seriously wealthy relative
You guys are fantastic and sooo friendly thanks
grrrrowl... no we're not. We're hoping we can sweet talk you to give us the domain name!
Lucky guy, don't rush into it too quickly and...what did you say the names were? :-))
see what I mean? ;)
welcome to WebmasterWorld!
example:
cars.com - i've never used that site when searching for a new or used car
computers.com - never been on it dont know whats on it
if you have a domain name like sex.com then get ready to be a millionare anything else it could be a big thing but its not the most important thing. But if i was you i would keep it anyways.... build the site, market it and see how it goes. Give it about 6 months. If you get great results then you're in good shape..if you're making couple dollars then maybe you should sell it.
If you are looking for widgets, most people will do a search for widgets. If they see widgets.com the will remember the domain and consider it a possible authority on widgets. And, the search engines will give it more weight. Either way, one word domain names are valuable.
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I actually had a chat with adsense support on one of my domains producing alternate ads while the content seemed ok, if I renamed the page it would be working, turned out they didn't like somthing that was there in the past that needed manual cleaning a few days later all URLs in the new site started producing better ads.
Type in domainnames need to be _really_ good if you want savvy computer users to type them and click on advertising.
You say about 20 hits now without content that's not much to build on for organic traffic but it's more than nothing.
Incidentally, why on earth did your relative buy these domains and not develop them? Surely they realise such good names should be potentially valuable?
You'd think so, but you might be surprised. Within the past couple of weeks, I helped a friend of one of my partners regain control of her unbelievably good domain name. She works at a tiny little non-profit, and they've had the domain name for well over ten years now - so long, in fact, that the person who took it out for them, and whose contact information shows up on it is no longer around. So they couldn't make any changes to the record or even renew it again, plus it wasn't locked and there had been a couple of attempts to move it without their permission. They were seriously considering just abandoning it and going for something else. I mean, this is a domain that I personally wouldn't be surprised to see go for a million bones on the market. We got it all straightened out and moved over to another registrar and updated and locked, and I told her that if her little non profit ever wanted to go bigtime profit, they had a remarkable asset right there and they better do everything they could to protect it. They had absolutely no idea, and almost let it just run out.
As far as your gift goes GiveMeMore, accept them and sit on them for a bit, do some research into the market. Never sell them, they are like gold.
