Morning Folks!!
I'll get right to this post from 2009. I just doddled and wrote down 20 items I consider when buying a domain name. There are others as well depending on the domain and the category etc.
Enjoy!
Have a GREAT Day!
Rick Schwartz
Links to My Success
- Frank Schillings Blog
The 9 figure domain man! - Owen's Blog
Owen is 5 steps ahead before others even knew there was a race. The IDEA man. - Ron Jackson's DNJournal
If you want the paper of record in the domain business it is DNJournal like no other. - Whizzbangs's Blog
Great technical insite - David Carter's Blog
Views from across the pond. David gives real world examples with real world results. - Elliots Blog
- Mike Berkens
Listen to those that know and do. Mike does both well. I would consider him one of the top 10 domainers in the world. - Larry and Ari
2 of the best in the biz - Rick Latona
- Howard Neu's Blog
Industry Resources
My Notable Sales $10MM+
- eCruise.com to iCruise.com
- 235.com for $100,000
- Men.com $1.3MM
- Property.com/Properties.com $4MM + Equity
- Candy.com $3MM + Royalties
- iReport.com to CNN for $750K
- ChinaTours.com $200,000
- TokyoHotels.com $200k++
- PartnerCash.com $110,000
- SydneyHotels.com $100,000
- eScore.com $100,000
- 273.com $50,000
- PunchBowl.com to MyPunchbowl.com
- RockStars.com $180,000
- 236.com to IAC (Undisclosed)
- RoomDividers.com $75,000
- OnlineCasinos.com (undisclosed)
My Websites
- eRealEstate.com
The first website on the net to be devoted to the future of domain names. Online since 1996. - T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference
Gas it what fuels a car, TRAFFIC is what fuels the net - RumorMill.com
What's the latest rumor? - Property.com
I have no business owning a great domain like this. But the rest of the universe is still asleep at the wheel. - Candy.com
Another domain I have no business owning but the candy industry is still asleep at the wheel. - HotDates.com
Just an example of a parked domain page. - Widgets.com
The domain that can be anything it wants to be. Perhaps the most generic of all domain names. - ChildPornography.com Reporting Center
This site has been online for over 7 years. I originally got it so it would not fall into the hands of someone who would exploit the most innocent. It has been a resource for reporting child porn and make it easy to look up sex offenders by state. - Articles with Rick
Just a smattering of some interviews and articles over the years. - Twitter
Follow me on Twitter - Facebook
- DomainDevelopers.com
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