Comments on: Moniker Premium Live Auction Results (Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C.)

By: Domaineering Domain Advertising

Domaineering Domain Advertising — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:15:41 +0000

Domaineering is the web-based marketing business of acquiring and monetizing Internet domain names for their use specifically as an advertising medium rather than primarily speculating on domains as intellectual property investments for resale as in domaining where generating advertising revenue is considered more of a bonus while awaiting a sale. In essence, the domain names function as virtual Internet billboards with generic domain names being highly valued for their revenue generating potential derived from attracting Internet traffic hits. Revenue is earned as potential customers view pay per click ( PPC ) ads or the Internet traffic attracted may be redirected to another website. Hence, the domain name itself is the revenue generating asset conveying information beyond just functioning as a typical web address. As the value here is intrinsically in the domain name and not in a website’s products or services, these domains are “parked” and not intended to be developed into conventional websites. As with traditional advertising, domaineering is part art and part science. Often to be the most effective as an advertising tool, the domain names and their corresponding landing pages must be engineered or optimized to produce maximum revenue which may require considerable skill and keen knowledge of search engine optimization ( SEO ) practices, marketing psychology and an understanding of the target market audience. Domaineering generally utilizes a firm offering domain parking services to provide the sponsored “feed” of a word or phrase searched for thus creating a mini-directory populated largely by advertisers paying to promote their products and services under a relevant generic keyword domain. Occasionally content is added to develop a functional mini-website. Domaineers and some of those who advertise online using keywords believe domaineering provides a useful, legal and legitimate Internet marketing service while opponents of domaineering decry the practice as increasing the ubiquitous commercialization of the world wide web. Domaineering aka “domain advertising” is practiced by both large organizations which may have registered hundreds or even thousands of domains to individual entrepreneurial minded domaineers who may only own one or a few. The earliest known verifiable identification and defining of domaineering as a distinct Internet advertising practice is attributed to Canadian Professor William Lorenz.

By: Leonard Britt

Leonard Britt — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:04:48 +0000

Note that the domain FinancialAidZone.com is currently in auction at SEDO. The domain receives in excess of 100 visitors monthly and per SEO Book the phrase “financial aid” is searched for hundreds of times daily. If interested in this domain…

http://www.sedo.com/auction/auction_detail.php?auction_id=42720&tracked=&partnerid=&language=us

http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/seobook/index.php?keyword=financial%20aid

By: CMason

CMason — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:53:16 +0000

Dan Sias,

The auctioning of domain names focuses on generic/structured domain names (i.e. FinancialAid.com, PanamaCityBeach.com, NewYorkCity.com., Insurance.com, AidsResearch.com) not loosely put together domains, (CarMotorsToday.com, CatBreeder4u.com, etc) and with that, search engine placement isn’t important, resulting from the FACT that the consumer has been trained to type WhatDoYouWant.com (Yes, .com!)… For that matter BILLIONS of dollars has been spent to train the consumer… every time you watch the weather channel, guess what… Weather.com or fox news… FoxNews.com. So placement in the search engine is less important then the generic of the domain name. And further to this, today you might be on the top of the search engine but you can not guarantee that tomorrow, can you? No one can for that matter, so search engine placement is great and everything but means little in the larger picture of a Domainer.

Sorry if this comes across rough… I hear this all of the time with people with loss domain names.

Regards,
CMason

By: GenericGene

GenericGene — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:43:22 +0000

.net to be in high demand ? enter caryards in the browser bar hit shift and enter on your key board at the same time, and it will go to caryards.net – I must point out that I have it as a pointer at this stage, .net works on the key board like a .com – e.g. caryards hit control and enter at the same time and it will only go to caryards.com

By: ShuwiX

ShuwiX — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:44:31 +0000

3Megadollars :) Nice if we compare it to struggling financial sector.

By: Dan Sias

Dan Sias — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:38:53 +0000

I am trying to sell my first domain/website. It is in the top of the search listings. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dan

By: Frank Michlick

Frank Michlick — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:58:18 +0000

Shahid, you will have to list your names through any of the auction providers:

http://moniker.com/
http://ricklatona.com/
http://aftermarket.com/

By: Shahid

Shahid — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:22:07 +0000

wow awesome for that domain financialaid.com to fetch 800,000 US$

i think it will give a boost to my domains too :), can anyone reply me info@aquarium.me and tell me how can i list my domains for sale at T.R.A.F.F.I.C ?

i have some good ones like

royal.me, ranks.me, ships.me, seaport.me, deepsea.me, pistol.me

By: genericinvestor

genericinvestor — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:16:22 +0000

Thanks Dan,
And it must be setup offshore completely. This will help avoid parasites.

Best.

By: Danno

Danno — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:02:59 +0000

Its been so “backwords” for the last 6+ years…it just blows my mind. Internet marketing,SEO,SEM,Search,domaining…and on an on.

genericinvestor….your post is much more than “just a thought”. It will prove true in the coming months and years.

I feel like the Internet world….is/has turned to a “gridlock” Congress type BS Government.

Nice…post…thanks for doing some “forward thinking”!!

Peace,
Dan AKA “Danno”