Earlier this year I bought some big domain names (such as Physical.com – see my blog posting about it) to develop into websites, even though I already have 5,000 other domains I have not developed yet. As with many of the things I do online, this was an experiment to see if I could make… Read More: Big Domain Purchases – Part 2 »
In my 15+ years of doing business online, I have lost money to scammers many times, so I thought I would show an example of one particular scam I fell for, as a warning for other webmasters who might be in a similar situation. And, what makes it unusual is that eventually I was able… Read More: How I Was Scammed Out Of $2000 »
Below is a list of some of the domain names that I sold in the past 9 months: WebStartups.com – $5,000 CouponJunkies.com – $4,000 BestFirearms.com – $500 GetEngaged.com – $7,000 Zabber.com – $500 Winloot.com – $1,000 Venturefund.com – $5,000 Quicktrades.com – $2,000 HugoBooks.com – $500 Findgifts.net – $1,100 Buygifts.net – $1,100 Birdwatchers.net – $1,500 4RentalCars.com… Read More: Domain Names I Recently Sold – September 2011 »
I have some interesting news to report. In a previous posting I wrote about how I was unsure what to do with my 9000 domain names because I was losing money on the vast majority of them. And, in another posting I wrote about how I developed big sites on some of my domains but… Read More: Big Domain Purchases »
I was recently interviewed about my domain name business, and although doing any interview is always exciting, what made this one different is that it was my first video interview. You can view it at DomainSherpa. This was my first time ever using Skype or any video chat type software, and I have only ever… Read More: Interviews and Publicity – Do They Bring Fame and Fortune? »
In a previous posting, I pondered What To Do With My 9000 Domain Names?. It has been 6 months since I wrote that, so I though I would give my readers an update: 1. Yesterday I sold a package of 4000 of my domains for $1.3 million. These domains were all parked (i had no… Read More: My 9000 Domains – Part 2 »
Google’s recent changes to their search rankings (see details here) to reduce spammy content (mainly from “content farms”) has led to a lot of talk about the importance of having good, unique content. It got me thinking about the topic of adding new content to my own sites. The reason I bring this up is… Read More: The Website Content Controversy »
Here are some domain names I sold in the past 4 months: WebFlings.com – $5,000 OnlineInvoices.com – $1,000 BigCasinos.com – $1,000 GamerLife.com – $1,500 BrigantineBeach.net – $400 HealthDeals.com – $4500 FinancialSpot.com – $1000 GoodCoupons.com – $4000 BeerDeals.com – $1500 4Software.com – $2000 4Bets.com – $1,000 4StudentLoans.com – $2,000 4Slots.com – $1,000 4PetSupplies.com – $1,000 4Blackjack.com… Read More: Domain Names I Recently Sold – January 2011 »
In two of my previous postings, I wrote about my attempts to create viral videos: http://www.impulsecorp.com/viral-videos-the-story-of-pimp-my-sleigh and http://www.impulsecorp.com/viral-videos-part-2. Mainly, I tried making holiday music videos such as Pimp My Sleigh, and although they were popular, I never made any money from them. So, unlike with holiday videos, it is interesting that one of my holiday… Read More: SantaBot.com is coming to town »
I own several hundred domains that have real websites on them, such as Dumb.com, Adoptme.com, and CheapFlowers.com, but for over 10 years I have also had around 9000 domain names that are basically just sitting there doing nothing. I have no plans to create sites on them, I just hold them in the hopes of… Read More: What To Do With My 9000 Domain Names? »