I wan't to sell two domain names but not sure where to start with price as I am very new to this. Trying to pick up as much as I can form the forums and web. Lot to take in. Just wanted some opinions on two domain names. I know they are only worth what someone is willing to pay. Might be worth a million to the right company and not even a penny to the wrong. Don't take that the wrong way in no way do I think the domains are worth a million bucks.The names are rockingcountry(dot)com maximuscale(dot).com Thanks in advance for you insite. And any tips are always welcome
Well, maximuscale is a typo domain and while the TM has been cancelled (so it seems from a quick check), it could end up being a big headache under UDRP. Personally, I would drop it. Typo domains should be avoided. Rocking Country could be a good country music brand, a nice domain, for like a magazine/blog, online shop or something like that. Country music is big business. However, it's something that requires development or lucky enough to find a big fan who wants to start such a website. Value wise, not much undeveloped (just what the buyer is willing to pay), although you could hold out for $50 as it's a decent name. It's a fresh reg (albeit with previous history), so it's a shot in the dark. $50 might not cover your investment so far though. As a developed domain, it all comes down to the traffic and revenue numbers. Easiest way to get off the ground and get traffic plus revenue is go after the long-tail keywords and you'll probably do better from Amazon (affiliate links for CDs, DVDs and MP3s) than Adsense. Long tails are often more specific and likely to convert, but also usually easier to rank for rather than something like "country music".
Thanks for the info ryan_uk. Long tails? Not to question you, just trying to understand. Seems like everything I have read said to stay away form long tails unless I have just miss understood what I have read. (posible) Could you give me an example of a good long tail name? Like I said new and trying to understand it all. Just dipping my toes in the water to see if this is something I might want to make a hobby of and see if anything comes of it.
Hi, mate. I assume that they meant long domain names. What I meant by long tails is long search keywords. For example, "country music" is a short term and frequently searched for. As a result, it will be highly competitive to rank for. However, "old country music singers" is searched for a lot less, so it has less commercial value and that usually means that the SEO competition is weaker. For this kind of term you can normally rank higher with a lot less effort put into it (but of course, quality is still important), even if you're faced with some strong sites in the search results. If your SEO on-page and off-site (without over-doing it) is very specific for this keyword (and, again, quality). Now, such a searcher might find it interesting to read some text (along with a short audio clip or video) about this, which could be a review of a CD featuring old country music singers and be encouraged to click on a link to buy it (with Amazon, even if they don't buy it, any purchases after clicking that link will be attributed to you - there are x amount of days, or until the cookie is cleared). With music online, people are often searching for free sources of music, videos or just information, so finding the ones that convert (into a sale) can be harder. However, not impossible. So, you spend the time working on gaining traffic for these longer-tail keywords and over time you build up to shorter ones as you gain more trust with Google, Bing or whatever.
There's this guy named "Maximus Cale" who reckons its not a typo. You know, the guy who weighed out ingredients on his "Max IMU scale" to brew a drink he called "Maximus C Ale" I'll show myself out On a serious note. Probably only worth reg fee. Cheers James
Hahaha, I can really see the judge buying that one. "Your honour, those affiliate links were a typo, the website is about me, Maximus Cale."