Hey, as i am trying to sell www.ahostblog.com, www.hideurl.info and www.adressdir.com i wanted to put this up and ask everyone what they think it's worth. As i haven't got much of a response here on dp i need to get atleast some feedback on why, what would make my sales go better? For checking the sales thread i have go to http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=325861 Also there are alot of people bidding on stuff but not buying, what is up with that? Realy hate when people do that....
to be honest, theyre nothing different from what another couple off thousand people have out there already. because theyre not unique not alot off people would be interested. just from looking at the sites it puts me off becuase theyre not profitable nor do they make any money i am guessing
Well then you are wrong if you say they are not making any money, adressdir.com has already brought me some money from featured links. Also you cant say they aren't unique, the layouts are unique and that makes the site unique. Hideurl is recieving a fair bit of traffic and i got alot of revenue from it.
you couldy probably sell all of them for $25...for the lot they dont have anything different from other domains lying around,,,
At the first glance it seems like a general-purpose directory (I'm talking about adressdir.com). There are literally millions of the on the net. The home page tells nothing about what kind of directory it is (it is a directory, right?). The design is pretty descent, but unfortunately, that's the only thing that makes it unique.
Well, it depends on how honest an opinion you want. I've taken a look at the offer and then looked at the web sites in question, I think the thing which puts me off is the phase 'Quite new / Assume Little traffic!' and I do not quite see a lot of sites being listed in the various directories in itself. Then also the term 'Around 10 featured links sold in bulk for $30-$40!' does give me the impression that only one party bought the 10 featured links. Whether that is true or not is another matter but that's the impression it gives me. Like the rest said, the sites are nothing to wow about and because there is technically not a lot of traffic, not a lot of entries with low PR and the design is nothing speculator, it does not really catch my eye. I do run a directory site myself (several in the past) and although there is traffic and almost daily entries submission, it is relatively difficult to get people to buy links. I guess personally, most directories are generally for search engines and the purposes usually is for PR, featured links probably would not play a huge role in getting better PR. I don't understand the 'HideURL' site. I see it is a directory site and the domain name associated with it seems to be quite out of place. Hide URL sort of make me assume it is a proxy site or something because if I want to list on a directory site, I do not want my URL to be hidden. I mean the whole purpose is to be visible and not to be hidden. Also the Hide URL income level as $300 to $1000, it seems to be pretty vast and by looking at the site and its contents does seems like the amount is just plucked from the air. I am not trying to doubt you here but that seems to be the impression I am getting by looking at everything.
Okay thanks for the good and honest opinions, the income is a estimate from hideurl as i know it got quite some money for me i am sure it is $300 minimum. As for one reason i could think of, would it be easier to get it sold in case i converted to phpLD ? Just because you said that, must ask you if you have any clue whatsoever what traffic/pr or revenue is worth. If you dont base your opinion on something i am bound to believe that you have no clue what you are talking about. xooMan: Thanks for your opinion there, might put that in consideration and rebuild some instead of selling it already. eddy2099: I am aware of the fact that the domain isn't that good for the purpose i want. But have a crazy idea to redirect it to adressdir and move all the hideurl content over to that one. Mayby would use one of my other domains i have lying around for that but would you advise to do something like that? For everyone: tell me what you want to see in a directory, as i got alot of feedback already i'm up for making changes overall. If you have any suggestions i am happy to try them out. Also for ahostblog, would consider selling for $40 if anyone would be interested.
As for what people may want to see in a directory.... something unique (just like with any other site). A directory in a niche that's not oversaturated... a directory with tools not being used elsewhere... a directory that actually attracts a good number of visitors, so it's really directing traffic to the sites listed.... not just another generic directory. There are really unlimited options as to what you can do with them... no need to keep launching general directories when the market's oversaturated.
I've had this for 1 year and 3-4 months already, so it's quite a long time since i launched it. At that time the market wasn't this oversaturated, but i agree with you that i need to add something more unique. Thanks alot jhmattern for your feedback!
Directory industry is booming which there is more supply than demand - you will need to up the traffic and pr rank. What jenn mention - I agree with awell.
No good pr and traffic that's diminuates the price Plus if you don't have revenue to proof that diminuates the price olso This is the reason i quited selling daredirectory.info and keapt for my self
If you are planning to make substantial changes to your directory consider reading this post about starting a web directory: directory-owners.com/starting-directory/282-webjunkies-guide-lines-starting-directory.html Really good read.
Thanks for the tip xooMan, will go thru the web reading some and check what i could possibly do to make it realy good. Would putting a blog be a good idea?