I have two domains which I'm no longer running sites on. I'm debating whether to try to sell each domain, or re-use them for new projects. The domains are: BlogGig.com (could be used for a site on making money blogging, blogging jobs / blog gigs, or even just a blog on blogging as the domain itself is a simple misspelling of the word "blogging" to begin with) ChickTech.net (this one was a blog where I talked about blogging, online business, women webmasters and bloggers, etc.) - expires April 1, 2008 Bloggig.com was later rolled into ChickTech.net, and I later moved all of that content to a new domain at Jentrepreneur.com. - expires April 20, 2008 I have project ideas for each of them, but figured I'd see if they may be worth selling before deciding to invest the time into yet more sites. Bloggig.com is the one I'll definitely have a harder time parting with. Assume no PR on them as I pulled the content and everything as of now. They were previously redirected to Jentrepreneur, but I just removed that redirection to day to prepare them to be either sold or re-worked. Thanks in advance for your feedback.
BlogGig.com should fetch xx-xxx (maybe). Sounds like it might have some natural type in traffic since it was once a site. I understand why you're having a hard time parting with it. It sounds like it was a project you enjoyed and it served its useful purposes. The real question is what would you let it go for? If I were you and if I had the time, I would continue to develop traffic before I sell for bigger resell down the road, but that's only if you have time.
If I develop it, I'll be keeping it. I don't want to build it up to flip it. That's why I'm trying to decide whether it's worthwhile just to sell the domain alone now, or shelf it for a little while until I can make time to do something with it (launch a blogging job board or something).
Have those names ever been parked? Unless any of those names have revenue, I'd have to say reg fee each. If they had revenue recently, then it depends on revenue.
I don't think you'll make much out of selling them. Do you need 40$ now? If yes, sell. Otherwise, keep them, selling them won't make you richer.
No, I don't need to sell them for the money - just determining if they're worth renewing and investing time into again or not. I've actually decided to definitely keep BlogGig.com. I talked to a company with one job board hosting option, and I think it would work as a decent add-on to a small content site or a re-launched blog. I'm still not sure about the other one. I'll brainstorm a few ideas for things I could do with it, and if I come up with something I can make time for, perhaps I'll hold onto that one as well. Thanks for the feedback!
If you've already got people going to chicktech to read the blog, you can continue to get a stream of traffic who are interested in geeky stuff aimed at a female audience. It will give you a head start on getting an audience. I think chicktech is a pretty memorable name. With development, it can be good. If you have a good idea for that domain, I would think it was worth developing. If you do have such an idea, let us know what it is. I (as a female geek) would be interested in visiting such a website, and maybe some others around here would be, too.
There's no direct traffic there anymore. All of the content was moved to a new domain (jentrepreneur.com) a little while back, and the domain was redirected at that time. The old idea was to keep it mostly about running an online business, but to heavily feature women webmasters and bloggers, with interviews and voting. People just didn't get that interested in it. I even had a BlogTalkRadio show tied to the site, and frankly that did much better than the blog as a whole. I thought about doing a product-oriented site (tech gear for girls). I'd done it very briefly before at CoolGirlGadgets.com and sold that site. It was simply taking too much time (and these aren't major priority sites for me compared to my others). I think that would be the easiest to monetize, but time-consuming. The blog is another time-consuming idea - especially since I'm already blogging about online business, blogging, etc. on other blogs, and don't want to end up too repetitive. I always liked this site name (too bad I had to settle for the .net though), and really do hope I come up with some kind of idea for it. As of now, these are the possibilities coming to mind: 1. A blog 2. A female-focused gadget site 3. I could use the domain to push an e-book I could write on online business targeting female entrepreneurs 4. I could create a directory of female-run sites and blogs
Yep, blog would be the most profitable but also the most time-consuming. The directory sounds like a great idea and I know it would be a place that I would visit. Not as profitable, though, because it's not the sort of site you go to every day. You could combine the two and have the directory with bloggish stuff on it. Featured gadget site of the week with a quick review and stuff like that. Reviews are much quicker and easier to write than articles.
The "enhanced" directory is a good idea. The e-book one I think could be profitable as well. I'm running a 14-day e-book writing challenge on one of my blogs in the second half of this month, and need to pick a topic to write my own new one on anyway, so that may be an idea, and I wouldn't need to go register a new domain to have somewhere to promote it. Thanks again for the feedback. It looks like I'll more than likely hold onto both of these, at least for now.
Monetize them if you can or sell them but its hard to get what you think they might be worth...decent names though.
I like bloggig.com, brandable and meaningful name, perfect for creating blogging related job board, undeveloped worth mid $xx - high $xx imo. ChickTech.net worth low $xx at best.