88,160 UK domains for sale

[RampageJackson]

Sounds good.

 

[dashu1]

I'm not getting upset, I'm merely pointing out that it is in fact you that doesn't know what they're talking about.

You are claiming that hyphenated domains are useless for seo.

Clearly you're wrong. Hyphenated domains are treated no differently by Google than non hyphenated domains.

I can give you a hatful of examples.

As I pointed out I have bought it to rank, not to brand.

You can be as forthright and belligerent as you like and you can keep insisting that you're right, but you're still wrong.

 

[dashu1]

Perhaps start a new thread then can be updated with progress on the ranking / hat eating ?

Good idea.

Do you want it fried or poached Jackson?

 

[RampageJackson]

I'm not getting upset, I'm merely pointing out that it is in fact you that doesn't know what they're talking about.

You are claiming that hyphenated domains are useless for seo.

Clearly you're wrong. Hyphenated domains are treated no differently by Google than non hyphenated domains.

I can give you a hatful of examples.

As I pointed out I have bought it to rank, not to brand.

You can be as forthright and belligerent as you like and you can keep insisting that you're right, but you're still wrong.

Put your money where your mouth is then. $500 charity bet says I can prove it by registering several new exact match with hyphens, and exact match without, and show you that the non-hyphens are consistently ranked better in Google.

Its not going to be hard for me to do, and if it didn't involve time and money I'd happily do it for free just to show you how far apart what you know and what you think you know really are. I'll still do it for free but you can give $500 to a charity once I do it, and if I can't I'll do the same. Still confident?

Yes you might be able to pick out one or two instances where the hyphened domain outranks the non-hyphen, but that will be because of other factors. Domain age, number of backlinks, better links etc. I can remove all of those factors and prove beyond reasonable doubt that you are, in fact, full of shit.

 

[dashu1]

You are proving yourself to be a complete idiot Jackson.

I have bought this domain for me to rank it because I know that I can. I have a long list of websites behind me - both mine & other peoples - that I have ranked at the top of Google.

You can go & register as many domains as you like, what you can or can't do with them is irrelevant.

Your beginning to sound like one of those irritating people who thinks that they can intimidate people by becoming ruder & louder.

That doesn't give your argument any more weight, it just makes you look like an even bigger arsehole.

Sorry admin, I won't be responding to him anymore, sorry for ruining your thread.

 

[RampageJackson]

Big deal, you have websites ranked at the top of Google. Its proves nothing when it comes to you talking horse shit about hyphens.

I agree I'm an arsehole, but in this instance I'm a correct arsehole. Which you knew anyway, otherwise you'd have taken me up on it and watched me throw away $500. I'll set a note in my calender to check your rankings in 6 months.

btw, does anyone know if Google still lets you check paste the first 100 results?

 

[dashu1]

Your $500 challenge is horsepoop.

I'm interested in ranking my domain, not how badly you might try/not try to rank your hyphenated domains.

Anyway, if you want to hear anymore from me you'll have to go & buy yourself a copy of this weekends Scottish Sunday Post to read my interview with them about dodgy scrap gold companies.

They wanted to interview me because they went to Google, searched for scrap gold, and found my website at no1 in this multi Billion £ industry.

My customers website is no2.

Jackson?

JackAss more likely.

 

[RampageJackson]

Your posts just point to the fact you don't know you are wrong. It would take no work from you, it would be me doing the work. So why not let me fail miserably, and lose money in the process? Not quite confident, are we?

I'd buy a Scottish Sunday Post, but it would involve a flight to that dump of a country, so I'll really need to pass on that, thanks.

You must be so proud of that search ranking. It takes an exact match non-hyphenated domain and a massive 99 spammy backlinks to rank. Sure the industry itself might be big money, but that search phrase is not competitive at all. Which is pretty much proven by the fact nobody in the top 3 has more than 400 backlinks.

 

[Admin]

Please agree to differ on your views on the value of hyphens or I will just close the thread. It was going well until this point.

Admin

 

[retired_member12]

Yes, don't you guys know where to draw the line, lol!

 

[dashu1]

Sorry admin.

It's difficult not to get drawn in when someone so vociferously expresses their erroneous views as fact.

It won't happen again

 

[retired_member34]

I enquired today, I have bought from nokta in the past, I saw a non plural name i liked priced at $300 and the plural had no price so i emailed nokta and he said $39,000 the name was good but not that good!

Same experience with me. What I haven't tried yet is to see whether they will come down massively from their first offer. This has happened with buydomains with me in the past, might give Nokta a go today!

The purchase process was smooth. Bit of a pain to have to fax credit card authorisation for a low cost purchase, but that's escrow.com for you.


P.s. With regard to the argument, perhaps you really should set up another post and test it - I did in the past with an incredibly clear result.

 

[mally]

Can you cl give your clear result?

Same experience with me. What I haven't tried yet is to see whether they will come down massively from their first offer. This has happened with buydomains with me in the past, might give Nokta a go today!

The purchase process was smooth. Bit of a pain to have to fax credit card authorisation for a low cost purchase, but that's escrow.com for you.


P.s. With regard to the argument, perhaps you really should set up another post and test it - I did in the past with an incredibly clear result.

 

[retired_member34]

Can you give your clear result?

Would be happy to, but think it should be left for a different thread, don't want to add fuel to the fire :wink:

 

[lubalu]

payment fees

Thanks, I couldn't find it anywhere on the site.

Hi,

The buyer doesn't pay any fee but Nominet's transfer fee of 11 GBP through the transfer process.

 

[bensd]

Nominet's transfer fee of 11 GBP

Nominet's transfer fee is £11.50 (£10 + VAT)

 

[Nokta Domains]

payment options

Same experience with me. What I haven't tried yet is to see whether they will come down massively from their first offer. This has happened with buydomains with me in the past, might give Nokta a go today!

The purchase process was smooth. Bit of a pain to have to fax credit card authorisation for a low cost purchase, but that's escrow.com for you.


P.s. With regard to the argument, perhaps you really should set up another post and test it - I did in the past with an incredibly clear result.

Hi,

Besides Escrow.com, you can also select PayPal or Wire Transfer in the transaction process as your payment method. Yet, I would like to mention that PayPal option doesn't work if your payment exceeds 2,500 USD. And Credit Card option is also coming soon

 

[jasman]

Going back to the original theme of this thread...

I think the perspective people take when they hear about a large scale operation like this says something about how open they are to spotting opportunities.

It is interesting to see how we all react differently to the same scenario - in this case costs are known and revenue unknown. Some are horrified at the reg fees and assume a desparate struggle to cover them and stay affloat. Others reckon it's probably a massively profitable operation. Some of us are better placed to make a judgement (those with large portfolios and a better grasp of domain sales statistics). But I think it boils down to the individual's level of risk aversion and how keen an eye for opportunities they have.

For those who found this scenario horrifying, you could still gain something from this thread. Maybe you should think about reinvesting more in your business - focus on the potential, not just the costs.

 

[jimmc]

I'd buy a Scottish Sunday Post, but it would involve a flight to that dump of a country, so I'll really need to pass on that, thanks.

You know pimpage when I saw this I was annoyed but I bit my lip and decided to read some of your posts, afterall it could be that your just an exceedingly ignorant individual, lacking of any knowledge of history, much less just how beautiful Scotland, the highlands, the lowlands, the mountains and glens, the lochs, the scenery, the architecture, the people. Totally oblivious to the fact that the world is a better place because of Scottish brains and innovation.

Unfortunately what I found was in the vast majority you are outrageously self-opinionated, arrogant and not particularly intelligent. I think you should remember you've come here to 'network' or at least contribute positively to what is considered the UK premier forum of its type.

Anyway lets get back the Scotland and what they did for the yanks.

HERE’S A HEAD UP: If it wasn’t for the Scots the Good Ol US of A would still be in the dark ages. John Muir one of the founders of United States Conservation was a Scot.

When the United States were first formed and the thirteen states selected, (yes there were only 13) wonder if you knew that hmmm. Anyway of those first governors, nine were of Scottish ancestry:

· Archibald Bulloch (Georgia)
· George Clinton (New York)
· William Livingston (New Jersey)
· John MacKinlay (Delaware)
· Jonathan Trumbull (Connecticut)
· Richard Caswell (North Carolina)
· Patrick Henry (Virginia)
· Thomas McKean (Pennsylvania)
· John Rutledge (South Carolina)

The First US Cabinet Members

In addition, “EVERY” member of the first American cabinet had Scottish ancestry:

· Secretary of War – General Henry Knox (SCOT)
· Secretary of State - Thomas Jefferson
· Secretary of the Treasury - Alexander Hamilton
· Attorney General - Edmund Randolph

Also:
· Presidents: Polk, Monroe, Buchanan, Jackson, McKinlay, McArthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon B. Johnson and Ulysses Grant, were of Scottish descent, as were probably others.

Without Andrew Carnegie, a Scot (who invented the American Steel Industry) you wouldn’t have become and industrial powerhouse. BTW realising that you guys badly needed education he gave you 65 libraries in New York City.

Without John MacAdam you'd still be driving on dirt tracks.

Without Fleming and penicillin half of you would probably be dead.

Without John Logie-Baird you couldn’t watch TV to see those powder puff protected pansies who play a girls version of Rugby.

Without Alexander Graham Bell you and everyone else around the world would not be able to talk to each other. That includes your mobile, oh sorry bro ‘cell’ but don’t bother to call me ‘dude’.

For Christ’s sake John Paul (aka John Paul Jones) the founder of your bloody US Navy was a Scotsman.

If you don’t want to become a "valued member" of this great forum I would suggest you take your bling, you inflated (deluded) opinions and your big mouth to a place where its welcome. Find somewhere the rest of our colonial cousins hang out.

* If you do then pull your neck in, chill and have a whisky, courtesy of the Scots.

And in future don't DISS the Jocks fool or it might come back and bite you on the ass.

 

[RampageJackson]

I am Scottish - I grew up there. It still doesn't change the fact the country is a toilet. I wish it wasn't, but no point in lying about it.

Sure you can pick through history and find some good Scots, and I'm sure you can list several current living ones too. Doesn't change the fact Scotland is one of the worst places to live in Europe though.