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fly.co.uk sold £87,500
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thats a shame doug... never mind you can "owe" it untill branson buys the site of you... should be worth XXX,XXX within a year if its done right!
or you could sell it to sony for the "concept" fly film for 2008!
with out telling anyone how to suck eggs... do not forget the biggest potential from your investors point of view with the DN's future...
thats a shame doug... never mind you can "owe" it untill branson buys the site of you... should be worth XXX,XXX within a year if its done right!
or you could sell it to sony for the "concept" fly film for 2008!
with out telling anyone how to suck eggs... do not forget the biggest potential from your investors point of view with the DN's future...
never managed to sell one yet
always just developed and left
always just developed and left
thats a shame doug... never mind you can "owe" it untill branson buys the site of you... should be worth XXX,XXX within a year if its done right!
or you could sell it to sony for the "concept" fly film for 2008!
with out telling anyone how to suck eggs... do not forget the biggest potential from your investors point of view with the DN's future...
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Are the people that bought www.fly.co.uk the same people that bought www.recycle.co.uk and run www.asap.co.uk ?
yep,
what I respect about doug is that he has the vision and is prepared to purchase and monetize a £50 domain - many can not see the wood for the trees...
what I respect about doug is that he has the vision and is prepared to purchase and monetize a £50 domain - many can not see the wood for the trees...
having cash
All spent now
Cheers for the commments guys.
We still will keep buying but I get a lot of grief from share holders etc if I waste it
FYI. We run www.asap.cuk, www.carrentals.co.uk, www.selfcatering.co.uk and now www.fly.co.uk and www.recycle.co.uk plus a pile of other stuff in travel
All the best and it was great to see lots of people and put anmes to faces.
Now get out their and develop those names, cause then you add value.
Doug
Ps. Any one want to do me a favour and post about this sale on other forums...pretty please
eg http://www.affiliates4u.com/forums/travel-vertical/64855-fly-co-uk-sold-87-500-a.html
All spent now
Cheers for the commments guys.
We still will keep buying but I get a lot of grief from share holders etc if I waste it
FYI. We run www.asap.cuk, www.carrentals.co.uk, www.selfcatering.co.uk and now www.fly.co.uk and www.recycle.co.uk plus a pile of other stuff in travel
All the best and it was great to see lots of people and put anmes to faces.
Now get out their and develop those names, cause then you add value.
Doug
Ps. Any one want to do me a favour and post about this sale on other forums...pretty please
eg http://www.affiliates4u.com/forums/travel-vertical/64855-fly-co-uk-sold-87-500-a.html
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Economics-101. If they make good affiliate money off the existing sites, but have to pay PPC, then it makes sense to splash some money on a new short generic domain name which may get them clicks for free. And what is more apt than fly.co.uk ? Very easy to remember.
Of course, it might also make them more interesting as a takeover candidate form one of the big guys.
Of course, it might also make them more interesting as a takeover candidate form one of the big guys.
how to build an online business
Simple numbers here boys
www.fly.co.uk
build flight comparator like the one we are building on www.asap.co.uk, taken nearly a year to get all the deals, but now we have them
Press releases galore, seo galore and ppc.
Whatever is made roll it back into the pot and keep growing it
Email everyone who we collect
Chase suppliers for volume deals and specials
Roll money back into the pot, do more press, seo,ppc
Repeat
Repeat
It works massively, we have done this twice already.
Issue is that this takes a large amount of work, not money to make it work.
then the site takes on a life of its own as people talk about it.
Now if you are going to do that much work....and I mean 2 to 3 years 7 days per week with 2 to 4 people, what type of doamin do you want to do it on? Dougsflightsite.co.uk or www.fly.co.uk?
Hope that explains the logic.
Doug
Simple numbers here boys
www.fly.co.uk
build flight comparator like the one we are building on www.asap.co.uk, taken nearly a year to get all the deals, but now we have them
Press releases galore, seo galore and ppc.
Whatever is made roll it back into the pot and keep growing it
Email everyone who we collect
Chase suppliers for volume deals and specials
Roll money back into the pot, do more press, seo,ppc
Repeat
Repeat
It works massively, we have done this twice already.
Issue is that this takes a large amount of work, not money to make it work.
then the site takes on a life of its own as people talk about it.
Now if you are going to do that much work....and I mean 2 to 3 years 7 days per week with 2 to 4 people, what type of doamin do you want to do it on? Dougsflightsite.co.uk or www.fly.co.uk?
Hope that explains the logic.
Doug
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The one I have that you were interested in
Joking aside Doug, congrats on the purchase, quality name, look forward to seeing it developed.
vialli
Your names were on the list, but there were plurals and hyphens...hence to get the set we needed 4 names....and we couldn't get them all
www.fly.co.uk there is only one
Doug
Your names were on the list, but there were plurals and hyphens...hence to get the set we needed 4 names....and we couldn't get them all
www.fly.co.uk there is only one
Doug
indeed
Indeed as you claim doug... money is irrelevant thus the name is irrelevant and at this costs a waste...unless your budget is 10 million and you are spending a small proportion on the name then I still don't get it
Would flybmi buy the name...possibly...any other airline...possibly....new airline most likely but only if they had such a generic name in mind...i.e. doubtful
On a positive note...the remarkable part maybe your sourcing software and as such asap has as much chance as fly...unless you intend to catch flies in your screen that is
Lee
Indeed as you claim doug... money is irrelevant thus the name is irrelevant and at this costs a waste...unless your budget is 10 million and you are spending a small proportion on the name then I still don't get it
Would flybmi buy the name...possibly...any other airline...possibly....new airline most likely but only if they had such a generic name in mind...i.e. doubtful
On a positive note...the remarkable part maybe your sourcing software and as such asap has as much chance as fly...unless you intend to catch flies in your screen that is
Lee
dont know what else to say
Check out the following in alexa over the past 5 years
www.carrentals.co.uk
That was started with no cash and myself doing it part time, now it has 25 staff and the turnover to fund it. I know cause I set it up. I am not trying to brag I am trying to explain how to build an online business
www.fly.co.uk and www.asap.co.uk are new ventures that I am involved in, fortunately this time I have people who want to back my stupidy Not 10 million, but we dont need any thing like that.
Doug
Check out the following in alexa over the past 5 years
www.carrentals.co.uk
That was started with no cash and myself doing it part time, now it has 25 staff and the turnover to fund it. I know cause I set it up. I am not trying to brag I am trying to explain how to build an online business
www.fly.co.uk and www.asap.co.uk are new ventures that I am involved in, fortunately this time I have people who want to back my stupidy
Not 10 million, but we dont need any thing like that.Doug
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As Doug says the formula is simple
Its just he implements it better than most.
And I agree with the fact that it takes a lot less than $10million to do.
Why would you want the VC capital - it comes at a serious cost to your independence, if you can finance your growth out of revenue you retain a lot more control of your business.
Its just he implements it better than most.
And I agree with the fact that it takes a lot less than $10million to do.
Why would you want the VC capital - it comes at a serious cost to your independence, if you can finance your growth out of revenue you retain a lot more control of your business.
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If you don't get it by now then I'm afraid you never will.grandin said:
Case of business jealousy I think.grandin said:
Congrats to Doug and co for purchasing fly.co.uk, yes it is a lot of money but believe me when properly developed it will make that back many times over.
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