Wanted: Domain Appraisal strawberrydaiquiri.co.uk and longislandicedtea.co.uk

[roweash3]

Hi all,

I've just registered these two, looking for advise on how to develop/what to do with them as appose to a price (as i know recently registered names like this won't be worth much).

I'm thinking of just putting a landing page up with 'ingredients' and 'how to make instructions', then a couple of adverts on the side. something as simple as possible.

They're both 4,400 local exacts. Any appraisals or advise appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[D600]

Recipes as some may vary, ratings pictures of drinks you and others have made. Other cocktail suggestions

 

[namealot]

Other than links affiliate etc if that were the route there are higher volume free to reg names available. Who and why do you think anyone would buy it?

 

[seanc]

minisite's

• unique content
• recipe
• adsense
• content unit for cocktail shakers, sticks, glasses, books
• some pictures that will tempt you to make one

 

[roweash3]

Thanks guys, I think I will go down the minisite route. To be honest, these are my first real domains (I only own 10ish in total), so registering them for £4 a year, it's just practice more than anything else.

Other than links affiliate etc if that were the route there are higher volume free to reg names available. Who and why do you think anyone would buy it?

Thanks for the advise. I'm not looking to sell it onto a company or anything like that (unless another domainer wants it sometime in the future), because I realise the name itself isn't very marketable with it just being the name of a cocktail.

However, if I can set up a minisite, get it fairly-high ranked, and leave it for a few months/up to a year. I can't see why a domain like this (with 4,400 local exacts), can't be worth something. I know I'm only an amateur, but I've seen similar names, with less exacts, and less general appeal (in my opinion), sell for a lot more than I'd value these at.

 

[miked]

Agree with what others have said about developing. Maybe you could have a bit of a community feel to it too: encourage site users to post their own recipe variations. 'What's the best daiquiri? Tell us yours...' etc. Would make it more attractive if you ever changed your mind about selling to a compnay.

Mike.

 

[roweash3]

Agree with what others have said about developing. Maybe you could have a bit of a community feel to it too: encourage site users to post their own recipe variations. 'What's the best daiquiri? Tell us yours...' etc. Would make it more attractive if you ever changed your mind about selling to a compnay.

Mike.

Thanks Mike. The only problem I find with that (please correct me if i'm wrong, the purpose of the thread is to learn from you guys) is what people who are searching for "Strawberry Daiquiri" would be looking for...

If I was to search for a cocktail, I'm more likely to be just looking for what ingredients go into it, what it looks like, or how to make it. Thinking of it this way, I think a minisite would be the best option.

If I wanted to join a community or talk about it, would people be more likely to search for something different, like "bartending forums"? Or is that not how it works?

 

[miked]

Yes, you're probably right. Just that I suppose I know so many drunks that are obsessed with fixing their drinks in a very specific way! Perhaps I've been too influenced by them.

Maybe you could adopt a partial approach of offering people a chance to eMail their family/favourite recipes, which you could include? Then you'd still have the ease of a mini-site, with the ability to add any fresh content sent in.

 

[Bailey]

They're not going to turn into domain sales - too many good

'(word)cocktails' or even 'cocktails (word)'

out there

 

[roweash3]

They're not going to turn into domain sales - too many good

'(word)cocktails' or even 'cocktails (word)'

out there

Thanks Bailey. I wasn't looking to sell, just develop for practice before I try and purchase something more valuable.

What makes a (word)cocktails.co.uk name better than strawberrydaiquiri.co.uk?

 

[Bailey]

Word + cocktails encompasses its market (providing it's half decent)

I could give you a thousand (OK a hundred) reasons why 'Market-focus' is important and the same why a 'specific cocktail name' is lost cause. so lets start with no1

Rule 1. If your going to differentiate a market - it needs to be natural (almost exclusive) by nature. Cocktails will never fit by name - It's almost the same as trying to sell (or market) exclusively 'red paint' in all its mixes and shades

 

[roweash3]

Word + cocktails encompasses its market (providing it's half decent)

I could give you a thousand (OK a hundred) reasons why 'Market-focus' is important and the same why a 'specific cocktail' is lost cause. so lets start with no1

Rule 1. If your going to differentiate a market - it needs to be natural (almost exclusive) by nature. Cocktails will never fit by name - It's almost the same as trying to sell (or market) exclusively 'red paint' in all its mixes and shades

But what if it's just an information website. It's one of the more popular cocktails (I think there's a list of 20 'official' cocktails which are used in competitions), so it is plausible that people would search for the name to find out what ingredients goes into it, or how they would make it (4,400 exacts).

I searched a few "(word) cocktails" and I wasn't getting anywhere near that. Can you give me a couple of examples?

 

[cc976a]

Personally think good names to practice on. Get used to building, content and marketing with no risk. See what works (visitor and engines) and what doesn't for a profitable or profit making name.

As for name itself even with 4,000 uniques per month there's not an immediate cash in or partner opportunity but offshoots to generic offers (competition, freebies, possibly insurance etc...)

Likely to be low conversions but don't be suckered in to the route of 'these people like to drink so all affiliates must be food or drink related)

Another option is to sell an ebook (good quality one) on 48 Great Cocktails in less than 5 minutes etc... there may be a need for more recipes in 'one handy place'

At £2.99 a pop just a 1% conversion of the exacts would be £120 a month completely passive income

 

[Bailey]

'Look-up' and 'Domain sales' are a whole different ball-game, which is why anybody measuring domains purely by exacts - needs to step back.

I'm not saying you wont get the traffic - but what is 'plausible' as a source isn't a recurring source of income.

Porn (terms) is a probably the best example (not that i would know) Good Porn sites that are revisited are 'memorable by name' outside of any of the immediate parameters that are searched (sorry mum but it was the best example i could give)

 

[fresh79]

Both good names for toying about with Wordpress and learning seo, don't be fooled into a false sense of achievement when they both reach page 1 of google as I suspect that would be quite easy with a good minisite, sounds like you have already put yourself in the frame of mind of somebody who is "searching for cocktail recipes" , so just cater for needs and provide nice content & info & in return you could prob sell 10 cocktail shakers a month via amazon!
Good luck, nice names