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[ratboy]

Yeah thats it Alex. Makes sense to me too now.

 

[Nigel]

i.e. look at creative.co.uk - it just sold for £7000 on sedo

On the face of it it looked a good name - perhaps worth the money or a bit more - but with an overture result of 343 with the extension it looks a bargain and a very shrewd investment.

Edwin's maps.co.uk is a fantastic name and I'm sure stanford's would want that.

Warning though - overture is not always accurate - we bought a couple of domains which failed miserably (one shows overture of 206 and is producing only £10 per month - fortunately it only cost £500) wheras others have been a great success and pay back the outlay within a year. After a while, and with a larger portfolio, you get the feel for a good domain. Usually, overture is a good indication, but don't mortgage your house to buy a domain.

 

[charlie]

you have to remember that overture doesn't encompass GOGGLE searches so it can only been used as a rough guide - i mean, what percentage of the UK dont use google?

 

[ratboy]

It's probably good for getting an idea of what people are searching in general though.

 

[charlie]

anyone ever checked out all the domains at another.com

puts my meagre gathering into prospective


check this one out
https://www.another.com/alphabetDomains.aspx?asciiCode=105

how many ilove domains can you think of!!!

 

[Ellis]

What I still don't understand is

Why are people searching (thru a search engine) for a domain name

Why not just type it into the adress bar and cut out the middle man

 

[retired member 1]

What I still don't understand is

Why are people searching (thru a search engine) for a domain name

Why not just type it into the adress bar and cut out the middle man

Exactly, meaning if you have a overture w/ext result of say 200 (Per month), you would expect to receive more than 200 uniques a month from that domain as the majority of people wouldn't type a domain into a search engine.

You and I would type it into the address bar, not to mean everyone will.

 

[Ellis]

It's all coming together now

I've learnt a fair bit today

Thanks guys

 

[stevie]

anyone ever checked out all the domains at another.com

puts my meagre gathering into prospective


check this one out
https://www.another.com/alphabetDomains.aspx?asciiCode=105

how many ilove domains can you think of!!!

yep.. have you ever checked out their parked pages on sedo.. partner perks include banner advertising & customised colours & layout..

 

[ratboy]

Yeah they live near me. Bet the income from Sedo is huuuuge. And they own www.ratboy.co.uk. Not fair.

 

[Ellis]

I've done the overture thing on all my domains and the only one with any results is unblocking.co.uk so maybe that'll turn out to be a good buy

 

[Nigel]

Don't forget 02mobiles.com - it's got 5

 

[Ellis]

Nigel,

It got nothing when I just did it

I tried on the US overture too, did you try o2mobiles or 02mobiles?

 

[Nigel]

Sorry Atlanta - I put in 02mobiles.com not o2mobiles.com

but check again in a week and you never know it might show something when the Sept overture figures come out. They are usually updated around the middle of the month (sometimes as early as the 10th).

 

[Ellis]

That's made my day, that has... not!

I've got the right one... but a typo's getting on overture of 7... give me strength.

 

[Nigel]

I think it's an anomoly and this is one where overture is throwing up a strange result.