Making Money With Domain Names

[Ankesh]

Thanks guys

It was a lot of fun.

The whole thing took about 9 days. From writing the report to writing the sales letter to selling 150 copies. But could be done in 5-6 days too.

I don't have a backend product in mind - nor do I plan to create backends for this (because this is just a side venture for me) - but backends would take things to a whole new level.

I think Hotsheets are a superb way to test the market and launch a venture.

Ankesh,

Very well done on the report. I love finding good domain names. You showed me a great way to monetize that.

It seems one quick, simple way to add value to the webpage would be to add an RSS news feed on the keyword. Google and Yahoo both make these available, but for non-commercial use only.

Do you know of any free RSS "keyword-search" newsfeeds that could be added to one of the websites you'd set up for the domains you use?

Thanks,

Richard Dennis

[Ankesh]

Hi Richard,

Thanks.

One question: why add any sort of news feed to the domain name we buy?

Will it bring in more traffic to our websites? Not really - with the strategy we use, we'll received traffic without the feeds.

Will it lead to people spending more time on our domain names? No - because they'll click on the news feeds and go to other websites. And many won't come back.

So why keep them?

Also - feel free to email me to take this conversation off the forum.

Ankesh,

What I have in mind is a unique newsfeed angle that would cause the hottest domain-name buying prospects to bookmark that site and come back again & again.

Might work. Might not. It's a test-worthy idea.

So, I'm still looking for a free RSS keyword-based newsfeed that's OK for commercial websites, if anyone knows of any.

Thanks

Richard Dennis

Now I know a good reason to subscribe to the New Thread email notification (forwarded to my cell phone).
I missed this one while vacationing, however I'll be sure to learn of the next one

Best of Success,
Stephan

Hi Richard,

Give Kebberfegg a Try... And let us know your Test results...

Keep in mind, when you Say... free RSS keyword-based newsfeed that's OK for commercial websites...

Commercial has many different Definitions on the web...Try and Work around the Definition a little...

For example, Technically speaking services like Google's Gmail and other's have some restrictions on Commercial use... But Tons of people are Using it in all sorts of ways and purposes anyways...

Kebberfegg -- Keyword-Based RSS Feed Generator
http://www.researchbuzz.org/tools/kebberfegg.pl

I know we can't discuss too much here on Ankesh's idea...

Maybe Ankesh will put out a 2nd Edition and/or a Membership site on the Future & Predictions on Domaining...

You just Never know where Testing & Researching new Ideas can Lead you... Sometimes all it takes is a little Creativity...
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Hope that didn't give anything away...

Phil

Phil,

Nice tool. Thanks. I'll post the results.

Richard

Hi Richard,
A couple of months ago I was pulling my hair out as I read through the fine print terms and conditions of several RSS proivders. I couldn't figure out how almost all of the major RSS providers had this "non-commercial use" clause, yet news seemed so readily available on thousands of websites. What I learned, after speaking with the folks at the Associated Press was that there is a law called something like the Interned Fair Use Act (I don't remember if that's the exact name of the law). Basically what the law says is that it is NOT considered an infringement of copyright to provide a headline that links to a news provider's website. What is prohibited would be if you copied the actual articles onto your commercial website. The RSS feeds, therefore can be added to your site, as long as when the link is clicked it directs the person to the source's website and not to a page on your site where you've republished the article. This law is what allows sites like Yahoo and Google to exist and have millions of other website's content on their search engine without these millions of websites being allowed to sue Yahoo or Google for copywright infringement, since Google and Yahoo are only providing the links with a brief description of the content. These same laws allow the little guys to do the same and have RSS feeds without infringing on any content provider's copywrights. Of course, most content providers benefit from other sites having links that send people to their website and to articles on their website, so I couldn't imagine this ever becoming a problem for you if you were to put RSS feeds on your site, even if the folks at the Associated Press misinformed me - I'm 99.9% certain that what they told me is 100% correct )
Hope this helps,
Joe

Originally Posted by Richard Dennis

Ankesh,

What I have in mind is a unique newsfeed angle that would cause the hottest domain-name buying prospects to bookmark that site and come back again & again.

Might work. Might not. It's a test-worthy idea.

So, I'm still looking for a free RSS keyword-based newsfeed that's OK for commercial websites, if anyone knows of any.

Thanks

Richard Dennis