Video 5 – Domain development
What is the meaning of domain development? I am sharing my thoughts on what development really is and what you need to avoid when you start thinking about domain development. Don’t forget to follow me on twitter!
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Video 4 – International domain names
Today you will hear my opinion on International domain names(IDNs). More appraisal tips are coming later this week I think. Purchased HardDrives.com yesterday.
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Bruce
Algis,
It’s sanbio from Bido.com chat. Want to see a list of my names? email me at domains@dnaffiliates.com
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Walt
Good videos and congrats on your purchase of HardDrives.com. Do you share the how much you bought it for?
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tee1
Awesome that you recommend buying idn.fr. where I can register hôtel.fr?
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nam.es
idn.fr, idn.ru and many others that actually make sense are not available for registration. What I meant when I said about .fr is that they would actually make sense. Local language IDN .cctld of same country.
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Phio
Hi,
I’m not going to try to convince you that IDNs are going to be the next great thing to hit the internet. Perhaps Google’s Wave is or some new kind of facebook. I do think that IDNs will be big in the next few years based on my own research. What I am finding now is that End-Users are beginning to be interested in IDNs, not just domainers. I recently completed a sale of a Middle Eastern IDN which I am very happy about. We have seen IDNs move up to another level in the past 2 months. This is evident based on the number of IDNs being registered in their ‘home’ countries. Also, Google, Yandex, Baidu etc statistics are showing that many keyword and GEO searches are doubling within the year, and that people are searching extensively in their native tongues. These are not typos…users generally know what they are searching for.
Also, the number of English speakers using the internet and the number of non-English speakers using the internet is about equal at this time (2009) Within a year or so the non-English speakers will surpass the English speakers by many millions. In fact, Chinese Internet users passed up American usage in 2008.
That being said, IDNs do have a ways to go for many languages. Each language is different as you mentioned, and IDN.de is a great investment. Really it all depends on the language.
Phio
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nam.es
Hi Phio,
see the main idea is not to tell people that LOCAL searches do not exist. It is to make their heads understand that owning russian IDN .com doesn’t mean ANY significant advantage over any other extension. IDN.ru could be great, IDN.IDN will be good. ruIDN.com – nope. It is just the attitude of Russian people and their habbits. They don’t need it and they don’t use it. Look at wordstat.yandex.ru and find any huge keywords with .com next to them. Now do the same with .ru, and now do the same with .ru in russian language. You can clearly see .com is nowhere near. And the fact that you have IDN .com will not help you to get quick into yandex top1 for your keywords. This is facts.
I have nothing about investing in IDNs, I just want people to actually put some thought in it. It was like 5 years or more since Russian IDN .com’s – so where is it?
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Perelman
Could you share how much you paid for harddrives.com?
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Phio
Yes I agree IDN.ru would be great, and if it were not for .ru, I wouldn’t be able to reg Russian IDNs with as much certainty. Although I do make mistakes because I wasn’t born in Russia.
There was a guy on another forum about a year ago who was saying the same thing you are saying…at the same time he was regging ruIDN.com ’s like crazy. Luckily I just kept on regging what I could. His being a Russian native definately has it’s advantages when it comes to registering IDNs. And when IDN.IDN does come for Russia, it will be fantastic.
As far as Yandex goes. I submitted an IDN a few months back, and it was indexed in a couple of days, just looked for it but can’t remember, so I just submitted смайлик.com to Yandex, so maybe we can check back in a week. http://Xn–80aqcfdd8a.comAnyways, luckily we all have our own niche and it keeps the world turning.
Phio
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nam.es
Phio,
I did not say they will not be indexed. I said they will not be given any priority. Which renders owning ruIDN.com giving no advantage over owning any other ruIDN.cctld – that is my opinion.
Also please don’t forget this is just my opinion. I don’t want to start a holywar.
What I am saying is:
1) if you go IDN, go local CCTLD or IDN.IDN
2) do not spend much for names like IDN.com
3) be sure to learn market and language difference, since be can be significantly different from what you get used to with other domains and extensions. e.g. the fact that .com rules the world doesn’t mean .com rules ruIDN. and so on.
4) do what you think is right. you could be right after all or not. -
Phio
Yeah, the last conversation I had like this I ended up owing Pizza and beer! -
Bill
There are a LOT of Russian speakers, and local Russian addresses showing in the who.is for Russian idn.com and idn.net. It is speculated that there will be much politics and government control in awarding many idn.idn, and most certainly many names (especially City and various geo domains will be blocked for government use like has happened with .cn and .jp) making .com the main choice to build a site on. That is why idn Moscow.com is so valuable.
It is also in the works that .com will become .com (idn) if you are familiar with Verisign proposal for DNAME (or some variant of aliasing). Most people will agree that idn.cctld are good choices, but many (especially Chinese domainers) will tell you very strongly that they believe idn.com will be “king” for idn domains in their language. As big as the internet is in Russia, I think that idn.ком will find a nice niche, especially with browsers that default to .com for type ins. JMO.
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nam.es
Bill, I don’t know much about chinaIDN.com – I never said my opinion on it. I just expressed my opinion on ruIDN.com that makes no sense, especially at ridiculously high prices.
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hsnv
that’s true
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nam.es
Video 3 – Traffic Amsterdam opinion
Today I decided to share my opinion on 10k+ sales from Traffic Amsterdam. Probably nothing fresh and new for the crowd. More reviews coming soon in next videos on names, don’t miss them! And don’t be shy to comment.
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Jan
Thank you for your review of the auctions in Amsterdam.
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Brian
Can it have a simple point form note which can let users follow your idea more easy?
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Chrisjr
Great start on your video blog. I am American but enjoy your perspective as a non US investor. Looking forward to the next one!
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Play
Nice name for a blog; nam.es
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Soji
Thanks for your help, not many will offer such help. Am very grateful. Please keep it up and remember we are still wait for part 2 of the domain appraisal tips
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thoma
Great video.Thank you.
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nam.es
Video 2 – Appraisal (part 1)
Today I will explain few things about my appraisal methods. Talking about my 4 grades of appraisals on domain names. 1) exact searches(both local and global) and value ratios, 2) size of domain(amount of keywords), 3) brandability and 4) extension. More information coming soon in next videos on names, don’t miss them! And don’t be shy to comment.
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Jan
Thank you for your advices. Very usefull
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Mike Reinhart
Would you have any interest in purchasing this domain name Skydiamond.com?
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nam.es
Mike, no thank you. I am only interested in exact keyword domain names that have at least 5,000 exact searches in google.com
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Perelman
Are you interested in .com only? Or .net and .org as well?
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nam.es
Perelman,
99% .com’s – sometimes I do exceptions, but in a very rare manner.
+ I do not believe in .net’s future at all.
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Mike Reinhart
Strange you feel that way about .net I have a lot of .nets that are making over 4K a month
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nam.es
Mike, in video I did mention generic’s .net and that I feel price on generic’s .net is not going up for some. Not that .net can not bring revenue.
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Dietmar Stefitz
Congratulation to your nice VideoBlog!
I am surely following you in the future.
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Vishal
Hi,
Your blog is just wonderful for people who are new to domaining like me.
My domain name pirellimodels.com is very generic according to my knowledge. How much you appraise my domain?Thanks
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nam.es
Video 1 – The beginning
Hello! Finally I decided to create a video blog and spread the word to the world. In this video I will talk about myself. Part of that will include my name, family and work experience. I also reveal a little bit information about what’s coming next. Enjoy names video blog and feel free to comment!
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hsnv
Nice start, keep so…
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Brian
Good site! go ahead
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algis
Thank you.
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John
Hi,
just found your blog…looking forward to watching your upcoming videos.btw…I like the wordpress themes you use on Islandvacations & PearlEarings. Did you create them yourself? Or are these templates – if so, mind sharing where you found them?
cheers
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IrishDomainer
I like the no bullshit approach mate.. and great to see a non US domainer speaking from experience. I will be watching with keen interest. Keep up the good work.
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Reece Berg
I just got around to checking out your video blog — great first video! I have to agree with IrishDomainer — it’s a welcomed change and it’s nice to see more people video blogging. Now if I had 1/2 the skill behind the camera you do, I’d make one too.
Wishing you all the best and looking forward to checking out the other videos
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Andrew Laws
Great job, I really appreciate the time you’ve put into this to help out domainers. I’ll check back frequently.
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Brad Pit
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Domain Name Industry Participant
I am a professional domainer and I need to contact you with a quick private request. I could not find the Contact Us form on your site, and so I’m hoping you can reply to this message from an email address where I can reach you. I am not trying to sell you anything. We would like to include your site in a domain industry publication, and I need your permission first.
Regards,
Scott
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Soji and 4 others are discussing. 
Domain Name Industry Participant, 
Perelman 11:10 on July 6, 2009 Permalink
The post is right and good, but seems like nobody understood it – there are no comments
Amateur 15:27 on July 17, 2009 Permalink
Thanks for posts. Can you tell us where I can sell domain http://www.afsas.com – African SAS? And how many this domain can cost?
wones 16:09 on July 24, 2009 Permalink
Great video blog!
medee 07:12 on April 5, 2010 Permalink
Thanks for video.