Comments on: Internet real estate http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/ Making money from a dorm room Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:27:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Net2pt0 http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-1301 Net2pt0 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 19:13:25 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-1301 Very hard to do and takes a stroke of great luck to sell your portfolio! And until that time you must pay the yearly renewal fees, which could be as much as millions! Very hard to do and takes a stroke of great luck to sell your portfolio!

And until that time you must pay the yearly renewal fees, which could be as much as millions!

]]> By: Tim Linden http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-186 Tim Linden Mon, 16 Jan 2006 23:58:36 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-186 "People buy domains, fix them up, and resell them for more money." When I first read that I thought "what do they make the whois info look nicer?" =P “People buy domains, fix them up, and resell them for more money.”

When I first read that I thought “what do they make the whois info look nicer?” =P

]]> By: pok.erati — Selling hoards of domain names http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-179 pok.erati — Selling hoards of domain names Sun, 15 Jan 2006 01:29:16 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-179 [...] The US Gaming Exchange has been collecting domain names for some time now, trying to build the largest network of gambling sites online, but it’s time to move on. They’re selling their entire portfolio on eBay, 1,673 dot-com names, with a starting bid of $150,000. Not sure how many bids they’re going to get, but check out the auction here. Ben, one of my roommates and frequent poker opponent, has a post at his site College Startup about collecting and selling domain names for profit. Only a few months ago he sold our old site ThePokerBlog, which has a few new writers and seems to be doing really well. They just wrote a post on a college student who won the WPT event in the bahammas for over one million dollars! One of my classmates from Ohio State finished at the final table taking home over $300K as well! Shows that college-aged kids are starting to really be a force in the poker world abroad and online. Good luck on the felt! [...] [...] The US Gaming Exchange has been collecting domain names for some time now, trying to build the largest network of gambling sites online, but it’s time to move on. They’re selling their entire portfolio on eBay, 1,673 dot-com names, with a starting bid of $150,000. Not sure how many bids they’re going to get, but check out the auction here. Ben, one of my roommates and frequent poker opponent, has a post at his site College Startup about collecting and selling domain names for profit. Only a few months ago he sold our old site ThePokerBlog, which has a few new writers and seems to be doing really well. They just wrote a post on a college student who won the WPT event in the bahammas for over one million dollars! One of my classmates from Ohio State finished at the final table taking home over $300K as well! Shows that college-aged kids are starting to really be a force in the poker world abroad and online. Good luck on the felt! [...]

]]> By: Romé http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-177 Romé Fri, 13 Jan 2006 22:43:27 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-177 I think I have quite an edge here living in the netherlands where there is still some market for generic domains. the market is saturating at a high speed though. I think I have quite an edge here living in the netherlands where there is still some market for generic domains. the market is saturating at a high speed though.

]]> By: Chris P. http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Chris P. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:47:39 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-176 Domains are like plots of land. If the land is in a desirable enough area (if the domain name is good enough), it alone will have huge value. However, if it's even marginal land (if the domain name is not a lead-pipe lock), it must be DEVELOPED in order to be monetized in any reasonable time frame. Although I think you could buy/sell domains for great money if you already had a lot of capital, I think you must land on the side of the developer if you wish to get into the game with minimal start-up costs. Domains are like plots of land. If the land is in a desirable enough area (if the domain name is good enough), it alone will have huge value. However, if it’s even marginal land (if the domain name is not a lead-pipe lock), it must be DEVELOPED in order to be monetized in any reasonable time frame.

Although I think you could buy/sell domains for great money if you already had a lot of capital, I think you must land on the side of the developer if you wish to get into the game with minimal start-up costs.

]]> By: Manish http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Manish Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:46:08 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-175 And what about the people who are making money without creating any value? Transactions worth <a href='http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/podcasts/january2006/blog-traffic-darren-rowse.mp3' rel="nofollow">millions</a> are being done there also. And what about the people who are making money without creating any value?

Transactions worth millions are being done there also.

]]> By: Deron http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-174 Deron Fri, 13 Jan 2006 05:22:03 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-174 I've recently bought 7 new domains. I konw it's a huge business, but I'll admit I don't know a whole lot about it. I would think it would be hard to get a domain today and slap some adsense on it and make any money, really the only way that would work is if the domain is something like candy.com where it would probably get a ton of type in traffic. Otherwise you'd have to do some SEO stuff to even get the site ranked high enough where people would see it to click the ads. I think the domains I've recently bought are all profitable ones, but nothing that just some average joe would blindly type into his address bar. But I'm definitely not a pro with domains and such, so I could be wrong here. I’ve recently bought 7 new domains. I konw it’s a huge business, but I’ll admit I don’t know a whole lot about it. I would think it would be hard to get a domain today and slap some adsense on it and make any money, really the only way that would work is if the domain is something like candy.com where it would probably get a ton of type in traffic. Otherwise you’d have to do some SEO stuff to even get the site ranked high enough where people would see it to click the ads. I think the domains I’ve recently bought are all profitable ones, but nothing that just some average joe would blindly type into his address bar. But I’m definitely not a pro with domains and such, so I could be wrong here.

]]> By: Dan Marques http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Dan Marques Fri, 13 Jan 2006 04:37:04 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-173 This year will be the year the 'domainers' come back in force, they were gearing up in 2005 and there was some high profile domain sales that hit the news, but I think we will see a lot more in 2006. The entire internet is essentially real estate, look at milliondollarhomepage. I am actually working on a new venture that is based off of the fact that the internet is essentially similar to real estate in many ways. This year will be the year the ‘domainers’ come back in force, they were gearing up in 2005 and there was some high profile domain sales that hit the news, but I think we will see a lot more in 2006.

The entire internet is essentially real estate, look at milliondollarhomepage. I am actually working on a new venture that is based off of the fact that the internet is essentially similar to real estate in many ways.

]]> By: Anthony http://www.college-startup.com/business-ideas/internet-real-estate/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Anthony Fri, 13 Jan 2006 02:15:27 +0000 http://www.college-startup.com/2006/01/51/#comment-172 Domain name monetization is a crazily huge business. In my <a href="http://brisbane.thingstodo.com.au" rel="nofollow">home town</a> here in Australia there is a company listed on our stock exchange called <a href="http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/CompanyInfoSearchResults.jsp?searchBy=asxCode&allinfo=on&asxCode=DBS" rel="nofollow">Dark Blue Sea</a> that is on of THE major players. Last year they posted a $3 million profit on $22 million in revenue. Thanks to them being listed you can get a really good insight into the entire business and various strategies you can use even just on a small scale. The annual reports and investor presentations are a gold mine of information to basically create a how-to-guide for manageing a domain name portfolio. Domain name monetization is a crazily huge business. In my home town here in Australia there is a company listed on our stock exchange called Dark Blue Sea that is on of THE major players. Last year they posted a $3 million profit on $22 million in revenue.

Thanks to them being listed you can get a really good insight into the entire business and various strategies you can use even just on a small scale.

The annual reports and investor presentations are a gold mine of information to basically create a how-to-guide for manageing a domain name portfolio.

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