Hello all,

Ned suggested it would be a good idea for me to emerge from the shadows and say hello to everyone!

I am a financial advisor based in Sydney and have only been buying domains over the past 12 months. I appreciate the value of domains related to my industry and have been buying up big lately... I tell my wife it's like buying a house in Mosman 30 years ago... My only developed website so far is:

- sydneyfinancialadviser.com.au

My most painful purchases for the wallet have been:

- financialadvisor.com.au
- financialadviser.com.au

I look forward to contributing to the forum as I know I will be asking lots of questions as I 'try' to develop lot of websites with decent google rankings!

Welcome to the forums - it's great to have another individual on the forums who shares my second passion - economics.

So if you ever feel like ranting in the Off Topic section about anything economics feel free.

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Welcome, I saw you buy these domains recently.

Nice pick ups.

Regards.

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Welcome James, good to have another financial adviser on board.

I get around 90% of my clients from my website, so it's definitely a good source for us, and having your own site is better than buying leads from those pesky domainers...

Congrats on securing those domains. They certainly sound good, but from my experience and research I've found that most people are searching for the product rather than the occupation. They're searching for life insurance or superannuation, not financial adviser or financial planner etc.

But anyway, the names are great regardless. Well done and welcome.

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Welcome James,

Nice domains, good luck with the development.

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hehe that is unfortunate but true... That's what happens with the minimum requirement to be a financial adviser is a 4 week distance education course... It brings the rest of us down who do actually have a few notches under our belt...

Oh no!! Competition!! lol Thanks for your insights... this is all pretty new to me. I tend to agree with you and have taken a two pronged approach.

1. Secure premium domain names of the profession and build my main website there
2. Secure product & service domains and build simple websites with information about that product/service.

I think you are proof that this strategy works with ~90% of referrals from your website - fantastic work One.

Welcome James... I am one of those *pesky domainers* in the finance space.

I actually removed that post, as on reflection I didn't think it was really appropraite/necessary. But anyway, you're right it is a shame. I used to work as a compliance analyst for one of the big dealer groups and spent a lot of time with hundreds of advisers, and yeah it was pretty scary some of the things we'd see!

I had a look at your site, and yes you definitely have a few notches on your belt when it comes to your qualifications. Well done.

For sure. With a domain like that you could really position yourself as a premier adviser in Australia. Lots of blogging (all original content of course) would be a great start.