over 28,000 names

[Data Glasses]

I just had a look at netfleet and noticed they have over 28,000 names listed for sale (well done) i remember when they had just over 10,000

The question is , with people needing a abn to buy a .com.au , is there enough buyers in the australian market ?

Is our population big enough to support a domain aftermarket ?

.....once all the geos are gone

 

[Rhythm]

I think there's a glitch somewhere on the site. (April Fools?)

Just did a rough sum of the domains in each category and its around 15K domains...which is what it was last time I checked, and that would have been a week ago or so.

 

[Mark]

Hi Rhythm,

No april fools (good idea though!), just uncategorised domain names which we are working through to categorise. Its a very, very boring job though

Until categorised, all domain names will still show up in searches:

http://www.netfleet.com.au/index.php?a=search

 

[Rhythm]

...(the 'uncategorised' reason also crossed my mind, but it sounded too good to be true if you know what I mean, April Fools etc)....

In which case, congratulations!

 

[Data Glasses]

no one actually answered the question ?

 

[DavidL]

no one actually answered the question ?

Virtually every industry has enough players to support some sort of trading whether it's car rego plates or antique maps! Just look at Ebay & browse through the categories to see what people are regularly buying and selling.

The question perhaps is whether the aftermarket will be big enough to support people making a full-time living by just trading and/or related services.

My answer is an emphatic yes. It might not be big enough to support 100's or 1,000's of people but a few dozen people working full time plus a heap more part time - why not!

We really need that mainstream push to really make things interesting (think 'virtual real estate' story on Today Tonight, followed up by newspaper & news coverage etc)

 

[Data Glasses]

i did send aca a email when domaindownunder was on .....never heard back from them

although i think if an article was written for the financial review it could possibly get published ???

yes if the mainstream got into it .......WOW !

 

[DomainMarketPlace]

Fin Review showed some interest when the market first opened up... unfortunately they put a fairly negative spin on the whole thing (type squatting, lack of sales etc)

http://www.afr.com/home/login.aspx?ATL://20080805000030142465&section=search

 

[Data Glasses]

silly thing is one day they will want more informatiion on virtual investing !

 

[Rhythm]

Maybe domainers should do a joint venture with bikie gangs. I hear they're all the rage these days.

 

[Rhythm]

Or pirates.

 

[Data Glasses]

Or pirates.

ha ha