the good old days

[findtim]

i'm writing this before NF results today ( i wasn't bidding )
http://screencast.com/t/6PRmEm4wz
ahhhhhh, the good ollllllllll days, a few bidders each snipping each others heals in the lead up to the end, and then at the end a BANG BANG , geez i miss that.
congrats to the winner
tim

 

[Cooper Mills DomainLawyer]

tim, i am surprised you didn't have a go at bridal.com.au as it is in your niche

 

[findtim]

tim, i am surprised you didn't have a go at bridal.com.au as it is in your niche

i didn't bid.
i'm " out of the game " , thanks everyone for all your help and advice in such a short period of time that i have been a member of dnt but i am now on a Sabbatical, congrats to ned, its a good pickup and for a good price.
i presently have every domain i need and strategies behind them all, i may pick up the odd one but most days i don't even check.
i came with a plan and i have executed it.
so now i am back to what i love doing, developing and selling, not selling domains but developing and selling online businesses something i do not think many others have taken on.
2015 will be very interesting and i wish everyone well in gathering domains.
my advice to newbies " thinkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk before you buy " [ less is more ]
tim

 

[neddy]

tim, i am surprised you didn't have a go at bridal.com.au as it is in your niche

He's not into horses.

 

[Shane]

i presently have every domain i need and strategies behind them all, i may pick up the odd one but most days i don't even check.

I remember thinking that at one stage!
I'm in a similar boat though. I have some good quality domains at varying levels of development and profitability and really don't need any more.
I stopped checking the drops for a while, but after seeing a couple of very relevant domains sell for prices that I potentially would have added another zero to in order to acquire, I now check every day!

 

[Data Glasses]

He's not into horses.

Some might say "he's full of hay"

 

[snoopy]

Seems prices have come right down based on that sale. Suspect this would have got 2-3 times that in years gone by.

 

[snoopy]

Regarding people dropping out, not checking etc. The usual reason for that is because they don't think they can make money from those names. I'd say it is a sure thing many have dropped out based on the price slump, largely because of the low chance of a profitable resale. The exact match changes at Google a couple of years ago have hammered things also.

My opinion is that the typical 4 figure .com.au has a much lower chance of selling compared to the typical 4 figure .com. I get near zero inquiries on my .com.au's. I guess at some point it may make sense, if the market dropped enough.

 

[findtim]

Regarding people dropping out, not checking etc. The usual reason for that is because they don't think they can make money from those names. I'd say it is a sure thing many have dropped out based on the price slump, largely because of the low chance of a profitable resale. The exact match changes at Google a couple of years ago have hammered things also.

My opinion is that the typical 4 figure .com.au has a much lower chance of selling compared to the typical 4 figure .com. I get near zero inquiries on my .com.au's. I guess at some point it may make sense, if the market dropped enough.

i think business people STILL are not getting IT, i had the "local blue pages" delivered the other day, i was going to just throw it out ! thus all that advertising $$$ gone for those people but i thought i'd open it and have a look.
its slightly larger then A4, about as thick as you pinky finger ! and i used "painters" as my test case.
Well !!! blablapainter@aol.com
yaddayaddapainter@optus.net.au , the list goes onnnnnnnnnnn
OR even no email address in their advert !
NOOOOOOOOOOO domain names, only a very few.
the SMB's old school are just ok to die away, so its the new breed that are taking ove and the old breed just do not care.
i disagree with EMD and google, i think EMD is a way "past" google as is branding.
emd = hopeful,
branding= spend $$

tim