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2 Comments

1. 

   David

   Apr 29, 2007

   I’ve been a long-time reader of yours and have you partly to thank for
   starting a web 2.0 business (PickyDomains.Com). I was wondering, if
   you’d be willing to give me advice.

   I’ve been picking domains on a risk-free basis for years (which means
   I get paid only when a customer likes the domain name I come up with).
   I’ve been able to come up with several hundred names, some pretty good
   ones, like BadCylcopedia.Com, DePrice.Com, DialerQueen.Com,
   Publicana.Com, GetMapped.Com, etc.

   But then I got tired of the fact that I get paid only when I work, so
   I decided to use web 2.0 principle to re-engineer this business.

   This is how PickyDomains.Com was born. Basically, we have custmers who
   deposit 50 bucks to get a cool domain name. Our contibutors submit
   their suggestions and get half ($25) when their domain name is chosen.
   Otherwise, the money is refunded (hence, no risk).

   I think that this idea is great. We did get a lot of publicity from
   Sweden and Spain for some reason (major newspapers profiled
   PickyDomains) and we had several bloggers mention us, mostly
   positively. The service is profitable, generating about $1000 a month.

   Yet I feel that this service could be as popular as Digg, Twitter,
   CrazyEgg in the domain name niche, as a lot of people can’t find good domain names.

   Can you give me a few pointers, how I should go about promoting this
   service on the net?

   I’ve tried press-releases – nothing special, I’ve tried ads – not
   enough traffic, almost 100% of the orders I get is word of mouth, but
   that’s not enough.

   Thanks.

   P.S. If you want a domain name picked for you for free, let me know,
   it always helps to get a qualified outsider view.

2. 

   Riley Issacson

   Jul 25, 2007

   Very useful information was found here, thank you for your work.