Buying domains with Channel traffic continues to be an
effective way to drive quality, targeted visitors to your
"money" web site.

If you're not familiar with the Channel traffic strategy, it
essentially is used when you have a money website, that's
a website where you sell a product, service or otherwise earn
income from the site traffic.   Essentially, it's a non-parked
'real' website.  What you do is buy domains related to your
money website and redirect those domains to your money
website.

I do this with my site on foreclosures .  I've bought dozens of
domains and redirected them to this particular site.   And while
most of the traffic still comes from search engines and returning
visitors, the channel traffic has grown from 0 visitors a day to
hundreds each day.   These numbers really add up.

 

Domain Investment News and Opportunities

In this issue:

*Domain Store Open to the Public

*A shameless bribe

*Parking Gadget update



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 Domain Store Open to the Public
       
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Last week I sent a notice about our brand new
domain store (you can see a reprint of that notice below).  


It seems that the store's a big hit since many quality
domains have been picked up since we went live.  
Here's just a sample of some of the domains purchased.

LonelyEurope.com
FineAreaRugs.com
EasyScripting.com
TechoHolic.com
DailyShoot.com

....Among many others

The domains sound good, but more importantly they have
indicators of traffic like DMOZ, Google PR or are indexed in
the search engines.

Now, the domain store is open to the public.
You can check it out here:

http://domainersedge.com/PremiumDomains.aspx

Oh and, DomainersEdge Members get a 50% discount
 
          ***Reprint Start

   Several months ago, we bought our own
   Domain Registrar for the purpose of offering
   better quality information and tools to
   DomainersEdge members.   

   The new direct connection to the registry has
   enabled us to improve our dataset and actually
   compete with the dropcatchers in snapping up
   expiring domains.   

   For the past 3 months we've been looking for
   the best way to make this new resource available
   to our membership.   I'm happy to say that
   as of July 10th, the DomainersEdge Domain Store
   is officially open.

   Listen to this audio description I threw
   together which describes how the store works.

 Reprint End***

QUESTIONS about the domain store or anything
else in this newsletter?  Post them in comments
below and I'll respond.

-Matt Smith  

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 DomainersEdge's B-Day!
  & a shameless bribe
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On August 1, 2007 DomainersEdge will officially
be 1 year old.  To commerate this event, I decided
I'd like to get some testimonials from members on
to hear what they like best about the system.

Knowing how secretive we tend to be, I figured I'd
have to offer bribes to get people to say anything
publicly.  So, shamelessly, I will.  

Tell me your story
and win some easy cash.

The contest is simple, set aside 2 minutes to tell
us about your story, and you can win one of 8
cash prizes.  

Go to:
http://domainersedge.com/contest.aspx to tell
your story and find out more.

We'll only be accepting submissions through
August 1st so enter now and win!

http://domainersedge.com/contest.aspx


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 Parking Gadget Update
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I guess people like convenience..

We've received a lot of great feedback on the
Domain Parking Stat Gadget we released.  Andrew
Allemann over and domainnamewire.com posted a review
(thanks Andrew!) and I got a lot of personal emails
from people saying "thanks".

We've been contacted by several parking companies
asking to be added to the gadget.

First up, Namedrive.   Expect support for Namedrive
within the next several days.

If you park domains and aren't using the totally
private and incredibly convenient gadget yet, you
can check it out and download it here:

http://www.StatGadget.com


QUESTIONS about the domain store or anything
else in this newsletter?  Post them in comments
below and I'll respond.

-Matt Smith 

Today we launched a Free tool available for all domain investors and domainers who park their domain names.

Parking Stat Gadget

Overview:  The Parking stats gadget works with Google Desktop You must have the Google Desktop software installed to use the Parking Stats Gadget.  The Gadget is designed to make the viewing and monitoring of parking statistics more convenient.   The gadget enables you to view the visits, clicks, and revenue associated with your domain portfolio when parked at one of the supported parking services.  The gadget works by logging into your parking account and downloading the data to your gadget.

To find out more about how the gadget works and download a copy go here:

Http://www.StatGadget.com

Today, we released several new features that allow members to view domains based upon the number of pages indexed in the various search engines as well as by the actual age of the domain.   These two new features give DE members a HUGE advantage when it comes to finding valuable domains.

When you log in to the DE member area you'll see the new columns.  As always, you can sort by column or filter by virtually any domain attribute. 

I put together a quick Overview Video of the new features here.

New Features Video


My goal is to give domain investors and entrepreneurs an unfair advantage when it comes to locating and securing valuable domains.  To meet this goal we must constantly improve.  Member feedback, as usual, has been critical to the latest round of significant upgrades.

As always keep the suggestions coming.  You can add them to the comments of this post or send an email to our support department.

With all the things going on in our lives/businesses it's challenging to always stay on top of all the opportunities available to us.   That's why were releasing a new feature in DomainersEdge which will allow you to stay on top of the domains of particular interest to you.   With this new feature you don't need to be digging through the domain database everyday, instead you just tell us what you're looking for and our engine does the heavy lifting on your behalf.  When we find what you're looking for we tell you about it.

"My Reports" emails will be live for DomainersEdge members within the next 48 hours.  What this means to you is that you can recieve daily emails with updates on domains which are available right now, are in auction, or are dropping soon which are of particular interest to you.

Here's how it works..

Within the DE interface under "Favorite Searches" create specific search criteria for domains you're looking for.  You can create a favorite search on virtually any criteria to really drill down to your specific interests.  The possibilities are limitless, but here are a few examples of Favorite searches you might set up.  "Show me domains which:

1. Have PR greater than 4
2. Contain a keyword (like foreclosure, marketing, wedding or whatever) and have backlinks listed in   Google and MSN.
3. Have Ovt/TLD, Backlinks from Google and are listed in the DMOZ directory.
4. Or any other combination of Indicators of traffic and domain characteristics."

Then, each day we compile your favorite searches into email format and send it to you. 

The superior tools within DomainersEdge is the result of member feedback.  Listen to the audio below to hear a quick audio recording on how your feedback makes all the difference and check out some of the new features coming down the pipe:

Use the player above

or:

Click This Link To Play The Audio Message
http://playaudio-345.com/play.asp?m=386904&f=EFJMXV&ps=7&p=1

Here's some of the new Features:

1. Allow sorting by multiple columns.   Just like in excel you can sort by column A then Column B, Then column D.   It would be helpful for members to be able to do this same thing when looking at all domain lists.

2. Add reports that demonstrate what domains actually sell for so that people who are bidding in auctions have better information and we can better evaluate the resale value of domains.  

We will monitor the domain sales at the various domain marketplaces and database all of this data along with the indicators of traffic for those domains at the time of the sale.  The reason is, we want to know... when they sold, what were the indicators.   This will help us predict what a domain in auction right now might be sold for.  

Damn!  Last week I had another bad experience with Godaddy which I'd like to share with our members.... 

I think Godaddy has a lot of great things going for it, but we have to remember they're services are often not Domain Investor/Entrepreneur friendly.  

After winning premium domain name in auction for more than $4500, Godaddy says the previous registrant finally emerged from the cave they were living in for the last 100 days and wanted this generic domain back.   What are the odds?  

Listen to my description here:

Use the audio player above

or

Click This Link To Play The Audio Message
http://playaudio-345.com/play.asp?m=385761&f=OZTZLS&ps=13&p=1

Please share your thoughts on this below

Matt Smith

We just released a domain typo tool that
allows you to scan for typos then checks
them for availability.  

http://www.domainersedge.com/scantypos.aspx

This new tool was based upon a suggestion
from a Premium member.  

I love feedback and suggestions so please
check out the typo tool and let me know
what you think.   AND, if you have any
other ideas for features, please let me know.


Matt Smith

In an effort to help members better understand the benefits of Expired domains as well as how to use the DomainersEdge Premium Membership I put together these videos.

I hope you find them useful..

DE: Welcome and Overview

DE: Expired Domains to drive traffic to existing websites

DE: Expired Domains to grow your Blog audience

 

Domain Names as an Investment?

 

 

 

 

DomainInformer.com
June 13, 2006

Orlando, FL, USA - The world’s largest and most comprehensive blog portal domain name portfolio is being offered on more than 350 auctions currently underway on eBay. The portfolio owned by Blog Spot Network www.blogspotnetwork.com includes business / industry blog portals, city blog portals, city news portals, real estate blog portals, and travel blog portals.

Business Blogging

Business is entering a new era of blog marketing and public relations that will forever change the way they communicate with consumers. Business blogs will also change how better informed consumers make their future buying decisions. Blogs provide all businesses with the highest possible level of personalized “business to consumer” dialogue and communication that has never been available before.

eBay recently announced that they will be offering members an “eBay blog” to more personalize the auction format, and to allow for more inner active communications with potential buyers.

A Google news search on “business blogs” will reveal many current stories on the growing popularity and the future of business blogging.

City Social / Business Blog Portals

City blogs are today’s equivalent of the local phone book on steroids. Just as the phone book has listings for local residents, city blogs will have

Read the rest of the article here

The Domain Industry is becoming quite popluar with the press.  This is the second article in the USA Today this month. 

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Domain names become premium Web real estate

For six months, she resisted selling the domain name Blue.com for $200,000. Using a formula she devised to fetch the highest market value for domain names, Schrier eventually convinced a private party that Blue.com was worth $500,000. Since the name was sold in March, its site now includes links to sexual material and airfare ads.

"The market will really explode when people realize they are sitting on premium real estate," says Schrier, 37, an entrepreneur in New York who bought Blue.com for $65,000 in 2002.

Check out the full article

The Wall Street Journal has published a number of articles on the Domain Industry over the last several months.  Main stream press like this is great for the industry.  

Here's an interesting article which ran today in the WSJ.  There's some big money coming into this space...  Check it out

How to Locate and Secure "Valuable" Domains:

It's not easy being a successful domain investor. In my humble opinion, the vast, vast majority of domains are totally worthless, but people are buying this crap left and right! It's nuts! Listen, you've got to have the right strategies, tools and information to get your hands on the domains that produce revenue even while you sleep.

The mission at Domainer's Edge is to provide Domainers with the tools and information needed to easily find and secure valuable domains.

If you have a domain that sounds cool, "Fantastic...so what?" If you have a domain that's perfect for development, "good for you... who cares?" Some people might, but not me! As an investor, I want domains that currently produce traffic. I don't want to develop websites. I don't want to spend my life "tweaking" crap for higher SEO rankings. Call me lazy, I don't care.

I know from experience that there's good money to be made by picking up domains which produce type in traffic or have residual traffic from a previous "not so lazy guy" who put a lot of time and energy into developing a domain then closed up shop. Thanks, buddy, I'm happy to pick up your wasted efforts and turn them into profits!

This site is devoted to helping other "lazy" people like me find the rare diamonds in the rough and make s#*t loads of money. If that sound good to you, check out our free reports tools. Use them right and you'll make a few bucks. In the coming months, I'll make some premium tools available that are going to scare the crap out of a lot of the establishment. Ha, Ha!

If you like the kind of stuff I'm talking about here, sign up for the "Opinion Letter" (most people call it a newsletter, but not me since you're just going to hear my one sided opinion. Whether you agree or not, I don't care!)