discredit.org

I was finally able to post my complete domain portfolio this evening.  It took quite a bit of time due to the bulk upload option in the script but it is definitely a great start that I can refer people to.  You can view the portfolio here:  www.dnpimping.info

In the future I will add a new theme to the site to fit my pimp motif and might even experiment with referring people to the site via different ad networks.  Should be fun to see what happens.  Alright I am tired and its time to relax for the rest of the evening!

For a domainer, I had quite a productive domaining day.  To start the morning I joined other domainers in the bido chatroom to watch the DisabilityCompensation.com auction.  The domain was auctioned off for a total price of $1,193.00, although some say it could of been more, I feel it was a great auction and it hit the target price of what I was expecting.  After that I proceeded to work on a new site for the domain EducationalSolarKit.com, I installed wordpress and vanilla cart.  This site will be strictly dedicated to featuring different affiliate products for educational solar kits.  Since this is an affiliate based site, I signed up with the ebay partner network and am currently waiting to hear back from them.  I am tempted to sign up with amazon’s affiliate program since ebay hasn’t gotten back to me as of yet.  Apparently many have said that the ebay partner network can be a bit picky now, to keep from wasting more time on the project I might just have to let ebay go!  I then headed over to domainertelevision.com, to talk with a small group of domainers about several different domaining topics.  The site itself is run by Bruce, who definitely has tactful ways to sell domains to end-users.  That’s specifically why I decided to join the chatroom at around 4PM PST.  There were two other domainers in there one who goes by the name of TeenDomainer and the other DNSamauri who just graduated from law school.  It was a nice way to network with those in my industry and learn a tip here and there.  Bruce actually took the time to describe how he approaches end-users for domain sales.  It definitely sparked a few light bulbs in my mind, because until recently I have always geared my marketing efforts towards other domainers.  I feel now that if you gear your domain marketing efforts towards end-users, you will receive a better range of offers.  While in the chatroom, I went ahead and followed one of Bruce’s tips, searching for the keyword claim on a drop site.  To my amazement AutoClaim.org was listed on the deletion list.  I could not believe that no one else had registered this name before I had the chance to.  It was at this moment my adrenaline started pumping and I ended up finding AutoInsuranceClaim.net, talk about lucky!  That’s what you call a double whammy!  The second domain was pure luck because .com and .org were both taken for it.  This pretty much told me that it probably deleted within the last couple of days or was just overlooked!  I can honestly say that I have raised the value of my domain portfolio by registering these two amazing names.  I already approached Sedo.com with AutoInsuranceClaim.net to see if it can be featured on the GreatDomains website.  If they do not accept it, I will then proceed to find potential buyers myself for the name and debate on whether to submit it to Bido.com or not.  Now the only dilemma I have left is finding an appropriate domain to feature my entire domain portfolio on.  I am still debating on whether I want one main site to feature my domains on or whether I want to create a number of different sites to increase the awareness and potential traffic that my domain portfolio would receive.  Either way, once I develop my domain portfolio I plan to advertise it with google adwords and on various domain forums.  My goal as a domainer is to bring as much attention to my domaining portfolio as possible and glamorize this industry to the point where more end-users partake in it.  I’ve got a few other tricks up my sleeve, one that involves a dnpimping.com which will be sure to open soon.

Best Regards,

Jason Thompson

SouthEurope.com Auction Log

As you see I came quite close to winning this auction, but during my experiences with auctions and geo directional domains I’ve learned to stick to a rule-set.  One that is defined by setting a limit and following by it even if the domain is priceless!  My limit today was $300…

Look out for dnpimping.com, this will be the new domain blog home.  I will eventually transfer all posts from this blog to the new blog and use the discredit.org domain name as a forwarder.  I am excited about starting the new brand!  The design for the brand is currently being worked on.  Here is a sample of the logo / mascot if you haven’t seen it already:

DNPIMPING.COM LOGO

Best Regards,

Jason Thompson

DNPIMPING.COM Coming Soon!

Today while surfing the net, I found an interesting site which allows you to simply enter a country name or city and it provides you with a map of the area along with the estimated population.  This was easier to navigate than the US Census site.  I definitely would recommend such a site for those of you who are currently into geo domaining.

www.geonames.org

Speaking of Geo, I was able to bid on a Geo domain recently using namejet.  The domain name is SouthEurope.com.  Not only did I bid but I am actually winning the auction and have been leading the auction since it started.  We’ll see what happens, but if I can grab this domain name for an extremely low price it will definitely convince me that namejet, pool, snapnames and tdnam are the way to go!  When I say are the way to go, I have actually been involved in a number of auctions in the past where the domain price simply doesn’t make sense.  Provided that I win the auction for SouthEurope.com it will definitely make me pay more attention to the domain aftermarket sites and convince me that the domaining world has entered another gold rush!

The founder of dnko.com was hospitalized earlier today for high blood pressure and chess pains.  His doctor told him to go straight to the emergency room in his area.  Some are lead to believe that these issues have been induced by the problematic launch of the DNKO.com auction website.  After chatting with a few people in the DNKO auction chatroom today, the majority of people were positive about the website and are willing to work with Mark, the founder of the site on getting through these website gliches.  Past that, I ask all the domainers within our industry to keep Mark in your prayers and to pray for him to get well.  He is definitely a valued asset to our community and DNKO will be just as valuable once all the gliches are worked out.

Best Regards,

Jason Thompson

Today I decided to bid on the domain name infomercials.info on bido.  I was definitely interested in this domain from the day that it was entered into the bido auction system.  I set my budget for a total of $500 and was pleasantly suprised when I won the domain for $442.  At this price the domain name was literally a steal because the domain name alone is worth more than $1,000 in my eyes.  My next step is to shop the domain name around to a few of the companies who are paying big money for the keyword infomercials on google.  If I don’t find a buyer within the next month, then I will proceed to develop the site myself into a platform that will either be a infomercial directory or a site which provides an added service to infomercials which are running currently on network television.  Quite exciting indeed!  I don’t normally purchase domain names from auctions, but I made an exception with this one.

Best Regards,

Jason Thompson

There are some major problems at the new domain auction website DNKO.  With the release of the site today it looks like they are having issues with hosting and might actually try to be switching providers as we speak.  If you go to dnko.com right now, it will direct you to the following link:  http://66.109.18.70/~dnkocom/loginform.php

I sure hope they didn’t think they would be able to run a domain auction site off of just one server.  Hopefully if they are moving the platform to a new provider that it is a load balanced solution which will allow for bandwidth shaping to better direct traffic and reduce the risk of epic fails in the future.  DNKO it would be nice for you to issue some sort of press release or update in regards to the exact reasons why your site is have so many problems at this time.  I have checked my email through out the day and you have not provided your members with any sort of updates.  What in the world is going on over there?

After watching the bido auction for dentaltechnicians.com, I decided to walk over to the market and do some grocery shopping before lunch.  As soon as I got back I put the groceries down in my living room and went over to dnko.com the supposed bido slayer.  As soon as I log into the site and head over to the auction area I am presented with this screen:

DNKO.COM Domain Auction Site Down First Day

There is definitely a lesson to be learned here.  If you are going to release such a service, why not release it in beta form first to a select amount of end-users so you can test the site thoroughly.  Especially when you are entering into a market which thrives off of domain auctions.  If you present yourself as an unstable platform on the day that your site’s main feature launches, then what are people going to think of you?  Well I don’t know what other people are thinking but I can definitely share my opinion.  Here are a few comments directed at my experience with dnko thus far:

If the site crashes in the middle of my auction, what happens to my domain?  Better yet, what happens to the bidders that have made winning bids on the domain?

Why would you release a site without beta testing it properly?

If you enter into a domain auctions as a service, why didn’t you develop a product better than bido?

Once bido enters the multi-auction platform stage, what do you think will happen to your site?

Since your site obviously shows that it has a great deal of bugs from jump, how much attention did you pay to the security aspect of the site?

Do you think you should close your doors for a while and try to fix all the problems with the site?

I have plenty of more questions to ask in regards to the epic fail of dnko’s service launch, but I am hungry now and its time to eat.  Maybe my questions will pose a little food for thought with the creators of the site.

Best Regards,

Jason Thompson

Is someone out to compete with Bido?  Another domain name auction website has surfaced and this time is not offering one domain per day but a multi-auction platform to offer several domains a day.  There has been some buzzing around the domaining blogosphere about the site as well as on the various domaining forums I visit from time to time.  I don’t know what to expect from such a site, but can definitely say from what I have seen thus far that they seem like a serious contender for Bido.  Although they mist be contending for the position that Bido currently holds, they will have a great deal of work to do.  Bido is currently one of the hottest domaining sites around and has established its brands making it very well known in the domaining world.  As far as DNKO is concerned, I could barely remember the 4-letter combination and mis-typed the domain twice.  As a brand I can’t see the letters DNKO being remembered as well as the Bido combination.  This could definitely lead to troublesome experiences when marketing the site.  Another aspect of the site I will touch on now is design.  Currently the design of the site in my opinion does the business justice.  It looks as if it is a professional platform which will help you auction off your domains to the masses, although I do like the Bido design more it is only because of the fact that I have seen the Bido design in action!  I won’t truly be able to see the DNKO design in action until 3PM PST today as that is when the first set of auctions will be held.   With each auction lasting a total of 60 seconds and extending 15 seconds per bid, this should definitely draw some attention.  Not to mention they chose 3PM PST as a starting time period.  This time gives people who are currently wrapping up any bidding business on Bido, which ends at 2PM PST some time to gather a few refreshments and head over to the DNKO site.

Tomorrow after watching the Bido auction, I will make my way over to DNKO.COM and watch what everyone is starting to buzz about!  Let the domain auction battle begin!

Best Regards,

Jason Thompson

I jumped back on NamePros.com today with the main objective of acquiring a few quality domains for cheap.  I was able to acquire designmagazine.info and designmagazines.info for a whopping total of $0.50!  These are two amazing domain names in my opinion and definitely fit my portfolio perfectly with the previous acquisition of sportsmagazine.us.