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Peter Askew tells the story of DudeRanch.com

September 26, 2019 by Raymond Hackney

DudeRanch.com

Peter Askew published an article on his DeepSouthVentures that explains why he went about bidding on DudeRanch.com, how much he paid and what his plan for the name was before he even won the domain name.

Askew writes a very long and detailed piece with a lot of pictures of his journey with DudeRanch.com.

A couple key pieces from the article:

In November of 2009, the opportunity presented itself. You, DudeRanch.com, had expired. Adrift without an anchor.

I was ready for you.

 

35 minutes of palm sweat bidding & countless f*bombs hurled at fox22, sitevestor, & piety. I kept swinging for you. Until the bidding stopped at $17,949. It was a euphoricly uncomfortable feeling. But you were mine.

 

My original idea is what you became, a marketplace of dude ranch vacations. The model wound up working. After a few years in the industry, as you know, we partnered with our friendly competitor – GuestRanches.com – operated by David McCollough. We both remained independent, but worked together from an advertising sales standpoint. Effectively, one bill for ranchers to advertise on 2 sites.

Read the full article it’s well worth reading the entire article.

Tip of the cap to TheButler

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About Raymond Hackney

Raymond Hackney has been involved with domain names since 1997. One of the most prolific writers in the domain industry and founder of TLDinvestors.com and 3Character.com

Comments

  1. 168 says

    September 26, 2019 at 11:29 am

    Outstanding example of determining value of domain by ROI / USE.
    This is how I determine potential value which I believe gives buyer a solid foundation to work with in negotiations.
    Would like to see domain industry get on board with this approach.
    Great story too!
    Thank you
    Cheers

  2. colleen hodson says

    September 26, 2019 at 5:09 pm

    Having been in the Dude Ranch Industry for going on 19 years I love this story. Peter is such a great guy and the Dude Ranchers Association can not thank him enough for what he did for us and the entire industry…

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