Every week or two I get emails from readers on development ideas, where is the best market to delve into? Will Cannon the founder of UpLead and Signaturely wrote a very thorough post over at Flippa that is worth reading. Will breaks down 13 different business models and highlights the pros and cons. For those […]
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.com is used as top level domain by 52% of all websites
Website Usage When looking at domain name extensions many focus on how many sales have been reported. Always a smart move. But another thing to check out is the usage of the extension in actual websites. You can check out the daily changes for this at W3Techs.com. Here is a look at current top 10 […]
Continue ReadingQRapp.com purchased for $10,000 last month now live
QRapp.com was purchased for $10,000 last month on Sedo. QRapp.com was sold on NameJet for $501 in 2016, the 4 year hold paid off for the domainer who bought it with a $10,000 sale. The domain name is now up and running with a live website. The buyer Zygomatic is an online publisher out of […]
Continue ReadingThe best Halloween related websites
Halloween is different this year with social distancing and the pandemic. I was talking to one person who said they were going to let their kids go out for a little while. But throw out all the candy they got on Halloween. Looking at three of the top sites for Halloween we see they are […]
Continue ReadingStep by step guide to making an affiliate website
Pat Ahern published a very detailed guide for someone interested in building an affiliate website. Streamline-Marketing wrote in September of 2019 – Affiliate marketing is becoming increasingly important to businesses in a variety of industries. By 2020, affiliate marketing is on pace to become a 6.8 billion dollar industry in the U.S. alone. Bonnie D’Amico […]
Continue ReadingBuilding a membership site in 9 steps
Yesterday someone asked me about advice on a membership website. I have never built a paid membership site so I did not have much information to share. Membership sites seem to be on the uptick everyone wants to build their own community and get paid. I did find an excellent step-by-step guide written by Dan […]
Continue ReadingHow Jessica Doppelt Turned $100K Investment into Multi-Million Dollar Domain Development
The domain industry is long littered with stories of domain investors entering and quick flipping their way to profitable success. Domain investing, specifically quick flipping, to profitable success in short order shouldn’t be dismissed. However, the more puzzling and challenging feat to achieve and sustain is multi-million dollar domain development. Today’s podcast guest, Jessica Doppelt, […]
Continue ReadingHow to Email a Lead Magnet Using Mailchimp
If you have a website — which is nearly everyone and their grandmother — and have not implemented a newsletter or mailing list sign up form, then you are totally missing out on a good monetization opportunity. And if you carelessly shrug your shoulders at the thought of possibly monetizing your website, then at least […]
Continue ReadingElements and Principles of Design – Cheat Sheet
A lot of domain investors who are thinking about adding development to some of their best domains might not have any idea where to start. Before you pay someone to build your website or do it yourself with WIX or Square Space you might want to think about some basic development ideas first. FirstsiteGuide.com put […]
Continue ReadingTop Web Design Trends for 2016
Kristin Pryor published an infographic on Tech.co that looks at what the top web design trends for 2016 will look like. The infographic lists the following eight: The Rise of Flat Material Design Background & Fullscreen Videos Mobile Apps & Social Sites will Dominate Responsive Design with Better Performance Correct Typography: Fit the Theme Increased […]
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