6 months – 600,000 Visitors
By Alan on Nov 25, 2008 in Domain Development
Just a sample of what can still be done – the internet is new and with global economies in the toilet it is still very possible to create something from nothing on the web. This domain was registered on May 14, 2008 and I bet they never looked back.
Highly doubtful this name would have ever sold on a drop.
Build Baby Build !
Enjoy….
Reece | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
“Build Baby Build!”
Amen to that! Thanks for sharing
- Reece
Lawrence | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
That’s alot of traffic in a relatively short amount of time – how did you grow it so fast?
A | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
Lawrence,
Thanks for the comment but its not one of our sites – just an example of someone who decided to build a relatively short time ago.
Jamie | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
Look at the “parked” .com getting 40k + traffic a month for doing nothing.. lol that was regged about 3 months AFTER the .org was!
I must say, this site is funny as hell but they clearly made the mistake going with the .org instead of the .com! Hello…. buy both people if anything
A | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
100% agree – Jamie.
I’m not a true .com ONLY believer and this is a pure example of a .org with content that can be just as succesfull as if the owner started the site with a .com address.
Content is king – parking only goes so far.
Your comment “buy both people” is so on the money otherwise someone will come along and buy the higher (and sometimes) lower extensions and you will lose visitors. Parked or not parked – the extension you fail to buy is worth a lot more than $7.
Jamie | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
The sad thing for the owner of the .org with the hard work and Real site.. they are going to pay dearly for the .com if they want it now!
The “buy both people” only pertains when somebody picks to use another extension besides the .com and the .com is available or can be purchased at a fair price.
It clearly appears by whois that the .com was available when the .org was purchased.. the site was getting bigger and bigger and somebody noticed it and grabbed the .com. Now the orginal site owner, since starting with the .org and not buying both domain names from the start is losing 40K unique vistors a month to the .com when they could of purchased the .com domain for under $10 from the start.
A | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
Jamie,
I think it goes both ways. If you start with a .com you should always buy the .net and .org also.
You certainly will not lose as much visitors as these guys are by starting with a .com but at least you will minimize the loss of any visitors.
Plus, if you have any kind of relative success someone will end up buying the .net or .org extension so for the price of a double espresso in Moscow I think there is no question –
If you are going to build, then buy the 3 main extensions.
Sites built for commercial development of course, not personal blogs, non-profit sites etc – but its only $15 so maybe for them also.
Who knows for sure – lesson here, build it and they will come.
Sammy Ashouri | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
Am I missing something here? I know I just woke up about 2 minutes ago but:
“It clearly appears by whois that the .com was available when the .org was purchased.. ”
Failblog.com – Created 8/24/2007
Failblog.org – Created 5/14/2008
There’s a year and three months difference between the two!
Failblog.net – Created 3/3/2008
I’d assume even a newbie would go for a .net before a .org as well.
A | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
Sammy – You are right.
For the record, Jamie brought that up
I was replying to the theory of starting with a .org.
Jamie | Nov 25, 2008 | Reply
Sammy,
You are very sharp when you just wake up
Not sure why I didn’t see the 07 instead of thinking 08 for the creation date.
My bad and thanks for clearing that up…
Then it wasn’t all that bad of an idea to use the .org or the .net OR try and buy the .com before launching with the .org.
Dr Singh | Nov 26, 2008 | Reply
So cool. Its a unique idea. This shows that if one is able to get fresh ideas – sky can be the limit. Hats off to their success.
RegFeeNames.com | Nov 26, 2008 | Reply
Great to see those stats from a site that has only been going for a few months.
I think development is the only way forward to gain valuable traffic.
Regards,
Robbie
Rafiq | Nov 26, 2008 | Reply
Are you kidding me? That is freaking awesome. As long as it is unique it succeeds.
Jay M | Nov 26, 2008 | Reply
Looks like they have the unique idea & fresh content going for them in just 6 months..
An inspiration I must say
Dr Singh | Nov 26, 2008 | Reply
A real brain work in action.
Scott | Nov 27, 2008 | Reply
This is a clear case of taking advantage of a meme; in this instance the Epic Fail meme. This can be highly profitable as ICanHasCheezburger.com has shown, despite its poor domain name. It’s the meme that made it big. This goes to show that though the category killer is preferred, and in this case it would be LOLCats.com, it’s not essential.
There are big catches to this domaining strategy. First, you need to buy outrageously early in the memes life, sometimes even before the meme is born. Second, you need the ability to build a fully functional site WITH content quickly, preferably in less than 24 hours. Third, you need to advertise it in oodles of places, especially social networks and sites where memes are born (Digg, FARK, 4chan, etc). If you can do this, you have the potential for a huge site.
One of the great benefits of this type of site is that the very definition of a meme is that people will help spread it. In other words, your readers will create your content. You just need to provide the location and ease for them to do so.
Examples:
YTMND.com
IDrinkYourMilkshake.com
ChuckNorrisFacts.com
This is something I have blogged about in the past. Click on my name and it will take you to the very post. I’ve been told it’s a difficult read, but if you know your memes you should get by without a scratch.
I’m a strong believer in memes. I have the skill to spot them ahead of time, but not the skill to put up a site in 24 hours.
gatuköks glenn | Apr 27, 2009 | Reply
Maybe this site can be big too:
http://www.UGLYPEOPLE.se
Domaineering definition | May 19, 2009 | Reply
The following text-book definition is the marketing industry’s gold standard for legally defining what domaineers do:
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