Anyone Buy / Catch domains as investments?

[Wana Bee]

Recently we have started creating a domain portfolio out of caught domains and bought ones. anybody else buy /collect domains ???

[Matt22]

I own quite a few domains, which i have bought over the last year or so. I actually find it quite addictive looking for a top domains either on SEDO or over on Acorn domains. Some of the domains i have bought can be found here Juggle domains | domain names | domains for sale | Get in touch feel free to take a look.

[matt.chatterley]

I don't really catch them or buy them as a main-stream line, but I do own a few which I bought for various projects which have never happened (or because I chanced to see a really cool name available).

[UK Business Network]

I am a serial buyer, I liken domains to tattoos, once you had one, the rest just keep coming! One piece of advice for people who do keep buying them, put something relevant on them from the get go, even if you leave it as a pet project, it will help your listings when you finally take it at full pelt.

[Kay]

Yeah, I buy domains all the time. They're Internet real estate. Sometimes you do something with them. Sometimes you don't get around to it. Sometimes someone will appear out of the blue and want one.

I only buy stuff I like, though. I don't buy domains because they're four letter or for some other "marketing" reason. Mostly I only buy .coms and co.uks - I'm not interested in the others.

I agree with Chris. Don't park them if you can possibly avoid it. Even get a simple page up.

[Wana Bee]

Originally Posted by Kay

Yeah, I buy domains all the time. They're Internet real estate. Sometimes you do something with them. Sometimes you don't get around to it. Sometimes someone will appear out of the blue and want one.

I only buy stuff I like, though. I don't buy domains because they're four letter or for some other \"marketing\" reason. Mostly I only buy .coms and co.uks - I'm not interested in the others.

I agree with Chris. Don't park them if you can possibly avoid it. Even get a simple page up.

I agree with not parking it, it takes about 15 mins to setup a wp blog with some content and then you can use it for links to your larger sites. Also it stands a higher chance of being indexed by google, yahoo and bing.

[matt.chatterley]

Originally Posted by Kay

I agree with Chris. Don't park them if you can possibly avoid it. Even get a simple page up.

Definitely. That said, all of mine are parked at the moment - but I will be putting pages up early in the new year hopefully!

[Top10Tips]

You will see www.Top10Tips.co.uk was registered in May 2008. There is no harm is doing nothing. Somethings mature with age.

[Wana Bee]

well i'm a happy bunny... I just registered Army Hats and airsoft goggles.
They have high search volumes and I think I will put some content rich blogs on them

[Matt22]

Originally Posted by Wana Bee

well i'm a happy bunny... I just registered Army Hats and airsoft goggles.
They have high search volumes and I think I will put some content rich blogs on them

They are good catches and also very niche

[Wana Bee]

Originally Posted by Matt22

They are good catches and also very niche

indeed they are they are phrases with high search volumes which means is optimised properly they should make a few bob

[Matt22]

Anyone else like to share some domains they have either recently caught or bought?

[Wana Bee]

Originally Posted by Matt22

Anyone else like to share some domains they have either recently caught or bought?

pendantwatch.co.uk gets a bit of organic traffic <2000 uniques a month. lucky I suppose

and categories.org.uk

[samwightwick]

Originally Posted by Wana Bee

indeed they are they are phrases with high search volumes which means is optimised properly they should make a few bob

So do u just wait for someone who wants to buy the domain and price it on the PR and domain age or are you making some money through traffic/adsense etc?

[Wana Bee]

Originally Posted by samwightwick

So do u just wait for someone who wants to buy the domain and price it on the PR and domain age or are you making some money through traffic/adsense etc?

both

[Matt22]

Also people take into consideration the amount of Exact Local or Exact Global Monthly Search's for the keywords within the domain. For Example Mobilephones.co.uk is up for auction over at Sedo and has a Exact monthly search volume of over 4 million! Some people expect the aution to run into the £xxx,xxx mark! Check it out Auction Detail-Sedo.com

[samwightwick]

thanks for the feedback

I might be too late, but was thinking of buying some ipad realted domains, eg ipaddownloads coolipadthemes etc and then parking it.

Would using something like this be a good idea? then when it is realised here, the oppurtunity to buy an established domain would be available.
Domain Broker - HTML - Site Templates - ThemeForest

[Jeff2869]

Originally Posted by Wana Bee

I agree with not parking it, it takes about 15 mins to setup a wp blog with some content and then you can use it for links to your larger sites. Also it stands a higher chance of being indexed by google, yahoo and bing.

I fully agree with what you are saying. What's the cheapest way of doing this if you, say, have bought 5, 10 or 15 or so domain names?

The domain names are fairly cheap, but if you then need to spend about £15/£20 per name just to host the one page site (to let it age whilst you decide what to do with it) the cost can begin to mount up.

Any thoughts/advice?

Jeff

[3 MORE YEARS]

Yep. Own a few. Initially started as projects but now own a number of domains as investments.

[samwightwick]

I bought an ipad domain, ipadbay.co.uk

looking at auto content plugins for wordpress such as wp robot, and auto publishing to twitter. from what ive read these work wonders, anyone have any experience of using them?