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Originally Posted by Sly
Why do anything with them?
Is utilizing "junk domains" really on your goal list? Do you have other things you can be spending your time on that would make more money?
I'm not trying to be an ass. :-) I just don't see the point of forcing your self to start a project that you really don't need to do over a nine dollar domain.
I've been cleaning out my domains... if I like a domain or want it for any reason, I keep it. If the domain has nothing on it, or no traffic, or basically no value unless I build something on it... I dump it. Building something on a domain just to utilize the domain is a waste of my time over nine dollars.
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The thought has definitely crossed my mind.
The reality is, I have most of my eggs in one "niche basket" - and obviously, the recession has hit almost all of us, so my revenue is down as it is for most people.
But since my niche is a relatively small one, I can't just solve the problem by throwing more traffic at it (I have most of the niche's traffic circulating through my stuff anyway lol). I can keep working it and monetizing it better, which I'm doing...but until the recession ends, "my people" aren't spending the way they used to 12 or 18 months ago, which means the bottom line still isn't adding up right.
So in addition to finding other ways to monetize what I can do in my niche (the projects I've finished and new ones I'm starting) - I'm also looking for other ways to boost my bottom line, outside of my niche.
And one of the avenues/assets that keeps staring me in the face is all the aged domains that I've had sitting for years.
They certainly earned their keep for a long time --- but I can't get away from the thought that doing stuff with them would be easier than starting from total ground-level on some other project in a different niche or arena.
I may end up going the way you're going, since I've had that same thought more than once. But I'm trying to explore possibilities before deciding.
(And I know you're not trying to be an ass ;)